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• BT plans to end free TV football

  20-01-2017 18:10
  As sports media rights costs grow, telecoms company raises prices for customers
  
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• The waiting is over, Trump is here and he means business, or does he?

  20-01-2017 18:01
  
  As President-elect Trump picks out his favourite red tie in preparation for his inauguration to the most powerful office in the world, the tech world nervously awaits.
  Many people are only now coming to terms with what is about to happen; Donald Trump, the man who builds hotels, runs beauty pageants and hosts reality TV shows, is going to be in charge of arguably the most influential country in the world. Almost every industry is going to duck and weave around political swipes in the next few mo
  
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• BT joins the ‘we’re charging more for your own-good’ club

  20-01-2017 17:57
  
  BT is set to announce a number of price hikes which will affect every broadband and TV customer.
  The increase will come into effect as of April 2, with prices increasing across the board. Broadband will be up £2 a month, Infinity up by £2.50, BT TV customers will start paying £3.50 for BT Sport from the beginning of the 2017/18 football season in August and Anytime calls will go up 49p, to £8.99 a month.
  “Customers will get a better package and improved service from
  
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• Investigation concludes Note7s exploded due to manufacturing errors – well, duh!

  20-01-2017 14:11
  
  Samsung has announced it will unveil the results of an investigation into the exploding Note7 debacle next week but the WSJ has stolen its fire, so to speak.
  According to the Journal the exhaustive investigation has concluded there were two distinct reasons for the batteries in the flagship phablets overheating to the point of immolation, attributable respectively to the two component suppliers involved, as Samsung is expected to confirm in its 23 Jan press conference.
  The first, most embarrassi
  
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• AT&T bid for Time Warner reportedly faces legal challenge

  20-01-2017 13:28
  
  A Time Warner shareholder has reportedly filed a lawsuit against TW execs for offering an misleading financial picture to its shareholders.
  According to the Hollywood Reporter, Richard Collura has filed a putative class action lawsuit with a New York federal judge, alleging Time Warner has only disclosed non-GAAP financial measures in management forecasts, instead of generally accepted accounting principles, which would give a clearer picture of the current state of financial affairs in the busi
  
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• Avaya reveals new turnaround strategy: go bankrupt

  20-01-2017 13:03
  
  Struggling unified comms vendor Avaya has announced a cunning new business strategy consisting of filing for bankruptcy, then rising once more like a phoenix from the flames.
  The stated reason for opting for Chapter 11 protection is to enable the company to restructure its balance sheet, which seems be another way of saying ‘do something about the crippling amount of debt we’re in’.
  It is, of course, standard business practice to euphemise frantically when things go wrong, and
  
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• Autonomous vehicles can breathe again as Tesla is cleared by US Gov

  20-01-2017 12:13
  
  The automotive industry has let out a collective sigh of relief as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirms Tesla’s self-driving cars are safe.
  Eight months ago, Tesla’s autonomous vehicles programme came under fire following the death of a driver who was at the wheel of one of its vehicles, though the NHTSA has cleared the company of fault in the incident. The safety and effectiveness of Tesla’s automatic emergency braking systems (AEB)    &nb
  
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• Watson leads IBM charge as growth might be around the corner

  20-01-2017 12:10
  
  IBM has reported another consecutive quarter of decline, but fortunes in the cloud hint it might not be long before Big Blue sorts itself out.
  The former industry frontrunner has been spiralling downwards for 19 consecutive quarters, which on the surface is a worrying trend, however the strategic imperatives business unit is starting to throw its weight around. For Q4, Big Blue delivered revenue of $21.8 billion, down 1% year-on-year, however strategic imperatives accounted for 41% of total reve
  
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• Trump-ets of the apocalypse part III: assumption is the mother of all mess-ups

  20-01-2017 01:00
  Never assume, because when you assume, you make an ass of 'u' and 'me'.This well-known witticism aptly serves as one lesson to be learned from Trump's ascent to the most powerful political office on Earth. Despite every assumption to the contrary, he will be sworn in today as the 45th president of the United States at an inauguration ceremony in Washington D.C.Just let that thought sink in for a bit...Many assumed that someone like Trump, who ran an election campaign the way Trump did, would ea
  
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• Telia mulling possible move for TDC

  20-01-2017 01:00
  Swedish incumbent Telia is mulling a possible takeover bid for its Danish counterpart TDC, it emerged late on Thursday.This is according to sources cited by Swedish news outlet Dagens Industri…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT to start charging TV customers for BT Sport

  20-01-2017 01:00
  BT on Friday announced that from the beginning of August, BT Sport will no longer be bundled free of charge with its TV service.The U.K. incumbent has also hiked the monthly price of its broadband packages, and the cost of phone calls. Line rental charges will stay the same.BT has been championing low-cost access to sports content ever since the official unveiling of BT Sport back in May 2013…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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