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• India challenges Chinese companies on data security

  25-08-2017 19:27 via ft.com
  Browser and smartphone makers are asked to show that customer data are kept safe
  
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• Samsung faces long-term challenge as chief gets five-year stretch

  25-08-2017 18:01 via ft.com
  Pressure is on Korean conglomerate to change after trial
  
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• Is it all falling apart for US self-driving ambitions?

  25-08-2017 13:18
  Considering it is home to some of the worlds’ leading technology companies, many would assume the US would lead the self-driving race, but reports claim a staggering path which is more suited to a walk home on Friday night.
  According to Recode, the Federal Committee on Automation, an advisory board which is supposed to be fronting the self-driving ambitions of the country, has fallen almost entirely inactive. Some might say this is a disgruntled individual just trying to cause a bit of fri
  
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• ZTE reports 29% profit boost thanks to mobile network and handsets

  25-08-2017 12:41
  ZTE, China’s lesser known technology giant, has reported a surge in profits over the first six months of the year to CNY 2.29 billion (about $340 million), an increase of 29.8%.
  Huawei might hog the headlines, but ZTE is not doing a bad job either. Competitors in Europe might be facing tough times, but the gravy train is running smoothly in China. Total revenues across the first six months were up 13.1% to CNY 54.01 billion (roughly $8.1 billion).
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• Apple chases $200 million tax incentives with Iowa datacentre

  25-08-2017 12:03
  It was a promise on the campaign trail from President Trump, and at least this one is coming true. Apple has been teased into opening a data centre on US soil with the promise of $207.8 million in tax incentives.
  As part of the project, Apple will purchase 2,000 acres of land in Waukee, to build two data centres, at a cost of $1.375 billion. As part of the $200 million incentives, Apple will receive $19.65 million investment tax credit for creating 50 jobs in the area. These are just the long-te
  
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• Deutsche Telekom gets defensive on fibre roll-out plans

  25-08-2017 11:21
  Deutsche Telekom seemingly woke up on the wrong side of the bed, getting pretty defensive over its fibre roll-out plans, even going as far as stating 100% fibre coverage is impossible.
  Someone must have rubbed up DT execs in a wrong way, as this response seems a bit sensitive. Telcos will always receive criticism, there’s no way to avoid it; communications infrastructure is that important to our personal and professional lives; but DT is one of the better ones out there. We would have expe
  
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• VoLTE: as easy as 123

  25-08-2017 02:00
  Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services are now available on 20% of the commercially launched LTE networks worldwide, according to new data from Hadden Telecoms…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• TIM leads broadband growth in Brazil

  25-08-2017 02:00
  TIM was the fastest growing fixed broadband operator in Brazil over the past 12 months, according to new statistics published by the country's telecoms regulator this week.The Telecom Italia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Money for nothing and phones for free

  25-08-2017 02:00
  Not content with disrupting the Indian mobile market by giving away its services for free – or thereabouts – Reliance Jio Infocomm is now giving phones away too...yet it appears to be generating enough revenue to stand alongside the biggest telecoms operators in the world.India's race to the bottom on prices in the wake of Reliance Jio's arrival in the market last year has been well documented. The country's smaller operators are heading for the exit, swallowed up by larger rivals d
  
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