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• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Synchronoss joins US big four operators in cross-carrier messaging initiative

  Joint venture aims to deliver advanced mobile messaging experience across suppliers’ mobile networks

• November 13, 2019 13 Nov'19

  Enterprises begin mandating open APIs as part of RFPs

  Back-office implementations see increased demand for native support for TM Forum’s Open APIs, boosting interoperability and helping service providers improve agility and reduce IT integration and maintenance costs

• November 12, 2019 12 Nov'19

  Subs spike sees growth return to Vodafone UK

  Vodafone UK is claiming its best-ever quarter for new customers, with more than 500,000 additions in the three months ending 30 September

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Vodafone inks network deal with Openreach to expand FTTP in UK

  First phase of network expansion aims to give users download speeds of up to 900Mbps in 15 UK towns and cities

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Swisscom takes step towards nationwide 5G coverage

  Telco deploys spectrum-sharing technology to help realise its goal of reaching 90% 5G coverage of Switzerland by end of this year

• November 11, 2019 11 Nov'19

  Zain taps Ericsson for 5G network

  Zain commissions Ericsson for 5G technology to meet growing data traffic demands and deliver high-quality mobile broadband and fixed wireless experiences, encompassing new business in the automotive, health and energy sectors

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  5G to be first mobile generation to have bigger impact on enterprises than consumers

  GSMA Intelligence report says 5G could see private enterprise networks explode and become a competition battleground between telcos and cloud companies within five years

• November 08, 2019 08 Nov'19

  Qualcomm eyes up slice of $13.2tn 5G sales enablement market

  At the end of its financial year, mobile chip giant Qualcomm sets its sights firmly on profiting from a 5G economy which it believes will generate more than $10tn in sales enablement by 2035

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Community Fibre lights up south London gigabit broadband

  Fibre-to-the-home provider Community Fibre has teamed with cloud and IT services provider Glemnet to bring unprecedented gigabit speed broadband to customers in south London

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Telcos take to commercial blockchain to seize new revenue streams

  GlobalData report finds blockchain usage among telcos increasing, with use cases such as roaming fraud management, wholesale fees settlement, mobile money payments and IoT management

• November 07, 2019 07 Nov'19

  Nokia and Microsoft announce tech partnership

  IT behemoth Microsoft and comms technology provider Nokia forge first joint solutions, to enable communications service providers and enterprises to accelerate digital transformation

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  Jonathan Oxley appointed interim Ofcom chief executive

  Ofcom group director for competition and board member fills in as regulator expects to make permanent appointment after General Election

• November 01, 2019 01 Nov'19

  General Election sees UK government defer ‘high-risk’ 5G tech supplier review

  Decision on allowing so-called high-risk suppliers access to the UK’s market for 5G infrastructure delayed due to 12 December poll

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  UK government demands Ofcom boosts broadband development

  In a UK legal and regulatory first, UK government constructs priorities for telecoms regulator Ofcom, principally regarding the roll-out nationwide of gigabit-speed broadband

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  FCC guns for Huawei, ZTE in US comms network protection proposal

  US comms regulator proposes regulations that could see technology from Chinese suppliers such as ZTE and Huawei removed from US comms networks