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• Samsung launches its first phone based on the stripped-down Android Go platform

  24-08-2018 14:22
  The world’s largest smartphone maker Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy J2 Core, its first phone built on Android Go for the entry smartphone segment.
  Samsung is joining Nokia, Alcatel, Motorola, Asus, ZTE, etc. in addressing the entry segment smartphone segment, with the latest addition to its extremely diversified Galaxy series. Android Go, since it was introduced to 8.1 Oreo, has seen the product line-up slowly but surely growing, but the participation of Samsung is definitely a boost, bri
  
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• Big Brother starts to work in real-time

  24-08-2018 13:54
  US Customs and Border Protection officers in Washington Dulles International Airport have intercepted an imposter posing as a French Citizen using Facial Comparison Biometrics technology.
  Only after three days of using the technology, it has proved a success. Using new facial comparison biometric technology while conducting primary inspections, a CBP officer was able to identify 26-year-old man traveling from Sao Paulo, Brazil, using documentation which did not belong to him.
  “Facial recog
  
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• Huawei claims Australian ban is politically motivated

  24-08-2018 13:52
  Chinese kit vendor Huawei has ramped up its rhetoric following the recent announcement that it is barred from the Australian 5G market.
  “The Australian Government’s decision to block Huawei from Australia’s 5G market is politically motivated, not the result of a fact-based, transparent, or equitable decision-making process,” said Huawei in a lengthy public statement. Much of it was a fairly standard diatribe about the importance of competition, apparently designed to appe
  
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• Internet giants decide US government has nothing to offer security talks

  24-08-2018 12:10
  A coalition of internet giants have decided to have a meeting to discuss cybersecurity and misinformation during November’s US mid-term elections, but the government didn’t make the invite list.
  It isn’t often the worlds tech giants all get along, but this seems to be an area which they can all agree on. Something needs to be done to remove a repeat of the controversy which has constantly stalked Donald Trump’s Presidential win, and it isn’t even worth bothering lis
  
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• Huawei Digital Transformation Practice Center: New model, New Capability, New Outcome

  24-08-2018 11:00
  Since the development of the telecom industry, both business development, operation mode innovation, and network architecture evolution have driven digital transformation into the strategic direction of operators. Many leading operators have carried out useful exploration and practice in the digital transformation field, however, there are common difficulties and constraints:
  If you are a CEO, how do you establish a unified transformation vision and a consistent understanding of top-level design
  
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• T-Mobile data leak exposes 2 million customers' data

  24-08-2018 02:00
  US telco T-Mobile has revealed that it suffered a cyber attack earlier this week, which compromised the personal data of some 2 million customers.
  T-Mobile issued a statement on Friday, 24 August outlining details of the attack and stating that none of its customers financial details were compromised…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Superfast broadband – Surely that's a given?

  24-08-2018 02:00
  This week the government announced that its focus on providing 95 per cent of the population had given UK businesses a £9 billion shot in the arm. Not only that, the scheme has provided a tremendous return on investment, with UK businesses reaping £12 of benefit for every £1 invested by the government.  The UK's Minister for Digital, Margot James, said that achieving 95 per cent superfast penetration across the country was one of the government's biggest challenges b
  
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• Orange launches gigabit connectivity in Poland

  24-08-2018 02:00
  Orange Polska has increased the top speed on its fibre broadband network from 600Mbps to 1Gbps. The announcement comes as Orange's main rival in Poland…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Germany needs 4th MNO to kick start its 5G revolution

  24-08-2018 02:00
  Germany needs a fourth mobile network operator to inject fresh competition into its stagnating telecoms market, according to the country's antitrust regulator.
  A report by Reuters sites Cartel Office Chief, Andres Mundt, as saying that Germany needed a fourth mobile operator to enter the market at the country's forthcoming 5G spectrum auction…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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