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• Aussies get a bit i-rate with Apple

  06-04-2017 18:21
  
  Apple has found itself in a bit of hot water after the ‘Error 53’ message which appeared on iLifers screens a couple of years ago, as it may have violated Aussie consumers’ rights.
  The message itself appeared after users downloading an update to Apple’s iOS operating system, though mainly on phones which had been repaired by a third party. An investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) claims Apple routinely refused to service defective devi
  
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• Indian regulator finally calls time on Jio’s endless freebies, for now

  06-04-2017 18:15
  
  The Indian telecoms regulator – TRAI – has finally grown a pair and pushed back on the latest extension of Jio’s great mobile give-away, sort of.
  A few days ago we reported that Jio had extended the deadline of its perpetual promotion and whacked out another for good measure – the Jio Summer Surprise – the surprise apparently being that it was yet another move to buy customers from a company run by India’s richest person. Jio has been doing so since its launch
  
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• City of London to upgrade its free wifi service

  06-04-2017 17:59
  New network to be installed in Square Mile in preparation for move to 5G
  
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• Go!Foton Corporation has joined the global industry specialist Broadband Forum

  06-04-2017 17:58
  
  Anaheim, California, USA - Go!Foton Corporation, a global leader in manufacturing innovative optical connectivity solutions, has joined global industry specialist Broadband Forum. This will enable Go!Foton to contribute to the evolution of fiber connectivity in Central Offices and Data Centers worldwide where these require the support of next generation services such as c-RAN Cloud Radio Access Network.In joining the Broadband Forum, Go!Foton will be working with some of the world’s major
  
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• MEP lashes out at European Commission over Privacy Shield inaction

  06-04-2017 16:23
  
  Privacy advocate and MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht has hit out at the European Commission (hereafter known as the Gaggle of Red-tapers) as continued inaction leaves the EU-US Privacy Shield in a precarious position.
  At a time where data protection and privacy is at the top of the agenda for political heavyweights around world, the Gaggle of Red-tapers has been relatively redundant in its actions. In truth, the Gaggle has been doing a lot of talking over the last couple of months, but lacked the abili
  
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• Worldhotels Goes Global with ShoreTel and Interoute

  06-04-2017 15:36
  
  Partnership supports scalability, ease of management for international organisations.London, 6th April 2017 – ShoreTel® and Interoute today announced their partnership serving international markets with ShoreTel Connect™ unified communications (UC) solutions deployed on Interoute’s Enterprise Digital Platform, a global privately connected cloud infrastructure.Interoute operates one of Europe’s largest network integrated clouds, serving customers across three continent
  
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• Comcast launches Xfinity Mobile telecom operator

  06-04-2017 15:34
  Wireless service will piggyback on infrastructure operated by Verizon
  
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• UK mobile app users face heightened security risks new nationwide survey reports

  06-04-2017 15:31
  
  Almost half do not scrutinise app details, 60 per cent rarely review permissions being requested before downloadLondon, UK, 6 April, 2017 – Poor security awareness, coupled with an insatiable demand for mobile apps, are placing UK consumers’ identities and devices at risk. A new nationwide survey commissioned by RiskIQ of 1,000 people across the country* reveals that almost half (45 per cent) do not scrutinise the app’s details while 60 per cent never or only...Source: RealWire
  
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• Telia Carrier launches new Internet backbone PoP in Berlin, bringing much-needed high speed, low latency connectivity to a flourishing region

  06-04-2017 14:01
  
  Stockholm/Berlin – 6 April 2017 – Telia Carrier announced today that it has added a new point-of-presence (PoP) to its network, providing agile connectivity services for a booming economic sector in Berlin, Germany. The new data center, Carrier-Colo, owned by I/P/B/, is one of the most connected facilities in the region providing connectivity and other IP services to international, national and regional start-ups, carriers, cloud and content providers. Located between Frankfurt, Germ
  
