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• Google loses right to be forgotten lawsuit

  13-04-2018 18:07
  Google its ‘right to be forgotten’ case against a UK businessman, a decision which could have notable implications in the digital economy.
  The ruling was made by Justice Mark Warby, a judge who also rejected a similar claim who was jailed for a more serious offense. The defendant, referred to NT2 for legal reasons, was convicted of conspiracy to account falsely in the late 90s, spending four years in prison. After Google rejected NT2’s demands to remove links from search engine
  
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• AsReader CAMERA Type Released

  13-04-2018 17:35
  AsReader Europe B.V. announces its newest product today, "AsReader CAMERA Type," a new, International Patent-pending solution, with a combination of next-gen software and a hardware laser-pointer that will alter the world of barcode scanning forever. Featuring high-speed, high-precision barcode reading that uses only the built-in camera of the smartphone with performance that truly holds its own against dedicated terminals.AsReader CAMERA Type allows smartphones to be used as professional barcod
  
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• DT continues to lie to itself with super vectoring

  13-04-2018 17:32
  Deutsche Telekom has continued its rural broadband expansion with an additional 160,000 households, but is still claiming super vectoring is a suitable alternative to fibre investment.
  The first 423 nearshore areas have gone live meaning 160,000 houses in the Brieskow-Finkenheerd, Dautphetal-Mornshausen, Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Schwabsoien and Wyk auf Föhr areas can now experience speeds up to 100 Mbps. This is the first phase of the broadband expansion project, focusing on the rural areas
  
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• Preparing for 5G in Latin America

  13-04-2018 16:42
  Q&A with Renato Pasquini, Research Director, Latin America and Managing Director, Brazil, Frost & Sullivan.
  How has the 5G landscape in Latin America changed over the past year?
  In Latin America there has been significant growth in LTE coverage, and along with this expansion, the rise of fiber-optics-based backhaul connecting the cell sites. Twenty-one operators, including Vivo in Brazil and Entel in Chile, also announced LTE advanced with notable coverage. With LTE advanced the maximum
  
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• Tune in for Telecom Italia’s activist battle

  13-04-2018 15:16
  The investor tussle over the Italian incumbent has all the elements of a soap opera
  
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• Nokia, Intel and Telia test out smart factory in Finland

  13-04-2018 14:06
  Nokia, Intel and Telia have teamed up to test out industrial applications of 5G for manufacturing at the Nokia Conscious Factory in Oulu.
  The trials were aimed at making use of the ultra-low latency and high-bandwidth capabilities of 5G with machine-learning to enhance production in manufacturing environment. Taking place at the end of last month, the trio claim it is a world first in terms of testing out the ‘Industrial 4.0’ idea, focusing on automation and data exchange in the manu
  
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• Vodafone forces Three to drop an extra £13 million for its preferred 3.4 GHz spectrum

  13-04-2018 14:02
  Ofcom has announced the final outcome of the UK 5G spectrum auction, following the assignment stage, and Three had to pay a premium to get exactly what it wanted.
  This stage wasn’t a free-for-all, instead there were two distinct blocks of spectrum either side of Three’s UK Broadband legacy and it was somehow determined that only two operators could bid on each block. It was probably down to the size of each block: the lower one being 70 MHz wide and the higher one 80 MHz meaning Thre
  
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• KPN launches 5G trials alongside 3.5 GHz moan

  13-04-2018 13:50
  KPN has announced the launch of four new 5G trials in the Netherlands, while also giving the government a bit of a nudge to grant access to the 3.5 GHz frequency band.
  Although the 3.5 GHz frequency has been marked as a priority for 5G by the European Commission, Dutch regulators have not included the band in any spectrum auctions to date, or the auction scheduled for 2019. This has been a point of frustration for the telcos, who seem to be taking it in turn to urge regulators to rethink plans.
  
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• Arqiva and O2 kick start small cell mission

  13-04-2018 12:44
  Arqiva and O2 have announced a new project to deliver 300 small cell sites across some of London’s busiest boroughs to increase connectivity and begin walking the 5G trail.
  14 borough have been identified, making use of some of Arqiva’s concession contracts, with work set to begin in the summer, running through to 2020. The 300 small cells will be installed on various bits of street furniture in areas where mobile data demand is particularly high, such as outside train stations or sh
  
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• Baldock signs up to upgrade at Dixons Carphone

  13-04-2018 06:00
  New chief tasked with improving performance of struggling mobile division
  
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• Telcos create global alliance to fight cyber crime

  13-04-2018 02:00
  Singtel, Etisalat, SoftBank and Telefonica have signed a strategic agreement to collaborate on cyber security, bringing together expertise and experience from across the globe. Between them, the four companies boast 1.2 billion customers spread across 60 countries…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ofcom puts the breaks on Dark Fibre Access plans

  13-04-2018 02:00
  UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has decided not to force through a Dark Fibre Access bill, which would have required Openreach to allow rival internet service providers (ISPs) to gain access to its fibre optic cabling…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Deutsche Telekom invests in Israeli IoT start-up

  13-04-2018 02:00
  Deutsche Telekom has invested $6 million in Israeli IoT start-up, Axonize. Deutsche Telekom selected Axonize from a lengthy list of potential investors due to its unique service provider capabilities…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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