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• Ericsson bigs up ten named 5G deal wins ahead of MWC

  18-02-2019 18:12
  At a pre-MWC briefing in London Ericsson was keen to bring attention to the ten 5G deal wins it already has in the bank.
  All four US MNOs, Vodafone UK, Telenor, Swisscom, Wind 3, SK Telecom and Telstra have all put pen to paper on contracts with Ericsson for either RAN or core 5G gear. Ericsson didn’t explicitly call out any of its competitors but it seems very likely that this revelation was made with Huawei in mind, which has been crowing about its 30+ deal wins for some time but has yet
  
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• Telefonica and Seat get the MWC wheels turning

  18-02-2019 16:59
  Telefonica is fuelling the hype as we motor towards MWC with connected car announcements alongside Spanish automotive giant Seat.
  In an early effort to drive traffic towards its stand, Telefonica has carpooled with Seat to give the green light to three new innovations in the connected vehicles race. While there are sceptics who would want to curb autonomous vehicles enthusiasm, the duo is racing towards a happy middle-ground with three assisted driving use cases.
  Firstly, the team will introduce
  
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• UK emergency services need to harness every technological tool available to ensure future success, says telent

  18-02-2019 16:33
  Warwick, 18 February 2019: The effective digital transformation of the UK’s emergency services is essential if it is to continue to provide the best possible Blue Light services, the General Manager of Public Safety & Defence at telent warned today. Barry Zielinski urged the sector to harness every technological tool available to them as a new white paper revealed that between 2015 and 2019, emergency fire and rescue services face – on average – a...Source: RealWire
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Huawei, 6G and smartphones

  18-02-2019 14:57
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• Facial recognition is being used in China’s monitoring network

  18-02-2019 14:45
  A publicly accessible database managed by a surveillance contractor showed China has used a full suite of AI tools to monitor its Uyghur population in the far west of the country.
  Victor Gevers, a cyber security expert and a researcher at the non-profit GDI Foundation, found that a database managed by SenseNets, a Chinese surveillance company, and housed in China Unicom cloud platform, has stored large quantities of tracking data of the residents in the Xinjiang autonomous region in west China.
  
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• UK sets out battle plan to tackle Silicon Valley’s ‘Digital Gangsters’

  18-02-2019 13:02
  Facebook is only the tip of the iceberg, but Parliament is coming after Zuckerberg and his Silicon Valley cronies in the long-standing battle to understand and curb the influence of social media.
  Featuring representatives from both sides of the political aisle led by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), this perhaps set the scene for one of the most aggressive stances against the social media giants. If all the recommendations are followed up on, there could be some major
  
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• Exprivia | Italtel Debuts First Blockchain-Based Solution for Number Portability

  18-02-2019 13:02
  i-RPS (Routing & Policy Server) has already been deployed for several communications service providers in EMEA and LATAM. Its evolution, that will be debuted at Mobile World Congress 2019, allows configuration of up to one billion portability entries and eliminates poor customer experienceMilan, Italy, February 18, 2019 – Exprivia | Italtel today launched one of the world’s first Blockchain-based number portability solutions – an updated version of its i-RPS product, a cent
  
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• Vodafone makes flying 5G plug

  18-02-2019 13:01
  Vodafone has announced the launch of a 5G trial in Manchester Airport, the first of several travel-related 5G initiatives to run over the coming months.
  Vodafone 5G masts are now in place at the airport, one pillar of the 5G rollout across the city. Passengers at Manchester’s Terminal One were given a free Entertainment Pass on streaming service Now TV, with the telco promising download speeds which are 4X faster than what could be achieved on 4G.
  “We all love to catch up on our favo
  
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• London’s second quietest train station is set to close in May

  18-02-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Angel Road, London’s second quietest train station is set to close in May, the Department for Transport has announced. With just over 33,000 passengers in 2017/18, it’s beaten to the bottom spot only by South Greenford station’s 26,500 passengers.The reason for the closure is not due to the lack of passengers, but in fact the exact opposite, the area is about to get considerably busier, and a replacement station is being built nearby, to be known as Meridian Water.
  This new sta
  
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• UK spooks reportedly think Huawei 5G risk can be managed

  18-02-2019 10:01
  British intelligence agencies have concluded any potential risk to national security from using Huawei kit in the 5G network can be mitigated.
  This somewhat hedged conclusion was first leaked to the FT by people with inside knowledge of the ongoing investigation at the National Cyber Security Centre. It seems that the NCSC reckons there are ways to limit any risks, which is nice. While reassuring it would be a much bigger story if the agency charged with protecting the UK from technological horr
  
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• London’s Alleys: Woburn Walk, WC1

  18-02-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Woburn Walk is a charming pedestrian street that is surprisingly found just opposite Euston Station.Designed by architect Thomas Cubitt, it is often described as Victorian, but as it was built in 1822, it’s actually Georgian, and it is one of the first examples of a pedestrian shopping street in the Georgian era.
  Its name comes from Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of the area. The street is well-preserved, including the black painted bow-fron
  
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• UK security chiefs: We can work with Huawei on 5G security

  18-02-2019 01:00
  The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSS) has said that it would be able to manage any potential security risk posed by Chinese kit manufacturer, Huawei, when Britain comes to rollout its 5G mobile networks later this year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• MPs call for tougher regulation of Facebook as the UK cracks down on fake-news

  18-02-2019 01:00
  A House of Commons subcommittee has suggested that social media giant, Facebook, should be subjected to much stricter regulation in an attempt to crack down on the spread of 'fake-news'.A report published by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) subcommittee on Disinformation and Fake News found that &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• GSMA calls for ‘common and consistent’ security certification for 5G in Europe

  18-02-2019 01:00
  The GSMA, has called for a standardised safety certification process for all 5G network equipment being used in Europe. The organisation claims that such a process would negate the need for countries to ban individual providers and guarantee the highest standards of network security for the entire continent.“European mobile operators already have established working relationships with national security agencies across Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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