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• AT&T cramming embarrassment unlikely to help with Trump pleading

  09-12-2016 13:56
  
  As it lobbies to prevent its acquisition of Time Warner from being blocked by the new President AT&T is told to refund $88 million of dodgy charges.
  The order has come from the FCC, which is so pleased with its work it commissioned a rudimentary infographic to commemorate the occasion (see below).
  The issue in question is commonly referred to ‘cramming’ which is another way of saying ‘charging people for stuff they never asked for and without notifying them in advance.&rsqu
  
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• Linux appoints telecoms veteran to lead networking push

  09-12-2016 13:12
  
  The Linux Foundation has appointed former Ericsson exec Arpit Joshipura as GM for Networking & Orchestration, demonstrating the growing importance of open source in the networking industry.
  Open source in general has largely been operating in the realms of enterprise technology to date, though a number of recent moves, as well as this appointment, show how important it is to the future of the networking segment. Joshipura’s role will primarily focus on harmonizing the increasingly
  
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• Bluetooth 5 sinks its blueteeth into IoT

  09-12-2016 12:32
  
  Bluetooth has made a point of saying it won’t miss out on IoT with the release of the fifth generation of its standards.
  In the announcement, the Bluetooth SIG said this time it is focussing on IoT by cramming Bluetooth 5 full of lovely IoT-compatible goodness. According to the latest specs, it will include a longer range, faster speeds and larger broadcast message capacity – everything you’d hope for from a Bluetooth upgrade tbh.
  However, where it seems a bit more Internet of
  
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• Rubbish internet no longer first-world-problem

  09-12-2016 11:53
  
  Although Internet access has long been ridiculed as a first world problem new research from Which? has shown broadband is now considered as important as running water and a dry place to sleep in the UK.
  Older generations might scoff at the comparison but it is a statement as to how critical access to the internet has become to ensure society functions smoothly. In fact, 90% of respondents to the Which? survey believe the internet is critical to their everyday life with only essentials such as fo
  
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• Ericsson workers keener than expected for voluntary redundancy

  09-12-2016 11:40
  
  When times are tough you take the wins where you can and it turns out that Ericsson is pretty handy when it comes to downsizing.
  In an announcement entitled ‘Update on cost and efficiency program’ Ericsson declared the plan to reduce its headcount in Sweden by 3,000 is progressing ahead of plan.
  The reductions have been sought through a combination of a voluntary reduction program, reduction of production in Sweden, outsourcing and natural attrition so, for things to be progressing a
  
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• Sky shares soar on 21st Century Fox bid

  09-12-2016 01:00
  Sky shares surged on Friday after U.S. media giant 21st Century Fox launched an £11.25 billion (€13.43 billion) takeover bid for the company.In a statement, Sky said the two companies have agreed an offer price of £10.75 per share…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Singapore bans 2G device sales

  09-12-2016 01:00
  Singapore has announced that it will prohibit the sale of 2G-only devices from 1 January 2017.In a statement on Wednesday, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said that licensed retailers will still be able to sell 2G products to overseas markets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Online giants are still firmly in the telecoms ascendancy

  09-12-2016 01:00
  Something fundamental has gone askew in the industry when telco vendors forecast a contracting infrastructure market, and the likes of Facebook and Google take it upon themselves to figure out how to connect the roughly 4 billion people worldwide who still don't have the Internet.With 4G network deployments now largely complete in major developed markets, andmacroeconomic uncertainty in some emerging countries, at least two of the world's three remaining major telecoms infrastructure players ar
  
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• AT&T pays out $88m in cramming refunds

  09-12-2016 01:00
  AT&T has paid out $88 million in refunds to mobile customers who were billed for unauthorised third-party services.Called 'cramming', the practice sees an operator add charges for subscriptions to premium…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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