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• Cryptshare 4.0: More convenience and security, less shadow IT

  09-03-2018 16:26
  Secure file exchange, even on mobile devicesFreiburg im Breisgau, 9th March 2018. The success of smartphones has led to changes in companies' expectations of convenience. Smartphones have become the backbone of daily communications for many users enabling them to do business on the go -but with the unwanted side effect of serving as a cybercriminal gateway to enterprise networks. The danger is more acute than you may think as smartphones are often closely linked to...Source: RealWire
  
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• Europe looks to tackle the impossible task of ethics in AI

  09-03-2018 14:58
  The European Commission (hereafter known as the Gaggle of Red-tapers) has announced plans to tackle one of the most complicated problems in technology; guidelines on AI ethics.
  When it comes to AI this is perhaps one of the most important areas of development, and it’s about time someone decided to do something about it, but don’t expect this to be a smooth ride. Before the industry can even begin to utilise advanced ideas such as self-learning, self-governance and self-optimization
  
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• Proximus bags €400mn loan for fibre rollout

  09-03-2018 14:41
  Proximus has announced it will be the recipient of a €400 million loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out and upgrading of its fixed broadband infrastructure in Belgium.
  The money will be used as part of the Fiber for Belgium project, with the telco committing to bringing fibre to 85% of businesses and to the centres of cities and communes in Belgium. Over the next 10 years, the project will aim to invest $3 billion to future-proof the network.
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• Ofcom pats UK MNOs on the head for doing what they’re told

  09-03-2018 13:58
  UK mobile operators vowed to hit Ofcom’s 90% geographical voice coverage target by the end of last year and they have. Good operators.
  To commemorate this touching gesture of compliance Ofcom has written to each of them to say well done in a manner reminiscent of getting a commendation from a teacher. The specifics of the letters involve acknowledgment of their previous letter claiming to have done what they were told and confirming that Ofcom doesn’t think they were lying.
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• Telefónica and Huawei tie up to target SMEs

  09-03-2018 13:03
  Telefónica’s business solutions unit has announced a tie up with Huawei for the development of a Network Service Platform and CloudVPN for enterprises.
  The aim of the solution will be to create a simple form of private network between the business’ different premises, geared towards SMEs who many not have the in-house expertise to build such a proposition themselves or the capital to even think about it.
  “Telefónica has a long tradition in supporting SMEs,”
  
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• FCC’s Clyburn defends LifeLine, but whose responsibility is social inclusion?

  09-03-2018 12:22
  Democrat FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn has hit FCC Chairman Ajit Pai hard with a potentially emotionally manipulative speech criticizing plans to end its LifeLine programme.
  Back in November, the FCC announced plans to scale back the federal Lifeline programme, an initiative which assists poorer families in accessing the digital world. LifeLine is not a perfect system, it is fraught with fraud and muddled with red-tape, but that is not a reason to completely scrap it. This will do nothing but
  
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• Small Cell Forum Welcomes FCC Move to Relax Regulations on Cell Siting

  09-03-2018 10:16
  SCF has called for more urgency on dense networks to ensure IoT-ready 5G around the worldLONDON, 9th March 2018 – Small Cell Forum, the telecoms organization driving network densification worldwide, has hailed an announcement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr and the draft Second Report and Order in the FCC proceeding on Accelerating Wireless Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment. The announcement and draft ruling represent a huge step forward to removing bu
  
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• Inmarsat cuts dividend over cash flow caution

  09-03-2018 09:27
  Company will also push into airline WiFi
  
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• Deutsche Telekom upgrades 750,000 customers to super-fast broadband

  09-03-2018 01:00
  Deutsche Telekom has boosted connectivity for customers in rural and hard-to-reach parts of Germany, by doubling their download speeds from 50Mbps to 100Mbps. As part of its network transformation project…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Credit where credit's due – Reducing churn and boosting ARPU

  09-03-2018 01:00
  All across the developing world, telcos are facing the same quandary: how do you reduce churn and cultivate brand loyalty in markets with very low Average Return Per User (ARPU)?By some estimates, 77 per cent of global mobile phone users do so on a pre-paid basis. While pre-paid margins are significantly healthier than post-paid rates, both in terms of per minute voice call charges and per Mb data consumption, the relationship between customer and operator is fleeting, with customers being able
  
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• BT unveils 'the future of mobile' streaming during live Champions League broadcast

  09-03-2018 01:00
  BT and EE completed a world's first on Wednesday evening when they broadcast Tottenham's Champion's League tie with Juventus in High Dynamic Range (HDR) Ultra High-Definition (UHD) at a private screening in London. The broadcast also utilised the latest Virtual Reality 360 technology…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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