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• US unveils criminal charges against Huawei

  28-01-2019 23:00
  Prosecutors also charge top executive who was detained in Canada
  
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• Last chance to visit the Wellcome’s Medicine Now exhibition

  28-01-2019 21:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Wellcome Collection’s “Medicine Now” exhibition is a permanent display, that’s closing in April. So you have just a few weeks left to visit it.
  It’s been on the first floor of the building for 11 years, so not a bad run for a display that can both enlighten and at times, turn stomachs.
  The aim of the  exhibition has been to present a range of ideas about science and medicine since Henry Wellcome’s death in 1936. In that it’s more reflective of t
  
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• Alarm bells are being rung about the Chinese economy

  28-01-2019 20:23
  Nvidia is the latest company to blame a downward forecast revision on deteriorating economic conditions in China.
  In an announcement today Nvidia said it expects Q4 2018 revenue to be $2.2 billion instead of its previous guidance of $2.7 billion, a downgrades of around 20%. Nvidia’s previous fourth-quarter guidance had embedded a sequential decline due to excess mid-range channel inventory following the crypto-currency boom,” said the announcement.
  “The reduction in that invent
  
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• GDPR net starting to get very wide

  28-01-2019 17:43
  Eight months after the introduction of GDPR decisions are starting to emerge from the first complaints. The breadth and depth of the complaints is starting to look revolutionary for the digital economy.
  For years, the internet effectively did whatever it wanted. Bureaucrats attempted to regulate the industry, though mostly built ineffective rules on shaky foundations. Regulators were seemingly unable to out-manoeuvre Silicon Valley’s slippery legal beagles, experts at discovering grey area
  
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• The three phases of testing for operators deploying 5G

  28-01-2019 15:19
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Paul Gowans, Wireless Strategy Director at VIAVI Solutions, offers some top tips for getting your networks ready to switch to 5G.
  The promises of 5G have been much heralded, from speeds of up to 100 times faster than those delivered by current connectivity to ultra-low latency in the range of one millisecond. The result is that end users already have huge expectat
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Ericsson, Huawei and Vodafone

  28-01-2019 15:11
  Now with added video!
  
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• Half of British millennials are getting sick of the internet – report

  28-01-2019 14:40
  A new EY report shows 50% of 25-34-year olds are looking to ‘digital detox’, the highest proportion of all age groups.
  The “Decoding the digital home 2019” report, published by EY, the professional service firm, was done based an online survey of 2,500 British households in late 2018. In addition to the high proportion of youth wishing to increase their time away from smartphones and other internet connected devices, more people are spending less time online. The percenta
  
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• Vodafone puts the brakes on core Huawei spend

  28-01-2019 14:30
  There aren’t many things that could rival Huawei’s headaches derived from government bans, but a snub from another one of the worlds’ largest telco groups might be up there.
  With 275 million customers around the world, plus another 250-odd million through joint-ventures, this is one of the biggest telcos in the world. With networks spreading across Europe, Africa and Asia, the buying power and influence of Vodafone is considerable. This could a massive blow to the prospect
  
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• Facebook CEO’s plea for understanding gets very few likes

  28-01-2019 14:27
  Mark Zuckerberg got a self-justifying op-ed published in the WSJ but reaction to it has been negative.
  He didn’t get off to a great start by publishing a piece that opened with the following statement behind a paywall. “If we’re committed to serving everyone, then we need a service that is affordable to everyone. The best way to do that is to offer services for free, which ads enable us to do.”
  Zuck then commenced with a fairly generic summary of the ad-funded internet mo
  
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• Battersea Power Station to start generating electricity again

  28-01-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Nearly 40 years after it closed down, Battersea Power Station is about to start generating electricity again.
  Although this time, via an underground gas powered plant rather than in the famous power station building itself, which is being turned into an array of expensive homes.
  (c) Vital Energi
  Situated ten metres below ground and directly in front of the Power Station building, the new Energy Centre will supply heating, cooling and electricity to the 42-acre regeneration site, with the potenti
  
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• The Early Adopter Paradox

  28-01-2019 12:54
  The IoT revolution is actually the second of most our lifetimes, according to Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer. “The first one has already happened — the Internet revolution,” he wrote. “Every computer is already online.”
  “Next, we will see everything else go online. That’s the second revolution, the IoT revolution. It’s already begun. Eventually, if it uses electricity, it will go online. Everything will be ‘smart.&rsq
  
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• Pinning Down the IoT

  28-01-2019 12:52
  In its current form the Internet of Things (IoT) represents a considerable threat to consumers, due to  inadequate regulations regarding its security and use. In many cases, the adoption of the technology is being driven by businesses eager to gain valuable data from citizens, with little concern for their privacy or the protection of that data.
  Over the next two years, the number of IoT devices entering households is predicted to climb steeply from 9 devices per household currently, to 500
  
