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• Sonos launches platform-agnostic smart speaker

  04-10-2017 19:04
  Clever audio gadget maker Sonos has shown the way forward in the smart home with the launch of a speaker that will support all the major voice assistant platforms.
  The Sonos One is apparently named to position it as the definitive smart speaker. It’s not only designed to support a bunch of audio streaming services, but also Amazon Alexa. On top of that support for Google Assistant and Apple AirPlay 2 will come next year via an OTA software update, but there was no talk of Siri or Cortana.
  
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• ASPIDER-NGI IoT eConnect: “Getting your devices connected globally with Simplicity, Reliability and Control”

  04-10-2017 17:23
  The Netherlands, Oct 4, 2017: ASPIDER-NGI, provider of independent mobile solutions for managing IoT connectivity, today announced availability of IoT eConnect: an integrated IoT solution that provides instant global access to connectivity without the contractual and technical lock-ins.“We have taken a new approach to disrupt the connectivity market,” says Jan Mooijman, CEO ASPIDER-NGI. “Companies face huge barriers in getting the IoT connectivity they need: 2 year lock-ins, un
  
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• Google’s Deepmind sets out to tackle AI ethics

  04-10-2017 17:06
  If you ask the world of technology to slow down a bit, you’re instantly branded as a technophobe. But perhaps a bit of reflection is needed in the artificial intelligence arena.
  Google’s Deepmind is one of those which is starting to think a bit deeper about the big, burgeoning world of computer intelligence. The team has announced the formation of DeepMind Ethics & Society to ‘complement’ the work of its engineers and scientists, and make sure we don’t get a lit
  
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• Enabling 5G – Next-generation Self-Organising Fixed Wireless Access

  04-10-2017 14:16
  Telecoms.com occasionally collaborates with industry partners to allow them to share their expertise on industry topics. This piece is sponsored by CCS and in it David Turner, Head of Technical Sales at CCS, looks at some of the technology choices presented by Fixed Wireless Access.
  Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is experiencing somewhat of a renaissance in the industry, and both service providers and vendors are making the most of the opportunity.  5G has played a major part in disrupting the
  
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• Amazon is latest focus of Europe’s tax raid on US tech companies

  04-10-2017 14:01
  The European Commission has ruled that Luxembourg illegally let Amazon off €250 million of taxes and must now get them back.
  This is the latest round of a general purge by the EC of European countries effectively bribing US tech companies to use them as their European hub by dangling the carrot of reduced taxes. Last year the EC ruled that Apple owed Ireland €13 billion in back taxes, on which more later.
  “Luxembourg gave illegal tax benefits to Amazon,” said Commissioner M
  
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• Sunrise counters increasing internet threats with cloud-based security from Secucloud

  04-10-2017 13:31
  German IT security specialist’s latest new customer: Switzerland’s largest private telecom providerHamburg, Germany. 4 October 2017 – The forward march of current consumer trends such as smart home and the internet of things (IoT) seems unstoppable. However, increased connectivity often comes with inadequate protection that can open doors to cyber-criminals – literally as well as figuratively. In order to provide its more than three million customers with future-proof sec
  
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• Inoapps Appointed To New Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer (CEI) program

  04-10-2017 13:15
  Appointment Recognises and Rewards Inoapps for Consistently Delivering Successful Oracle Cloud Implementations Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco, Calif. To accelerate customer transformation in the cloud, Oracle has launched the Oracle Cloud Excellence Implementer (CEI) program. Inoapps is one of the first Oracle Partners to be appointed to the new scheme. The appointment recognises Inoapps’ expertise, successful track record and superior customer satisfaction when delivering high quality Or
  
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• European telcos sulk about EU direction on regulation and investment

  04-10-2017 13:00
  Following an opaque and arcane ruling from a European Parliament committee there is concern that the continent is losing its way on telecoms.
  The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy voted on a broad range of issues surrounding the involvement of the Eurocracy in the telecoms business. Among the conclusions of the vote were a move to reduce the cost of long distance calls within Europe, which seems to be an ideological move equivalent to the abolition of data roaming charges.
  While this se
  
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• Verizon now thinks all Yahoo accounts were affected by 2013 breach

  04-10-2017 11:47
  Having finally completed its acquisition Verizon has been able to do a proper job of investigating the extent of the Yahoo data breach and the results are not good.
  An announcement from its content division, which Verizon for some reason decided to call Oath, revealed that all of three billion Yahoo accounts in existence at the time of the 2013 data theft were affected. Prior to its acquisition by Verizon Yahoo had insisted that a maximum of one billion accounts had been affected, so that’
  
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• Google’s self-driving cars are almost here, as long as you’re not on the left

  04-10-2017 11:45
  Google spin-off Waymo is on the verge of cracking the autonomous vehicles conundrum, just make sure wherever you want to go is on the right hand side.
  Many are predicting the rise of the autonomous car over the next ten years, with manufacturers giving various timelines around a 2020 deadline, but these predictions could be blown away if Waymo is anywhere near accurate. According to The Information, Waymo could launch its own ridesharing service, not requiring back-up drivers, before the end of
  
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• Openwave Mobility delivers Outstanding QoE for Zain Saudi Arabia with NFV-based Mobile Traffic Management

  04-10-2017 11:05
  With Openwave Mobility’s solution, Zain can seamlessly manage the rising levels of encrypted traffic on the networkREDWOOD CITY, California – October 4, 2017 – Openwave Mobility, the market leader in mobile data traffic management solutions, today announced that it has deployed an NFV-based mobile data traffic management solution for Zain Saudi Arabia (Zain KSA). The virtualized solution enables Zain KSA to manage and monetize encrypted data including streaming videos and deliv
  
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• NewVoiceMedia recognised among top 100 most promising SaaS companies in Europe

  04-10-2017 10:51
  Company named in ‘Accel EuroScape’ based on market attractiveness, level of technology differentiation, strength of the team and market tractionLONDON, October 4, 2017 – NewVoiceMedia, a leading global provider of cloud contact centre and inside sales technology that enables businesses to have more successful conversations, has been named in the ‘Accel EuroScape 2017’, a list of the top 100 most promising SaaS companies in Europe and Israel, developed by Venture Cap
  
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• Yahoo says all 3 billion accounts hacked

  04-10-2017 02:00
  Yahoo on Wednesday disclosed that all of its approximately 3 billion accounts were affected by a data breach in August 2013.The Internet company…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Italian state could invest in TIM to protect assets

  04-10-2017 02:00
  Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) could invest in TIM if the government asks it to, it emerged this week, a move that would raise suggestions of a conflict of interests, since the Italian state-owned investment bank already holds a stake in Open Fiber, which is rolling out a wholesale fibre broadband network in competition with that of the telecoms incumbent…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ghana approves Airtel/Tigo tie-up

  04-10-2017 02:00
  Ghana's telecom regulator has given the green light to a proposed merger between Bharti Airtel's local operation and Millicom's Tigo that will create the country's second largest mobile operator.The National Communications Authority (NCA) will allow the deal to go ahead…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• CenturyLink gets Level 3 OK subject to asset sales

  04-10-2017 02:00
  CenturyLink has secured the approval of the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) for its proposed acquisition of Level 3, but the merged entity will be required to divest certain network assets.The U.S. network operator revealed that it must sell off Level 3 metro network assets in three states and two dozen strands of dark fibre…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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