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• Telefonica bags 470k assistant downloads – perhaps the telcos can feature in the smart home

  08-08-2018 16:25
  In the three months since the launch of Telefonica’s digital assistant, Aura, has been downloaded by 470,000 users; perhaps the telcos can muscle in on the smart assistant market currently dominated by Google and Amazon.
  It’s a position at the top of the totem pole which few telcos have been used to in recent years. Although the features are simplistic in comparison to leaders in the market, there are plans to further develop services to manage smart home devices. Such a proposition,
  
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• InfiNet Wireless CCTV solutions help to reduce violent injury crime in Colombian town by 45%

  08-08-2018 15:30
  The town also reported a 22% decrease in theft since the deployment of the new wireless platformValletta, Malta. 8 August 2018: InfiNet Wireless, the global leader in fixed broadband wireless connectivity, has announced that personal injury crime in Bojáca, Colombia, has been reduced by at least 45 percent since the beginning of 2017, thanks to the implementation of a brand new and cost-effective wireless infrastructure.Bojáca, a small town near the capital city of Bogotá, b
  
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• Samsung writes $22bn cheque for AI and 5G to fill smartphone hole

  08-08-2018 12:49
  With the smartphone segment not looking as profitable anymore, Samsung has announced an investment worth roughly $22 billion to boost credentials in artificial intelligence and 5G.
  The announcement comes of the back of slightly disappointing quarterly results, ending a run of record breaking figures, as sluggish S9 sales proved to be the downfall. The semiconductor business is still booming for the Koreans, but investments in next generation technologies will be needed to ensure this momentum is
  
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• Rural wireless group calls bullsh*t on Verizon coverage claims

  08-08-2018 11:47
  The Rural Wireless Association (RWA) has filed a request with the FCC asking the watchdog to investigate Verizon’s 4G coverage claims, sniffing out some creative communications from the telco.
  The filing itself requests the FCC investigate the 4G LTE coverage claimed by Verizon and require re-filing of the company’s data to correct what the RWA believe is overstated coverage. The request comes off the back of an investigation launched by a coalition of radio frequency engineering fir
  
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• Aussie watchdog reviews termination regulations

  08-08-2018 11:08
  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has kicked off a public inquiry to decide whether to extend, vary or revoke the domestic mobile terminating access service (MTAS) declaration.
  MTAS is the wholesale service offered between the mobile operators to allow customers to call and send texts to those who might use a different providers. The terminating network (the one receiving the call or text) charges the originating one, which in turn recovers the cost from the consumer thro
  
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• Snap has a minor dip but can it learn Facebook’s lessons?

  08-08-2018 10:53
  Snap has reported its numbers for the second quarter, and while the news is not wall-to-wall blockbusters, there does seem to be long-term confidence in the business.
  For the first six months of 2018 Snap brought in total revenues of $492.9 million, up 49% year-on-year, while the net loss narrowed from $2.6 billion to $739 million. This might weigh heavily on the spreadsheets, but it wasn’t too long ago when Facebook was also haemorrhaging cash. The walled garden business model takes time
  
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• Social media tax could hamper Facebook's African investment

  08-08-2018 02:00
  Facebook has warned that it may withhold planned investment in Uganda, due to the country's social media tax. Uganda's Daily Monitor news site reported that Facebook's public policy manager for Africa…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Samsung invests $22.3bn in 5G and AI

  08-08-2018 02:00
  South Korean tech giant Samsung has pledged to invest $22.3 billion (25 trillion Won) into 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and electronic automotive components, according to a company release. The company will also earmark some of the money to diversify into biopharmaceuticals…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Globe pledges an extra $100m in capex for Filipino 5G rollout

  08-08-2018 02:00
  The Philippines' biggest mobile network operator, Globe Telecom, has committed to spending an additional $100 million on network expansion and 5G development, during the second half of the year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Connectivity blackspots could be costing the UK £15bn in lost revenue

  08-08-2018 02:00
  A new report commissioned by the Office of National Statistics shows that 1 in 10 British households does not have access to broadband internet services.
  The report showed that while the country's digital divide is being reduced…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• China outgunning the US on 5G, new report finds

  08-08-2018 02:00
  While the US looks set to become the first country in the world to rollout fully commercialised 5G mobile networks, it could be losing the long game of comprehensive network rollout to its international rival China…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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