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Mobile

Without SLAs, consumers must endure over-hyping of service capabilities

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Optical

Shock! Horror! Subsea cables not waterproof!

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Security

Anti-phishing net keeps email sharks at bay

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OTT

Once bitten, twice shy. Consumers increasingly wary of OTTs

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Devices

80 per cent of smartphones will have on-device AI within 5 years

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Industrial IoT

Microsoft partners with GE to accelerate Industrial IoT adoption

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Special Report

Uncle Sam allows a chastened ZTE back into the US – on a very short leash

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LPWA

416m European cellular IoT connections by 2023, but non-cellular LPWA operators remain a threat

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Satellite

The data pipe in the cockpit

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Policy & Regulation

US government appeals court’s green flag for AT&T/Time Warner coupling

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IoT

Intel acquires eASIC to target IoT and cellular growth markets

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Orchestration

Support increases for ETSI’s Open Source MANO

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Backhaul

Backhaul for 5G and the need for speed

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5G

5G is worrying because it’s so good

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5G

VMware supports CSPs with 5G-ready NFVi platform

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Video

Ericsson bids farewell to its media business

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Transformation

Nokia and China Mobile sign €1 billion network transformation deal

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5G

Turk Telekom's strategy for 5G close to completion

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5G

LTE and 5G in a critical environment: Air France and Charles de Gaulle Airport

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AI & ML

Boom and pop: an Artificial investment bubble inflates - more hype won’t be the Intelligent response

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Automotive

Audi signs up Huawei to leverage its way into the China connected car market

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Backhaul

Ofcom opens up fixed wireless so that ‘anyone can build a network’

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4G LTE

Forget Thunderbirds, KT is launching its Skyship search and rescue platform

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5G

VodafoneZiggo prepares to launch its vEPC with network slicing in readiness for 5G