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• Prepare yourselves, the talking fridge is finally here

  26-09-2017 18:29
  Apparently Google is trying to break the record for the most number of frivolous IoT gadgets. Yesterday we had a connected denim jacket, and today we have 87 LG kitchen appliances.
  Making the announcement in Seoul, LG proudly proclaimed 87 of its produced would now be wifi enabled, as well as compatible with the Google Assistant on Google Home, eligible Android phones and iOS smartphones. It’s an IoTgasm with washing machines and dryers, refrigerators, ovens, dishwashers, vacuums, air puri
  
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• Facebook signs multi-year NFL content deal

  26-09-2017 18:00
  The content gold rush continues as Facebook announces a worldwide programming partnership with the US National Football League.
  The gig will allow Facebook to serve up the official American footie highlights as served up by the NFL, both from the regular season and the playoffs, including the super bowl itself. On top of that a bunch of other content produced by NFL Media will be shown on Facebook Watch, its newly-created original content platform.
  “We have millions of fans on Facebook, an
  
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• Uber decision shows London is behind the times

  26-09-2017 17:58
  In light of Transport for London deciding not to renew Uber’s license to operate in the capital, there has been a wave of support for the ride-hailing service.
  Future Cities Catapult is one of those organizations which is supporting Uber, not because it’s employees want cheap rides home, but because the use of technology to disrupt the status quo is what all digital entrepreneurs should be aiming for.
  “Uber’s story has been so often told and it’s easy to get caught
  
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• Ericsson and Intel team up with Chinese state for 3.5GHz 5G test

  26-09-2017 14:29
  The 5G testing continues and Ericsson has scored a win over its Chinese rivals by getting in with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
  The collaboration also involved US chip giant Intel and concerned 5G multi-vendor interoperability over the 3.5 GHz band at a field test in Beijing. It used Ericsson’s 5G radio testbed and Intel’s 5G client test platform. The MIIT seems to be a combination of government department and regulator for IT and Telecoms, so it&rsqu
  
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• Intel unveils self-learning ‘neuromorphic’ AI chip

  26-09-2017 13:39
  It might not have totally nailed AI yet, but with its new research project Loihi Intel claims to have crossed a bridge which many are still trying to build; on-chip learning.
  In its search for a new growth area, Intel has focused on the burgeoning world of AI, but it isn’t alone. The microprocessor world is becoming very big, confusing and congested. Fortunately, if you believe the hype, there will be a lot of business to share out. Considering Intel’s ill-fated venture into the
  
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• Microsoft and Facebook lay some serious cable

  26-09-2017 12:52
  The laying of the ‘highest-capacity’ transatlantic cable by Microsoft and Facebook has been completed in just over a year.
  The two tech giants started work on Marea in May 2016 in partnership with Telefónica cable subsidiary Telxius and have completed the work pretty quickly. Marea goes from Virginia Beach on the east coast of the US to Bilbao in northern Spain. It claims to be the highest capacity trans-Atlantic cable – shifting 160 terabits per second.
  “Marea com
  
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• European telco associations implore the EU to get back on track

  26-09-2017 12:46
  While many would consider the letter a product of a by-gone era, it is apparently pretty useful as a means to display irritation. That is certainly how it’s being used here.
  Cable Europe, the Computer & Communications Industry Association, Digital Europe, ETNO, the GSMA and Allied for Startups have all come together to pen another letter of frustration and exasperation to the political leaders attending the Tallinn Digital Summit this week. The message is simple; you’re messing a
  
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• Phasor Announces Commercial Agreement with OmniAccess

  26-09-2017 11:24
  Live off-satellite demonstration planned for Monaco Yacht Show and on-ship Beta trials to begin in H1 2018 Washington, D.C. and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 26 September, 2017: Phasor, the pioneering developer of broadband flat panel, electronically steerable antenna (ESA) systems, announced today that the company has reached agreement with OmniAccess to become its commercial launch partner in the super yacht and related maritime broadband services markets. Phasor and OmniAccess will demonstrate th
  
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• LS telcom, Inc. announces sale of LS OBSERVER Spectrum Monitoring Systems to Liberia

  26-09-2017 10:33
  Systems delivered as part of USAID technology package for the Liberian Telecommunications Authority (LTA) Bowie, Maryland / USA, Lichtenau/Baden, Germany, 26th September 2017 - LS telcom, Inc., a worldwide leader in Spectrum Management and Spectrum Monitoring solutions, today announced the installation of multiple LS OBSERVER sensor-based monitoring stations for the Liberian Telecommunications Authority (LTA). The purchase of the systems was facilitated through the non-governmental organization
  
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• How Catalan villages built their own broadband networks

  26-09-2017 06:01
  High-speed internet is as essential as water and electricity say farmers
  
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• How Catalan villages built independent broadband networks

  26-09-2017 06:01
  High-speed internet is as essential as water and electricity say farmers and hotels
  
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• Europe’s telecoms groups warn over regulation

  26-09-2017 06:00
  Up to €100m a day lost to disruptive tech companies over the past decade, study says
  
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• China’s state-owned business reform a step in the wrong direction

  26-09-2017 05:00
  Latest step move by Beijing is all about asking private companies to provide subsidies
  
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• Vendors a 'dangerous' presence in carrier space - Telefonica

  26-09-2017 02:00
  Telecoms vendors are treading on operators' toes in the wholesale market, impacting negatively on their relationships with one another, a senior executive from Telefonica said on Tuesday.Speaking at the opening session of Carriers World 2017, Eduardo Guardincerri…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Italy delays meeting on Vivendi sanction

  26-09-2017 02:00
  The Italian government this week postponed a meeting to discuss its response to the recent regulatory ruling that deems Vivendi to exercise control over TIM…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT has large corporates using SD-WAN service

  26-09-2017 02:00
  BT Global Services on Tuesday formally launched is new software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) service, having already rolled it out to a number of large customers.The U.K. operator said its new Agile Connect service is based on technology from Nokia's SDN business Nuage Networks…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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