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• Huawei ‘crashes party’ to become largest telecoms kit supplier

  06-12-2018 20:24
  Group’s relentless focus has brought success in fields from equipment to smartphones
  
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• Ericsson glitch hits millions of smartphone users

  06-12-2018 18:14
  Users in UK and Japan left without service as O2 and SoftBank networks go down
  
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• Huawei/Ericsson: signal failure

  06-12-2018 18:10
  As doors close to Chinese telecoms group, others open for its rivals
  
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• Google bids adieu to Allo

  06-12-2018 17:30
  Google has finally called it a day on Allo, its attempt to compete with WhatsApp, to focus on its Messages product.
  The concept of Allo was an interesting one to say the least, but it never took off. Launched back in September 2016, Allo made use of the artificial intelligence capabilities in Google. The platform included a number of features geared around making the app smarter which, if used excessively enough, meant you wouldn’t even have to message someone yourself. The dream was to ta
  
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• Cuba enters mobile internet age with 3G few can afford

  06-12-2018 16:00
  Cuba’s telecom operator will offer 3G data service to prepaid users, but with high-tariffs one question remains; can any of the locals actually afford it?
  The previously isolated communist state has undergone gradual reform since the more pragmatic Miguel Diaz-Canel took over at the helm, and one of the goals is to catch up the rest of the world on internet adoption and to develop an information society. As an important step towards this direction, Cuba’s the state-owned telecom oper
  
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• UK Gov pulls back the curtain on Facebook data policies

  06-12-2018 15:18
  With pressure mounting against Facebook over the last few months it was only a matter of time before a treasure trove of treachery was unveiled; the UK government has done just that.
  Considering the breadth and depth of the information revealed by Damian Collins, a MP and Chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, and the likelihood this is only scratching the surface, it’ll be some time before we discover the full impact. But, the door has been opened. For Facebook, the PR
  
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• Millions hit by smartphone outage after Ericsson problems

  06-12-2018 14:42
  Users not told when services will be resumed on O2 and SoftBank networks
  
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• Ericsson rumoured to be behind O2 and Softbank outages

  06-12-2018 13:00
  With O2 and Softbank customers being thrown back to the 90s after a network outage, reports have emerged suggesting Ericsson is the root cause.
  At roughly 5am this morning, O2 customers suffered the dreaded fate of a data-free diet, while Softbank also experienced similar problems. In Japan, the firm suggests 3G networks kicked in to partly compensate for the 4G issues, though the same could not be said for the UK. As a Giffgaff customer, your correspondent can confirm the data desert, at least
  
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• EE has a 5G smartphone announcement of its own

  06-12-2018 12:20
  With Verizon and AT&T scrapping for attention with Samsung 5G smartphone announcements, EE is clamouring to prove its worth with its own OnePlus 5G declaration.
  EE claims it will be the first operator in the world to deliver OnePlus’ version of a 5G-compatible smartphone. Whether this has any material impact on customer acquisition remains to be seen as recent trends suggest cash-conscious consumers are holding onto devices longer, while refurbished devices are gaining more and more tr
  
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• Huawei CFO arrested in Canada, facing extradition to US

  06-12-2018 11:38
  Meng Wanzhou, Huawei CFO, was arrested in Canada at the request of the US judiciary, with suspicions the company violated trade sanctions placed on Iran by the US.
  The fallout between Huawei and the US authorities is reaching Shakespearean scale. On 1 December, Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO, vice-chair of the Board, and the daughter of the founder of the company, was arrested at the Vancouver airport while in transit to China. Several media outlets originally reported the arrest, though
  
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• Huawei CFO arrested in Canada, facing extradition to the US

  06-12-2018 11:38
  Meng Wanzhou, Huawei CFO, was arrested in Canada at the request of the US judiciary, with suspicions the company violated trade sanctions placed on Iran by the US.
  The fallout between Huawei and the US authorities is reaching Shakespearean scale. On 1 December, Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO, vice-chair of the Board, and the daughter of the founder of the company, was arrested at the Vancouver airport while in transit to China. Several media outlets originally reported the arrest, though
  
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• Microsoft suggests FCC is telling Porky Pai’s

  06-12-2018 11:26
  New Microsoft research suggests the digital divide in the US is much more prominent than any of the politicians, who are supposedly fixing the problem, would let you believe.
  The digital divide is one of the most active political ping-pong balls in recent years, with US politicians seemingly using the desirability of bufferless cat videos to gain support in some of the country’s poorest communities. If you believe what the FCC has been telling the media, this disparity has been getting sma
  
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• Ericsson software problem leads to global smartphone outage

  06-12-2018 09:56
  Millions of O2 and SoftBank customers unable to use their smartphones
  
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• There’s a giant brown steel “hedgehog” in Whitechapel

  06-12-2018 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  On a side street behind the hospital, a giant brown hedgehog can be found dominating a space between two low rise buildings.It’s not art, although it could well be, but is a blurring of art and architecture, for this is in fact, a classroom for students. The aim is to provide a multi-functional space for live science shows, hands-on workshops, experiments, debates, films and exhibitions.
  It’s officially a “2-storey elevated ‘pod’ structure with connecting bridge as
  
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