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• Turkey President threatens iPhone boycott

  14-08-2018 18:42
  The Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has threatened a boycott of US electronics in response to tensions over a US citizen imprisoned in Turkey.
  A couple of years ago Erdogan arrested a bunch of people after an apparent attempted coup and American Pastor Andrew Brunson was among them. He has been locked up since then and US President Donald Trump recently decided to increase the pressure on Erdogan to let him go, sanctioning a couple of politicians and increasing some tariffs, resulting i
  
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• Orange bolsters cloud game with €350mn Basefarm purchase

  14-08-2018 17:05
  Orange has given its enterprise cloud business a shot in the arm after completing the acquisition of  infrastructure and critical application services company Basefarm.
  The acquisition, which was initially announced back in July, is geared at reinforcing Orange Business Services’ (OBS) position in the cloud computing services market. Having been founded in 2000, Basefarm generated more than €100 million in revenue over the last twelve months helping companies gain more insight fr
  
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• Feel like you’re being watched? Probably Google violating privacy rights

  14-08-2018 15:20
  More often than not we’re writing positively about Google, but the ‘do no evil’ company has been caught out tracking smartphone locations even if the user has opted out.
  An investigation from by Associated Press, and ratified by researchers at Princeton University, found several Google services on Android and iOS devices have been storing location data of users, even if the individual has set privacy settings to remain invisible. As privacy and the right to access personal data
  
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• Infographic: Who do Telecoms.com readers think is winning the 5G race?

  14-08-2018 14:49
  Last week, research from Deloitte placed China at the front of the pack in the race for the 5G dream, so we asked Telecoms.com readers in a snap poll who they thought was winning.
  Deloitte’s reasoning was built on the progress of network densification programmes across the country, its throwing sites up all over the place, and also future investment allocations. It seems Telecoms.com readers agree with the consultancy as well.
  We suspect the ‘someone else’ option was directed a
  
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• EE cleans up in RootMetrics testing once more

  14-08-2018 14:28
  For the fifth year in a row EE has come top of the RootMetrics assessment of UK mobile networks.
  RootMetrics is owned by market intelligence giant HIS Markit and claims to offer ‘the most scientific and comprehensive survey of mobile network performance’. The 1H 2018 report marks the tenth times in succession EE has been the overall winner in the RootMetrics UK tests.
  “EE’s reputation for delivering strong speed and performance is maintained in our testing; whilst Three&r
  
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• US effectively bans ZTE and Huawei from any valuable government work

  14-08-2018 13:02
  President Trump has now signed the Defense Authorization Act into law, effectively banning the use of ZTE and Huawei components in many government or state-funded projects.
  The new rules should hardly come as a surprise considering the political paranoia which has been swelling to tsunami levels over the last couple of months. With Republicans checking under their bed every night for the naughty Chinese government, it was only going to be a matter of time before the vendors were officially banne
  
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• Samsung launches mesh-based wifi system in the US

  14-08-2018 12:58
  The US arm of Samsung has gone all-in on wifi mesh technology with the launch of the SmartThings System.
  The main feature of wifi mesh technology is to fill wifi coverage not-spots around the house. Rather than use multiple routers or powerline networking, which don’t dynamically switch to the strongest source depending on your location, mesh promises strong coverage throughout the home through a number of wifi boosting nodes.
  “As more people embrace a connected lifestyle, we’r
  
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• Aareon Supports Digital Transformation At Equity Housing Group

  14-08-2018 12:28
  Stockport based Equity Housing Group has embarked on a comprehensive digital transformation agenda with the support of a new social housing system from Aareon UK (www.aareon.co.uk). Combined, the new system delivers the widely acclaimed Aareon QL ERP solution, 1st Touch Mobile workforce software, customer self-service portal and CRM. With over 5,000 properties combining shared ownership and affordable rented homes, Equity Housing Group’s portfolio is diverse. Its customers depend on the gr
  
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• US appeals court tells FCC that poor people are allowed broadband

  14-08-2018 12:17
  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has lost a skirmish in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals following moves from the watchdog attempting to remove a broadband subsidy for low income families in Tribal areas.
  The removal of the Lifeline subsidy has been a contentious decision from Pai and his Republican cronies leading the FCC since it was announced in November last year, though the courts have now blocked it. While there has been strong resistance from the likes of Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel a
  
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• ZTE avoids further punishment as Trump signs $716bn defence bill

  14-08-2018 02:00
  US President Donald Trump has signed a $716 billion defence bill, that further relaxes punitive measures taken against Chinese tech firm ZTE.While ZTE will still be precluded from bidding on any telecommunications contracts relating to the US military or national security infrastructure…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Orange completes acquisition of cloud specialist firm, Basefarm

  14-08-2018 02:00
  Orange has completed the acquisition of leading European cloud-based infrastructure provider, Basefarm, following approval from regulatory authorities. Basefarm recorded revenues of over €100m in 2017 and has seen steady growth since its launch. The company has a strong customer base spread across Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Hyperoptic signs deal to boost connectivity in Scotland

  14-08-2018 02:00
  Hyperoptic has signed a deal with one of the UK's major home builders to provide gigabit broadband access to new build properties in Scotland. The deal with CALA Homes will offer residents &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Eir recruits 50 apprentices ahead of huge FTTH project

  14-08-2018 02:00
  Irish telecoms giant Eir, is kicking off a recruitment drive ahead of what it describes as one of the biggest broadband rollouts in Europe.
  Eir will recruit 50 trainee apprentices…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• EE named best UK network as it doubles 4G capacity at 2,500 sites

  14-08-2018 02:00
  EE has been named as the UK's best performing mobile network, by independent testing experts RootMetrics. EE scored highly for both average speed and network availability, beating Three, O2 and Vodafone on both fronts…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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