European Commission toughens laws on OTT providers

In recent years, over-the-top (OTT) providers such as Viber, WhatsApp and Skype have steadily increased their presence in the market and their popularity with consumers.

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Next gen OSS orchestration platform for CSPs launched by Dimetis to manage legacy, SDN and NFV networks

Dimetis, a software developer of Operations Support Systems (OSS) and broadcast solutions, announced that it has launched the OpsNGN orchestration platform to help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) make the business

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Why the UK is following the US and Germany on the road to SIP Trunks

BT’s intention to retire the UK integrated services digital network (ISDN) infrastructure by 2025 heralds the start of a ten year process for migrating all ISDN and PSTN customers to

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CSPs and IoT – Big challenge, big opportunity

The Internet of Things (IoT) industry means millions of objects will use networks to communicate with apps and services. Each one will demand bandwidth, security and quality of service commitments

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5G TV could become rival to cable, satellite and IPTV, says Strategy Analytics

TV and video delivery is likely to become a core capability of next generation 5G wireless services, concludes a new report from Strategy Analytics. Recent demonstrations have suggested that 5G

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As fixed and mobile finally converge for real, CEM solutions must clear a new bar

Fixed-mobile convergence has been lauded for a long time without much action. After debuting to much fanfare more than a decade ago, the industry just sort of stopped talking about

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Deutsche Telekom sees 900,000 routers go offline after possible failure of cyberattack

Almost 900,000 Deutsche Telekom customers were hit by network outages — an attack reportedly aimed at hijacking consumer routers, Reuters reported on Tuesday.

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DT mobile communications boosts mobile data speeds in Berlin with Huawei LTE 4.5G solution

Deutsche Telekom and Huawei have accelerated mobile data transfer in Berlin’s LTE network to more than 1.2 Gigabits per second (Gbps).

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Can European operators monetise mobile video – and emulate T-Mobile USA?

Every now and then, a business launches a new – truly innovative – service offering that makes their competition sit up and take notice. T-Mobile USA did just that with

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Europe’s telcos join forces to combat cyber crime twith better data exchange

ETIS, the global association for telecommunications has joined forces with Proximus, KPN, Swisscom and A1 Telekom Austria, in an initiative to professionalise the exchange of cyber threat intelligence among European

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