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• 2018 to be breakthrough year for smart speakers, but China evades the grasp

  05-01-2018 12:30
  New findings from research firm Canalys estimate the global smart speaker market will increase to 56.3 million shipments in 2018, but the elusive Chinese market still ducks and dives.
  2017 has been a good year for smart speakers, with the concept gaining general acceptance in the mass market. This is down to several factors, and lessons learned from previous tech failures such as the smartwatch, but a lower price point and the transition from touch to voice interface certainly would have helped.
  
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• Let the net neutrality lawsuits begin

  05-01-2018 11:34
  Three weeks after the vote, the FCC has finally released the final net neutrality repeal order to the public. What we can expect now is a lot of PR posturing and lawsuits.
  You can have a read of the full document here, though we should warn you there are few changes from the draft which has been around since November. There are of course a few edits, once a motion has been passed the FCC does not need to gather support for edits relating to issues raised by the Commissioners, but no massive surp
  
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• Court freezes $820m of Ukrainian oligarch’s assets

  05-01-2018 06:01
  Case centres on Rinat Akhmetov’s dispute with rival over telecoms company
  
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• South Korean government urges closer collaboration to speed up 5G

  05-01-2018 01:00
  The South Korean government has urged network operators and carriers to speed up the deployment of 5G technology in the country by utilising closer collaboration.“Mobile carriers should actively share their infrastructure to lower each other&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Polycom to acquire VoiP firm Obihai Technology

  05-01-2018 01:00
  Polycom has announced a deal to acquire VoiP specialists Obihai Technology, according to a company statement.Obihai Technology is a key developer of software and hardware for VoIP endpoints. The strategic addition of the business will allow Polycom to compete more effectively in the global voice market…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Building a better tomorrow starts in 2018

  05-01-2018 01:00
  As the new year rolls around, so too comes the inevitable flood of articles predicting the "top trends for 2018". While it is easy to feel a little overdosed on the eternal optimism and fanfare that these articles tend to churn out, they do offer a really good insight into how developments in the telecoms sector could influence and govern our lives in the years to come.This is particularly true when looking at the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and broader technological advan
  
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