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• Space-saving chips to usher in slimmer smartphones

  03-01-2017 23:00
  Latest Qualcomm processors, taking up 35% less space, due in 2017 handsets
  
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• IBM’s Watson starts to take human jobs in Japan

  03-01-2017 18:15
  
  The human race thought it had a bit longer, but the end is in sight. Or at least it is in Japan, where IBM’s Watson has started taking our jobs in the insurance sector.
  While it may sound very dramatic, it shows the concept and reality of artificial intelligence are much closer than most would want to believe. Mainstream AI has been getting closer and closer without many realizing as the industry drip-feeds functionality into everyday activities, though Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance will be
  
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• Here is the place to be for Intel

  03-01-2017 17:22
  
  Intel has continued on its journey to discover fortunes in the autonomous vehicles after seeking approval to buy a stake in digital mapping firm Here.
  The chipmaker has put forward a filing to Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the country’s national competition regulator, to outline its intentions for the indirect acquisition of shares in Here. The mapping tech firm is currently owned jointly by Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen after a $2.6 billion acquisition from Nokia, though NavInfo an
  
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• Crazy Electronics Show – what to expect from CES 2017

  03-01-2017 14:10
  
  It’s the first week of a new year and that can mean only one thing, another CES is just around the corner – here we have a look at what we can expect from the world’s biggest consumer tech event.
  That’s right, it’s time to awaken from your roast turkey and stuffing-induced coma, chisel the dried chocolate off from around your gob, give the sofa cushions a break of their own and join a 175,000 other tech geeks in Las Vegas for a week of devices and vices.
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• Airtel addresses Jio challenge with free data plan

  03-01-2017 13:53
  
  Airtel has answered the Jio challenge by offering 4G customers free data for a year, though there are strings attached to the deal.
  The status quo in the Indian telco industry has been thoroughly shaken in recent months after Jio’s entry to the market essentially offering all services for free, though it appears Airtel is fighting back according to India Today.
  “At Airtel, we are focused on providing great value to customers,” said Ajai Puri, Director of Operations of India &am
  
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• The news you might have missed over Christmas

  03-01-2017 12:41
  
  While the majority of us were working our ways through a mountain of turkey, some poor sods were still in work making sure everything still worked.
  We’ve wrapped up some of the more important, less significant and arguably interesting stories from the last couple of weeks to ease you back into the world of laptops and stationary.
  New year, new fibre consultation
  Ofcom has been conducting what seems to be one of history’s most in-depth reviews to ensure digital communications markets
  
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• Next-generation spectrum management

  03-01-2017 11:37
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to discuss the latest challenges facing the industry. In this post, Dr. Konstantinos Stavropoulos, Technical Marketing Lead at Amdocs discusses the biggest elements of a 5G spectrum strategy worth considering.  
  “Better use of radio frequencies: Reducing divergences between regulatory practices”, “long license durations, coupled with more stringent requirements to use spectrum effectively and efficiently”, and &l
  
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