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• Europe ratifies co-ordinated use of UHF spectrum for mobile

  15-03-2017 18:54
  
  The European Parliament has approved proposals to co-ordinate the use of the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band for mobile broadband across the EU from mid-2020.
  Following the agreement, EU member states will now have until 30 June 2020 to ensure use of the band falls in line with EU conditions, including amending any relevant existing rights to use the spectrum. By this point, member states will also have to submit their national technology roadmaps to the European Commission, to ensure futur
  
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• Europe ratifies co-ordinated use of UHF spectrum

  15-03-2017 18:54
  
  The European Parliament has voted in favour of proposals to co-ordinate the use of the ultra-high frequency (UHF) band across the EU as of mid-2020.
  Following the agreement, EU member states will now have until 30 June 2020 to ensure use of the band falls in line with EU conditions, including amending any relevant existing rights to use the spectrum. By this point, member states will also have to submit their national technology roadmaps to the European Commission, to ensure future plans meet cr
  
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• EU gives green light for AT&T/Time Warner deal

  15-03-2017 14:22
  
  The European Commission has given AT&T the thumbs up for its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner, meaning US regulators are the final hurdle for the deal.
  Gaining approval from the European Commission was not an inconsequential step for the team, as the boresome bureaucrat has a habit of being awkward in situations which involve competition. The deal is now expected to close by the end of the year.
  “This is an important approval from a highly respected authority,” said said Bo
  
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• If you listen hard enough, you can hear cyber criminals violating your car

  15-03-2017 14:20
  
  As the promise of IoT comes closer and closer to reality, concerns over security are becoming increasing vocal and more detailed.
  The latest alarm has been raised by the University of Michigan after researchers claim sound waves could be used to hack into critical sensors in various technologies including smartphones, cars and medical devices. Considering the deeply penetrated role IoT will have in our day-to-day lives in the digital economy, if there is credibility to the claim it will be a hug
  
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• Sunrise renews and expands Huawei services partnership

  15-03-2017 14:15
  
  This piece is sponsored by Huawei Global Technical Services.
  Swiss telco Sunrise has renewed its managed services partnership with Huawei, aiming to eliminate network defects and extend the scope into IT.
  “We want to create a world where we have a defect-free network.” CEO Olaf Swantee told a press event at Mobile World Congress 2017. “Sunrise, together with Huawei, is very close.”
  He said this was not just a technical target but was critical to the operator’s busin
  
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• Apple Russia found to have illegally fixed iPhone prices

  15-03-2017 12:51
  
  The Russian anti-monopoly authority has found Apple guilty of forcing Russian resellers to sell iPhones at a predetermined price, which is illegal in Russia.
  The ruling was first reported by the FT, but has also been published by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). The Apple Rus subsidiary, says FAS, coerced the following resellers (according to Google Translate) to maintain the prices of a number of iPhone models at a specified level: MTS, M. Video, Beeline, Eldorado, Euroset , OZON
  
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• Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Cisco join Google in DoJ data row

  15-03-2017 12:29
  
  Google was looking very lonely in its fight against the US Department of Justice, but now fellow tech giants Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Cisco have come to the rescue.
  The on-going battle over access to an individual’s personal data has been raging on for some time with various tech giants exchanging blows with the US government and its intelligence agencies. Most recently, Google has been ordered by US Magistrate Judge Thomas Rueter to share information with intelligence agencies, irrele
  
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• Aeriandi Study Highlights UK Financial Institutions are Unprepared for MiFID II Legislation and Unaware of Extent of Penalties

  15-03-2017 12:12
  
  ‘73% Risk & Compliance Managers in Financial Sector Admit They’re Not Aware of Penalties of up to 5 Million Euros or 10% of Annual Turnover vs 58% of IT Managers and Decision Makers’Oxford, 15 March 2017: A study of IT managers and decision makers and Risk & Compliance managers within UK financial services businesses, reveals a lack of preparation and understanding of the requirements of MiFID II legislation due to come into force in January...Source: RealWire
  
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• Prysmian scores another world record in Telecom Networks

  15-03-2017 10:33
  
  Highest capacity underwater optical cable deployed in Hong Kong to provide new data centre broadband connectionMilan, March 15, 2017 - Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, scores another world record after delivering the densest and highest fibre count underwater optical cable ever made. An underwater FlexTube® cable containing 1,728 optical fibres was successfully deployed by the Australian telecommunications provider Superloop for its TKO Express p
  
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• RCom-Aircel deal gets nod from India's stock market regulator

  15-03-2017 01:00
  Reliance Communications' and Aircel's bid to combine their mobile operations cleared a significant hurdle on Wednesday, when the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) cleared the deal…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EU OKs AT&T-Time Warner tie-up

  15-03-2017 01:00
  AT&T on Wednesday announced that the European Commission has approved its $85.4 billion (€80.4 billion) acquisition of Time Warner.The deal still requires the blessing of the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• 3UK contacts another 76K customers over data breach

  15-03-2017 01:00
  3UK reminded customers to be vigilant this week, after it emerged that more files were accessed during last year's data breach than first thought.The mobile operator announced in November that information about 133…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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