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• Chairman of Iliad faces €1m fine for insider trading

  28-03-2019 19:09 via ft.com
  Maxime Lombardini sold shares ahead of Iliad’s takeover bid for T-Mobile USA in 2014
  
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• EU goes softly-softly on pushing out Huawei

  28-03-2019 18:14 via ft.com
  European Commission shows its lack of clout by issuing non-binding recommendations
  
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• Spotify’s ‘Duo’ tariff gives a whiff of what’s to come

  28-03-2019 18:13
  Sharing accounts might be the norm in the world of content streaming platforms, but Spotify’s new ‘Duo’ tariff might be a sign of changing attitudes.
  In many homes throughout the world, streaming platforms are shared. This is a truth which is generally accepted as the norm, but it does technically violate the terms and conditions of the service and does impact the experience for the user. For example, if users are sharing a premium Spotify account, it can only be used on one de
  
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• Facebook faces hyper-targeted advertising lawsuit

  28-03-2019 18:06
  The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has lodged a lawsuit against Facebook, challenging the hyper-targeted big data model which has made OTTs billions over the years.
  Quoting the Fair Housing Act, the HUD has claimed Facebook is breaking the law by encouraging, enabling, and causing housing discrimination. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing and housing-related services, including online advertisements. Facebook’s advertising platform is said to dis
  
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• Open source and collaboration stacks up in telco virtualization on the cloud

  28-03-2019 17:36
  OpenStack Ecosystem Technical Lead Ildikó Vancsa drives NFV related feature development activities in projects like OpenStack’s Nova and Cinder, as well as onboarding and training. The Network Virtualization event team caught up with her ahead of Network Virtualization & SDN Europe in May.“I’m an open source advocate both personally and professionally and when the movement towards virtualisation and the cloud started, telcos started looking into OpenStack and we bega
  
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• Find the King’s Cross milestone

  28-03-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  People rushing to catch trains at King’s Cross are often oblivious of what they are standing next to, and right by a pedestrian crossing is an old milestone.It’s exceptionally easy to overlook in the hustle of city life, being very badly weather (or pollution) worn, and barely readable.
  There seems to be an air of slight mystery about it though — as unlike many mile stones, it’s not that well recorded. It might not even be in its original location. But clearly someone som
  
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• Reduced entry into Bank tube station from next week

  28-03-2019 14:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  Starting next week, the main Central line ticket hall at Bank station will become exit-only in the mornings. There will also be a reduced down escalator service to the Central line during the evening peak.
  This affects the ticket hall underneath Bank road junction, not the entrance at Lombard Street which gives quicker access to the Northern line and DLR.
  The restrictions are part of the works being undertaken for the Bank station upgrade, as a plant room has had to be moved to enable the works
  
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• DT CEO moans as bidding in German 5G auction tops €1 billion

  28-03-2019 14:14
  Just for a change operators are moaning about the amount they have to pay for licensed spectrum, arguing that leaves less cash for infrastructure.
  This time the country in question is Germany, which is in the middle of a 5G auction its operators have had a problem with from the start. According to the regulator bidding has already topped a billion euros and, while it still has a way to go before reaching the orgiastic excesses of the Italian one, muttering about the cost has already begun.
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• Despite a $1 billion loss ZTE is seeing light at the end of the tunnel

  28-03-2019 14:12
  The Chinese telecom vendor ZTE reported a total annual net loss of over $1 billion from its business in 2018 but is foreseeing returning to profit in Q1 2019.
  After a roller-coaster year, ZTE reported a total operating revenue of RMB 85.5 billion ($12.7 billion, at the exchange rate $1=RMB6.7233) in 2018, a 21.4% decline from a year ago. The net loss amounted to RMB 6.9837 billion ($1.04 billion), down from a net profit of RMB 4.57 billion from 2017, or a decline of 253%. After pulling off a sur
  
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• Google strikes deal to bring faster web content to Cuba

  28-03-2019 14:00 via ft.com
  US tech giant’s partnership with state telecoms group Etecsa causes dilemma for Washington
  
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• BT mulls redundancies for a quarter of staff – report

