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• It’s MEC to the rescue for struggling mobile video performance

  06-01-2017 16:55
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece John Reister of Vasona Networks looks at the role of mobile edge computing in providing a high-quality mobile video experience.
  Mobile video is king. AT&T’s planned acquisition of Time Warner is just the latest in a line of overwhelming evidence. As AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson stated about his company’s next steps, “The future of m
  
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• The voice UI era has started and Apple looks out of touch

  06-01-2017 16:32
  
  Apple was the big winner of the touch UI era but is doing little to challenge Amazon and Google as the world turns to voice.
  Voice-controlled gadgetry has been the dominant theme of CES 2017, the trade show that sets the annual agenda for the consumer electronics industry. Much of the talk has focused on domestic devices such as the Amazon Echo and the apparent battle for control of the living room, but the significance of the voice UI extends far further.
  Take smartwatches for example. What sho
  
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• Nvidia Nvisages in-car AI with Nnormous CES Nnnouncements

  06-01-2017 14:30
  
  A series of Nvidia announcements around AI and connected cars at CES underpin a ludicrous 12 months, in which its share value has surged by more than 200%.
  The chip manufacturer, known for specialising in graphics processors, has made a significant series of movements this week, including a renewed partnership with Audi, a new AI “co-pilot” for drivers, and the reveal of its own driverless car.
  Let’s start with the driverless car, because it’s the coolest. The car, colloq
  
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• Huawei and Samsung celebrate smartphone strength

  06-01-2017 12:35
  
  Huawei is crowing about out-performing the smartphone market while Samsung Electronics has seen its profits jump by 50%.
  Huawei’s Consumer Business Group is forecasting sales revenue of 178 billion RMB for the whole of 2016, up 42% from a year ago. This is on the back of a 29% year-on-year growth in annual smartphone shipments to 139 million units – massively out-pacing the stagnant overall market. The flagship P9 model has also topped 10 million units shipped – the first time,
  
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• Huawei bucks trend as smartphone sales grow 29%

  06-01-2017 08:50
  Chinese group looks to boost sales abroad but faces uphill battle in US
  
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