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• 5G auctions/Germany: alles oops

  13-06-2019 17:28
  Operators are grumbling about costs
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER to address challenges limiting the development of the offshore industry at OGA 2019

  13-06-2019 17:11
  Speaking at Oil and Gas Asia (OGA) 2019, the HUBER+SUHNER Head of Business Unit Offshore/Energy Frank Thorn will address the urgent changes that need to be made in the offshore cable industry to allow for future progress.The demand for oil and gas has grown consistently over the last few decades, despite developments in renewable energy. This demand has resulted in a necessity for the offshore industry to explore ever more remotely in order to access...Source: RealWire
  
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• Europe missing its ultrafast targets

  13-06-2019 14:50
  With only 20% of European customers adopting broadband services over 100 Mbps, the European Commission is falling behind its own targets with six months to go.
  While the targets are certainly ambitious, the European Commission has decided it would like to have 50% of all broadband customers across the bloc subscribing to 100 Mbps by 2020. With only 20% subscribing to an ultrafast service, it looks like it is becoming a big ask as we head towards the mid-point of the year.
  There will of course be
  
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• Telenor and PCCW question the need for speed

  13-06-2019 14:29
  There are telcos who are rushing to launch 5G services, there are some who simply aren’t ready and there are a few who don’t seem that bothered right now.
  During a panel session at 5G World, an interesting point was put forward by both PCCW and Telenor; if you don’t need 5G, why bother rushing to the finish line?
  PCCW Group CTO Paul Berriman pointed to the current state-of-play. Data consumption is increasing, though the network is not being strained as it is elsewhere. Hong Ko
  
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• Past and present photos of Crossrail construction sites

  13-06-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s often nostalgic to look back at places that have been torn asunder by major construction sites and think, goodness, it really did look like that.
  Thanks to the magic of Google Street view and its archive facility – here are some then and now photos along the central section of the Crossrail project.
  Abbey Wood Station
  Sept 2009
  April 2018
  June 2012
  April 2018
  North Woolwich tunnel head
  Sept 2009
  May 2018
  Connaught Tunnel
  Aug 2008
  May 2018
  Custom House Station
  Aug 2008
  March 2018
  
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• Enterprise market will depend on communications skills – 5G World

  13-06-2019 12:22
  The soft skills are often over looked, especially in an industry which is so dominated by engineering smarts, but the success of enterprise 5G could be as simple as talking the right language.
  “If we carry on talking about remote surgery 5G is going to fail,” said Gilad Garon, CEO of software vendor ASOCS. “Need to start talking to people in a language which they understand.”
  Remote surgery certainly has taken a bit of a bashing at the show this week, though Garon is just
  
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• Three plans to continue to be the awkward one

  13-06-2019 12:02
  Three became the third telco to outline its ambitions in the 5G world this week, taking a slightly different approach to EE and Vodafone but it could prove to be the most interesting.
  Although some have talked-down the long-term prospects of fixed wireless access, it does break down the barriers for those who want to enter the broadband market. At 5G World, we got the chance to speak to Ros Singleton, MD of UK Broadband, the subsidiary and smarts behind Three’s broadband challenge.
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• Telcos complain about auction as German regulator bags €6.5bn

  13-06-2019 11:59
  With 41 blocks available in the 2 GHz and 3.6 GHz bands, this spectrum auction has proved to be a busy one for Germany, but it certainly is a profitable one also.
  Lasted 52 days and consisting of hundreds of different bids in what appeared to be a frustrating process, the German regulator will pocket €6.5 billion. It seems Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone were having the biggest feud, sending the total expenditure considerably north of the €3-5 billion expectation.
  Sitting at the top of t
  
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• ZTE wins Leading Contribution to Network Slicing Award at 5G World Summit

  13-06-2019 11:49
  13 June 2019, London, UK - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has won the Leading Contribution to Network Slicing Award at the 5G World Summit for its 5G slicing wholesale solution, which fully demonstrates ZTE’s innovation capabilities and leading position in the 5G field.The 5G slicing wholesale solution encourages vertical industries to participate in network s
  
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• InfiNet Wireless gets ready for 5G era by harnessing the 6 GHz frequency band

  13-06-2019 11:13
  Moscow, Russia, – 13 June 2019 - InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, has announced that it is enhancing its fixed wireless solutions operating at 6 GHz frequency band to ensure maximum performance. The announcement coincides with a universal rise in demand for available spectrum and the need for major spectrum re-farming to accommodate the deployment of 5G infrastructures. The enhancements have also been fuelled by the rapid adoption of the...Sourc
  
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• Aerohive® Drives Enterprise Networking Innovation at Cloud-Speed

  13-06-2019 10:48
  Cloud-managed networking leader launches two new technological advances, powered by AI and Machine Learning, to meet four key demands of the enterpriseMilpitas, Calif. — June 13, 2019 — Aerohive Networks® (NYSE: HIVE), a leader in cloud-managed networking, today unveiled two new innovations that further strengthen Aerohive’s cloud managed networking vision. Through extensive interviews with customers, partners and industry analysts, Aerohive has identified that the enterpri
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of a particle accelerator

  13-06-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A short trip outside London is a huge silver UFO shaped building, and in August will be a chance to go inside to see the particle accelerator it houses.Officially, it’s the UK’s national synchrotron, but rather than smashing atoms together to study them, as is done at CERN, here, they are used to generate powerful light beams that can be used to study the inside of materials.
  And the entire facility sits in a huge silver ring building in the countryside.
  Of importance to science, and
  
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• US to hold pre-trial hearing for Sprint and T-Mobile merger next week

  13-06-2019 02:00
  A US Court in New York has scheduled a pre-trial hearing, involving the Attorney General’s of 10 US states who are seeking to block the proposed merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, for next week, according to a Reuters report…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK government allocates £40m of funding to 5G testbed initiatives

  13-06-2019 02:00
  The UK government has pledged £40 million in funding to support the development of a number of 5G use cases at testbeds around the country.
  The funding will come out of the government's existing £200 million 5G Testbeds and Trials scheme…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Tough days for Apple, as iPhone sales continue to plummet

  13-06-2019 02:00
  Apple has seen its market share in the European smartphone market fall to just 23 per cent, as sales of its flagship iPhone continue to plummet.
  The latest edition of IDC's Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report highlighted a growing gap between Apple and the industry leaders Samsung and Huawei…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telcos spend €6.5bn at Germany's 5G auction – but were they overcharged?

  13-06-2019 02:00
  Germany's telecoms regulatory authority has raised €6.5bn at its 5G spectrum auction, as telcos bid for the spectrum with which they will launch their 5G mobile network services.However, their have been murmurs of discontent among the country's mobile network operators, who feel that they have been forced to overpay for spectrum…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Connected Britain 2019: What’s next for the UK’s fledgling 5G and FTTH networks?

  13-06-2019 02:00
  2019 has been quite a year for the UK from a connectivity point of view. The country became one of the first nations in Europe to launch commercial 5G mobile network services last month, when EE switched on its 5G networks. The UK has made similarly impressive strides on the fixed line side of things, seeing a seven-fold increase in FTTH penetration levels since this time last year. I mean, sure, seven times nothing is still not very much at all, but it’s a start!   To its
  
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