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• Qualcomm outlines $4.7bn revenue boost from Apple settlement

  01-05-2019 23:11
  Chipmaker resolved legal battle with the iPhone maker last month
  
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• Qualcomm outlines $4.7bn revenue boost from Apple deal

  01-05-2019 23:11
  Chipmaker settled legal battle with the iPhone maker last month
  
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• Facebook’s privacy conundrum

  01-05-2019 19:51
  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has to do something about his firm’s reputation for data privacy, but it could it require destroying its own core business model.
  At the F8 developer conference this week, Zuckerberg has been making claims no-one is surprised to hear. Facebook is all about user privacy, its not about making money anymore, just about offering a service its users care about. The PR machine is shifting through the gears, Facebook has to save its reputation before it’s t
  
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• UK Defence Secretary identified as Huawei leaker and sacked

  01-05-2019 19:48
  It looks like the source of last week’s leak of the Government’s plans for the Huawei issue was the Defence Secretary himself.
  The leak, which was published by The Telegraph, revealed that the UK government is planning to go against US advice and allow some Huawei kit in non-core parts of the country’s 5G network. The US reckons any Huawei gear constitutes a potential security risk and has indicated it will cause diplomatic problems if any of its allies don’t do what they
  
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• Hidden London gifts – Special discount for ianVisits readers

  01-05-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  After the success of the Hidden London tours London Transport Museum have created a collection of gifts to celebrate the Hidden London Underground.
  The range is based on London Underground’s famous tiles.One of London Underground’s most distinguishing features is its tiling designs, particularly those on the early 1906-7 lines. Decorative patterns helped passengers identify their destination.
  Many designs are now hidden in closed stations like Aldwych (once called Strand) and Down St
  
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• Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Announces Martha Suárez as New President

  01-05-2019 15:01
  Washington, DC, 1 May 2019: The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) has announced the appointment of its new President, Dr. Martha Suárez. Following her previous role as General Director of The National Spectrum Agency (ANE) in Colombia, Dr. Suárez will continue her work promoting the efficient use of spectrum, which is critical to addressing key social and economic challenges and ushering in the next generations of wireless communications.“With dynamic spectrum access playing su
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover takes a rewarding approach to the sharing economy

  01-05-2019 14:40
  Jaguar Land Rover is testing out a new rewards scheme that will see drivers rewarded with cryptocurrency for sharing data.
  Like many automotive companies around the world, Jaguar Land Rover has seemingly identified the future of the industry lies beyond purchasing a vehicle, and this is certainly an interesting approach. In return for sharing data with Jaguar Land Rover, such as traffic congestion or potholes, drivers will earn cryptocurrency.
  “The connected car technologies we are develop
  
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• Global smartphone shipments plunge to lowest level since 2014

  01-05-2019 14:38
  The decline of the global smartphone market continues but nobody sent Huawei the memo as it raced past Apple into second place.
  According to Strategy Analytics, from which we derive the majority of our smartphone numbers below, 330.4 million smartphone units were shipped in Q1 2019. This represented a year-on-year decline of 4% and marked the lowest quarterly total since Q3 2014. Among the vendors Apple was the biggest loser and was easily overtaken for second place by Huawei thanks to remarkabl
  
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• UK sets wheels in motion for a more secure digital world

  01-05-2019 13:40
  The UK Government has announced plans to introduce new security and privacy rules to ready the country for a flood of IOT devices.
  The rules, at consultancy stage currently, will create a new standard for security, hopefully protecting consumers from the pitfalls of the unknown when it comes to the connected economy. Like many other aspects of today’s society, much regulation and legislation has been designed for a by-gone era, with many consumers unaware of the dangers of the digital econ
  
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• Apple investors hope short-term pain will lead to long-term gain

  01-05-2019 13:02
  16% growth in the steadily growing software and services business seems to be enough to rally investor confidence in the face of declining revenues.
  Perhaps this is another lesson Apple can teach the world; how to effectively manage investor expectations. Total revenues are declining faster than the service division is growing, but with a 5.4% jump in share price in overnight trading, Apple investors seem to be buying into the short-term pain, long-term gain message from the technology giant.
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• History tours of London Zoo now available

