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• Regulation over data is needed, but the horse has already bolted

  26-03-2018 18:27
  As the Facebook scandal heads into a second week calls for regulation and greater oversight in the industry are getting louder, but we’re not too sure it will make a difference.
  CEO Mark Zuckerberg is the worst man on the planet, Facebook is the most despicable company around and the curtain covering the shadowy corners of the social media machine has been pulled back. Joe and Jane Bloggs feel violated, but the government and European Commission are here to save you.
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• FTC set to get in Facebook’s face, and its books

  26-03-2018 18:25
  The US Federal Trade Commission has announced it is formally investigating Facebook’s privacy practices, which is unlikely to end well.
  This was pretty inevitable given the spectacular amount of press surrounding the Cambridge Analytica stories. While it can be reasonably argued that it’s pretty naïve to be all shocked when you find out a social media company has been exploiting the personal data you willingly give it for profit, this scandal seems to have broken the dam on pent
  
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• Fibre for a thriving digital economy: the time for equal access is now

  26-03-2018 13:51
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Barney Lane, Head of Regulation at Colt, argues that the UK urgently needs to invest in fibre and that more could be done to help that happen.
  According to Mastercard’s Digital Evolution Index, the UK’s digital economy is among the best in the world, beyond even the US and Germany. The UK has always been the gateway to Europe for global businesses &n
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Information overload

  26-03-2018 13:35
  Now with added video! 
  
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• TM Forum brings Open APIs to the Linux party

  26-03-2018 13:27
  Some might bring chips and dips, others potato salad, while the rogue ones bring Tequila, but the TM Forum has pitched up to the Linux Foundation’s LA party with a bag full of Open APIs.
  The pair were already in partnership prior to this announcement, but the Open Networking Summit was deemed the perfect shindig to announce things are starting to get serious. As part of the new partnership, the TM Forum will allow its APIs to be shared across the entire Linux Foundation community for use i
  
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• MegaFon and NEC claim network automation victory

  26-03-2018 12:27
  MegaFon and NEC have announced the completion of a live field-test to incorporate AI technology into the Russian network to improve the efficiency of planning and maintenance of transport network resources.
  The tests took place in MegaFon Ural’s network from October to November, with the NEC AI algorithms analysing 150 radio links which were considered the most critical to the network. The test itself was considered a successful with the telco seeing benefits for both the demand forecast a
  
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• Ericsson rolls the dice on another alliance, this time covering energy efficiency

  26-03-2018 12:14
  The Ericsson Energy Alliance currently includes Vertiv and NorthStar and is designed to augment the Ericsson Radio Site System.
  Vertiv is all about power systems and enclosures, while NorthStar specialises in energy storage and batteries. Adding them to the Erisccon radio site mix is expected to improve the overall offering, especially for more remote sites, as well as opening up new sales channels for everyone concerned. The alliance also gets to play the eco card thanks to things like solar pa
  
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• FCC shows ruthless ‘use it or lose it’ attitude with 4.9 GHz band

  26-03-2018 11:39
  The FCC has demonstrated that, contrary to popular opinion, public sector offices can be sensible and pragmatic as it considers the options for the underused 4.9 GHz spectrum band.
  Back in 2002, 50 megahertz of spectrum in the 4.9 GHz band was designated for use by public safety services, though uptake has been almost non-existent. While there are more than 90,000 organizations which are eligible to obtain licenses in the band, there have only been 3,174 granted. With only 3.5% of the eligible o
  
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• Weekend Round Up - Danish government to launch €135m Digital Growth Strategy

  26-03-2018 02:00
  Denmark – The government of Denmark has launched a new initiative to help more small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) adopt digitalisation and move into the digital economy, as the Scandinavian nation aims to become a world leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI).  As part of its Digital Growth Strategy, Denmark's government is planning to invest &euro…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• South Korea edges closer to 5G auction

  26-03-2018 02:00
  South Korea's Ministry of Science and Technology is set to release details of the parameters for its forthcoming 5G auction, according to the country's news agency Yonhap…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Scottish Highlands receive £4.7m to boost rollout of full fibre broadband

  26-03-2018 02:00
  The Scottish Highlands have been awarded £4.7m of government funds to help local providers roll out gigabit capable broadband services in the area. The UK government handed out &pound…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Liberty Global scraps $876m bid for Multimedia Polska

  26-03-2018 02:00
  International telecoms giant Liberty Global has shelved its long standing plans to expand its offering in Poland by acquiring Multimedia Polska. The deal…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• International consortium inks deal for SE Asia to Japan subsea cable system

  26-03-2018 02:00
  A consortium of companies has signed an agreement to lay a new subsea cable linking Japan and Southeast Asia. The Southeast Asia-Japan 2 subsea cable system will add significant capacity to the high demand route…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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