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• Premier Foods feels pressure from rising costs

  18-01-2017 20:15
  In 12 months, wheat prices have risen 13% in euros but 27% in pounds
  
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• Vodafone delighted with progress in Northern Europe

  18-01-2017 18:37
  
  Vodafone has announced two partnerships with Tele2 and TDC Group to grow the company’s footprint in the Baltic region
  The Tele2 agreement will focus on the Swedish, Latvian and Lithuanian markets. While the primary focus will be on expanding Vodafone Global Enterprise services to new markets, the partnership will also allow Vodafone and Tele2 to provide central agreements to international enterprise customers that seek to purchase services across the multiple markets.
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• Fitbit finally addresses the hypochondriac market

  18-01-2017 17:54
  
  A new app is now available for Fitbit users around the world that will tell them when they are getting ill.
  Developed by Datapult, the new app named achu, will measure health indicators from Fitbit users to understand whether they are coming down with a cold. It’ll be a welcome break for hypochondriacs everywhere, who must feel they are being ignored by technology companies. After all, there’s an app for everything, so why not create one for the paranoid?
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• Consumers spent more than 900 billion hours on apps in 2016

  18-01-2017 16:04
  
  While its very existence is still hotly debated, research from App Annie has confirmed the app economy is real and growing fast.
  Total usage of apps across the course of 2016 increased 25% in comparison to 2016, with consumers having their heads down for a total of roughly 900 billion hours. While this might seem like an extraordinary number to begin with, the growth was primarily fuelled by the developing markets where smartphones sales are holding up the sluggish industry. Brazil accounted for
  
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• Latest best in class testing solutions to be showcased at DesignCon 2017 by HUBER+SUHNER

  18-01-2017 15:00
  
  Herisau, 18 January 2017 – HUBER+SUHNER, leading manufacturer of components and systems for optical and electrical connectivity products, is set to unveil its best in class solutions for bench-top and system testing at this year’s DesignCon exhibition in Santa Clara.The HUBER+SUHNER booth at DesignCon focuses on its range of outstanding electrical solutions and assemblies developed and enhanced for high speed digital testing. Designed to be highly flexible, with outstanding electrica
  
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• Qualcomm defiant in the face of fresh monopolistic accusations

  18-01-2017 14:00
  
  Mobile chip giant Qualcomm has been accused by the US Federal Trade Commission of abusing its FRAND patent position to manipulate the baseband market in its favour.
  FRAND stands for ‘fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory’ and is the system that seeks to ensure standard-essential patents are licensed at a rate reasonable to both the holder and licensee. Qualcomm’s strong position in the 3G standard has been the foundation of its success for the past decade or so, including th
  
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• Ofcom disciplines EE to the tune of £2.7m for billing fail

  18-01-2017 13:55
  
  EE has felt the wrath of Ofcom as the regulator lands a £2.7 million swipe on the operator for overcharging customers on two separate occasions.
  Following an Ofcom investigation, EE was found to have broken a fundamental billing rule on two separate occasions, with almost 40,000 customers overcharged around £250,000 in total. It seems to have been a good couple of months for HM Treasury, who will benefit from the fine, following Vodafone’s £4.6 million contribution in Oct
  
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• HPE bets $650m on hyperconvergence with SimpliVity acquisition

  18-01-2017 12:21
  
  HPE has acquired software-defined, hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity in a $650 million all-cash deal as the tech giant lumbers towards the growing hyperconverged segment.
  While still in the early days, the hyperconverged segment is slowly beginning to make its way towards mass market penetration, as the prospect of a hybrid cloud environment becomes a more realistic objective to many decision makers. HPE has estimated the value of this market to be currently in the region of $
  
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• Zyxel to showcase new heights of mobility and flexibility at Mobile World Congress 2017

  18-01-2017 10:40
  
  Providing seamless communications, indoors, outdoors and on the move will be the watchword for Zyxel’s exhibition offering in BarcelonaJanuary 18, 2017 - Hsinchu, Taiwan - Zyxel Communications will showcase its Mobile Access (LTE) and In-Building Coverage solutions at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. As the industry’s “Networking Ally,” Zyxel is refocusing its efforts on providing solutions to address the overriding concern of network operators: how t
  
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• Ofcom fines EE £2.7m for overcharging customers

  18-01-2017 10:14
  Regulator says company ‘broke a fundamental billing rule on two occasions’
  
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• “The Spectrum Revolution is the end of scarcity,” says Dynamic Spectrum Alliance President

  18-01-2017 09:30
  
  Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2017: Kalpak Gude, President of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, today addressed why the Spectrum Revolution is integral to the future 5G world.Speaking at the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) annual conference in Hawaii, Mr. Gude told the audience that while there have been, and continue to be, great technological advancements, the industry must face facts: “We must either embrace new sharing techniques to drive spectrum efficiency, while still protecting i
  
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• Vodafone strengthens presence in Scandinavia, Baltics with TDC, Tele2 deals

  18-01-2017 01:00
  Vodafone on Wednesday reinforced its presence in Scandinavia and the Baltics by renewing a partnership with Denmark's TDC and establishing a new partner market agreement with Sweden's Tele2.Under Vodafone's renewed deal with TDC, mobile customers will continue to be able to roam onto each operator's networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Velcom virtualises core with ZTE

  18-01-2017 01:00
  Telekom Austria's Belarussian unit Velcom on Wednesday laid claim to the world's first fully-virtualised core network.The operator, along with Chinese vendor ZTE, migrated all legacy core network components &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• T-Mobile Netherlands names new CEO

  18-01-2017 01:00
  T-Mobile Netherlands this week named Søren Abildgaard as its a new chief executive, replacing Mark Klein, who left the company in September.Abildgaard joins from Sweden-based Telia Company, where he most recently held the role of acting head of commercial and technology transformation…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• FTC accuses Qualcomm of anticompetitive tactics

  18-01-2017 01:00
  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) late on Tuesday accused Qualcomm of using anticompetitive practices to protect its monopoly in the supply of mobile baseband processors, an accusation refuted by Qualcomm.The watchdog claims that Qualcomm operates a 'no licence, no chips' policy, under which it refuses to supply baseband processors unless handset makers agree to Qualcomm's preferred terms…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EE fined £2.7m for overcharging customers

  18-01-2017 01:00
  EE was fined £2.7 million by U.K. telco regulator Ofcom on Wednesday for overcharging subscribers who called its customer support line.An investigation found that customers who dialled the '150' support number while roaming in the EU were billed as if they had called the U.S. It led to more than 32…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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