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• Telcos swallow debt for full-fibre diets

  07-05-2019 22:05
  Tesla tech teardown, India’s WhatsApp election, Warren Buffett’s Paper game
  
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• Former Orange boss denies causing staff suicides

  07-05-2019 19:24
  French telecom group’s ex-CEO is accused of ‘moral harassment’ over restructuring
  
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• Iliad/Cellnex: engineering a change

  07-05-2019 18:41
  Investors who think service agreements are debt-free must have their wires crossed
  
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• ZTE & China Mobile Jointly Realizing Industry’s First Typical-service-based NB-IoT High-capacity Evaluation with NMVP

  07-05-2019 17:17
  Typical services such as smart meter, smart smoke detector, smart park, and electric bicycle have been widely applied in China Mobile’s NB-IoT live network. To evaluate the high-capacity performance of the NB-IoT network, China Mobile proposed a high-capacity evaluation solution and an end-to-end performance optimization solution based on typical NB-IoT service models. At the end of 2018, ZTE and China Mobile carried out the high-capacity evaluation in Tianjin for the first time based on t
  
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• ZTE CUDR, A 5G-oriented “Safe Box” for User Data

  07-05-2019 17:13
  Main risks faced by user data
  User data is the most important asset in communication network. Its security and reliability are the basis for ensuring the normal operation of the network. If user data is unreliable, it may cause some users’ services to be abnormal, and the serious result is that the entire network service can break down, causing huge losses to operators and users. In recent years, incidents in the communication system have taken place due to the loss of key user data at bot
  
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• Huawei trolls the US by talking up Canadian 5G ambitions

  07-05-2019 16:48
  Huawei has issued a press release talking up its great relationship with US neighbor and close ally Canada, especially when it comes to 5G.
  The announcement was headlined: ‘Huawei doubles-down on Canadian investment and partnership with three major commitments’. The first is more of a commercial objective as Huawei said it will be launching a 5G smartphone in Canada before the end of the year. It also has the distinct added benefit of justifying statements like ‘Huawei brings 5
  
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• NGMN Operators Joint Position on 5G Core Connectivity Options

  07-05-2019 16:33
  Support of all 5G Core Connectivity options essential to fully explore the benefits of 5G core networkFrankfurt, GERMANY, May 7th 2019 – The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance today highlights the importance of supporting all Core Connectivity options defined by 3GPP for connection of LTE & NR radio equipment to EPC (LTE Evolved Packet Core, used by 4G networks today) and the new 5G core network. NGMN operators expressing their strong opinion that all...Source: RealWire
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tour of a 42-story building

  07-05-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Fancy a visit the sky garden at the top of a 42-storey private residential tower in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Park?
  As part of next month’s Festival of Architecture, SOM architects will lead tours of The Stratford Hotel & Lofts at Manhattan Loft Gardens.Together with the Manhattan Loft Corporation, SOM architects will share insight on the design of the 42-story building. Visitors will have access to a selection of loft apartments, and hotel amenities, as well as the sky ga
  
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• Newtec Equipment Enables World’s First 5G Backhaul LEO Satellite Demonstration

  07-05-2019 15:26
  Newtec’s high-performance satellite equipment powered tests conducted by tier 1 European mobile operator at University of Surrey’s 5G Innovation Centre using Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite SINT NIKLAAS, BELGIUM, May 07 2019 – Newtec, a leader in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has played a key role in the world’s first demonstration of 5G backhaul over a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite with global satellite operato
  
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• France’s Iliad in €2bn mobile tower deal with Cellnex

  07-05-2019 15:24
  Telecoms group looks to raise cash to bolster its balance sheet
  
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• Smartphone trafficking: have we finally cracked it?

  07-05-2019 14:46
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ben Cade, CEO of Trustonic, gives us an overview of the black market in stolen smartphones.
  Trafficking of fraudulently obtained and sold-but-not-activated smartphones has been a thorn in mobile network operators’ (MNOs) sides for almost as long as there have been smartphones. This is no surprise – wherever there is value, thieves will follow.
  What did
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Smartphones, Huawei and Three UK

  07-05-2019 14:33
  Now with added video!
  
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• Shock Ericsson report concludes 5G is great

  07-05-2019 13:27
  5G kit vendor Ericsson has released a report implying it’s a really good idea to buy loads of the stuff it sells.
  The report was written by its ConsumerLab and is titled: ‘5G consumer potential – busing the myths around the value of 5G for consumers’. Insisting it’s ‘backed by solid research’, the report seeks to confront the following claimed industry myths:5G offers consumers no short-term benefits.
  There are no real use cases for 5G, nor is there a pr
  
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• Mobile Service Providers Preparing to Fortify Security in Anticipation of 5G Deployments, According to New Survey

  07-05-2019 13:23
  Survey Finds Operators Anticipate Major IoT-related Revenue Opportunities That Will Dramatically Increase Security ConcernsTheale, UK, 7th May 2019 – According to a new global survey fielded by the Business Performance Innovation (BPI) Network, in partnership with A10 Networks, mobile service providers anticipate significant new revenue opportunities from the coming deployment of high-speed 5G networks and a host of new IoT-driven use cases, but they also believe much-improved security wil
  
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• Expect gunfire and explosions near Old Street next Tuesday

  07-05-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The weather forecast is good, so what could be a better way to spend a Tuesday evening than sipping a cup of Pimms while watching a military battle that destroys a cricket ground?
  Just down the road from Old Street tube station lies the main parade ground of the Honourable Artillery Company – and Tuesday 14th May will be their annual military display.The loud explosions, gunfire, and men dropping out of helicopters also has an amusing tendency to scare the heck out of local residents who d
  
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• Vodafone Germany tries to placate regulators via wholesale cable deal with Telefónica

