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• UK Information Commissioner aims for facial recognition software

  14-05-2018 21:54
  The UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has got facial recognition software in her sights as the worrying trend of surveillance continues to gather steam.
  While technological evolution and progress should not be inhibited, certain areas should be guided down the right and ethical path. Facial recognition software is certainly one of these technologies as aside from the data protection ramifications, the intrusive and covert nature could have a negative impact on an individual’s ri
  
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• The edge defines experience, but can’t be done without open source – ONF

  14-05-2018 20:30
  For years the industry has been focusing on the core network, but the tides are beginning to turn, with the edge taking centre stage. While this is a promising development, the economics are simply not supporting the ambition.
  “Edge processing is vital,” said Timon Sloane, VP of Marketing & Ecosystem at ONF. “When we started talking about this it was a novel idea, but the industry is just catching on now. The subscriber edge is where experience is created.”
  This focus
  
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• Ericsson urges CSPs to be less touchy

  14-05-2018 15:20
  Telecoms vendor Ericsson has been looking into how CSPs interact with their customers and reckons they take too long to get stuff done.
  It’s a good day for CSP top tips and it seems likely that a healthy proportion of subscribers would agree that their interactions could be significantly improved. While operators have already identified customer service as a priority, it seems progress may not have been as rapid as they’d hoped.
  According to Ericsson’s Consumer & IndustryLa
  
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• Australia’s Telstra struggles to make right connections

  14-05-2018 14:29
  Telecom group’s woes will deepen when rival TPG enters mobile market
  
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• TM Forum serves up some digital transformation top tips

  14-05-2018 13:54
  Telecoms industry association TM Forum is so into digital transformation these days it has even renamed its big event of the year after it.
  At Digital Transformation World, TM Forum is publicizing the results of its Digital Transformation Tracker, a global survey of CSPs designed to see how the industry is getting on with digital transformation. In this context the buzzword seems to refer to a bunch of initiatives and cultural changes designed to make telcos as fast and agile as internet compani
  
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• ZTE reprieve paves way for next round of US-China trade talks

  14-05-2018 12:00
  China confirms vice-premier’s Washington visit after Trump’s announcement
  
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• Timing & Synchronization Standards for Wireless Networks

  14-05-2018 11:32
  Synchronization networks have been critical components of wireless networks for many years. Introduction of advanced LTE services and 5G services poses new requirements for synchronization networks. This white paper describes synchronization requirements, technologies, as well as, synchronization standards and test and measurement applications. The paper closes with a description of ITU G.826x/G.827x standards for synchronization in wireless networks and highlights some of the main metrics and n
  
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• TPG’s Rise Fund makes its first Africa investment

  14-05-2018 07:30
  Deal for $47.5m stake in Cellulant is largest in an Africa-dedicated fintech group
  
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• Weekend Round Up - Reliance Jio calls for Indian investigation into Airtel's Apple Watch tariff

  14-05-2018 02:00
  India – Reliance Jio has called on India's telecom's ministry to investigate Bharti Airtel, alleging that the company violated licence conditions for its Apple Watch offering. In a letter to the department of telecommunications Reliance Jio alleged that Airtel used nodes that were "outside of India… to provide Apple Watch Series 3…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Virgin Mobile Middle East raises $30 million in pre-IPO funding

  14-05-2018 02:00
  Virgin Mobile Middle East has raised $30 million in pre-IPO funding, according to a company release. The funds have been generated as a sharia compliant Exchangeable Sukuk Certificate…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• US U-turn gives hope to ZTE

  14-05-2018 02:00
  US President Trump has handed a lifeline to Chinese smartphone giant, ZTE, by pledging to help the company continue to do business.
  The move comes following a US Commerce Department order that banned ZTE from doing business with any US firm…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Britain's £11bn smart metre initiative stymied by poor wireless network

  14-05-2018 02:00
  Britain's utility providers are in an £11 billion race to install smart metres in every property in the country by 2020, but their efforts are being scuppered by inadequate wireless networks, according to a report in the Financial Times…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Britain's £11bn smart meter initiative stymied by poor wireless network

  14-05-2018 02:00
   Britain's utility providers are in an £11 billion race to install smart meters in every property in the country by 2020, but their efforts are being scuppered by inadequate wireless networks, according to a report in the Financial Times…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bharti Airtel completes merger with Telenor India

  14-05-2018 02:00
  India's Telecoms Department has approved the merger of Telenor India and India's biggest carrier Bharti Airtel. In a statement to the press, India's Telecoms Department confirmed that ownership of Telenor India's assets had been transferred to Bharti Airtel…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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