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• Competent robots demoralise human workers – study

  12-03-2019 17:50
  Artificial intelligence and automation might well be the future (and the now in some cases) but a study from Cornwell University suggests robots could negatively impact human performance.
  While it might be widely accepted robotic workers would be more efficient than human counterparts, the dream which has been presented by technologists is an augmented workplace. Humans would benefit from the power of a robot, whether this be a physical or virtual one, with a symbiotic relationship producing a g
  
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• Almost half of UK value streaming video over pay TV

  12-03-2019 17:48
  A report by EY showed 44% of UK households think they get better value from streaming services than from any pay TV operators.
  This is one of the key findings from “Zooming in on household viewing habits”, a follow-up deep-dive on the annual survey EY conducted last September, which covered 2,500 UK families. This message from the UK consumers was also corroborated by a separate, US-focused research by Deloitte, where nearly half of all pay TV subscribers said they were dissatisfied
  
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• BSS – change and adapt, or die

  12-03-2019 16:08
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Tony Gillick, GVP Solutions Management at Openet, takes a look at the current state of the BSS business.
  Recent news from Ericsson that it is spending SEK 6.1billion (approx. £530million) to restructure its BSS business comes as little surprise. Approaches to operator mobile service monetisation and underlying BSS has changed beyond recognition over the past
  
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• Four more London railway stations get step-free access

  12-03-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  New lifts have come into action at four stations in East London served by TfL Rail, as part of the upgrades ahead of the Elizabeth line’s delayed launch.The lifts serving all platforms opened at Maryland, Manor Park, Seven Kings and Forest Gate stations.
  At Manor Park the main station entrance has re-opened, providing direct access to Station Road. They have also refurbished the ticket hall with new ticket machines, automatic ticket gates and improved customer information screens.Similar i
  
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• A new tool for spectrum management makes wireless connectivity faster and more affordable, says Dynamic Spectrum Alliance

  12-03-2019 14:36
  Washington, DC, 12 March 2019: Automated spectrum management databases and algorithms have reached a tipping point globally and are the critical public policy tool to achieve low-cost and ultra-fast wireless broadband connectivity as both consumer and business demand surges, according to the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance’s (DSA) new policy research report, Automated Frequency Coordination: An Established Tool for Modern Spectrum Management. The report, which will be released today at an event
  
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• Ericsson loses another senior exec

  12-03-2019 13:13
  Ericsson lifer Rafiah Ibrahim, currently its Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa, is calling it a day after 23 years at the company.
  To be precise Ibrahim is going to step down from her current position, which she has held for a couple of years, at the end of August and assume the new role of ‘Advisor to the CEO’. But since all precedent under the current CEO Börje Ekholm is that ‘Advisor’ is just a euphemism for ‘gardening leave’, we’d be
  
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• Tickets Alert: Tours of the Goldsmiths’ Hall

  12-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  One of the grandest of the City’s livery halls, the Goldsmiths is open a few days a year for public tours and the dates for… next year have been announced.
  Yes, they are so few and so in demand, that the earliest dates available are for January 2020. Which means if you don’t book now, it might be 2021 before you can get inside for a look around.The available dates are:Monday 6 January 2020, 11am -12pm, 12.30pm-1.30pm
  Monday 10 February 2020, 11am -12pm, 12.30pm-1.30pm
  Monday 2
  
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• Silicon Valley’s grip on innovation is loosening – KPMG

  12-03-2019 12:33
  Silicon Valley is up there with Wall Street as a driver of US economic dominance, but this leadership position is increasingly coming under threat, including from those pesky Europeans.
  As it stands, California still maintains that position as Utopia for technology enthusiasts and innovators. There are numerous reasons for this, ranging from culture to cash and climate, but this lofty position is no-longer looking as attractive as alternative cities woo the next generation of economic disruptors
  
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• F5 makes agile move with $670 million NGNIX acquisition

  12-03-2019 12:01
  App security outfit F5 is buying open-source application platform specialist NGINX to augment its multi-cloud offering.
  F5 is hardly the first to notice the importance of the cloud in the evolution of the entire tech industry, nor is it unique in realising that open-source is a great way of making a multi-cloud environment work. But for a company of its size (revenues of $563 million in 2018) this certainly qualifies as putting your money where your mouth is.
  “F5’s acquisition of NGI
  