  28-03-2019 13:28
  BT is considering further redundancies to increase profitability at the firm, with 25,000 jobs, a quarter of its employees, reportedly under threat.
  According to Bloomberg, the battle-weary telco is mulling over the plans as new CEO Phillip Jensen prepares for his first meaningful earnings call in May. The telco has not confirmed or denied the reports thus far.
  Having taken over the business from Gavin Patterson in February, Jensen is currently in the unenviable position of turning the supertank
  
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• A Vagina Museum is coming to London

  28-03-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  If they can raise enough money, then Camden could be boasting a new museum later this year — devoted to female anatomy.
  Set to be the world’s first bricks and mortar museum dedicated to vaginas, vulvas and the gynaecological anatomy, the Vagina Museum, (the only registered charity in the UK with vagina in its title) is positioned to open in Camden Market in November 2019.Although there’s a penis museum in Iceland, but no where is there a physical museum devoted to the other gen
  
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• UK questions Huawei security credibility

  28-03-2019 12:12
  The oversight board responsible for mitigating the risk associated with Huawei products has released a new report which questions whether using equipment from the vendor is the best idea.
  The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) has released its annual audit which effectively gives a temperature reading on the appropriateness of Huawei kit for UK infrastructure. In the past it has brought up issues with the equipment, though Huawei has always been pretty sharp and compliant when addre
  
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• UK’s 5G watchdog ramps up warnings over Huawei risks

  28-03-2019 10:30 via ft.com
  Damning report doubts Chinese telecoms company’s ability to fix problems
  
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• UK intelligence panel warns on Huawei security flaws

  28-03-2019 10:30 via ft.com
  Damning report backs US doubts on Chinese telecoms company’s ability to fix problems
  
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• Resilient plc recognised as an Investors in People with Gold Standard

  28-03-2019 10:00
  London, 28 March 2019 - Resilient plc is pleased to announce that they have been awarded Gold accreditation against the Investors in People Standard, demonstrating their commitment to realising the potential of their people.As an innovative technology firm, Resilient has a focus on developing a sustainable high-performing culture to create innovative products that solve critical communication challenges. It is why our goal is to bring out the very best in everyone. Resilient are dedicated to...S
  
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• Hammersmith turning old railway track into its own Highline

  28-03-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A disused section of old railway track could become another Highline for London, if proposals by Hammersmith Council are carried out. If built, then it could join the Peckham Coal Line and the Camden Highline in creating pocket parks by reusing old railway infrastructure.The section of track that’s being suggested runs alongside the existing tube lines into Hammersmith, and used to carry trains up towards Shepherds Bush, but closed just over a hundred years ago.
  To gauge interest, a design
  
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• When DoJ and the FCC slowed inflation

  28-03-2019 07:00 via ftalphaville.ft.com
  We re-examine a monetary problem from 2017.
  
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• Nokia and Liquid Telecom sign deal to boost connectivity in East Africa

  28-03-2019 01:00
  Nokia has signed a deal with pan African telco, Liquid Telecom, to upgrade the company's fibre network to support OTN/DWDM technology with an initial network capacity of 500G. The upgrade will result in faster, more reliable connectivity from the Indian Ocean to datacentres in Kenya…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• German operators accuse regulator of jacking-up prices, as 5G spectrum auction passes €1bn

  28-03-2019 01:00
  Germany's 5G spectrum auction has so far raised a total of €1.03bn, after 75 rounds of bidding. The country's telecoms regulator, BNetzA, is auctioning spectrum in the 3.6GHz range…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT set to wield the redundancy axe, with 25,000 jobs on the line

  28-03-2019 01:00
  The UK's biggest telco, BT, is considering making a further 25,000 redundancies over the next five years, as new CEO Philip Jansen looks to streamline the company's operations…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT set to wield the redundancy axe, as 25,000 jobs could go

  28-03-2019 01:00
  The UK's biggest telco, BT, is considering making a further 25,000 redundancies over the next five years, as new CEO Philip Jansen looks to streamline the company's operations…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Amazon Web Services agrees Europe-US connectivity deal with Bulk Infrastructure

  28-03-2019 01:00
   Bulk Infrastructure has signed a deal with Amazon Web Services to allow the US web giant to make use of the Havfrue subsea cable, which connects the US to Ireland, Norway and Denmark.
  As part of the agreement, Amazon Web Services will also gain access to Bulk Infrastructure's data centres in Norway…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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