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Top 10 telecoms stories of 2019

To paraphrase the eternally wonderful Sesame Street: this year’s telecoms industry has been brought to you by the number “5”, and the letter’s “G” and “H”. Here is Computer Weekly’s top 10 list of what was driving the telecoms industry during 2019.

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