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• CarConnect: ZTE and Deutsche Telekom make cars smarter and safer

  06-09-2019 18:38
  6 September 2019, Deutschland – ZTE, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has developed the new smart adapter CarConnect in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom. The device now appears in a completely revised version. In addition to faster access to mobile Internet, drivers are offered new functionalities and more security.SmartCar applications are not exclusively found in high-priced new cars for almost tw
  
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• The winners and losers of telecoms will be decided by convergence

  06-09-2019 18:32
  There are still naysayers about the benefits of convergence, but those who ignore this trend will fast find themselves sleep-walking the path to utilitisation and irrelevance.
  First and foremost, let’s have a look at what convergence actually is. This strategy is not the silver bullet which some telcos are seeking. A convergence strategy which not recapture the lost fortunes of yesteryear overnight, and it will not turn the traditional telco into the sleek shape of an internet giant. Howev
  
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• New art for new London Underground stations

  06-09-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The two new tube stations on the Northern line extension are getting new art installations specially designed for them.
  At Battersea Power Station station, Alexandre da Cunha’s work, called Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset, will stretch to almost 100 metres in length running along the length of the ticket hall.
  Visualisation, Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset, Alexandre da Cunha at Battersea Power Station.
  Da Cunha uses an outdated advertising mechanism – the rotating billboard – to create two fr
  
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• Multiple US states open Facebook antitrust investigation

  06-09-2019 16:47
  An investigation has commenced in the US into possible abuses of Facebook’s market dominance regarding data, advertising and consumer choice.
  The leader of the investigation is New York Attorney General Letitia James, but she has got her contemporaries from Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia to muck in too. They all, apparently, are uneasy about the effect Facebook’s dominant market position has on all kinds of competition
  
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• Rakuten delays network launch to work out the bugs

  06-09-2019 14:09
  Japan’s fourth mobile operator has said it will delay its launch, originally set for October 1, in favour of a limited trial for 5,000 users.
  The announcement will put a dampener on the spirits of those who are closely watching developments in Japan. With the barriers set so high on entering the mobile connectivity game for new-comers, cash-rich technology companies will be looking for tips and tricks to develop their own game-plans, though this was not supposed to be part of the story.
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• Telenor and Axiata pull the plug on mega-merger

  06-09-2019 14:08
  Operator groups Telenor and Axiata had intended to merge their Asian operations but have now decided it’s just too much hassle.
  The proposed merger was announced back in May. “We are on the verge of making a new history,” said Axiata Group CEO Tan Sri Jamaludin Ibrahim, at the time. “This proposed mega merger of equals would create a Global Champion, headquartered right here in Malaysia.”
  But by the time we got to Axiata’s quarterlies last week, there was talk
  
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• LG doubles down on games and multi-tasking with new dual-screen

  06-09-2019 14:06
  LG first started touting its smarts with a dual screen at Mobile World Congress in February, but at IFA it has launched the LG G8X ThinQ, an updated version of the concept.
  Although this is not a product which will be applicable to everyone, its an idea which we like. There aren’t too many updates here, but the fact LG is persisting with this form factor indicates there is appeal to the niche audiences it has been targeting. Perhaps this is the step-change in form factor the industry has b
  
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• KPN poaches Proximus CEO

  06-09-2019 12:17
  Dominique Leroy has played Benelux musical chairs by moving from Belgian Proximus to become Dutch KPN’s new CEO.
  The CEO vacancy at KPN was created by the sudden departure of Maximo Ibarra earlier this year for family reasons, which coincided with a major outage for which KPN was culpable. Leroy has been CEO of Proximus for five years but her new salary of around a million euros a year was presumably a factor in convincing her to seek new challenges.
  “We are very pleased to appoint D
  
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• Axiata and Telenor abandon move to merge Asian operations

  06-09-2019 11:44
  Collapse of talks comes after Malaysian prime minister aired fears over potential job losses
  
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• Iliad awards €55m in shares to just five executives

  06-09-2019 06:01
  Struggling French telecoms group faces investor scrutiny over howpayouts calculated
  
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• Gavin Patterson returns to head up Salesforce in Europe and the Middle East

  06-09-2019 02:00
  Former BT chief exec, Gavin Paterson, has landed a new role as Salesforce's new chairman for Europe, The Middle East and Africa.According to a report in the Financial Times, Patterson will be in charge of shaping Salesforce's strategic direction within the region…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Everything-as-a-Service: The next step in the evolution of the telco

  06-09-2019 02:00
  A quick flick through the agenda for next week's Carriers World event in London, will show you that telcos are desperately searching for ways to boost their bottom line, increase ARPUs and stop being just… well… telcos. The days of merely flogging voice, text and data bundles to the world and his wife are long gone, as service providers look to leverage their existing infrastructure to deliver a huge range of "Everything-as-a-Service" type products.
  New consumer research released
  
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• Dominique Leroy lands the KPN top job

  06-09-2019 02:00
  KPN has announced that former Proximus Group CEO, Dominique Leroy, will become the company's new chief exec, with effect from the 1st of December 2019.  Leroy will succeed Maximo Ibarra as CEO of KPN, following his decision to resign earlier this year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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