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• Zuckerberg shows true colours on privacy principles – he doesn’t have any

  04-04-2018 18:43
  Facebook is retracting its sticky fingers and scaling back its data collection machine, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg has revealed the company won’t be rolling stringent data protections rules out any further than required.
  In an interview with Reuters, Zuckerberg confirmed European Union GDPR is high on the agenda at the firm, but the strict data privacy guidelines will stop at the edge of the European continent. Despite Facebook’s claims it is now taking data privacy seriously, GDPR
  
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• Intel IoT ambitions hit by Wind River sale

  04-04-2018 14:45
  Chip giant Intel is selling its Wind River subsidiary to private investment firm TPG, nine years after buying it to boost its mobile and IoT efforts.
  Wind River has a long history in embedded software, which encouraged Intel to drop $884 million on it back in 2009. The stated rationale at the time was to help Intel in its efforts to diversify beyond the PC and server markets and came at a time when Intel still thought it could take on the ARM ecosystem in embedded processors.
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• Apple hires Google AI guru to smarten up simple Siri

  04-04-2018 14:41
  Apple might be one of the most powerful companies on the planet, with a loyal army of fans lauding the technological superiority of the iPhone, but Siri is as useful as an iron in a washing machine. The latest hire might help.
  According to the New York Times, who managed to get hold of a memo from Apple CEO Tim Cook, the iLeader has hired John Giannandrea, a man who led the internet giant’s search and artificial intelligence, to lead the machine learning and AI strategy. Giannand
  
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• UK home-builders under pressure to prioritise fibre to the premises

  04-04-2018 13:46
  The state-funded Local Government Association has called for new houses to come with a clear indication of whether or not they have fibre connectivity.
  Specifically this would take the form of a ‘kite mark’, which is a logo traditionally used as a mark of quality assurance in the UK. The LGA argument is that, which new-builds are required to have a certain minimal level of utilities such as water and electricity. Since connectivity is generally considered to be just as essential a co
  
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• Google announces another subsea cable investment to boost cloud business

  04-04-2018 12:45
  Google has revealed it latest investment in its Asia-Pacific in its cloud infrastructure with the Japan-Guam-Australia (JGA) Cable System to connect Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore.
  The internet giant has been solidly ramping up its cloud business over the last few years, with this investment building on an announcement in January, which added five new data centres to the map and three subsea cables. The cable investments provide improved connectivity to Google’s five cloud regions acro
  
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• US unveils China trade tariff list

  04-04-2018 12:43
  Last month President Trump signed a memorandum which confirmed the US would be kicking off a trade-war with the Chinese and now the 1300-strong list of products subject to tariffs has been released.
  The list will target approximately $50 billion worth of Chinese imports in an effort to prevent China from ‘coercing’ US companies into snubbing domestic alternatives. The trade-war is officially on, and we are not too sure how this will be of benefit to the US economy in the long-run wha
  
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• US unveils China tariff list

  04-04-2018 12:43
  Last month President Trump signed a memorandum which confirmed the US would be kicking off a trade-war with the Chinese and now the 1300-strong list of products subject to tariffs has been released.
  The list will target approximately $50 billion worth of Chinese imports in an effort to prevent China from ‘coercing’ US companies into snubbing domestic alternatives. The trade-war is officially on, and we are not too sure how this will be of benefit to the US economy in the long-run wha
  
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• Aareon drives significant savings for New Charter Group's voids operation

  04-04-2018 12:03
  Greater Manchester based housing association, New Charter Group has achieved over £125k of savings across its voids operation, by using the Aareon 1st Touch mobile software (www.aareon.co.uk).The introduction of the new mobile voids process follows New Charter’s widely acclaimed digitisation programme. This succeeded in driving efficiency; achieving optimal Value for Money and boosting customer care for the association, which has around 19, 500 homes across Manchester and Nottinghams
  
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• Openwave Mobility Launches Stratum Cloud Data Manager - 5G NFV Telco Cloud Database

  04-04-2018 11:05
  Carrier-class 5G data management allows operators to launch & scale stateless services, and seamlessly deploy network slicing REDWOOD CITY, Calif - April 4, 2018 - Openwave Mobility today announced the launch of Stratum - Cloud Data Manager, a 5G telco cloud database which enables mobile operators to securely store and access data from virtualized applications. As mobile operators race to launch 5G services, they are faced with ‘stateless’ clouds - services that do not store...So
  
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• Veon walks away from potential buy out of Global Telecom Holdings

  04-04-2018 02:00
  Veon has officially withdrawn its interest in purchasing the remaining 42 per cent stake in network operator, Global Telecoms Holding…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Reliance Jio and Airtel prepare for final showdown and eye $5.6bn bond sell off

  04-04-2018 02:00
  India's two biggest telecoms operators, Reliance Jio and Airtel, are set to raise $5.6 billion by selling off government backed bonds, as the two companies struggle to sharpen their competitive edges in India's cut…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Proximus unveils Belgian smart city initiative

  04-04-2018 02:00
  Belgian telco, Proximus, has signed an agreement with the town of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, to implement a smart city initiative. The agreement is part of the broader Digital Wallonia strategy, which aims to fast track the digitalisation of the Walloon region of Belgium…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Construction begins on new 36Tbps Japan to Australia subsea cable

  04-04-2018 02:00
  The Japan-Guam-Australia (JGA) cable project is being spearheaded by a consortium of companies, including Google, Alacatel Submarine Networks, RTI Connectivity and NEC, and is intended to boost communications networks from Japan and Australia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Construction begins on new 36 Tbps Japan to Australia subsea cable

  04-04-2018 02:00
  The Japan-Guam-Australia (JGA) cable project is being spearheaded by a consortium of companies, including Google, Alacatel Submarine Networks, RTI Connectivity and NEC, and is intended to boost communications networks from Japan and Australia…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Anti-Monopoly Office approves key merger in Slovakia

  04-04-2018 02:00
  Slovakia's Anti-Monopoly Office has approved the merger of two of the country's key telecoms operators, Swan and Benestra.  Following seven months of deliberation…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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