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• TIM 5G Innovation Hub launch: Nokia

  10-01-2019 17:22
   
  
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• The foldable phone will reportedly be with us next month

  10-01-2019 17:05
  It’s been rumoured for months and an ambition of the industry for years, but it seems Samsung is almost ready to unveil a foldable phone in a few weeks times.
  According to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung is set to reveal a foldable phone at various launch events around the world on February 20, a week ahead of the industry’s annual bonanza in Barcelona. Traditionally Samsung has launched new flagship devices at Mobile World Congress, but it appears the team is determined to beat Hua
  
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• Air pollution on the London Underground worse than on the busy roads

  10-01-2019 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A typical commute to work on the London Underground exposes commuters to the same amount of air pollution as a day on the roads, according to a new report.
  The report, by the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants is however laden with caveats, and the conclusions to be drawn from it somewhat inconclusive, due to the small sample sizes and limited time of research.
  A headline summary is that one hour on the tube is equivalent to a day on the streets, in so far as exposure to air poll
  
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• Apple iPhone sales plunged by 20% in November – Counterpoint

  10-01-2019 16:45
  Facing more affordable competition from the Chinese brands, the iPhone’s total sales suffered a 20% decline in November, with the cheaper XR model outselling the more expensive models, according to an update from Counterpoint.
  The research firm published its monthly update on iPhone sales for November, estimating that the decline was across the board. In Europe and North America, replacement cycles are getting longer while operators are reducing their subsidies, both trends playing to the
  
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• EU Advisor tells France to forget about global ‘right to be forgotten’

  10-01-2019 13:24
  The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has given his opinion on the ‘right to be forgotten’ conflict between France and Google, and its good news for the ‘do no evilers’.
  Advocate General, Maciej Szpunar, has been pondering the implications of the ‘right to be forgotten’ saga for some months now, and the opinion is relatively simple; France does not have the right to impose its own considerations on a company which operates outside its jurisdict
  
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• Ericsson calls BS on its full-stack BSS

  10-01-2019 13:02
  Kit vendor Ericsson has started the year by writing down almost $700 million to account for the fact that its latest BSS efforts have turned out to be a non-starter.
  Its Q4 numbers will feature costs of around SEK 6.1 billion related to the ‘reshaping’ of its BSS (Business Support System) business, half of which will be customer compensations and write-downs, and half of which will be restructuring charges. It looks like Ericsson has concluded this is the only way to get its struggli
  
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• Ericsson shares slide on restructuring costs concern

  10-01-2019 12:41 via ft.com
  Telecoms group warns revamp at troubled unit will hit operating profit in fourth quarter
  
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• T-Mobile US bags another million, while AT&T makes doubles down on 5G claims

  10-01-2019 12:35
  It’s been a busy day on the US side of the pond as T-Mobile US reported its full-year subscription figures, while AT&T promised a nationwide 5G rollout with few details.
  Starting with the controversial and confrontational T-Mobile, the magenta army claims to have added total net customer additions of 2.4 million to the ranks over the last three months, while 2018 on the whole stood at 7 million total net adds. In the final quarter, the numbers stood at 1.4 million branded postpaid
  
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• London’s Public Art: The Sunbeam Weekly and the Pilgrim’s Pocket

  10-01-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This statue of a man and a boy in Rotherhithe is going to be very heavily photographed for it will be a major site of pilgrimage for Americans in 2020.This is the site of the embarkation of the Mayflower, which carried puritan pilgrims to the Americas in July 1620, so next year marks the 400th anniversary of that famous voyage.
  While the pilgrims are often described as fleeing persecution and seeking religious freedom, their idea of what religious freedom meant was rather different from what mos
  
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• The quest to make Cornwall a global spaceport

  10-01-2019 06:01 via ft.com
  The dishes at Goonhilly Downs date from a golden age of satellites. Can the region join the new space race?
  
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• Vodafone to wield the redundancy axe in Spain

  10-01-2019 01:00
  Vodafone Group has announced that it will make up to 1,200 redundancies in Spain this year, reducing its workforce by 20 per cent. Vodafone currently employs around 5,100 people in Spain and negotiations between Vodafone Group and the employees' union representatives are expected to begin later this month…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Liquid Telecom appoints new CEO for the Middle East and West Africa

  10-01-2019 01:00
  Pan African telco, Liquid Telecom, has appointed Abdel Bassit as its new regional CEO for the Middle East and West Africa.
  Bassit brings a wealth of industry experience to the role…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Is the UK doing enough to fight 'fake fibre'?

  10-01-2019 01:00
  New research has revealed that the majority of UK consumers remain unaware that copper connections could be sabotaging the speed of their 'fibre optic' broadband packages. 58 per cent of consumers said that they were unaware that fibre broadband packages could still use copper telephone wires to connect the premises to the nearest cabinet…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Ericsson takes $687m hit to restructure its BSS division

  10-01-2019 01:00
  Swedish tech manufacturer Ericsson will take $687 million hit as it looks to reshape its Business Support Systems (BSS) unit, according to a company release. Ericsson's was in the process of trying to scale up its BSS unit…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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