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• Europe postures with standards leadership still on the line

  10-10-2019 18:29
  European standards organization ETSI has released a report demanding the continent take a leadership role for standards and regulation in the global digital economy.
  While some might question whether the sluggish Brussels bureaucrats can get up to speed quick enough, there is hope; regulators around the world all share the same track-record when it comes to the painfully slow progress of creating regulatory and legal frameworks.
  The report, commissioned at the request of ETSI, was authored over
  
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• Jio starts charging for calls and its punters aren’t happy about it

  10-10-2019 18:26
  Disruptive Indian operator Reliance Jio has announced it will start charging its customers for calls to other networks due to a regulatory change.
  Until now Jio had been swallowing the 6 paise (hundredths of a rupee) per minute interconnect usage charge (IUC) incurred when its users called someone on another network. This formed part of the super-aggressive pricing strategy designed to steal market share from the incumbents, which was an unqualified success.
  The cunning plan seemed to be to foll
  
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• e-SIM Market 2019: A slow burner with impressive growth potential

  10-10-2019 17:01
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this article, Helen Gaden of the MVNOs Series talks us through some of the key findings of a recent report they conducted into the current state of the e-SIM Market.A year ago, the announcement by Apple that its new iPhone XS, XS Max and XR handsets were to feature an e-SIM as part of a dual SIM configuration was meant to mark a watershed moment for embedded SIM technology. Surel
  
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• AT&T offloads Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands units to Liberty LATAM

  10-10-2019 16:08
  Some might suggest this is a knee-jerk reaction to the intentions of an activist investor, though the vulture fund should not be able to claim credit for this one.
  AT&T has announced it will sell its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands to Liberty LATAM for $1.95 billion. The transaction is expected to close in six to nine months, depending on approvals from the FCC and the Department of Justice.
  “I’m especially proud of our network and the re
  
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• Have you ever spotted a saint’s washing line?

  10-10-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A block of 1930s council flats on the Isle of Dogs have a couple of tall posts with a decorative finial — but what are they?The finial at the top was easy to work out – as the block of flats on Janet Street is St Hubert’s House, after the saint, and the stag is one of his familiar images.
  The story goes that Mr Hubertus as he was then turned to hunting in the woods following the death of his wife, and as hhe was pursuing a magnificent stag, the animal turned and, as the legend
  
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• telent joins INCA, supporting Altnets to roll-out gigabit fibre across the UK

  10-10-2019 14:03
  Warwick, UK, 10 October 2019: telent Technology Services Ltd (telent), a leading UK technology and network services company, has today announced it has joined the Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA), as part of its focus to support Alternative Network providers (Altnets) in building the UK’s Gigabit networks across metropolitan, urban and rural areas. As an INCA member, telent plans to utilise its membership to support Altnets in their plans to further roll-out ultra-fast f
  
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• Huawei and Sunrise claim 3.67 Gbps from one 5G cell to multiple phones

  10-10-2019 13:44
  Swiss operator Sunrise is happy to work with Huawei on 5G and their collaboration is yielding some impressive download speeds.
  Not only do they claim to have hit a 3.67 Gbps top speed on a 5G downlink, they say they managed it to ‘multiple’ smartphones from one 5G cell. Sunrise was one of the first European operators to go live with 5G and that fact, together with announcements like these, ad weight to the fear that countries which ban Huawei from their 5G networks may lag behind tho
  
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• OECD weighs in on digital taxation saga

  10-10-2019 13:00
  The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has put forward its own proposals on new tax regimes in the digital economy as the threat of fragmentation lingers.
  With the proposal now open to public consultation, the OECD will make the relevant adjustments over the coming months. While this does look like a reasonable approach to creating a fair taxation landscape, there will of course be objections, perhaps from the US and those countries which cultivate the creative tax str
  
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• Discover a disused London Underground station in Covent Garden

  10-10-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  As you step through the familiar terracotta frontage of an old tube station it’s difficult to believe you’re two floors above ground, and not deep under it. Yet that’s what’s been achieved inside the London Transport Museum, where they have turned a normally austere white exhibition space for artworks into the dark grimy underbelly of London.It’s an exhibition about Hidden London, the unseen spaces that were once thronging with passengers but were slowly sealed off
  
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• Apple U-turns again to pull HK map app under pressure from Beijing

  10-10-2019 12:54
  Apple has removed the crowd-sourced app HKmap.live, favoured by the protesters in Hong Kong, from its local App Store, after being blasted by China’s state media.
  The submission of the mapping app, developed on top of the web version which could enable users to instantly track the police movements, among other things on the roads, was first rejected by Apple, on the ground that “the app allowed users to evade law enforcement.” This caused strong protest from both local use
  
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• Europe publishes 5G security report to state the obvious

  10-10-2019 11:02
  After months of deliberation and consideration, the European Commission has published a report which comes to some fairly obvious conclusions on 5G security.
  Although few would have expected something substantial from the bureaucrats, the published report seems to offer little to no insight or additional information. Once again, the Brussels brigade is showing how painfully slow progress can actually be.
  “Today, Member States, with the support of the Commission and the European Agency for
  
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• Huawei’s dominance in 5G should be challenged

  10-10-2019 11:00
  Supporting EU competitors may offer economic and security benefits
  
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• Climb down Dover’s “Grand Shaft”

  10-10-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Built just over 200 years ago, Dover boasts a 140 feet deep shaft lined with a unique triple staircase, built for the military, and occasionally open to the public.It’s purpose was simple. The military forts were high up in the hills over Dover, but the sea was, well, at sea level, and getting between the two required a long sloping road that was often muddy and dangerous in the wet.
  Much quicker for the soldiers if there was a staircase between the two, and Lieutenant-Colonel William Twis
  
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• Addis seeks adviser on sale of Ethio Telecom stake

  10-10-2019 06:00
  Ethiopia presses ahead with privatising world’s largest telecoms monopoly
  
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• Sunrise and Huawei hit 3.67Gbps in Swiss 5G speed tests

  10-10-2019 02:00
  Swiss operator, Sunrise, has achieved speeds of 3.67Gbps across its 5G network, in a series of tests with Huawei.
  The successful speed test marks a new milestone in the pair's efforts to maximise performance on one of Europe's first 5G network…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT: Britain's digital skills shortage is costing SMEs £85bn

  10-10-2019 02:00
  BT is to launch a digital skills training programme, to plug an £85bn productivity gap in the UK economy, according to a number of senior figures at BT.
  BT's digital skills training programme, dubbed Skills for Tomorrow, will help to upskill 10 million people in the UK, imbuing them with the skills they need to thrive."In the UK 17 million people lack the essential digital skills that they need to work and thrive in life…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• AT&T to sell off Caribbean assets for $1.95bn

  10-10-2019 02:00
  AT&T has announced that it is to sell off its wireless and fixed line assets in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, in an attempt to address the company's high levels of debt.
  As part of the deal, AT&T will divest all of its assets in the US territories, including associated spectrum, real estate and its customer base, comprising 1…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Government deals with difficult landlords

  10-10-2019 01:45
  The UK Government has unveiled new rules which will allow telcos to speed-up the process of dealing with non-responsive landlords.
  One of the challenges being faced by telcos in upgrading broadband across the country is gaining access to the right properties and land. Multi-dwelling units seem to be the biggest challenge, as some property owners are less than helpful when granting access. The new rules will speed up the process of seeking access through the courts for telcos.
  “We’re
  
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