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• Yahoo shareholders approve sale of internet business to Verizon

  08-06-2017 19:49
  Web pioneer’s run close to an end as assets move closer to being handed over
  
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• The age of face-to-face conversation is pretty much over

  08-06-2017 17:20
  
  It wouldn’t quite be June if we didn’t have rain or Cisco’s annual VNI forecast. We’ve had plenty of rain, now it’s time to tuck into some stats!
  You probably didn’t need us to tell you, but internet traffic is going to grow. The total number of internet users by the end of 2021 is forecast to hit 4.6 billion across the globe, accounting for a whopping 58% of the global population. This is up from an estimated 3.3 billion in 2016, with mobile accounting for ro
  
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• Europe has another go at getting more access to private data

  08-06-2017 16:55
  
  An inevitable consequence of the recent spate of terrorist incidents has been calls for greater access to private data and now the European Commission has joined in.
  According to a Reuters report the EU wants to make it easier for authorities to get hold of private data from companies such as Facebook and Google regardless of which country the data is stored in. Right now due process requires the consent and cooperation of the host country, but the EU wants pan-European coppers to be able to cir
  
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• Collaboration to further accelerate IoT development has begun as oneM2M hosts first Industry Day

  08-06-2017 16:07
  
  Exclusive new event promotes joined working between leading IoT and M2M stakeholders Shenzhen, China, 8 June 2017: The latest real-world implementations advancing the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the role of standardisation in the projects were showcased by stakeholders from across the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and IoT industries as oneM2M, the global IoT standards initiative, held its inaugural Industry Day.Held with the aim of further increasing industry collaboration on IoT and
  
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• BT appoints KPMG as auditor after Italian scandal

  08-06-2017 15:42
  Move is latest step in effort to rebuild company following accounting problems
  
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• Huawei targets top spot in PC market within 5 years. Why?

  08-06-2017 12:51
  
  Huawei has set out it ambitions in the PC category, aiming to be the number one player in that declining market within three to five years.
  Only a matter of days after launched a new series of PCs, Huawei has been typically bullish setting its sights on leapfrogging the likes of HP, Lenovo, Dell, Apple, and Acer in the rankings race. The MateBook Series was launched towards the end of May, and has been receiving some positive reviews.
  “Whenever Huawei decides to enter an area, make a produ
  
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• Ericsson celebrates Spanish win with big MásMóvil deal

  08-06-2017 11:57
  
  Ericsson announced some positive news for once with the signing of a strategic agreement with MásMóvil to provide a bunch of network evolution and support services.
  MásMóvil might only be the fourth Spanish MNO, with four million or so subscribers, but it’s ambitious and a deal is a deal. Ericsson will be providing NFV-based core network evolution, billing, managed services and even some FTTH action to MásMóvil, so while the size of the deal might
  
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• How do you stop AI from taking over the world? Make it neurotic of course

  08-06-2017 11:53
  
  For those worried about AI taking over the world, the University of California has got your back with an idea to make robots neurotic to stop them getting too cocky.
  One of the concerns which has been raised through the implementation of artificial intelligence, and also the advancement in machine learning, is how to make sure it does not become too self-aware. Pre-defined parameters are all well and good, but what happens when the machines become too intelligent and realize they could re-write
  
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• Phasor to develop next generation Electronically Steerable Antenna featuring DSM Dyneema’s advanced Radome Solution

  08-06-2017 11:28
  
  Companies collaborate to create an advanced materials protective cover with optimized features for sea, air and land-mobile systemsWashington D.C., June 8, 2017: Phasor, Inc., the leading developer of enterprise-grade phased array antenna systems, announced today that together with DSM, they are developing a unique protective cover (radome) made with Dyneema® for phased array, electronically steerable antennas (ESAs). These radomes with Dyneema® feature exceptional properties designed to
  
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• Verizon plans AOL/Yahoo job cuts

  08-06-2017 02:00
  Verizon plans to axe up to 1,000 staff across AOL and Yahoo, it emerged this week.Sources cited in a Recode report on Wednesday claimed that the redundancies amount to less than 20% of the combined company…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Global IP traffic to hit 3.3 zettabytes by 2021

  08-06-2017 02:00
  Global IP traffic will triple between 2016 and 2021 to reach 3.3 zettabytes per year, according to Cisco's 12th annual Visual Networking Index (VNI), published on Thursday.That compares to 1.2 zettabytes – equivalent to 1.2 trillion gigabytes &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China Telecom COO quits

  08-06-2017 02:00
  China Telecom announced on Wednesday the resignation of its chief operating officer, Yang Xiaowei, effective immediately.Yang had only been in the role for a little over a year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT creates team of customer-championing CIOs

  08-06-2017 02:00
  BT this week created a new team of CIOs in a bid to revitalise its corporate and public sector arm, and improve the way it serves major enterprise and public sector customers.Led by Philip Baulch, CIO of BT's major corporate and public sector division…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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