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The Kuwaiti government carried out a lab trial of Nokia’s XGS-PON fiber-to-the-home technology The Government of Kuwait reportedly completed a successful lab tests of Nokia’s XGS-PON fiber-to-the-home technology, achieving upstream speeds of 10 gigabits per second over a single fiber. …

5 things to know today … 1. Google said Sprint will be the first carrier to launch enhanced text messaging for Android phones. Sprint will use GSMA’s universal rich communication services profile. For the past year, Google has been working …

T-Mobile Netherlands notes planned NB-IoT network set to launch next week to be initially available in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Eindhoven Dutch mobile operator T-Mobile Netherlands confirmed its narrowband “internet of things” network will be commercially available in major …

The new smart city initiative will be located between Seoul and Incheon Dubai Holding has launched its smart city initiative in Korea, covering an area of 4.7 square kilometers located between the two metropolitan cities of Seoul and Incheon. Under …

The total value of the Nokia deal reaches approximately $500 million Finnish vendor Nokia signed an agreement with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to expand 4G telecom infrastructure across nine circles in India. Under the terms of the deal, Nokia will …

The top three markets in terms of mobile payment users are Turkey, Denmark and Norway The number of Europeans regularly making mobile payments with their smart devices has reached 54% compared to 18% in 2015, according to Visa’s 2016 digital payments …

Telefónica used equipment from Nokia and a chipset provided by Qualcomm Spanish telecommunications operator Telefónica, together with Finnish vendor Nokia and U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies, demonstrated download speeds of up to 800 megabits per second through a number of technical updates …

The cloud deal aims to connect over 3,500 sites across 37 markets British Telecom signed a contract with global human resources services provider Randstad Group to deploy a new global information technology infrastructure providing cloud connectivity to more than 3,500 sites across …

Amdocs paid $260 million for Vindicia, Brite:Bill and Pontis BERLIN – Amdocs believes the recent acquisition of three private companies will allow the firm to boost its digital strategy, the company’s Shuky Sheffel, president for the customer business group, said during a …

Telefónica planned to raise up to $1.68 billion with the IPO Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica has abandoned plans to launch an initial public offering of its infrastructure unit Telxius. “Telefónica and the joint global coordinators have decided to abandon the offering, …

The Spanish firm and French telco Bouygues are evaluating the acquisition of additional cell towers Spanish telecommunication tower operator Cellnex Telecom confirmed it has completed the acquisition of a package of 230 cell towers from French telco Bouygues Telecom in …

Mitel will implement Unified Communications as a Service platform to deliver real-time communications, collaboration and conferencing solutions focused on enterprise market The enterprise division of French telecom firm Bouygues Telecom has selected Mitel UCaaS solutions to deliver real-time communications, collaboration …

Virgin Media recently completed the acquisition of Arquiva’s Wi-Fi business U.K. firm Virgin Media has reached an agreement to acquire infrastructure provider Arqiva’s Wi-Fi business. Arqiva Wi-Fi operates more than 31,000 access points across 6,500 locations across the United Kingdom, including …

Nokia introduced 33 new Flexi Zone Multiband and Mini Macro small cell variants Finnish vendor Nokia has announced the expansion of its Flexi Zone portfolio of small cell radios with new features to enable operators to boost performance and simplify deployment. …

Major cloud customers include the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense and Aston Martin Microsoft has expanded its cloud offerings with the addition of Azure and Office 365 to data center locations in the United Kingdom. The rollout comes with major wins …

In partnership with Commvault, a U.S. provider of enterprise backup, recovery, archive and cloud services, Chinese information and communications technology solutions provider Huawei unveiled plans to create a joint lab in Chengdu, China. The new facility will allow the two …

The UK telco plans to offer LTE-Advanced services in the largest cities during 2017 U.K. mobile operator EE, part of the BT Group, said it has added a third carrier to its LTE-Advanced network at Wembley Stadium, London, increasing the …

ZTE has specific plans to expand its presence in the UK, France, Italy and Turkey Chinese vendor ZTE expects sales of mobile devices in the European market to reach approximately 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) in three years, Yijing Fan, ZTE Spain’s …

Telefónica also plans to expand 4G coverage in Spain and Latin American markets MADRID – Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica expects its fiber-to-the-home network to reach 2.4 million new homes in the Spanish market this year, the company’s global CTO Enrique Blanco …

ZTE will help the Belgian operator upgrade to 3G, 4G and “4G+” technologies Belgium’s largest cable TV and broadband provider Telenet signed a long-term strategic partnership with ZTE to modernize its nationwide network. Telenet acquired mobile operator BASE from KPN …

Apple CEO Tim Cook says tax decision will hurt European investment and job creation Based on a more than two-year investigation, the European Commission announced Apple, which headquarters its European operation in Ireland, illegally received undue tax benefits from the country …

ZTE plans to deploy hundreds of LTE base stations for Spanish operator, as well as fiber MADRID – The Spanish subsidiary of Chinese vendor ZTE expects to deploy between 400 and 600 LTE base stations in Spain’s Basque region, according …

ZTE is currently working with local municipalities to identify potential smart city initiatives MADRID – Carrier business accounted for approximately 87% of ZTE Spain revenues last year, the firm’s GM Jia Yunpeng told reporters during a press conference. The executive said …

While “5G” promises to bring multigigabit speeds to mobile, there’s still a long runway for the development of innovative new LTE-based services like gigabit LTE. Claiming a world first, Finnish operator Elisa, in conjunction with equipment vendor Huawei, said it …