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• Broadband operators must beware of the dangers of FTTH ‘speed race’
  By Tony Brown May 24, 2013

  The news last month that Japanese ISP So-Net was launching the Nuro 2Gbps FTTH service for residential users – the fastest residential service in the world – was greeted with envy by bandwidth-starved users the world over. Although it must be wonderful for Japanese consumers to choose between rival 1Gbps services from the likes of… Read more

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• Microsoft’s bid to dominate the future entertainment stack with the Xbox One
  By Paul Jackson May 22, 2013

  Microsoft’s reveal of the Xbox One yesterday evening in Redmond signaled the culmination of its ambitions to be at the center of the future living room entertainment landscape. While the console’s gaming credentials point to advances in graphics and gameplay combined with more “social” and connected experiences (much like Sony is promising with the PlayStation… Read more

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• Google jockeys for space in US’s increasingly crowded music-streaming sector
  By Simon Dyson May 16, 2013

  What’s happened? Google has launched a music-subscription service to complement the sale of music downloads from Google Play. The strangely titled Google Play Music All Access will go up against the likes of Spotify, Rdio, Rhapsody and Xbox Music in the US, with overseas rollouts expected soon. There is no advertising-supported tier, and a monthly… Read more

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• NSN/Ericsson/Huawei MoU raises serious questions over the need for OSS standardization
  By Peter Dykes May 16, 2013

  The announcement that OSS rivals NSN, Ericsson and Huawei have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to cross-license their respective OSS interfaces to one another raised a few questions as well as a few eyebrows in Nice this week. That these players have decided to trust one another and adopt a simpler way of… Read more

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