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• Liberty sale in Europe re-opens door to Vodafone deal talks

  21-12-2017 19:41 via ft.com
  Disposal of Austrian business to Deutsche Telekom for $2bn to be announced in coming days
  
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• Yesterday AT&T promised 7000 jobs, today it sacks 700 just in time for Christmas

  21-12-2017 17:28
  The much publicised tax reforms by President Trump saw AT&T state it would invest to create jobs for Americans and now it has handed pink-slips to 700 DirecTV home installers.
  According to The New York Post, due to the company’s more stringent focus on its DirecTV Now streaming business, the workers have been handed their marching orders. The timing could be better considering the news came to light a matter of days after AT&T put itself forward as an engine for growth and job crea
  
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• Huawei and Baidu team up on AI

  21-12-2017 16:44
  Huawei and Baidu have announced a wide ranging partnership to develop artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and technology, to internet services and content ecosystems.
  The tagline itself might sound a bit ominous, ‘AI that knows you better’, but it is where the industry is heading. More comprehensive artificial intelligence applications which reveal information about you which you didn’t even realise you had given away. Another concern might be held in Silicon Valley; two of
  
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• LS telcom expands cooperation on LoRa software tools with Digita

  21-12-2017 16:22
  Lichtenau / Baden, Germany, 21st December 2017 – Digita, a pioneer in wireless and digital solutions, and LS telcom, a worldwide leader in spectrum management and radio network planning solutions, have agreed to expand their cooperation on network planning tools. Digita already employs LS telcom’s software planning tool suite CHIRplus for the planning of their radio and TV networks and microwave links, and the cooperation now expands to the planning of Internet of things (IoT)...Sour
  
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• Facebook advertising platform accused of discrimination

  21-12-2017 16:01
  Over the last couple of months ProPublica has been causing quite a few issues for Facebook, but the latest one has actually caused the social media giant to post a defensive reaction.
  The most recent complaint is focused on how Facebook uses its advertising platform to show recruitment ads to specific age groups. An investigation from ProPublica has claimed companies are using advertising platforms such as Facebook, Amazon and Google, to target individuals within specific age brackets, which it
  
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• It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for – 5G is here

  21-12-2017 12:07
  Will the promise live up to reality? Who knows. But one thing is for sure, 5G is now an actual thing after 3GPP approved the initial 5G New Radio (NR) specifications in Lisbon.
  The completion of the first 5G NR standard has set the stage for the global mobile industry to start full-scale development of 5G NR for large-scale trials and commercial deployments as early as in 2019. Many of the operators have been rushing to be the first to hit pre-5G milestones, now we have standards-based 5G, a new
  
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• Tizeti Network Limited selects Cambium Networks wireless broadband connectivity solutions

  21-12-2017 11:55
  Leading service provider selects cnPilot™ Wi-Fi access and ePMP™ distribution networkRolling Meadows, Illinois and Lagos, Nigeria, December 21, 2017 – Cambium Networks™, a global leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today announced that Tizeti Network Limited has selected its cnPilot™ enterprise Wi-Fi access networks with an ePMP™ fixed wireless infrastructure to upgrade and modernize their networks across Lagos, Nigeria.Tizeti is one of the faste
  
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• Orange CEO to face trial for complicity in fraud and embezzlement

  21-12-2017 11:27
  Orange CEO Stephane Ricard has found himself in a bit of hot water with complicity in fraud and embezzlement charges dating back to his days in the French Ministry.
  According to the Financial Times, Ricard will be tried alongside five other suspects in a case dating back to the mid-90s. Bernard Tapie, who also faces charges, received a payment of €405 million in 2008, after the businessman claimed he was defrauded by the now-defunct state-owned bank Crédit Lyonnais, after its advisor
  
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• Nokia signs multi-year agreement with Huawei

  21-12-2017 10:57
  Details of the agreement are relatively thin for the moment, though piggy-backing on one of the technology industry’s most successful businesses can hardly be a bad thing.
  Both parties are staying pretty tight lipped about the agreement so far, but the patent license agreement is expected to start paying off in the fourth quarter. The team has also quoted ‘non-recurring catch-up revenue’, with additional revenues expected to be realized as the years roll on through.
  “Huaw
  
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