inCITES Newsletter #17

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inCITES Newsletter No.17

22/06/2018 Tech companies support spectrum sharing; Virgin Media partners Netflix; SK Telecom was awarded 5G spectrum in 3.5GHz and 28GHz bands; Vodafone UK to deploy 5G in 7 test sites; TIM and Open Fiber to combine their FTTH assets

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inCITES participates in the first annual review of the Horizon 2020 SAINT project in Brussels on June 26. inCITES: Drop us a line at info@incites.eu if you would like to meet our reps on the event day inCITES publishes article on data traffic trends and forecast in fixed and mobile networks (article in Greek)

Mobile Connectivity

Apple, Facebook, Google and other tech companies support a framework for spectrum sharing in the 6 GHz band Ioannis: Slicing, sharing and other capabilities of next generation networks will enable tech companies cross the TMT value chain to invest in innovative networks that will compete with traditional network operators

UK: UK should do more than setting up the Barrier Busting Task Force to remove the hurdles and accelerate 5G deployments like cultivating the relationship between landlords and operators and reforming planning laws for small cells Vodafone will deploy test sites in seven UK cities to test 5G augmented and virtual reality applications in offices, factories and hospitals.

British rural communities could not afford to miss out on the huge potential of 5G.

Sprint / T-Mobile engineers are planning to deliver 5G speeds 5x faster than the LTE, unlocking new applications and use cases Orange Poland and Nokia partner to carry out a live trial of cloud-based radio access technology Huawei claims it has tested ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC) scenarios on 3GPP R16 standards Volvo is the first partner of the Swedish 5G programme launched by Telia Huawei and Intel complete tests related to Non-Standalone (NSA) 5G with China Mobile After being awarded 5G spectrum spectrum in the 3.5GHz and 28GHz band together with KT respectively, SK Telecom aims to start deploying 5G networks in March 2019.

Fixed Connectivity

Disaggregation of time-critical PON functions have been demonstrated by NTT, facilitating the provision of 5G fronthaul interfaces and services for business users Ioannis: The application of SDN and NFV technologies on optical line terminals will eliminate the need for large investments on OLT rebuild

UK: Openreach has received BDUK funding to roll out full fibre to 2,500 homes in Nottinghamshire UK’s digital economy has been built despite the infrastructure not because of it. Britain trails behind the rest of the world in rolling out full fiber networks UK's FTTH penetration could hit 10% in 18 months, according to an analyst Ioannis: Although FTTH penetration in the UK is currently at a low level, Prognosis database shows that FTTB/H subscriptions are forecast to grow at a CAGR of 12% between 2016-22, capturing just under 50% of total fixed broadband subscriptions by 2022 TIM and Open Fiber are seeing economic benefits in combining their fiberto-the-home broadband assets

Data

Sprint and T-Mobile in-home ISP penetration could hit 7% by 2024 becoming the nation’s fourth largest provider Amazon will add more than 1,000 new jobs in Ireland over the next two years BT was ordered to pay a fine of GBP77k (USD102k) for sending marketing emails without the customers consent 1 million elevators worldwide will be equipped with SIM cards by Vodafone for predictive maintenance reasons USD31.5 million worth of virtual coins were stolen by hackers from the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb

Other

US: Verizon is pledging to stop selling data to outsiders through intermediaries that can pinpoint the location of mobile phones A transaction for commentary from the public will be opened on Monday preparing the red or green light on the Sprint / T-Mobile merger.

Virgin Media builds a partnership with Netflix looking for the much-hyped convergence business model Ioannis: As connectivity revenue margins are getting squeezed, network operators have to act as intermediates between equipment vendors and OTTs and form partnerships with them, in order to reclaim part of the foregone revenue they are currently losing.

Robotics as a service (RaaS) will benefit both end-users and providers while expanding potential applications for vertical industries AR and VR market to return to growth for the remainder of 2018 Businesses communication and data-capturing systems can unlock the doorway to customer loyalty and engagement Symantec has exposed Chinese hacking of satellite communications and telecoms for espionage in the US and Southeast Asia using an AI analytics system.

Data center and transatlantic cable will be partially funded by billionaire Fredriksen in Norway IoT technology to aid innovation in supply chain and logistics delivering significant value to the bottom line

Facebook launched a matchmaking system to cultivate partnerships between advertisers and video creators

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