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• Tech giants are stifling the internet – Berners-Lee

  12-03-2018 18:37
  On the 29th birthday of the World Wide Web its founder Sir Tim Berners-Lee has written an open-letter condemning the dominance of the big tech players, pointing out the negative impact on competition and society on the whole.
  While no specific names were named, it’s not hard to guess which companies he is talking about is you read the comment below.
  “The web that many connected to years ago is not what new users will find today,” said Berners-Lee. “What was once a rich se
  
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• Regulator to take tough line on UK snooping activities

  12-03-2018 18:23
  The Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) has released an Advisory Notice detailing how it will limit investigatory powers of the spooks and attempt to maintain privacy rights where possible.
  The Notice is an attempt to create accountability, justification and responsibility around potential controversial snooping activities. The intelligence community has been under a spotlight for the last couple of years owing to a number of different whistle blowers exposing some drastic ab
  
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• HUBER+SUHNER to demonstrate plans for 5G and network densification at OFC 2018

  12-03-2018 17:00
  Alongside the latest optical switch from Polatis and HUBER+SUHNER’s high speed RF test solutions portfolio, Cube Optics will launch standard-setting PAM4 modulated ROSA San Diego, 12 March 2018 - Leading international manufacturer of components and systems for optical and electrical connectivity, HUBER+SUHNER, will be presenting its latest developments and solutions for the shift to 5G networks from Polatis, Cube Optics and its RF division at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC
  
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• Global connectivity and collaboration for an IoT future

  12-03-2018 16:33
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Daniel Kurgan, CEO of BICS SA/NV, argues that the full IoT opportunity will only be realised if there is global collaboration in the telecoms space.The IoT has been a major discussion point amongst telcos for years, but it’s only more recently that we’ve started to understand how – and how much – IoT applications will benefit different
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Virtually interesting

  12-03-2018 16:29
  Now with added video! 
  
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• Virgin Media to connect the unconnected, if the price is right

  12-03-2018 14:09
  Virgin Media has announced it will roll out its broadband offering to 12 villages in the Test and Dun Valley area, as it sets its sights on tackling the rural connectivity challenge, just as long as it’s not too risky.
  The move will come as a bit of a concern for Openreach which has largely enjoyed a competition-free environment in the countryside due to the expensive job of delivering connectivity. Whether the introduction of an alternative service will force Openreach to actually start s
  
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• Kaspersky Labs unearths yet another state-linked malware

  12-03-2018 14:07
  Cyber security specialists Kaspersky Labs has claimed to have discovered what it described as a highly-sophisticated cyberespionage campaign called Slingshot, which could have been active for six years.
  Clues in the text suggest the code was developed by English-speaking programmers, with the most likely source being a government intelligence agency. The team at Kaspersky believes activity started in at least 2012, and was active at the time of analysis in February six years later. The weak poin
  
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• UK government congratulates itself on contributing £25m to the 5G cause

  12-03-2018 14:05
  A year after launching its Digital Strategy, the UK government has picked six 5G projects to receive a share of a £25 million pot of public money.
  The winning projects seem to be mainly public/private partnerships that have come up with bright ideas for testing potential applications of 5G whenever we get around to rolling out the infrastructure. This hand-out is part of a general cunning plan for boosting the general 5G effort in the UK, which seems to be as much political virtue-signalli
  
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• US sees bigger threat from AI than immigrants – move the wall!

  12-03-2018 13:33
  Research from Northeastern University claims 73% of Americans believe AI will lead to a loss of more jobs than it creates, while 58% say the technology is a bigger threat to their job than immigration.
  The second statistic is an interesting one as perhaps it will have an impact on the political propaganda campaigning which we have been victim witness to over the last 18 months. Being a bit more specific, the Brexiteers mission to tarnish the reputation of those horribly cultured Europeans and Pr
  
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• ProLabs to showcase breadth of low-power solutions to combat bandwidth rise at Data Centre World London 2018

  12-03-2018 10:28
  Event marks the European launch of its new energy saving transponder South Cerney, UK. 12 March 2018: Leading optical transceiver specialist ProLabs will showcase its market leading capabilities for monitoring power consumption in data centre environments at Data Centre World London 2018, taking place March 21-22.Debuting its new 100G transponder to the European market, ProLabs will showcase the EON-121 Transponder product set, which stands out from similar offerings by boasting the lowest power
  
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• Virgin Media takes on Openreach in rural areas for first time

  12-03-2018 06:00
  Company starts ‘test case’ in Dun Valley after 1,000 residents commit to sign up
  
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• Virgin Media extends fibre network to countryside

  12-03-2018 06:00
  Company starts ‘test case’ in Dun Valley after 1,000 residents commit to sign up
  
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• Weekend Round Up - Australian government confirms 5G spectrum auction

  12-03-2018 01:00
  Australia - Australia's government has confirmed that it will put 125MHz of spectrum in the 3.6GHz band up for auction later this year, as the country prepares for the roll out of 5G services. Incumbent users will be given two years to vacate the band in Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney. Operators in Perth will be given 5 years to vacate. The auction is expected to get underway in October 2018…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK government awards £25m in funding to six 5G projects

  12-03-2018 01:00
  The UK government has allocated £25m in new funding to six 5G pilot schemes across the country. The six projects are run by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), universities and local authorities and are spread out across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom. The projects will each help to pave the way for the roll out of 5G technology in the coming years. The £25m funding is part of the government's broader £1 billion Digital Strategy, aimed at develop
  
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• Ofcom reveals date for UK 5G spectrum auction

  12-03-2018 01:00
  Ofcom has confirmed that bidding for spectrum in the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz band will begin on Tuesday 20th March 2018.
  While the 2.3GHz spectrum is expected to attract bids from mobile operators looking to improve their current mobile broadband services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Infracapital makes £270m bid for Gigaclear

  12-03-2018 01:00
  Investment firm Infracapital has made a £270 million bid to acquire rural broadband provider, Gigaclear, according to reports in the press…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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