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• Abramovich-backed telecoms group Truphone set to break even

  23-09-2019 17:08 via ft.com
  Innovative UK company that allows users to avoid roaming charges has racked up 13 years of losses
  
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• KT boasts of 1mn 5G subs and European roaming deals

  23-09-2019 17:03
  KT has announced its 5G subscriber base has gone past the one million mark and it has entered into 5G roaming agreements with operators in Italy, Switzerland, and Finland.
  KT, South Korea’s second largest operator, announced that it has won one million 5G subscribers five months after the service was launched, and one month after its competitor, SK Telecom, the country’s biggest operator, hit the milestone.
  Meanwhile, KT has also reached 5G roaming agreements with TIM in Italy, Sunri
  
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• Facebook starts taking data guardian role seriously

  23-09-2019 16:52
  Facebook needs to get back in the good books of both regulators and the general public sharpish, and it seems it is taking a machete to the developer ecosystem to do so.
  As part of the agreement with the Federal Trade Commission, Facebook has promised to create a more comprehensive oversight model for the development and implementation of apps on its platform, and it does seem to be taking its responsibility seriously this time around. Whether this prevents a repeat of the Cambridge Analytica sc
  
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• Train punctuality shows sharp drop as new reporting method hits

  23-09-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The reports of how many trains arrive on time are to be shaken up, and the result could be to make train reliability appear to drop drastically.
  At the moment, trains are deemed to be late if they arrive more than 5 or 10 minutes late, depending on the type of service. It’s now been agreed that the late running reports will calculate lateness to within the minute.
  The new-style report from the Rail Regulator (ORR) shows that 64.7% of stations were arrived at on time in the year to June 201
  
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• Tickets Alert: Doctor Who screening – The Curse of Fenric

  23-09-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There will be a special anniversary screening of seventh Doctor’s penultimate story, with Sophie Aldred and script editor Andrew Cartmel.
  When the Doctor and Ace arrive at a secret military base during WWII, they discover that a centuries-old Viking curse is bringing terror to its inhabitants. As hideous vampires rise and Russian commandoes begin to close in, they are confronted not only with a mystery from the distant past, but also a terrifying vision of mankind’s future…
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• Shenzhen Subsidizes 5G Deployment: Why Are Governments around the World Subsidizing 5G?

  23-09-2019 12:43
  It seems the entire telecom industry has recently been talking about a document issued by the Shenzhen government to boost the construction of 5G infrastructure and the development of the industry as a whole. This document stipulated that CNY10,000 will be compensated for every standalone (SA) 5G base station deployed, and telecom operators can receive up to CNY150 million. This document is seen to demonstrate Shenzhen’s speed and commitment to embracing the new technology.
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• iPhone gets the official nod of approval for tariff exemptions

  23-09-2019 11:22
  For those who are facing uncertainty over the potential introduction of tariffs on products and components originating in China, the confirmation of Apple’s exemptions will perhaps rub salt into the wound.
  Although the idea of preferential treatment is a stretch, a lot of good things do happen to Apple. With new tariffs looming on the horizon, Apple has received approval for 10 of the 15 applications it made for exemption. Details are thin on the ground for the moment (the US Trade Represe
  
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• Huawei pledges $1.5 billion to its new developer program

  23-09-2019 11:22
  Huawei has announced that it will invest $1.5 billion in the next five years to boost its developer ecosystem for the Kunpeng and Ascend computing platforms.
  SDKs were also released at the same event when its Developer Program 2.0 was unveiled.The announcement was made at the 2019 version of the Chinese vendor’s annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai. According to Patrick Zhang, CTO of Cloud & AI Products & Services at Huawei, the new program will cover five key areas:Building an
  
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• NTT kicks-off 5G foray at Rugby World Cup

  23-09-2019 11:16
  There might be more attention given to the rugby than mobile networks in Tokyo right now, but the World Cup is giving NTT Docomo a pleasant opportunity to test out its 5G smarts.
  Last Friday, the Rugby World Cup kick-off in Japan and NTT said it was also offering a trial 5G service ahead of a full-commercial launch in Spring 2020. According to local press, 5G devices will be set-up in local stores to allow for a more in-depth experience of the games, while the telco has also announced it will st
  
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• US general public in favour of breaking up Big Tech

