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• Trump administration doubles down on killing already dead net neutrality

  07-08-2018 16:57
  An Ajit Pai led FCC trampled all over Tom Wheeler’s net neutrality legacy, though a new filing from the Trump administration to the US Supreme Court is looking to crush the final remains into dust.
  The last remnants of the net neutrality rules is a 2016 Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruling to uphold the reclassification of internet service providers as common carriers (which was originally passed in 2015), one of Wheeler’s final acts as Chairman of the FCC. However, l
  
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• KDDI and Kakaku.com in Business, Capital Tie-up

  07-08-2018 15:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  KDDI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Makoto Takahashi) and Kakaku.com Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, President: Shinnosuke Hata) announce that KDDI is acquiring a share in Kakaku.com stock (35.016 million shares, or 16.63% of outstanding stock) in a capital and business partnership agreement entered into on August 2, 2018.
  By combining their various assets, KDDI and Kakaku.com will be able to generate experience value in the areas listed below as they work to mut
  
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• Mist Collaborates with VMware to Create a Seamless Wireless LAN (WLAN) / Wide Area Network (WAN) Experience

  07-08-2018 15:00
  Mist’s AI-driven WLAN Combined with VMware NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud Provides Unique LAN, WAN, and Cloud Visibility and Facilitates Troubleshooting into User Network ExperiencesCUPERTINO, Calif. – Aug. 7, 2018 – Mist, a pioneer in self-learning networks powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), announced interoperability between Mist Learning WLAN and VMware NSX SD-WAN by VeloCloud, bringing AI automation and programmability to the Wireless LAN (WLAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN).
  
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• SoftBank’s share price rise has a woeful subtext

  07-08-2018 14:43
  Market worth of Japanese tech group still lags behind the sum of its investments
  
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• SoftBank: trail mix

  07-08-2018 14:43
  Market worth of Japanese tech group still lags behind the sum of its investments
  
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• AI Pie is Google’s latest recipe for Android

  07-08-2018 13:22
  Google has released the latest version of the Android operating system, named Pie, which unsurprisingly bigs up artificial intelligence credentials for the digital economy.
  While it is the hottest buzzword of 2018, Google has been plugging AI for longer than most, arguably creating a global leadership position which few can compete with. The AI exploits date back to 2014 with Google’s acquisition of Deepmind, an organization which underpins a huge amount of success in the area, though Pie
  
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• DoJ appeals AT&T/Time Warner deal on grounds of ignorance

  07-08-2018 12:24
  The Department of Justice has attacked a trial judges approach and methods when reviewing AT&T’s much debated acquisition of Time Warner, in it’s appeal against the greenlight for the deal.
  AT&T closed it’s $108 billion acquisition of Time Warner two days after District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Richard Leon gave his seal of approval, though the Department of Justice is not done yet. An appeal has been launchedx      , arguing com
  
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• National security starting to become ‘free pass’ as India seeks to block social media

  07-08-2018 11:35
  In years gone governments used the idea of defending national security as a means to justify invasions of foreign lands, nowadays its turning into a free pass for rule-makers to do whatever they want.
  George W. Bush used the idea of defending national security to hunt terrorists abroad, President Trump has somehow been managing to use it to impose tariffs on steel and maple syrup imports and now the Indian government is seeking to use the concept of defending its citizens to limit the use of soc
  
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• Inoapps' Sprint Makes The Grade At Ofqual With Oracle Cloud

  07-08-2018 11:30
  Ofqual (The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation) has chosen to implement Oracle Cloud Finance, HCM, Recruitment and Onboarding solutions. In modernising its systems, the organisation selected Oracle Platinum Partner Inoapps (Inoapps.com) from the G-Cloud procurement framework. In time it is anticipated that the new solution will deliver an intuitive self-service experience, integration process efficiencies and automated transactions along with cross-functional reporting and supe
  
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• Commify Announces European Acquisitions

  07-08-2018 09:30
  Leading European Application to Person (A2P) messaging company acquires Massenversand.de in Germany and SMSUP in Spain Nottingham, England. 7th August, 2018: Commify (www.commify.com), the company behind a global portfolio of business messaging brands, has today announced two further acquisitions, bringing its total this calendar year to five. This increases its presence in two key European markets and demonstrates its ambitious growth plans.Goyya Systems, trading as Massenversand.de, based in D
  
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• US-China trade tariffs cast shadow over cloud computing boom

  07-08-2018 06:00
  US tech sector’s spending spree faces levies on Chinese imports
  
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• Trade tariffs cast shadow over cloud computing boom

  07-08-2018 06:00
  US tech sector’s ambitious expansion plans challenged by levies on Chinese imports
  
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• Superfast scheme could transform connectivity for thousands of UK rural customers

  07-08-2018 02:00
  A new scheme being piloted in Wales is set to provide superfast connectivity to 400 rural customers in Wales, with the potential to scale up to tens of thousands of hard to reach premises across the UK…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Motorola launches world's first 5G smartphones

  07-08-2018 02:00
  Motorola has launched the world's first fully commercialised 5G mobile handsets, according to a company release.
  Motorola's Moto Z3 and 5G Moto Mod smartphones were developed in collaboration with chip maker Qualcomm and will grant users access to Verizon's forthcoming 5G network…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Indian government asks telcos to explore ways of blocking Facebook and WhatsApp

  07-08-2018 02:00
  The Indian government has asked telcos in the country to explore ways to block social media and news-based apps in case of misuse, according to news site Reuters.
  The Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Indian government have been forced into action after a series of fake messages and news stories circulated on WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• India eyes 5G by 2022

  07-08-2018 02:00
  India will rollout fifth generation mobile networks across the country by 2022, according to its Minister for Telecoms.
  In doing so, the country will increase the size of its fibre network backbone from 1…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• HGC kickstarts Myanmar expansion with strategic acquisition

  07-08-2018 02:00
  HGC Global has acquired a majority stake in the Myanmar based Golden TMH Telecom Company, making it one of the first Hong Kong based firms to invest in Myanmar's rapidly developing telecoms industry.
  Golden TMH is a leading provider of communications and network services across Myanmar…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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