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• 2020 forecast to be rebound year for semiconductors thanks to 5G

  08-10-2019 18:09
  Looking at the fortunes of some of the major players in the semiconductor market, this is a segment which looks like it might need a bit of luck. Fortunately, 5G is just around the corner.
  AMD’s latest results saw revenues take a dive 13%, Samsung has just forecast a 56.17% year-on-year decline in profit for its next quarter and Intel’s latest three-month financials saw a revenue dip of 3% year-on-year. These are only a few examples, but the market has had somewhat of a torrid 2019,
  
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• France pushes forward with trials of much-hyped mmWave airwaves

  08-10-2019 16:44
  Much has been spoken about the promise of mmWave spectrum bands, and France has announced 11 trials to separate the wheat from the chaff in 26 GHz.
  Launched by Agnès Pannier-Runacher, France’s Secretary of State to the Minister for the Economy and Finance, and Sébastien Soriano, Chair of the Electronic Communications and Postal Regulatory Authority (Arcep), the trials will sweep the country, covering a handy number of different usecases, while also bringing in an attractive n
  
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• Infrastructure/Cellnex: pound wave

  08-10-2019 15:46
  The justification for an expensive bet depends on finding cheaper tower assets
  
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• Vodafone to close 1,000 shops across Europe

  08-10-2019 15:41
  UK telecoms group to slash store portfolio by 15% as it overhauls high-street role
  
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• US government thinking of giving Nokia and Ericsson a helping hand – report

  08-10-2019 14:03
  Huawei’s main rivals in the telecoms kit market could be set for some extra assistance from the US as it looks to level the 5G playing field.
  The rumour comes courtesy of the FT, which spoke to some anonymous but definitely senior US government officials. They reckon that, in spite of all the impediments the US has thrown in its way, there’s a real danger that Huawei could become ‘dangerously dominant’ in the 5G market. One way to help Ericsson and Nokia keep up may be to
  
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• Infinet Wireless to demonstrate its cutting-edge Fixed Wireless Access solutions at WISPAPALOOZA 2019

  08-10-2019 13:30
  The first-of-its-kind solutions on display will enable telecom and enterprise customers to enhance their connectivity speeds and capacitiesLas Vegas, Nevada, 8 October 2019 – Infinet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, will showcase its brand-new mmWave-band solutions designed to enable customers to enhance speeds, capacities and latencies, all while reducing costs, at WISPAPALOOZA 2019.In Las Vegas, Nevada, from Tuesday, October 15 to Thursday, October 17
  
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• Arqiva to become the latest acquisition in Cellnex spending spree

  08-10-2019 13:09
  Spanish infrastructure giant Cellnex has said it will acquire the Arqiva telecommunications business unit for £2 billion.
  The transaction will make Cellnex the largest independent wireless infrastructure company in the UK, as well as the largest across Europe. The deal will add 7,400 sites to the footprint, as well as the rights to market an additional 900 across the UK. Cellnex’s total portfolio now exceeds 53,000 sites.
  “The Arqiva Telecoms division acquisition is a key miles
  
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• Nokia launches a new fixed-line chipset family

  08-10-2019 13:07
  Finnish kit vendor Nokia has unveiled a new chipset family called Quillion that is designed to get the best out of fibre networks.
  The name may have been chosen to imply a really big number, but it could also refer to the crossguard of a sword, or even a town in central Chile. Who knows? One of its USPs does seem to be to introduce a degree of future-proofing to fibre networks its used on, such that data rates of 10 Gbps won’t be a problem.
  “In a 5G world, consumers will expect a gig
  
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• Eternal graffiti: A poetry exhibition at the Maughan

  08-10-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If you love poetry, there’s an exhibition to visit. If you don’t love poetry but do love old buildings, there’s an exhibition to visit.
  The old chapel of the Rolls Estate was used for worship as part of the Public Records building, but also storage of the parchment rolls of the Courts of Chancery. When the Public Records moved out it was acquired by King’s College in 2001 and converted into a huge and very impressive library, while the old chapel was kept as an exhibition
  
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• Ericsson benefits from Telia Norway’s snub of Huawei and Nokia

  08-10-2019 12:31
  Ericsson has announced it will be the sole RAN vendor for Telia Norway, with the pair driving towards completing a nationwide rollout by 2023.
  While the duo already had a relationship in place, Huawei might have hoped this was a market it would benefit in. At the end of September, the Norwegian Government indicated it was not going to pass a wide-spread ban on Huawei equipment, while the Chinese vendor has signed an MOU with the telcos parent company and does have a relationship to supply 4G net
  
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• Bell Lamb And Joynson Opts For Zylpha's 'Pay As You Bundle' Document Solution

  08-10-2019 11:39
  Bell Lamb & Joynson Solicitors has chosen Pay As You Go legal document bundling software from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com), for use with their LEAP case management system. Zylpha significantly reduces the time taken to produce document bundles, enabling more time to be spent with clients.Established in 1821, Bell Lamb and & Joynson Solicitors is one of the oldest law firms in the North West of England. From their office network in Liverpool, Runcorn and Warrington, the...Source: RealWire
  
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• INCA adds Brexit to Annual Conference agenda with exclusive no-deal seminar now confirmed

  08-10-2019 10:16
  The workshop will take place in Manchester on Wednesday, October 16 from 11am London, UK, 8 October 2019 – As the Brexit debate continues and the deadline to leave approaches, the Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) today announced it will host a special seminar immediately before its Annual Conference to explore the challenges and issues for digital infrastructure operators in the event of a no-deal. Taking place at the Manchester Mercure Piccadilly Hotel on Wednesday,...
  
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• Spain’s Cellnex to buy Arqiva’s telecoms unit for £2bn

  08-10-2019 09:29
  Deal will make Spanish group UK’s biggest independent operator of wireless infrastructure
  
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• Spain’s Cellnex to buy Arqiva telecoms unit for £2bn

  08-10-2019 09:29
  Deal comes as Vodafone and O2 push ahead with stake sale in jointly owned tower unit CTIL
  
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• ProLabs urges operators to consider optical connectivity solutions at the network edge for business 5G transformation

  08-10-2019 09:00
  Cirencester, UK, 8 October - With ever-increasing capacity requirements and the complexity of the 5G network, operators need to invest in the development of their networks now to ensure they can withstand the capacity upsurge expected in the future, warns Anthony Clarkson, Technical Director at ProLabs. 5G is expected to bring extraordinary transformation, benefitting entire economies and societies. With its combination of higher speeds, lower latency and greater capacity, 5G offers the potentia
  
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• Mapped – the dragons that surround London

  08-10-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The ancient City of London is protected by dragons that guard the main roads into the city from perfidious invaders. They look ancient, yet the dragons around London are fairly new, albeit based on something that can trace its origins back to the Great Fire of London.These are the Dragon Boundary Marks, the City of London’s own variant of the road signs you see as you approach small towns such as Dunny-on-the-Wold, usually with a note underneath to drive carefully. Being the City though, n
  
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• US pushes to fund western rivals to Huawei

  08-10-2019 05:00
  Officials suggest funnelling money to Nokia and Ericsson to help them compete with Chinese telecoms group
  
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• US pushes for Western rival to Huawei

  08-10-2019 05:00
  Officials suggest funnelling money to Nokia and Ericsson to help them compete with Chinese telecoms group
  
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