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• Creating Values with Intelligent Traffic Analysis

  28-01-2019 12:24
  Communication service providers (CSPs) can vastly increase their top line, optimise cost,  as well as improve operational efficiency if they can get the best out of the increasing amounts of traffic and data going through their networks. To do so they need to adopt the right data strategy and choose the proper analytics tools. This Telecoms.com whitepaper, produced in partnership with Rohde & Schwarz, demonstrates how CSPs should determine the criteria by which they select and implement
  
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• Court rules companies can be sued for collecting biometric data without consent

  28-01-2019 12:16
  A reminder of how quickly the technology world evolves; it’s not only regulations which need to catch-up, but business practices too, as a Supreme Court opens the door for privacy lawsuits.
  In an interesting case, the Supreme Court of Illinois has set precedent for its Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Companies who have not appropriately obtained consent from individuals before storing biometric data can now be sued under the BIPA without said individual being damaged, fraud for e
  
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• INNO Instrument to launch latest high-precision fiber cleaver and OTDR testing solution at Convergence India 2019

  28-01-2019 11:51
  South Korea, 28 January - INNO Instrument Inc, a global developer of leading optical communications products and testing solutions, is set to launch a new high-precision fiber cleaver and OTDR testing solution at Convergence India 2019, 29th-31st January. Alongside its portfolio of high-quality fiber connectivity solutions, the INNO Instrument High Precision Cleaver V9+, supports ribbon cable for up to 12 fibers across 250um and 900um coated fiber, tail optical fiber and indoor skin cable. Featu
  
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• Openreach creates 1.6k new roles to fuel fibre rollout

  28-01-2019 11:00
  A sparkling new training centre in Peterborough and 3,000 fresh-faced trainee engineers, 1,600 of which are newly created roles, gives weight to the long-overdue fibre rollout ambitions of Openreach.
  Peterborough is the second of twelve new or upgraded training centres across the UK as Openreach continues to scale with plans to hire an 6,500 engineers across the next twelve months. The full-fibre plans are starting to meet acceptable expectations, and it’s about time. Currently, Openreach
  
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• London’s Alleys: Lewisham Street, SW1H

  28-01-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This is a fairly difficult to trace alley that seems to be ancient heritage, but is probably quite modern.The area around Lewisham Street started to be built up in the medieval period, as Westminster Abbey and Whitehall Palace became established.
  The area of this alley follows the line of a path that passes through the middle of fields, and can be seen in a 1658 map by Faithorne and Newcourt, but the area was built up and the route lost for several hundred years.
  Lewisham Street emerged along th
  
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• Norway’s Telenor targeted by activist investor

  28-01-2019 06:00
  Constructive Capital wants telecoms group to spin off mobile masts arm and increase debt
  
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• Liberty Global to trial electric cars charging

  28-01-2019 05:00
  Vigin Media owner to launch trial using streetside fibre cabinets as power points
  
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• Vodafone Idea signs huge content deal with one of India's biggest TV networks

  28-01-2019 01:00
  Vodafone Idea has signed a strategic partnership with Sun TV, Southern India's biggest TV network, to give its customers access to a swathe of online content. The deal will allow Vodafone Idea to sign up more customers to its tri…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vodafone CEO: Banning Huawei would create huge problems for European telcos

  28-01-2019 01:00
  Vodafone's CEO, Nick Read, has called for the international telecoms community to engage in a more "fact-based conversation" around the potential security risks posed by Chinese tech giant, Huawei. Huawei has been subjected to a string of allegations from the US and its allies, who allege that the Chinese technology firm's 5G network architecture could pose a risk to the national security of countries in which it operates…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Vodafone CEO: Banning Huawei would create a huge problem for European telcos

  28-01-2019 01:00
  Vodafone's CEO, Nick Read, has called for the international telecoms community to engage in a more "fact-based conversation" around the potential security risks posed by Chinese tech giant, Huawei. Huawei has been subjected to a string of allegations from the US and its allies, who allege that the Chinese technology firm's 5G network architecture could pose a risk to the national security of countries in which it operates…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• German regulator reveals 4 players interested in 5G auction

  28-01-2019 01:00
  Germany's federal telecoms regulator, the BNetzA, has confirmed that four telecoms firms have applied to participate in its forthcoming 5G spectrum auction. Germany's three existing mobile network operators…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT's CTIO unveils his vision for 5G in the UK

  28-01-2019 01:00
  With 5G set to arrive in the UK in the second half of this year, I sat down with BT's chief technology and information officer, Howard Watson, to discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in rolling out next generation mobile networks across the UK. As Britain's former incumbent telecoms provider, BT will be the first to launch 5G in the UK, initially through its EE brand. As industry benchmarks and standards begin to be finalised, BT has been busy in recent months, ramping up test
  
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