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• Twitter wants your help with censorship

  25-09-2018 18:42
  Social network Twitter continues to agonise over how it should censor its users and thinks getting them involved in the process might help.
  While all social media companies, and indeed any involved in the publication of user-generated content, are under great pressure to eradicate horridness from their platforms, Twitter probably has the greatest volume and proportion of it. Content and exchanges can get pretty heated on Facebook and YouTube, public conversation giant Twitter is where it seems t
  
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• Qualcomm points the industrial espionage finger at Apple

  25-09-2018 18:39
  The long-running legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple has been stepped up a level as the chipmaker effectively accuses the iLeader of industrial espionage.
  After Apple released the iPhone XS without a shred of Qualcomm technology inside, it was only going to be a matter of time before there was a reaction. In a filing with the Superior Court of California, seen by Bloomberg, Qualcomm suggests Apple leaked trade secrets to Intel to overcome performance and develop a more suitable alternative i
  
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• Source Photonics Partners with Huawei in Showcasing Leading Edge PAM4-Based Optical Technologies

  25-09-2018 17:16
  Rome, Italy – 09/25/18 – Source Photonics, a leading global provider of optical transceivers, partners with Huawei, the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer, in showcasing the leading edge 50G and 400G optical transceivers based on PAM4 technology. The companies will join the Ethernet Alliance Interoperability Demonstration at ECOC in Rome, Italy on September 24-26. The demonstration will consist of multiple 400G and 50G links among participating network and test equipme
  
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• Digicel request for bond repayment delay rejected

  25-09-2018 14:18
  Investors dismiss Irish tycoon’s proposal to extend debt as worries rise over default
  
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• A Long Term Evolution required for public safety communications

  25-09-2018 14:05
  Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ingo Flomer, Product Manager at Cobham Wireless looks at what is needed to deliver a reliable modern public safety communication system.
  Emergency service responders – such as the police, emergency medical services and fire and rescue crews – are tasked with keeping the public safe, rapidly addressing problems and finding solutions to man-made and na
  
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• ABI smart city warning tells all too familiar sluggish telco tale

  25-09-2018 13:39
  ABI Research has warned MNOs might miss out on the $7.6 billion ‘UnTelco’ revenue opportunity if it waits for the 5G euphoria to kick in.
  It’s a story which we have heard before, though the telcos run the risk of missing out on a future craze of the digital economy by doing very little. Although it might seem a long-way off, there will certainly be an opportunity to make money in the smart city segment, as well as a chance to banish the dreaded utility tag.
  “Smart cities
  
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• There’s a big difference between download speed and mobile video experience

  25-09-2018 13:34
  Network rating outfit OpenSignal has started measuring ‘video experience’ as well as raw network performance and found they don’t necessarily correlate.
  A new report entitled The State of Mobile Video ranks a bunch of countries according to their mobile video experience on an arbitrary scale of 0-100. This takes into account not just download speed but things like ‘traffic management’ (often referred to as throttling) and latency. These can all contribute to things
  
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• Facebook creative culture questioned as Instagram founders exit

  25-09-2018 13:24
  In a move which should have Instagrammers all around the world worried, co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have decided to take their leave from the popular social media platform.
  With a short and sweet statement, Systrom has announced he and Krieger would be leaving the company they founded in 2010 to take a break and find themselves. While it might sound like the pair are readying their backpacks for a couple of months sipping beers and relaxing in hammocks, the wording does not sugges
  
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• Mitek and JanusID Deliver Real-time Identity Verification to SMBs

  25-09-2018 13:05
  San Diego, USA and The Hague, The Netherlands, September 25, 2018 - Mitek (NASDAQ:MITK), a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions, and JanusID, the Netherlands-based identity organization providing one-click secure website access, today announced a partnership to deliver a new, real-time, end-to-end identity verification online app, CheckedID. This new app is powered by Mitek’s Mobile Verify®, AI-based identity proofing, which enables small and medi
  
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• Quortus strengthens Executive Board with new CEO for future growth

  25-09-2018 10:00
  Camberley, UK, 25th September 2018 - Quortus today announced Mark Bole has joined its Executive Board as CEO to strengthen the management team as the company focuses on the commercial opportunities in the expanding private and software based mobile network business. “As a consequence of our continued growth and success over the past 9 years, Quortus is expanding and we need both a strong commercial and technical focus. Bringing in Mark Bole as CEO, who...Source: RealWire
  
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• TIM gets firm offer for broadcasting business

  25-09-2018 02:00
  Italy's Rai Way has made a bid for Persidera, the broadcasting business majority owned by telecoms incumbent TIM.In a short statement on Tuesday in response to media speculation, Rai Way said it has "submitted a binding offer to Persidera's shareholders…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• TIM admits assets sales still an option

  25-09-2018 02:00
  TIM this week revealed that its board of directors is still analysing the possibility of selling off certain assets.The Italian incumbent's board met on Monday to look further at both investing in new assets and selling off non-core businesses, TIM said. The directors had similar discussions at a meeting two months ago…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telefonica looking to sell out of Mexico, Central America

  25-09-2018 02:00
  Telefonica is working on the sale of its Mexican business and of its Central American assets, according to a Mexican press report.The Spanish telco is mulling the move with a view to reducing its significant debt burden, El Economista reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the situation.The operator has been working on the potential divestment of assets that it does not consider strategic for a number of months…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• T-Mobile US appoints industry veteran to lead Sprint integration

  25-09-2018 02:00
  T-Mobile US has appointed long-time telecoms industry executive Sunit Patel to lead the integration process at it merges its business with that of rival Sprint.Patel, who joins the U.S. mobile operator from CenturyLink…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Hong Kong kicks off spectrum sale, bidding to start in December

  25-09-2018 02:00
  Hong Kong's telecom regulator has outlined the rules governing an upcoming sale of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands that is currently held by the market's mobile network operators.The Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) has a total of 200 MHz of frequencies across both bands to re…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Celcom taps Ericsson for LTE network upgrade

  25-09-2018 02:00
  Celcom Axiata this week tapped Ericsson to upgrade and expand its LTE network, striking a deal that lays the foundations for the operator's 5G network.Under the agreement…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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