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• Ren confirms Huawei restructure on the cards with memo

  12-08-2019 18:01
  An internal memo from Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has been doing the rounds, suggesting a major business restructure to ensure the business can survive US aggression.
  Although it remains the heavyweight champion in the network infrastructure segment, the last two years have been marred with a White House propaganda mission to limit the prospects of the business. Huawei has remained strong in the face of adversity to date, though in a memo to staff, Ren has admitted the damage has been dealt.
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• Ren confirms Huawei restructure on the cards

  12-08-2019 18:01
  An internal memo from Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has been doing the rounds, suggesting a major business restructure to ensure the business can survive US aggression.
  Although it remains the heavyweight champion in the network infrastructure segment, the last two years have been marred with a White House propaganda mission to limit the prospects of the business. Huawei has remained strong in the face of adversity to date, though in a memo to staff, Ren has admitted the damage has been dealt.
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• Third-parties are next battleground in video streaming war

  12-08-2019 16:12
  Securing a partnership with the likes of Netflix and Amazon might be the golden-ticket for the telcos, but no-one should forget they have as much negotiating power as the OTTs.
  For the telcos, convergence is an oasis of profit in the barren desert of the connectivity industry. As traditional means of generating cash are either destroyed (SMS and voice tariffs) or increasingly squeezed (CAPEX investments for 5G), many telcos are searching for differentiation to charge more and prove they can add
  
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• Watch a power station demolition

  12-08-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s not in London, not at a convenient hour, and the organisers would rather no one turned up – so here are the details.
  Not far from Oxford is the small town of Didcot, and the very large power station that was Didcot A which used to be a combined oil and coal based system, but is now closed and being demolished. Controversially, the main boiler house collapsed in 2016 during its demolition and killed four men.
  However, the cooling towers remain — and will soon also be taken
  
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• Appeals court halts FCC red-tape cutting quest

  12-08-2019 13:38
  The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has put the brakes on FCC attempts to reduce bureaucracy surrounding small cell deployment in the US.
  In March last year, the FCC introduced new rules which would remove certain approvals required for the deployment of small cells. In short, telcos would no-longer have to seek review from the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) prior to deployment.
  In response to the new rules, the Uni
  
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• London Underground posters – Special offer for ianVisits readers

  12-08-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Alongside the design of the stations, London Underground’s posters heritage is justly world-famous.
  While it’s possible for the very rich to buy originals, the London Transport Museum also sells prints at very much more affordable rates.
  As a special ianVisits readers offer, if you buy a poster or print from the London Transport Museum between 12th Aug and 24th Aug, you can have a 20% discount off the price.
  The heritage of the posters goes back, as so much does, to the legendary Fra
  
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• Nokia getting prickly in India over non-payments

  12-08-2019 12:13
  Reports have emerged out of India suggesting Nokia is on the verge of limiting its relationship with state-owned telco BSNL over non-existent payments.
  According to The Economic Times of India, numerous vendors are becoming frustrated with on-going challenges in the India market, and the knock-on effect this has on payments of dues for products, solutions and maintenance. Nokia is allegedly on the verge of limiting its activities with BSNL due to frustration.
  BSNL is one of the firms which is be
  
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• US Security Advisor lands to rub shoulders with BoJo

  12-08-2019 11:31
  US National Security Advisor John Bolton has landed in the UK over the weekend to attend various meetings over the next two days, and its not difficult to imagine what is on the agenda.
  Bolton has been a regularly featured name in Republican Presidential administrations since the early 80s and is credited with being one of the more hawkish members of the current ruling mob. With Brexit a key concern for many parties around the world, the up-coming deadline is likely to feature in many conversati
  
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• Samsung and Xiaomi benefit from Huawei misery

  12-08-2019 10:54
  US aggression towards Huawei seems to be paying-off as smartphone shipments in Europe swing away from the Chinese vendor, towards Samsung and Xiaomi.
  Although Huawei is still a profitable and growing company, some might fear this growth is too concentrated on the Chinese market thanks to US attempts to damage credibility internationally. According to Canalys estimates, this could be the case, with European smartphone purchases shifting away from the previously surging Huawei brand and towards ri
  
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• London’s Alleys: Great Turnstile, WC2

  12-08-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is the greater of three turnstile alleys in the Holborn alley, although only greater in name not in stature.The alleys are named after the time when Lincolns Inns fields to the south were used for cattle, and there was a need to stop them wandering off into Holborn. Hence, turnstiles were erected in Tudor times, and hundreds of years later after the cattle have done to the great chop house in the sky, the name lingers on.
  Great Turnstile later became famous as a passage for shops, and in 17
  
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• Vendors lose patience with India's cash-strapped operators, as Nokia threatens to dump BSNL

  12-08-2019 02:00
  Network equipment providers in India are beginning to lose patience with the country's cash strapped network operators, as Nokia becomes the latest company to voice concerns.A report in the Economic Times of India quoted sources close to Nokia as saying that the company was considering removing services to India's fourth biggest operator…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• O2: Ofcom's 5G spectrum plans unfairly favour Three

  12-08-2019 02:00
  UK mobile network operator, O2, has criticised Ofcom's decision to defragment C-band 5G spectrum at next year's auction, according to reports in the UK press.
  O2 says that the Ofcom proposal would hand an unfair advantage to Three UK…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Net giants could face million-pound fines from Ofcom over explicit content

  12-08-2019 02:00
  The UK government has proposed giving new powers to the country's telecoms regulator which would enable them to levy multi-million-pound fines to online platforms who do not prevent the circulation of explicit material…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei launches HarmonyOS, as it looks to lessen its reliance on US tech

  12-08-2019 02:00
  Huawei has launched its new distributed operating system, HarmonyOS, as the company looks to protect itself from the political caprices of the US government.Launching its own operating system will effectively protect Huawei from any ban on it being able to access Google's Android operating system, which underpins its current range of smartphone handsets.US president, Donald Trump…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• CityFibre's FTTH buildout passes 70,000 UK homes

  12-08-2019 02:00
  CityFibre's fibre to the home (FTTH) network build out has passed more than 70,000 homes, the latest figures reveal.By the 1st of August 2019, CityFibre had reached 70…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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