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• Operators’ new ‘ways’ are creating a path towards service assurance utopia

  10-11-2021 19:16
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Mark Geere, Product Marketing Manager at TEOCO, looks at how operator behaviour is influencing service assurance.
  For operators worldwide, improving customer experience is always front of mind – happy subscribers equals loyal customers but keeping network performance in the green is no easy feat. This is especially true as networks become more complex and
  
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• Now you can drink from a London Underground moquette mug

  10-11-2021 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For London Transport fans, there’s now a range of coffee cups that come decorated with moquette patterns.
  Not fabric covers for the cups, as that would be a tad difficult to clean, but patterns in the china.
  There’s the Routemaster moquette and the RT/RF moquette for bus fans, and the District line and Victoria line moquettes for tube fans.
  They’re being sold as a gift set for Christmas at £45 each, either in the London Transport Museum shop, or via their online store.Alt
  
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• VMO2 and ITV renew their vows

  10-11-2021 18:31
  
  A new commercial partnership between Virgin Media O2 and ITV apparently signifies a greater mutual commitment than ever.
  You’ve always been able to get ITV on Virgin’s platform, of course, but this is all about on-demand streaming and advertising integration, it seems. The five-year deal includes the full integration of the ITV Hub platform onto Virgin TV set-top boxes, which will presumably make it easier to access and navigate.
  In return VMO2 gets to use Planet V, which is describe
  
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• Rajant Honors Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors with Veterans Day Philanthropy

  10-11-2021 17:39
  
  Eighth Annual Veterans Day Remembrance and Presentation of $20,000 Donation Malvern, PA – November 10, 2021: Rajant Corporation, the exclusive provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, will host its eighth annual Veterans Day remembrance in support of Pennsylvania Wounded Warriors at Rajant’s headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania, tomorrow evening from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM. As has been the tradition, Rajant co-founder and CEO Robert Schena will present a $20,000 donation to
  
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• Google has a mixed day in European courts

  10-11-2021 16:08
  
  US internet giant Google has defended a class action suit in the UK but still has to hand over billions to the EU.
  The separate matters happen to have concluded on the same day. In the UK, its Supreme Court took a third look at a class-action claim against Google’s alleged hoovering of user data from Apple’s Safari browser on iPhones a decade ago. The claim sought millions of pounds of damages on behalf of those users on the grounds that their data was misused.
  The original ruling in
  
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• Glowing roses to fill Grosvenor Square

  10-11-2021 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This December, Grosvenor Square in central London will be illuminated with thousands of white roses, in memory of people who had had cancer.
  Visitors will be invited to help raise funds for The Royal Marsden by purchasing a white rose from one of their chalets in Grosvenor Square for a suggested donation of £10 each, and the dedication is then added to the display.
  All funds raised from sales of roses will be donated to The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, which supports the work of The Royal
  
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• 5G pacesetters twice as likely to grow ARPU, claims Ericsson

  10-11-2021 15:10
  
  Ericsson’s ConsumerLab is doing its bit to drum up business with a report that draws lines between early 5G deployment and financial returns.
  It’s called ‘5G Pacesetters’, and it defines four categories of 5G maturity. Telcos that are only just getting started fall into the 5G Explorers category. The next rung up from that is called 5G Potentials, and includes telcos that have decent 4G networks but have not got very far with their 5G offerings. Next up are 5G Aspirationa
  
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• Orange unveils its very own OpenRAN lab

  10-11-2021 14:05
  
  French operator group Orange is the latest telco to open a facility devoted to working out whether OpenRAN is a waste of time or not.
  Earlier this year Vodafone unveiled a similar effort in the UK and the Orange one is, inevitably, in France, Orange Gardens in Châtillon to be precise. Of course Orange is sure the new technology that promises to open up the ecosystem of vendors involved in the radio access network is a great idea, otherwise it wouldn’t be bothering with this, but we d
  
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• Vodacom pays $2.7bn for Vodafone Egypt, forms fibre JV

  10-11-2021 13:05
  
  Vodafone on Wednesday reorganised the ownership structure of its African operations with a multi-billion-dollar deal.
  Its South African unit, Vodacom, has agreed to acquire a 55 percent stake in Vodafone Egypt. It will fund the ZAR41 billion ($2.71 billion) deal with ZAR8.2 billion in cash and by issuing 242 million new shares priced at ZAR135.75 each. The deal will increase Vodafone’s stake in Vodacom to 65.1 percent from 60.5 percent.
  Vodafone said in a regulatory filing that the reorgan
  
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• Give the gift of Museum Membership at Christmas

  10-11-2021 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  If you want to give something this Christmas that your recipient can use all year round, rather than socks and fragrances… give them a membership pack for a museum they like to visit.
  Most museums have some form of membership scheme and usually offer a range of goodies, such as free entry for museums that charge an entrance fee, newsletters and the bigger venues tend to have private members events in the evenings or priority booking for public exhibitions.
  As a present, it’s a very
  
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• Rajant showcases resilient and secure smartfield connectivity at ADIPEC with solution partners

  10-11-2021 11:12
  
  Drones, Augmented Reality, Personnel & Asset Tracking, and Robots Features of Live Show Floor Demos Malvern, PA – November 10, 2021: Rajant Corporation, the exclusive provider of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and its technology partners will be attending ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates at the National Exhibition Centre. The event runs November 15th to 18th, with Rajant joining with partners in Booth 13564. Present to showcase the resilient and secure collaborative solu
  
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• Exhibition tells the story of a foundling who fought at Trafalgar

  10-11-2021 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Given away by his mother, named after a King, fought at Trafalgar and left a rare diary of the life of a sailor, this is an exhibition about the life of one man with an unusual story to tell.
  And the discovery of his life story is no less interesting, as he wrote a diary, but until a few years ago it was just another overlooked book among so many in the archives until it was dusted off and read, and then people realised what they had here.
  A rare account from a sailors perspective of life in Geo
  
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• Vodacom to form fibre joint venture and acquire control of Vodafone Egypt

  10-11-2021 01:00
  Vodacom Group has agreed terms with Vodafone to acquire a controlling stake of 55% in Vodafone Egypt. The proposed transaction, which is subject to regulatory and shareholder approvals, is valued at approximately R41 billion or $2.738 billion. Vodacom will fund the acquisition by issuing 242 million new ordinary shares at R135.75 per share and R8…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• The Scotland 5G Centre showcases sportscast broadcast using shared spectrum

  10-11-2021 01:00
  A world first stand-alone private network for sports broadcasting using shared spectrum in the 3.8 to 4.2 GHz demonstrated the potential for private networks to provide wide area connected cameras for live events.Using a network 5G standalone design, led and engineered by the Scotland 5G Centre’s partners at the University of Strathclyde, this technology has the potential to transform the way live sport is covered and bring fans closer to the action.The University of Strathclyde StrathSDR
  
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• Is personalisation the key to enhancing customer experience?

  10-11-2021 01:00
  Intent HQ’s CEO Jonathan Lakin sat down with Scott Appleton, TMT Strategy Manager at Cartesian to discuss how true personalisation can help telcos to increase their relevance with consumers and improve customer retention.“As with any business story, the central character is always the customer and success is determined by how well the customer perceives the product,” Scott notes. “Customers are tired of the noise of mass marketing”, observes Jonathan. However,
  
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• Connected Italy returns next week – what’s in store?

  10-11-2021 01:00
  The Italian telco market is arguably one of the most interesting and dynamic in Europe. Next week’s Connected Italy conference will seek to explore the unique political, regulatory and investment context which is underpinning the roll-out of the country's next generation broadband networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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