  07-05-2019 12:44
  Telefónica Deutschland will be able to sell services that run on the combined Vodafone and Unitymedia cable network in Germany, as a remedy measure taken by Vodafone to satisfy EU’s competition concern over its proposed acquisition of Liberty Global.
  The two companies announced that they have entered into a definite “cable wholesale agreement” in Germany, whereby Telefónica Deutschland will offer its customers broadband services that use both the Vodafone fix
  
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• Neural Technologies to demonstrate digital twin technology to leverage 5G networks and meet customer demands at TM Forum Digital Transformation World

  07-05-2019 12:25
  SINGAPORE, 07 May 2019 – Neural Technologies, a leading provider of Digital Transformation solutions, will demonstrate how digital twin technology can transform operators services at TM Forum Digital Transformation World as part of the Digital Twins Catalyst project. Communication Service Providers (CSPs) currently face ever-increasing challenges of leveraging 5G networks and offering customers new types of services. To overcome this challenge, new digital technologies are required to auto
  
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• Iliad flogs a bunch of towers to reduce debt pile

  07-05-2019 11:53
  French telecoms conglomerate Iliad is selling most of its tower assets in France and Italy to Cellnex for €2 billion.
  Iliad has debts in excess of €4 billion and seems to think paying some of them off might be an idea. Fellow French giant Altice has recently had to do a bunch of debt refinancing but it apparently had to pay a premium to do so. European telcos are increasingly inclined to sell and lease back assets like towers to free up cash for 5G investments and that sort of thing.
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• Iskratel strengthens leadership team with dedicated digital transformation specialists

  07-05-2019 11:18
  Kranj, Slovenia, 7 May 2019 – In response to the rising demand for digital infrastructures, Iskratel today announced it has appointed a new senior leadership team to drive its digital transformation strategy and deliver on the reality of next-generation networks.As the leading European provider of communications solutions for the digital transformation of the telecommunications, transport, public safety, and energy industries, Iskratel has made the move as part of its continuous commitment
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER brings leading e-mobility portfolio to EV Tech Expo 2019

  07-05-2019 10:37
  Record-breaking RADOX® High Power Charging (HPC) system will be on display, along with HUBER+SUHNER’s cable solutions, high voltage distribution unit and RADOX® EV-C automotive connectivity system.The latest developments in Electrical Vehicle (EV) technology will be showcased by HUBER+SUHNER, as it continues to drive e-mobility solutions forward and solve key challenges that EV drivers are facing. Taking place in Stuttgart, Germany, from May 7-9, the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle T
  
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• Vodafone strikes Telefónica deal as part of Liberty Global push

  07-05-2019 09:24
  Group hopes cable network agreement will ease EU competition worries
  
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• Sonae IM closes investment in Cellwize, leading provider in network automation and orchestration for telecom

  07-05-2019 08:02
  Cellwize provides network automation and orchestration solutions for global telecom carriers and connected car OEMs; Telefónica, Axiata and Bell Canada are among its esteemed global clientsMaia, Portugal, May 7th, 2019 - Sonae Investment Management (Sonae IM), today announced that it has concluded an equity investment in Cellwize, a global leader in mobile network automation and orchestration. This funding will accelerate Cellwize’s growth and the expansion of its technology in auto
  
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• Could East London be about to get a monorail?

  07-05-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Havering council is working on a local transport plan which could include a monorail service linking various parts of the borough.
  Speaking at the Thames Estuary Development Conference, the Chief Executive of Havering Council, Andrew Blake-Herbert said that the borough is looking at improving local transport options, and a monorail is one of the options being considered.
  Like most boroughs around the edges of London, the public and main road transport links through Havering are of the spoke desi
  
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• Debt-laden Altice pays heavy price for new bond deal

  07-05-2019 06:00
  Telecoms group pays ‘materially’ higher rates after facing resistance from US fund managers
  
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• Vodafone to grant wholesale network access to Telefonica Deutschland

  07-05-2019 02:00
  Vodafone is set to grant wholesale access to its European broadband networks to its German competitor, Telefonica Deutschland, in a bid to ease concerns over its proposed acquisition of a string of Liberty Global assets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telenor and Axiata aim for rapid expansion in SE Asia through JV tie-up

  07-05-2019 02:00
  Norway’s biggest teclo, Telenor, is looking to dramatically boost its overseas offering by launching a new joint venture that would attract over 300 million customers in Southeast Asia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Syniverse teams up with IBM, Orange and MTS on blockchain pilot

  07-05-2019 02:00
  Syniverse has joined forces with US IT giant, IBM to test and develop the next generation of mobile roaming solutions to utilise open source, blockchain technology. The pilot will allow so called "smart contracts" to be exchanged between network operators, allowing for the instant validation of billing and charging processes…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Strong performance by Virgin Media buoys Liberty Global's Q1 2019 figures

  07-05-2019 02:00
  Liberty Global has posted a robust set of figures for the first quarter of 2019, following the sale of a number of its key assets across central and eastern Europe.Following the sale of its assets in Germany, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic to Vodafone, revenues at Liberty Global fell by 10 per cent in Q1 2019. However, the company has seen strong growth in its UK operations…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei prepares for Canada's 5G launch with 3 major announcements

  07-05-2019 02:00
  Huawei has paved the way for the rollout of 5G mobile network services in Canada, as it confirmed three major announcements today.
  The Chinese technology giant confirmed that it will be releasing a 5G compliant smartphone handset to the Canadian market, by late 2019. Huawei launched its Mate X 5G smartphone in Europe and Asia at MWC 2019 in Barcelona earlier this year. Huawei intends to launch a 5G ready smartphone in Q4 2019, but it remained tight lipped over details of the handset.  &ldq
  
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