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• Welcome to Nineteen Eighty-Four; how much data do governments need?

  05-12-2016 16:35
  While likening the current political climate to George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four may be considered extreme, current conversations in various parliaments are squeezing the concept of privacy more than ever.
  One of the main themes of Nineteen Eighty-Four is surveillance and the reduction in privacy within the generation population. Apartments are equipped with two-way screens, so that they may be watched or listened to at any time, which is the same in the workplace. Central figures in g
  
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• Welcome to 1984 – how much data do governments need?

  05-12-2016 16:35
  
  While likening the current political climate to George Orwell’s 1984 may be considered extreme, current conversations in various parliaments are squeezing the concept of privacy more than ever.
  One of the main themes of 1984 is surveillance and the reduction in privacy within the generation population. Apartments are equipped with two-way screens, so that they may be watched or listened to at any time, which is the same in the workplace. Central figures in government gain almost
  
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• Virgin Media bolsters mobile operations

  05-12-2016 14:24 via ft.com
  Cable group in talks to hire head of Tesco’s rival service
  
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• China Unicom branches out to the UK with CUniq MVNO

  05-12-2016 14:01
  
  China Unicom has announced the launch of CUniq in London, it’s MVNO offering that allows multiple numbers on one SIM card, if you’re into that sort of thing.
  The one-card-multiple-number service targets business customers and tourists who travel between Mainland China, Hong Kong and the UK, on a regular basis. The SIM card will have Mainland China, Hong Kong and UK numbers embedded onto it, with the user able to use multi-user voice call service in these three areas, while also using
  
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• Europe can’t make up its mind over roaming charges

  05-12-2016 13:23
  The European Council has weighed into the on-going data roaming charges debate, publishing its thoughts on what caps should be and it’s the highest so far.
  Data roaming charges have long been a pain-point for consumers around the world, and the European Commission has been paying attention, even if doing very little. The debate to develop data roaming caps which are sustainable for operators, but at the same time fair to consumers has been lumbering on since 2006, however there did seem to
  
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• FCC makes last net neutrality stand against AT&T & Verizon

  05-12-2016 12:18
  The FCC has taken another swipe at AT&T over its zero-rated DirecTV Now service, as well as Verizon’s FreeBee Data 360, which it believes violates net neutrality.
  In the ongoing battle of wills the FCC is screaming foul-play at the top of its lungs while the AT&T exec team seems to be holding its breath and covering its ears as January 20 looms closer and closer. Although the AT&T is toying with the definition of net neutrality, it may only have to hold out until the arrival of
  
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• Openwave Mobility To Share Global Strategies for How Mobile Operators Have Successfully Added Subscribers And Monetized OTT Services

  05-12-2016 11:30
  
  Openwave Mobility CEO John Giere will present at the sixth annual Zain Technology Conference on December 7 at 15.15hrs in the Le Royal Hotel Amman, Jordan. His session is entitled “Driving Subscriber Acquisition and OTT Monetization Using Optimization” REDWOOD CITY, CA and ZAIN TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Amman 5 December 2016 – Openwave Mobility, a software innovator enabling operators to manage and monetize encrypted mobile data, today announced that the company’s President
  
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• Third of enterprises not ready for digital transformation, Ovum warns

  05-12-2016 01:00
  A third of enterprises worldwide are unprepared for digital transformation, warned Ovum on Monday.A survey of IT decision makers at no fewer than 7,000 organisations spread across 62 countries and 15 industries found that 60% consider their digital transformation is either well advanced or in progress…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• FCC accuses AT&T, Verizon of flouting net neutrality

  05-12-2016 01:00
  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has raised concerns that AT&T and Verizon's zero-rated data programmes are in violation of net neutrality rules.The telco watchdog's wireless bureau chief Jon Wilkins outlined his arguments in separate letters to the telcos last week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EU Council proposes higher wholesale data roaming caps

  05-12-2016 01:00
  The European Council late last week proposed much higher wholesale data roaming caps than those proffered by the European Parliament.On Friday, the Council proposed caps of &euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice USA announces FTTP rollout

  05-12-2016 01:00
  Altice has announced that its U.S. cablecos, comprised of Suddenlink and Cablevision, will deploy fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP).The rollout, called 'Generation Gigaspeed', is expected to begin next year and will take five years…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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