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• Broadband Forum launches new Council for NG-PON2

  16-03-2017 17:51
  
  Council will focus on delivering the promise of this new technologyFremont, California, 16 March 2017. The Broadband Forum today welcomes NG-PON2 Forum members, integrating the NG-PON2 Forum to create the new NG-PON2 Council, which will aim to accelerate the development of NG-PON2 technology as it continues to gain momentum.Over the last 12 months, the Broadband Forum has been increasingly focused on NG-PON2 through its Fiber Access Networks Working Group. That work is a solid basis...Source: Re
  
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• Chitty chippy Bosch dosh, and hopefully no bang

  16-03-2017 17:21
  
  Bosch has announced a new partnership with Nvidia to develop artificial intelligence self-driving systems for autonomous vehicles on a mass market scale.
  Speaking at Bosch ConnectedWorld, CEO Volkmar Denner unveiled the new system, as his company continues its journey into the world of sensors, software and services. As part of the partnership, Bosch joins ZF as another tier one supplier that will sell Nvidia’s technology to automakers.
  “Self-driving cars is a challenge that can fina
  
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• Huawei: a force of nature in the telecoms world

  16-03-2017 15:43
  
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Sarah-Jayne Gratton reflects on her experiences as a guest of Huawei at Mobile World Congress 2017.
  I’d never imagined in my wildest dreams finding a comparison between a global telecoms giant and the natural world but, what would historically be a dichotomy of epitomes has, on this occasion, become a symbiosis of one man’s Confucian values of e
  
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• Telefónica sells Vodafone Spain wholesale access to its fibre network

  16-03-2017 13:51
  
  Vodafone Spain has signed a wholesale deal with Telefónica to use its fibre network, even in areas where there is no regulatory compulsion to play nice.
  While the deal is reminiscent of the situation in the UK, where former state monopoly has to offer wholesale fixed network services via Openreach, this one seems to be wholly commercial as it goes beyond anything mandated by Spanish regulators.
  It’s being positioned as a win-win, allowing Vodafone to offer ultra-fast broadband and T
  
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• Smartwatch optimism not dampened by harsh reality

  16-03-2017 13:49
  
  Despite wearables industry posting mediocre results over the last couple of quarters, CCS Insight has released new research which anticipates healthy growth over the next couple of years.
  The latest figures anticipate smartwatch sales will be 43 million over the course of 2017, with sales doubling over the next four years to 86 million units in 2021. While smartwatches have grabbed the headlines, this is only one part of the pie which also includes fitness bands, smart clothing (including footwe
  
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• Introducing the Internet of McThings

  16-03-2017 13:20
  
  McDonald’s has made its first step towards IoT with the introduction of a mobile ordering app as a means of streamlining the in-store customer experience.
  Using apps to deliver services in this segment is hardly a new idea, though experiences to date have been varied. The Dominos app has been heralded a huge success, though the Starbucks experience was quite different.
  Uptake of the Starbucks app was high, allowing customers to pre-order coffee for collection upon arrival, though the team
  
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• Turns out not many people want to pay ten grand for a phone – who knew?

  16-03-2017 13:17
  
  The company behind the launch of the £11,400 Solarin smartphone seems to have pulled the plug on it and is consequently letting go of a third of its staff.
  The development was first reported by Israeli publication Calcalist, then confirmed by a number of other titles including Business Insider. Sirin Labs provided statements employing tried and tested euphemisms for failure such as “pursuing new directions”, but also insisted it’s still making the Solarin and providing su
  
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• Higgs & Sons - Renewing Innovation With Zylpha

  16-03-2017 12:26
  
  Top 200 law firm Higgs & Sons is continuing to create and deploy innovative solutions through its case management system, following a decision to renew the practice’s ongoing investment with Zylpha (www.zylpha.com). The renewal encompasses both electronic document bundling software and MoJ portal integrations for EL/PL and RTA and reflects the significant time and cost savings delivered by the technology. Higgs & Sons has also benefitted from Zylpha’s extensive DeveloperPlus
  
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• Oracle earnings look promising, but why the IaaS obsession?

  16-03-2017 12:01
  
  Oracle has had another positive quarter as it navigates the complicated waters of business transformation, but it’s still a long way from kicking IaaS.
  It would appear the team has turned the corner, making its entry into the digital economy, as co-CEO Safra Catz predicts cloud revenue will be larger than new software license revenue over the next twelve months. Indeed, it has been a healthy quarter for the cloud business unit with total revenues standing at $1.2 billion, up 86% from last
  
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• Vodafone UK, Liberty global merger talks back on

  16-03-2017 01:00
  Vodafone and Liberty Global have allegedly restarted talks to merge their U.K. businesses, it emerged late on Wednesday.Unnamed sources cited by The Register said that negotiations between senior executives at each company are being held at Vodafone's Newbury headquarters…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• US charges four with carrying out massive Yahoo hack

  16-03-2017 01:00
  U.S. authorities this week charged four men in connection with cyber attack on Yahoo that compromised the personal data of hundreds of millions users.Two of the defendants are members of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), which confirms Yahoo's suspicions that it fell victim to a state-sponsored attack."The indictment unequivocally shows the attacks on Yahoo were state…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bharti to retain 50%-plus of Infratel

  16-03-2017 01:00
  Bharti Airtel this week revealed that it will not sell a controlling stake in its towers business but will offload a significant chunk of the unit to an existing subsidiary or to other potential investors.After months of speculation over the future of the Infratel business…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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