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Here are your key ICT trends and insights this week: Banks join forces to tackle cybercrime; Huawei is helping to close the digital divide; and Switzerland is the safest country for data storage.

Spotlight

Faster NFV/SDN standards? Can Orange and AT&T accelerate open source and standards for network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN)? What will their partnership mean for the industry?

ICT Trends

Cybersecurity: Big banks join forces 8 of the largest banks in the US have joined together to fight cybercrime, share information on threats and role-play hacking scenarios. But will this leave smaller banks in a more vulnerable position? Meanwhile, startup Upguard will calculate your company's cybersecurity risk score. [Learn more about ITU’s Cybersecurity activities.]

Regulation: Indonesia is looking to liberalize their USD 14 billion telecom sector to encourage competition to speed broadband rollout over the next three years. Could this set a precedent for smaller emerging markets?

NGMN Industry Conference & Exhibition 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany, 12-13 October, headlined 5G - Status of Demand and Delivery, will feature the views of leading operators and vendors on the development of the mobile ecosystem as well as use cases and related business opportunities to be enabled by the 5G technology platform. Learn more…

Infrastructure: Deutsche Telekom’s pan-European network (Pan-Net) is on track to launch by the end of 2016, which will let European subsidiaries take a 'pick and choose' approach to address local market needs.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...

Digital divide: Huawei’s new ‘Connecting the Future’ annual report details efforts to close the digital divide in Africa – what is good for development is also good for business?
Connectivity: Google Fiber is exploring wireless – incumbents are already driving down prices to compete with Google’s broadband pricing plan.
LTE: LTE-Advanced networks are now ‘mainstream’, commercially launched by 147 operators in 69 countries, according to new GSA data.
Roaming: UK operator Three added 24 new countries to ‘feel at home’ roaming tariff, pre-empting Brexit concerns over roaming charges. Meanwhile, Italian telcos investigated over EU roaming charges.
Cybersecurity: Switzerland is the safest country for data storage, says a new report. Where does your country rank? [See also: ITU’s IDI rankings.]
IoT: Google’s new operating system project called Fuchsia could be its foray into IoT.

Insights

Self-driving cars will improve our cities Reduced fossil fuel dependency, safer roads and reduced pollution are all possible if countries actively shape the introduction of autonomous cars, argues Robin Chase.

Coding bootcamps: the answer to youth unemployment? Around the world, companies are struggling to fill ICT positions – could coding bootcamps help fill this growing need? ITU News takes a look.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

- Global ICT Capacity Building Symposium; Nairobi, Kenya, 6-8 September 2016

- Focus Group on IMT-2020; Palo Alto, United States, 6-9 September 2016

- Young ICT Leaders' Forum 2016; Busan, Republic of Korea, 7-9 September 2016

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