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• Helios Towers set to hit redial on London listing

  11-09-2019 22:31
  Africa-focused telecoms infrastructure group plans second attempt at IPO
  
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• Change is on the Telefónica horizon with towers and workforce restructure

  11-09-2019 17:37
  Telefónica has announced plans to accelerate the strategy of monetizing its tower assets after getting the green light from the Board of Directors.
  The woes of Telefónica have been quite apparent in recent years. Despite owning regionalised businesses which are either market leaders or at the top-end of the scale, the firm has been drowning in debt. In bygone years, it was rumoured the firm was struggling with €53 billion debts, though it does seem to have gotten a handle
  
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• Aussie regulator not in the ‘real world’ over Vodafone and TPG

  11-09-2019 13:50
  Lawyers representing Vodafone Australia and TPG have suggested the Australian competition watchdog is not living in reality as it continues quest to force in a fourth MNO.
  Last year, Vodafone and TPG announced intentions to merge operations in pursuit of creating a business which can offer comprehensive services in both the mobile and fixed segments. The pair were searching for ‘synergies’, seemingly a play to compete in the world of convergence, but the Australian Competition and Co
  
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• Apple finally gets the memo on sacrificing margin for market share

  11-09-2019 13:32
  By making its entry-level new phone cheaper than last year’s one and only charging a fiver for its new video service, Apple is further compromising its premium image.
  The roman numerals experiment is over, which means no more X in the iPhone nomenclature. Now we have the entry-level iPhone 11, the iPhone 11 Pro that has additional wide-angle and telephoto cameras on top of the regular one, and the iPhone 11 Pro Max, which is the same as the Pro but bigger. The most significant change, howe
  
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• INCA announces surge in members as focus on 21st century digital infrastructure intensifies

  11-09-2019 13:13
  Latest 34 new members include established and new operators, vendors and many local authorities, as tenth annual conference agenda is confirmedLondon, UK, 11 September 2019 – As the UK Government continues to focus on full-fibre and 5G and interest in infrastructure provision by independent broadband providers continues to grow, the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has seen a dramatic increase in new members. The acceleration in applications during the last 12 months ha
  
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• GSMA pushes the case for 26 GHz ahead of WRC-19

  11-09-2019 13:07
  In an open-letter to representatives of 170 governments ahead of the ITU’s World Radiocommunication Conference in November, the GSMA has pressed the case for 5G in the mmWave spectrum bands.
  At the conference, taking place in Egypt, Government Ministers and executives of regulatory authorities will decide the fate of 5G in the 26, 40 and 66 GHz spectrum bands. These spectrum bands have been hotly-discussed for ultra-high capacity and ultra-high-speed services, though there have been discer
  
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• Was the Northern line nearly named after Tutankhamun?

  11-09-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There is a story that crops up ever so often that during the Tutankhamun mania of the mid-1920s, the Northern line was nearly named the Tootancamden line.
  This odd little story from the 1920s is timely though, thanks to the forthcoming Tutankhamun exhibition in London. So you might hear the story of the Tootancamden line being repeated a fair bit over the next few months, especially by people copy/pasting from Wikipedia.
  But, how accurate is the claim?
  The extension to the Northern line from Cla
  
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• US tech fraternity pushes its own version of GDPR

  11-09-2019 12:03
  The technology industry might enjoy light-touch regulatory landscapes, but change is on the horizon with what appears to be an attempt to be the master of its own fate.
  In an open-letter to senior members of US Congress, 51 CEOs of the technology and business community have asked for a federal law governing data protection and privacy. It appears to be a push to gain consistency across the US, removing the ability for aggressive and politically ambitious Attorney Generals and Senators to create
  
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• VRIF publishes Guidelines v.2, announces new board of directors and reveals upcoming activities at IBC

  11-09-2019 11:57
  FREMONT, CA, September 11, 2019: The Virtual Reality Industry Forum (VRIF, www.vr-if.org) has announced the election of a new Board of Directors and Officers. VRIF further announced that version 2 of its Guidelines is publicly available from its website. The new version adds recommendations on live VR360 production and distribution, the use of text and fonts in immersive experiences, watermarking of 2D framed content in 3D environments and enhanced-quality viewport distribution.Guidelines V.2: V
  
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• ZTE to unveil four innovative Big Video Solutions at IBC 2019

  11-09-2019 11:33
  11 September 2019, Shenzhen, China - ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, plans to unveil its four innovative Big Video Solutions including 5G Live TV solution, the 5G+8K service, operator tier customized IPTV dual-ecosystem and smart home at IBC 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.Addressing the problems of the traditional live streaming apps like limited viewing angles,
  
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• Bromley Hall – the oldest brick building in London

  11-09-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It looks like a fairly ordinary moderately old building next to a dirty noisy main road – but this old building is older than you could ever imagine. It’s actually thought to be the oldest brick built building in London – and over 500 years old.The area, today mostly council houses and light industrial sites with the noisy Blackwall Tunnel approach tearing through it was once a religious centre. While the Priory may have built the hall, the early history is uncertain, but it ce
  
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• PCCW Global: Carriers must innovate and collaborate to fully capitalise on 5G

  11-09-2019 02:00
  Global carriers must be prepared to collaborate and evolve new business models in order to capitalise on the enormous potential of 5G, according to senior industry sources.
  Speaking to Total Telecom at the Carriers World event in London on Wednesday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange and Ericsson launch 5G test network in Poland

  11-09-2019 02:00
  Orange and Ericsson have launched a 5G test network in the Polish capital of Warsaw. The test network has already achieved speeds of 900Mbps.
  Orange has launched 9 sites in Warsaw…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Airtel launches its first Gigabit fibre broadband offering in India

  11-09-2019 02:00
  India’s third biggest telco by subscribers, Bharti Airtel, has launched its first gigabit capable broadband service on the sub-continent.
  Airtel’s Xtreme Fiber package is available to retail customers, starting at around 3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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