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• Meet Harry – London’s first driverless shuttlebus

  05-04-2017 19:10
  
  A new trial in the London borough of Greenwich is looking to pave the way for driverless shuttle buses throughout the UK.
  The vehicle, which will operate with a trained driver as a fail-safe in the first instance, will operate along a two-mile riverside path near London’s O2 Arena, transporting 100 people over the next couple of weeks, according to the Telegraph. While there might be some scepticism over the safety of driverless vehicles in certain areas, it certainly doesn’t show he
  
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• Huawei surprisingly happy about patent court ruling

  05-04-2017 19:08
  
  There seems to be another perspective on the recent UK court ruling regarding the Unwired Planet vs Huawei patent licensing case.
  While the Judge ruled that Huawei will need to pay for those Unwired Planet FRAND patents it uses in its handsets, the Chinese giant contacted Telecoms.com to point out that the amount it will have to pay was significantly reduced as a result of the case. As a result Huawei actually views the outcome as a victory.
  “Huawei has received the decision of the High Co
  
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• SIM-only plans to account for 30% of UK market by end of 2017

  05-04-2017 19:05
  
  Research firm CCS Insight has released new findings which suggest the downfall of subsidized-handset contracts and the growth of SIM-only contracts for UK consumers.
  The news will be welcomed by the operators, who have been vying to move out of the subsidized-handset model for some time, primarily due to the cost. CCS Insight believe the proportion of SIM-only contracts could account for as much as 34% by the end of the year, compared to 27% at the beginning. It’s a more profitable game as
  
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• Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh wireless network technology selected as communications platform for Sharp INTELLOS™ Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV)

  05-04-2017 15:05
  
  Rajant and Sharp to Exhibit at ISC West 2017’s Unmanned Security ExpoPHILADELPHIA – April 5, 2017 – Rajant announced today that Sharp Electronics Corporation (“SEC”) will use its Kinetic Mesh™ technology as the wireless communications infrastructure for the Sharp INTELLOS™ Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (“A-UGV”).The mobility, reliability and scalability of Rajant’s network were key reasons for the company’s selection. Its Brea
  
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• DT flirts with net neutrality controversy

  05-04-2017 14:58
  
  Deutsche Telekom has begun flirting with net neutrality controversy, as the telco giant unleashes a number of zero-rating offers for customers in Germany.
  MagentaMobil customers can now use StreamOn to listen to music on their smartphone and watch video from various partners, without affecting the data limits included in their contract. While there have been a number of zero-rating offers to hit the headlines in recent months, the majority have been limited to the US market, however more example
  
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• Huawei could face UK handset injunction after landmark court ruling

  05-04-2017 14:57
  
  The case of Unwired Planet vs Huawei regarding the latter’s licensing of FRAND patents has been decided in favour of the former, a decision that could have global implications.
  Patent litigation is hardly a sexy business but in an industry that relies so heavily on countless enabling technologies, IP owners need to be protected if R&D is to be encouraged. The patents in this case, while currently owned by Unwired Planet, appear to have been acquired from Ericsson in 2013. They cover a
  
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• WhatsApp set to join the Indian mobile money revolution

  05-04-2017 12:59
  
  Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly looking to get into mobile payments and has picked India as the best place to start.
  India is in the middle of an ambitious state-sponsored bid to move away from its current cash-based economy to a digital one. The government kick-started the bid by taking a bunch of currency out of circulation, leading to an entirely predictable wailing and gnashing of teeth. The paid seemed to be short-lived, however, indicating the Indian public is willing to adapt.
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• Web inventor slams FCC for privacy violations

  05-04-2017 12:53
  
  Sir Tim Berners-Lee has hit out at the US government and FCC following the decision to repeal ISP privacy rules which were put in place to provide some level of control for the consumer.
  On the same day Berners-Lee received the Turing Award, known as the Nobel Prize of the computing world, the father of the internet shamed plans in the ‘Land of the Free’ to sell users personal information without permission from said user.
  “When the internet was new, when people didn’t re
  
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• Singapore spectrum auction raises S$1.15bn

  05-04-2017 02:00
  Singapore this week completed its auction of 175 MHz of mobile spectrum, raising S$1.15 billion (€769.33 million) in total bids.According to Singapore's telco regulator…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Next 10-20 months will reshape European telecoms – ETNO

  05-04-2017 02:00
  The next 10-20 months is a critical period that will reshape European telecoms regulation for the next decade, said ETNO director general Lise Fuhr on Wednesday.Speaking on day two Total Telecom's Gigabit Access event in Brussels, she said Europe needs to be very aware about how it updates its telco rules because it sends a critically important message to the investment community…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• ISPs should get off the throughput hamster wheel – Netcomm Wireless

  05-04-2017 02:00
  Telcos should stop using peak speeds to advertise broadband and instead focus on the kind of online services it enables.Advertising based on peak speeds risks establishing unreasonable performance expectations in end users…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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