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• Orange drops €515 million on yet another cybersecurity acquisition

  08-05-2019 17:52
  French telecoms group Orange is buying Dutch cybersecurity services outfit SecureLink as it looks to become a major security player.
  Orange’s security division already brings in around €300 million a year and this acquisition will almost double that. It comes just a few months after Orange spent an undisclosed amount to buy Securedata, which put €50 million more revenue into the pot, so probably cost in the region of €100 million.
  SecureLink seems to be more about cybersecur
  
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• British Rail era decorations being removed from Northern City line platforms

  08-05-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Govia Thameslink Railway has started improving the sub-surface platforms of Moorgate, Old Street, Essex Road and Highbury & Islington.
  The stations form part of the Northern City Line operated by Great Northern to and from Hertford and Welwyn Garden City and have experienced years of underinvestment.
  Govia Thameslink Railway says that it is making £400,000 of initial improvements from the National Stations Improvement Fund to the fabric of the station platforms.By the end of May, GTR w
  
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• Merger of Vodafone Australia and TPG blocked

  08-05-2019 14:19
  The Australian competition authority has decided that the telco merger of Vodafone and TPG amounts to excessive consolidation and has blocked it.
  This decision comes after months of agonising by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which started looking into the deal last December, several months after it was first proposed. Vodafone is one of three major MNOs over there, while TPG is one of three major fixed-line players.
  “Broadband services are of critical importanc
  
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• Etiya to Demonstrate AI Driven Digital BSS with "Connected Customer First" Approach at DTW19 in Nice

  08-05-2019 13:34
  Amsterdam, Netherlands — May 8, 2019, Etiya, the leading Independent Software Vendor providing Digital BSS, comprehensive Customer Relationship Management (CRM), as well as Customer and Social Media Analytics to Service Providers, today announced participation at TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World which takes place on 14th - 16th of May 2019 in Nice, France.Digital transformation is inevitable for operators to stand out from the competition and survive in the new digital economy
  
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• It’s Red Hat, but not as we know it

  08-05-2019 13:24
  Software vendor Red Hat is celebrating the launch of Enterprise Linux 8 and the approval of its acquisition by IBM with a change of wardrobe.
  As arguably the best known company to be named after an item of clothing, the hat itself is central to Red Hat’s brand and image, so any decision to muck about with it, therefore, is not to be taken lightly. But when incoming CMO Tim Yeaton chatted to people about the logo he was distressed to hear they found the dude wearing the hat to be sinister a
  
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• Visit the Natural History Museum’s outpost in Tring

  08-05-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  While many people will be familiar with the mighty Natural History Museum in central London, fewer will know that it has a sister museum just half an hour by train outside London.This is the Natural History Museum at Tring, set in a grand Victorian house that was slowly turned into a museum by the voracious collecting habit of a very rich man.
  The museum started life in 1889 as a 21st birthday present to Walter Rothschild from his father, the first Baron Rothschild — which is quite some pr
  
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• Focusing on 5G speed is missing the point – Verizon

  08-05-2019 10:17
  5G has been promising a lot, such is the industry’s inability to keep a handle on hype, but the winners and losers of tomorrow’s connected world might well be those who are able to think a bit differently.
  The focus of the morning keynote sessions at Light Reading’s Big 5G Event has had much more of a commercial focus than perhaps we are used to. The challenges of deploying a 5G network at scale and pace are intimidating, but the business model to ensure this isn’t a colo
  
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• We’re in last place but we’re actually leading 5G race – T-Mobile US

  08-05-2019 10:11
  T-Mobile US is currently in last place for the 5G race, but if you listen to the magenta tinged spin, its actually in first place.
  Right now, AT&T and Verizon have hit the on-switch for their 5G networks. Sprint is moving forward with its own plans, leaving only T-Mobile US floundering on 4G. That said, the purplish-red twist on the state-of-affairs is one of irrelevance.
  “With early 5G launches there have been disappointed customers and we don’t want to launch anything until we
  
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• The private power of the edge

  08-05-2019 10:09
  One of conundrums which has been quietly emerging over the last couple of months concerns how to maintain privacy when attempting to improve customer experience, but the power of the edge might save the day.
  If telcos want to be able to improve customer experience, data needs to be collected and analysed. This might sound like a very obvious statement to make, but the growing privacy movement across the world, and the potential of new regulatory restraints, might make this more difficult.
  This i
  
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• Newtec’s Excellence In Aviation Recognized With Prestigious MSUA Award At SATELLITE 2019

  08-05-2019 09:52
  Newtec Dialog® VSAT Platform named as Top Infrastructure Solution in quest to provide future-proof in-flight connectivity WASHINGTON, USA and SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, 8 May 2019: Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – has been awarded with the Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA)’s Top Infrastructure Award.Presented at an exclusive ceremony which took place as part of SATELLITE 2019, the
  
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• Go into the disused tunnels at Charing Cross tube station

  08-05-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the 1970s, to help dig the new Jubilee line at Charing Cross, a series of long access tunnels had to also be dug — and they’re still down there, empty and abandoned.As part of the London Transport Museum’s Hidden London tours, it’s now possible to go into some of these tunnels and see this hidden part of the tube network.
  This large network of tunnels were needed because while the Jubilee line platforms are next to Charing Cross mainline station, the nearest building s
  
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• Orange beefs up its cyber security offering with €515 million acquisition of SecureLink

  08-05-2019 02:00
  Orange has acquired Dutch cyber security specialists, SecureLink, for a fee of €515 million, according to a company release. SecureLink is one of Europe's biggest independent cyber security providers, achieving revenues of &euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• IDC: Red Hat’s new Enterprise Linux platform to impact $10 trillion of global business revenues

  08-05-2019 02:00
  Open source solutions specialist Red Hat has launched version 8 of its flagship Enterprise Linux operating system. 
  As we move towards the age of ubiquitous connectivity, Red Hat’s Enterprise Linux 8 will help businesses launch next generation, digital transformation strategies at scale…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Australian regulator blocks A$15 billion merger between Vodafone and TPG

  08-05-2019 02:00
  Australia's anti-monopoly watchdog has blocked the proposed merger between Vodafone Australia and TPG Telecom. The pair had been set for a A$15 billion (&pound…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 37 and counting: Nokia ramps up its preparations for a year of 5G rollouts

  08-05-2019 02:00
  With the launch of 5G in South Korea last month, the age of 5G is finally upon us. As the rest of the world looks to follow South Korea's lead, operators around the globe are going into 5G overdrive in a bid to rollout their next generation mobile networks.While some of the chasing pack have criticised South Korea for using some pre-standardised technological components in its 5G launch, Nokia says that Korea has acted as a useful "proving ground" for network equipment providers to put their 5G
  
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