  01-05-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A site that is famous as much for its architecture as the animals within, London Zoo is now offering history tours of the site.They’re at selected weekends between now and October, roughly once per month, and start at 10:15am and finishing at 11am, so visitors can then have the rest of the day for the zoo itself.
  The reason for the timing is that the cost of the tour is on top of the entry price to the zoo, so you’ll want to get the full whack out of your ticket price.
  The history to
  
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• YouTube censorship contributes to disappointing Google numbers

  01-05-2019 12:59
  Google holding company Alphabet saw its share price fall by 8% after it announced disappointing Q1 numbers.
  The company was fairly elusive about the reasons for a deceleration in its revenue growth on the subsequent revenue call, but many commentators picked up on comments around YouTube as significant.
  “YouTube’s top priority is responsibility,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai. “As one example, earlier this year YouTube announced changes that reduce recommendations of cont
  
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• Emtelle Launches Unique Flexible Burial Solution Designed To Ease FTTx Installations

  01-05-2019 11:00
  Emtelle’s new FibreFlow™ WEBFLEX enables operators to carry out branching of microducts for FTTx applications with greater ease and flexibilityHawick, Scotland, May 1, 2019 – Emtelle, the leading global manufacturer of blown fibre, cabling and ducted network solutions has today announced it has launched a brand-new flexible direct burial solution - FibreFlow™ WEBFLEX, designed to simplify branching of microducts when rolling-out Fibre-to-the-x (FTTx) networks. FibreFlow&t
  
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• Managed Services & Hosting (MSH) Awards 2019 announced

  01-05-2019 10:25
  Recognising excellence in Managed Services & Hosting sector[London, 1 May 2019] IT Europa and Angel Business Communications announced today that they will stage the Managed Services & Hosting (MSH) Awards 2019 in London on 18 September 2019. Now in their second year, the Managed Services & Hosting Awards have been designed to recognise excellence in Managed Services - now the fastest moving, most dynamic and innovative sector with the Information Technology and Telecommunications ind
  
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• Inmarsat profit falls ahead of return to private equity ownership

  01-05-2019 09:11
  Britain’s largest satellite company said 13 per cent drop mainly due to buyout costs
  
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• Climbing to the top of the Bridgewater Monument

  01-05-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the middle of woods can be found a tall stone column, built to honour the man who built the UK’s first industrial canals — Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater.
  And inside are 172 steps that lead to the top with pretty impressive views across the countryside, and even as far as London, on a clear day.Francis Egerton inherited the Dukedom aged just twelve years, but was so ill and considered so dull that he was nearly disinherited by his family. Despite that, he went on to beco
  
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• Vodafone and Huawei hit back over security allegations

  01-05-2019 02:00
  Vodafone and Huawei have hit back over news reports claiming that Vodafone had uncovered evidence of sub-par security in Huawei's network architecture, calling them misleading and false.
  Earlier this week, a Bloomberg report claimed that Vodafone had found evidence that Huawei left back doors in its telecoms equipment that undermined the security of its networks &ndash…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK PM fires defence secretary over Huawei leak

  01-05-2019 02:00
  Theresa May, has fired defence secretary, Gavin Williamson, claiming that he was the source of leaked information relating to government discussions with the National Security Council over the its decision to allow Huawei to participate in the UK&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• South Korea clocks up 260,000 5G subscriptions in first month

  01-05-2019 02:00
  Over 260,000 South Koreans have signed up for 5G services, since the country launched its next generation mobile networks last month.
  South Korea became the first nation in the world to launch at…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Reliance Jio to launch the Indian WeChat?

  01-05-2019 02:00
   India's disruptive telecoms operator, Reliance Jio, is said to be working on a super-app that will offer users over 100 online services, according to reports in the Indian Press.
  The super app, dubbed the Indian WeChat…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Altice USA acquires news service Cheddar in $200m deal

  01-05-2019 02:00
  Altice USA has announced that it will acquire digital-first news firm, Cheddar, in a deal said to be worth in excess of $200 million.
  The acquisition will allow Altice USA to expand its online news offering…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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