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• Mobileum Partners with Allot to Enhance Roaming Customers’ Quality of Experience

  12-03-2019 11:00
  Allot’s Smart Network Intelligence solution will enable Mobileum to provide a leading US operator with enhanced visibility of VoLTE Roaming Quality of ExperienceMarch 12, 2019: Allot Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALLT) (TASE: ALLT), a leading global provider of innovative network intelligence and security solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide, announced today that the Company is partnering with Mobileum, a US-based roaming and data analytics solutions provider, to enhance the quality o
  
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• Newtec collaborates with Arabsat to successfully deploy Newtec Dialog® hubs in Europe

  12-03-2019 09:00
  Companies combined teams to complete rapid deployment in order to commence new HTS servicesSINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, 12 March 2019 – Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, today announced it has successfully deployed two Newtec Dialog® hubs in the UK and Finland for Middle East satellite operator Arabsat to enable the company to deliver High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services into the Middle East and African markets. Ara
  
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• Iskratel addresses sub-standard Wi-Fi with new GPON home gateway and mesh Wi-Fi solution

  12-03-2019 09:00
  Long-term partner Optima Telekom – a member of Hrvatski Telekom, which is part of the Deutsche Telekom group – praises new offering, declaring it as a vital step as customers’ habits change and the number of wireless devices grows.Kranj, Slovenia, 12 March 2019 – Iskratel, the leading European provider of broadband access solutions, today launched its Innbox G78 GPON home gateway – which will improve Wi-Fi performance by up to 30% – and a new...Source: RealWir
  
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• Virgin Media gives some smarts to wifi

  12-03-2019 08:00
  Virgin Media has unveiled a new, ‘intelligent’, router which it claims will bring faster speeds to more areas of the home.
  With the telco world becoming increasingly utilitised, and advertising authorities rightly cracking down on the ‘creative’ marketing claims, new ideas will certainly be needed to capture the attention of the increasingly demanding consumers. And in fairness to Virgin Media, this is not a bad attempt.
  “Delivering ultrafast broadband to help make
  
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• See the new(ish) entrance to Waterloo tube station

  12-03-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The recently reopened platforms at the former Waterloo International have also seen a new route into the London Underground ticket hall.Running from a set of escalators in the middle of the mainline platforms, they take you down into the old Waterloo International area, and through a wide sometimes slightly space age space, into the London Underground.
  On a busy Friday evening, hardly anyone was using the new route, giving the vast corridors an eerie emptiness that’s amplified by knowing j
  
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• 'We will set our own standards' – Germany tells US to butt out on 5G security

  12-03-2019 01:00
  Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has told the US that Germany will not be dictated to on 5G network security, following renewed pressure from the US for Germany to ban Chinese network equipment provider, Huawei…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Industry leaders unite to call for European copper switch-off strategy

  12-03-2019 01:00
  European leaders must come together to formulate a single, codified strategy for copper network switch off, according to a new industry report.
  Published by WIK Consult, the Copper Switch Off report highlighted the disparity between attitudes to copper switch off among EU member states…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Can telcos ever be too focused on tech?

  12-03-2019 01:00
  New research published by Australian telco, Telstra, suggests that an "all-encompassing focus" on the role of technology could be hampering the digital transformation of telcos.Telstra's Disruptive Decision…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT brings gigabit WIFI to Northern Ireland

  12-03-2019 01:00
  BT is to launch its InLink service in the Northern Irish capital of Belfast, bringing ultrafast public WIFI and free VoIP calls to the city for the first time. BT will invest £2.7 million launching the hugely successful InLink service in Belfast, following successful deployment in a host of cities across the UK…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Bharti Airtel to sell off stake in Infratel

  12-03-2019 01:00
  Indian mobile network operator, Bharti Airtel, is to lower its stake in towers firm, Bharti Infratel, downgrading its stock holding from 50.33 per cent to just 18…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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