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• Swiss Telecom Giant Launches New Blockchain Business - CoinDesk

  20-09-2017 23:15 via coindesk.com
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  Swiss Telecom Giant Launches New Blockchain Business
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  Swisscom, according to new reports, has established "Swisscom Blockchain AG" to focus on a range of services around the tech. These include enterprise-facing solutions as well as support for companies looking to launch initial coin offerings (ICOs).
  
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• City Reveals Burlington Telecom Bids, But Questions Remain - Seven Days

  20-09-2017 20:23 via sevendaysvt.com
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  City Reveals Burlington Telecom Bids, But Questions Remain
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  Burlington officials publicly revealed details Wednesday about three bidders for Burlington Telecom, a sale process that previously had been shrouded in secrecy. Schurz, a telecom company based in Indiana, put forward the highest bid, a cash offer of ...
  Councilors allege 'breach of trust' in BT sale processBurlingtonFreePress.com
  City Announces Three Potential Buyers Of Burlington TelecomVermont Publi
  
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• Global Vodafone Survey Shows Strong Cyber Security Helps Businesses To Grow

  20-09-2017 16:13
  A new cyber security report from Vodafone, Cyber Security: The Innovation Accelerator, highlights a strong link between how cyber security is used and business success, with 86 per cent of high-growth companies[1] seeing information security as an enabler of new business opportunities, rather than simply a means of defence. The research showed a number of perceived benefits that strong cyber security can bring to the relationship between an organisation and its customers:89 per cent of...Source:
  
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• Record numbers of exhibitors and sell-out crowds mark ECOC Exhibition’s 22nd year

  20-09-2017 14:25
  London, 20 September 2017: The European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) 2017 Exhibition - organised by Nexus Media Events Ltd – strengthened its position as Europe’s leading event for the fibre optic industry with a record-breaking attendance to mark its 22nd year. After selling out exhibition space to 327 exhibitors from around the globe, ECOC 2017 attracted more than 5,900 visitors to the Svenska Massan in Gothenburg, Sweden over three days. Celebrating more than two...
  
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• CEOs and CTOs from across Europe head for Lisbon for Connected Europe next month

  20-09-2017 13:50
  London, UK, 20 September 2017 – Leading industry figures from across the European telecommunications industry are Lisbon-bound next month for the inaugural Connected Europe conference and exhibition. Themed “High Speed Connectivity for Europe’s Future”, the event will look at how the region is going to meet EU priorities in an environment further complicated by IoT, 5G, smart cities and big data.Among those taking part are Paulo Neves, Chairman of PT Portugal, Enrique Bla
  
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• Genesis Technical Systems' mBond® technology achieves ‘Gold Standard’ at British Telecom’s Modem Compliance Testing

  20-09-2017 13:09
  Genesis Technical Systems has become one of only nine global manufacturers to successfully pass BT’s MCT compliance, achieving SIN 498 approvalCoventry, UK – 20 September 2017 – Genesis Technical Systems today announced its mBond® technology for increased backhaul performance has passed British Telecom’s (BT) Modem Conformance Testing (MCT) and achieved SIN 498 – widely seen as a ‘Gold Standard’ in the industry. Genesis is one of only nine global man
  
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• If A Job's Worth eSigning, It's Worth eSigning Well...

  20-09-2017 13:04
  Zylpha’s Free eSignature Management Guide Advocates A Best-Practice Only Approach.A free eSignature Management Guide, from Zylpha (www.zylpha.com), is advocating that law firms pursue only Best Practice approaches when introducing the technology. The Guide highlights both the benefits of a full professional approach compared to the many pitfalls of attempting to cut corners.The Management Guide identifies the main reasons for using eSignatures and provides an overview of how to choose whic
  
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• Aricent launches 5G Software Frameworks for Network Equipment Manufacturers to Accelerate Product Development

  20-09-2017 12:36
  Virtualized Architecture Enables NEMS to Launch Multi-Service Products Faster to Capitalize on the $247 billion 5G market opportunitySanta Clara, California - September 20, 2017 - Aricent, a global design and engineering company, today announced the launch of two 5G-ready software frameworks for network equipment manufacturers (NEM) to fast track their next-generation product roadmaps based on an agile, virtualized and scalable architecture capable of delivering multiple services simultaneously.
  
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• India more than halves interconnect charge, operators to appeal

  20-09-2017 09:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Indian regulator TRAI more than halved the interconnect usage charge (IUC). Starting 1 October, the call termination fee paid by operators will drop to 6 paise per minute from the current 14 paise per minute. 
  
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• Amazon working on smart glasses with Alexa, home security camera - report

  20-09-2017 09:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) Amazon is working on a a pair of smart glasses integrating its digital assistant Alexa, people familiar with the matter told the Financial Times. The glasses would look similar to a normal pair of spectacles and connect wirelessly to a smartphone for internet access. A bone conduction system would allow the user to hear Alexa without having to wear headphones.
  
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• Sprint, T-Mobile in 'active' talks for all-stock merger - report

  20-09-2017 08:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  (Telecompaper) US mobile operators T-Mobile and Sprint are in "active talks" about a merger, people close to the situation told CNBC. The all-stock deal is expected to give T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom a controlling stake in the merged operator. 
  
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• Wind Tre extends wholesale FTTH deal with Open Fiber

  20-09-2017 02:00
  Wind Tre this week extended its partnership with wholesale fibre network operator Open Fiber, inking a new deal that will see it extend fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services to an additional 258 Italian cities.The Italian telco is already using Open Fiber's infrastructure to provide FTTH in 13 cities. The new deal extends the deal to cover all 271 of Italy's so-called A and B cities, which are the economically viable and most profitable locations in the country…read more on TotalTele.com &ra
  
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• TIM takes Consob to court over control claim

  20-09-2017 02:00
  TIM has confirmed that it will launch a legal challenge against last week's ruling from Consob that its largest shareholder Vivendi is able to exercise control over it.In a short announcement late on Tuesday…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telekom Austria rebrands ahead of European consolidation

  20-09-2017 02:00
  Telekom Austria on Wednesday announced that will rebrand its international operations as A1 with a view to unifying its identity ahead of expected consolidation in the European telecoms market.The Austrian incumbent uses the A1 brand for all of its domestic operations and in Slovenia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Accelerating transformation and revenue growth by leveraging digital business platforms

  20-09-2017 02:00
  Ahead of Carriers World 2017, Total Telecom caught up with Angus Ward, CEO, Digital Ecosystem Management, BearingPoint. Ward commented that platform-based business models increase company value by up to 4x and are used by the World’s 5 most valuable companies and 50% of top 32 global brands. He gave us exclusive insights on how carriers can leverage this new platform thinking, which BearingPoint call “Digital Ecosystem Management”, to create valuable new products and services
  
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