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• FCC dishes out some humble Pai

  06-04-2017 13:21
  
  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai and Acting FTC Chairman Maureen Ohlhausen have penned an article for The Washington Post, defending the decision to reverse ISP privacy rules.
  The debate over the rights and wrongs of the move to change the opt in/opt out policies of ISPs for use in advertising platforms will continue to rage over the coming months, but you’ve got to hand some credit to Pai and Ohlhausen; they have made some valid points, albeit alongside some less sturdy ones.
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• Red Hat’s telecoms numbers illustrate the importance of ICT convergence

  06-04-2017 13:16
  
  Open source software vendor company Red Hat revealed in its recent Q4/FY earnings that telecoms was its top vertical.
  To find out why this sector has become so prominent for a company more associated with enterprise Linux and middleware Telecoms.com spoke to Darrell Jordan-Smith, VP of global telecoms and ICT at Red Hat. He explained that while software is of increasing strategic importance to CSPs, they don’t consider enterprise software development to be a core competence and thus need o
  
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• Google: You bring the artificial fish, we’ve got the intelligent chips

  06-04-2017 12:54
  
  Google claims it has made a significant step forward in the delivering the reality of artificial intelligence after releasing details of its Tensor Processing Unit, a machine learning chip.
  The search giant teased the industry with the initial announcement last year, however details were relatively thin. The latest shout-out is accompanied with a white paper, which will be presented at a National Academy of Engineering meeting, claiming the TPU is 15x to 30x faster than contemporary GPUs and CPU
  
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• MaxLinear Joins HomeGrid Forum’s Board of Directors

  06-04-2017 11:09
  
  Leading provider of semiconductor solutions committed to the future of G.hnBeaverton, Ore., April 6, 2017News highlights:MaxLinear, a leading provider of integrated radio frequency and mixed-signal integrated circuits for the connected home and wired and wireless infrastructure markets, joins HomeGrid Forum Board of DirectorsHomeGrid Forum Board expands to six companies spanning all sectors of the communications industryHomeGrid Forum today announced that MaxLinear has joined AT&T, BT, Centu
  
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• TIM Brasil selects Bwtech’s NetChart to further improve the quality of its LTE network

  06-04-2017 09:00
  
  Using NetChart to standardize its network configuration, TIM Brasil managed to enhance its quality performance indicators.Rio de Janeiro, 6 April 2017 – To help improve the quality of their LTE network, TIM Brasil have made the decision to add 4G capabilities to their existing Configuration Management platform NetChart. Since 2013, TIM Brasil has used NetChart from Bwtech to standardize network configuration parameters of the 2G and 3G networks. TIM Brasil, one of the largest mobile...Sour
  
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• Vivendi seeks control of Telecom Italia

  06-04-2017 02:00
  Vivendi is seeking to gain control of Telecom Italia by winning two-thirds of the operator's board seats, it emerged this week.Sources cited by Reuters on Wednesday said that the French media conglomerate has informed the European Commission that it could take de facto control of Telecom Italia at next month's shareholder meeting…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Spark, 2degrees, Vodafone bid for New Zealand's rural blackspot scheme

  06-04-2017 02:00
  New Zealand mobile operators Spark, 2degrees and Vodafone this week made a joint pitch for the government's Rural Broadband Initiative (RBI), which aims to pass 99% of the population with 50-Mbps networks by 2025…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Jio withdraws Summer Surprise offer

  06-04-2017 02:00
  Reliance Jio Infocomm on Thursday withdrew its 'Summer Surprise' offer of three months of free services following an order from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Global device shipments to remain flat this year – Gartner

  06-04-2017 02:00
  Global device shipments will remain broadly flat at 2.34 billion this year, predicted Gartner on Thursday.The analyst firm expects mobile handset shipments to inch up to 1.91 billion from 1.89 billion, while the computing device market, which includes PCs, laptops, tablets…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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