  23-09-2019 11:15
  The technology industry has caught the sharp-end of the stick from point-scoring politicians in recent months, however it does appear the aggressors are representative of the people.
  It should not be considered unusual to see some of the rhetoric stepped-up a level with the Democratic Presidential Candidate heating-up, though that could only be the tip of the iceberg. Recent election campaigns have seemingly specialised in grand promises, see Brexit and 2016 Presential Election, and there is lit
  
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• “Rising revenue threats call for enhanced visibility using machine learning tools,” says Neural Technologies at CFCA Fall 2019

  23-09-2019 11:00
  SINGAPORE, 23 September, 2019 – The 29 billion connected devices expected by 2022, present steep growth in revenue and subsequently, revenue threats for enterprises of all sizes in the future. Communications Service Providers (CSPs) must consider all eventualities of risk and prepare for every scenario with tools in place to enable very rapid response times, warns Neural Technologies Senior Data Scientist and Advisor, Dr. George Bolt at CFCA 2019. Speaking at the upcoming CFCA Fall...Sourc
  
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• What does it really take to manage 5G service quality for enterprises?

  23-09-2019 10:43
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Richard Piasentin, Chief Marketing and Chief Strategy Officer at Accedian, looks at the all-important enterprise use-cases presented by 5G.
  In all the noise and excitement surrounding 5G, we must remember that the majority of use cases and revenue opportunities for communications service providers (CSPs) are in the enterprise space, rather than for consumer-facing
  
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• ZTE Wins the Greatest Commercial Potential for Edge Computing Concept Award

  23-09-2019 10:38
  Shenzhen, China, 23 September 2019: ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has won The Greatest Commercial Potential for Edge Computing Concept Award at the Edge Computing Congress for its Slice Store for MEC solution, which fully demonstrates ZTE's innovation capabilities and leading position in the 5G field.With the development of 5G technologies, mobile operators have no
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Automotive, edge and Huawei smartphones

  23-09-2019 10:15
  Now with added video!
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER leading the way in Fiber Connectivity at ECOC 2019

  23-09-2019 10:14
  HUBER+SUHNER, leading manufacturer of components and system solutions for electrical and optical connectivity, will debut its LISA Double Access solution for the first time at ECOC 2019, as part of its extensive Fiber Connectivity portfolio.The high-density and modular cross-connect fiber management system solution from HUBER+SUHNER provides a maximum of 3600 ports per rack making it crucial to the support of high-density applications and critical to future-proofing the industry. With no room fo
  
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• London’s Alleys: Hare Place, EC4

  23-09-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  What looks like a short gap under some shops is an alley that used to be so much longer than it is today. Hare Place today passes under the Fleet Street shops and terminates just behind in Old Mitre Court, but it once passed much further south into the heart of the legal buildings that fill the area.What was originally called Hare Alley followed the boundary between Serjeants’ Inn to the east and unmarked buildings to the west. Serjeants’ Inn on Fleet Street was one of the two inns o
  
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• Telefonica teams up with media group on Spanish language content factory

  23-09-2019 02:00
  Telefonica has partnered with media group Atresmedia to create what it describes as a content factory that will produce original TV series and films for their respective TV platforms…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• O2 gets 'em in at Oktoberfest

  23-09-2019 02:00
  Germany's annual beer festival Oktoberfest got underway in Munich this weekend and with tens of thousands arriving at the festival ground on day one, according to local media reports…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei latest reported suitor to distance itself from Oi

  23-09-2019 02:00
  Huawei has become the latest company to distance itself from Brazilian telco Oi, which is reportedly lining up suitors to buy some or all of its business.The Chinese vendor has denied any interest in acquiring Oi or any other Brazilian operator, Reuters reported this weekend…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• DoCoMo launches pre-commercial 5G at Rugby World Cup

  23-09-2019 02:00
  NTT DoCoMo confirmed late last week that it launched a pre-commercial 5G service in Tokyo to demonstrate the technology to attendees at the opening match of this year's Rugby World Cup, as well as in other major centres in Japan.It also used Twitter to call for people interested in trialling the technology later in the tournament to get in touch…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Austria uses carrot and stick to drive rural 5G coverage

  23-09-2019 02:00
  Austria's telecom regulator on Monday published a consultation into the award of frequencies for 5G mobile services in which it proposed that the available 700 MHz band spectrum would have coverage obligations attached to it and detailed a potential bonus system to incentivise operators to prioritise rural rollout.The Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR) is due to auction off spectrum in the 700 MHz…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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