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• The number of commercial 5G devices almost tripled in Q2 – GSA

  08-07-2019 18:15
  The latest data from the Global mobile Suppliers Association show the number of 5G devices being launched worldwide is accelerating rapidly.
  If you take at look at the GSA data from the end of March only 19 vendors had announced forthcoming 5G devices, with 33 models officially confirmed. These numbers have now significantly increased, with the latest data showing 39 vendors have now announced upcoming devices and the number of officially confirmed devices has now nearly tripled, standing around
  
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• China responsible for one in seven attacks on UK business – report

  08-07-2019 17:32
  Cybersecurity attacks directed towards businesses in the UK are on the up and it appears the source of these nefarious activities can be quite often traced back to China.
  After years of being ignored or swept aside for another day, security professionals are finally being taken seriously in the world of IT. It might be considerably overdue, but it is at a very apt time; according to research from enterprise ISP Beaming, the number of cybersecurity attacks directed towards UK businesses increased
  
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• London’s Grand Designs: Building a Capital City 1675 to 1986

  08-07-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  For a few weeks there’s a display of some of the grand building projects that defined London as a city. From ancient to very modern, lost and still standing.Starting with Wren’s St Paul’s Cathedral, this exhibition delves into the historical collections at London Metropolitan Archives to present the plans, drawings and photographs that record the development of some of London’s greatest buildings and structures
  The images on the boards are impressive, but there are nugget
  
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• How operators can monetise 5G with blockchain

  08-07-2019 15:05
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Dennis Meurs, VP and GM of Transaction and Clearing Services at Syniverse, explores some of the opportunities blockchain presents for operators in the 5G era.
  Outwardly, operators are optimistic that they’ll create new opportunities and new revenue from 5G. But 5G presents new and complex challenges to operators, including the development of effective business mo
  
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• The Telecoms.com Podcast: Vodafone 5G, Xi vs Trump and Apple innovation

  08-07-2019 14:49
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• Amazon takes one small step for satellite connectivity

  08-07-2019 14:26
  Amazon has submitted its application to the FCC to deliver home broadband services to rural communities in the US through its Kuiper Systems satellite programme.
  In a filing with the FCC, Kuiper Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com, plans to deliver high-speed, low-latency broadband services to consumers, businesses, and other customers worldwide through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in 98 orbital planes at altitudes of 590 km, 610 km, and 630 km, us Ka-band radio frequencies.
  
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• ICO gets serious on British Airways over GDPR

  08-07-2019 14:25
  The UK’s Information Commissioner Officer has swung the sharp stick of GDPR at British Airways and it looks like the damage might be a £183.39 million fine.
  With GDPR inked into the rule book in May last year, the first investigations under the new guidelines will be coming to a conclusion in the near future. There have been several judgments passed in the last couple of months, but this is one of the most significant in the UK to date.
  What is worth noting is this is not the final d
  
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• Study tenuously links Huawei to the Chinese state

  08-07-2019 14:23
  A new study used a bunch of CVs to draw the conclusion that many Huawei employees have ties to the Chinese state security services.
  The study was conducted by Christopher Balding, Associate Professor at Fulbright University Vietnam, but with support from hawkish foreign policy think tank Henry Jackson Society. It seems to set out to undermine Huawei’s repeated claims of innocence when it comes to collaborating with the Chinese state, as it’s headlined ‘Huawei Technologies&rsquo
  
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• INCA welcomes Ofcom's relaxed infrastructure access regulation, citing new opportunities for independent network growth

  08-07-2019 14:00
  Fixed price regulations on unrestricted access will spark greater levels of competition, says CEO Malcolm CorbettLondon, UK, 8 July, 2019 – The Independent Networks Co-operative Association (INCA) has welcomed Ofcom’s decision which removes restrictions on the use of BT’s ducts and poles in the Physical Infrastructure Market Review. The move to remove the usage and geographic scope restrictions, announced on June 28, aims to improve the attractiveness of the PIA product and hel
  
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• War of the Worlds comes to the London Underground

  08-07-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The London Underground is set to make a staring role in the latest attempt to turn H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds into a TV series.
  The adaptation is set in modern-day Europe and will be an eight part TV series that stars Gabriel Byrne and Elizabeth McGovern. Although details are still being kept secretive, the producers have released a few images, including scenes that include the London Underground being used as a shelter.
  (c) Studiocanal/FNG/AGC
  Eagle eyed readers will quickly spot that
  
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• FBI and London Met land in hot water over facial recognition tech

  08-07-2019 11:04
  The FBI and London Metropolitan Police force will be facing some awkward conversations this week over unauthorised and potentially illegal use of facial recognition technologies.
  Starting in the US, the Washington Post has been handed records dating back almost five years which suggest the FBI and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) have been using DMV databases to build a surveillance network without the consent of citizens. The emails were obtained by Georgetown Law researchers through p
  
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• Logicalis acquires IT services business with an extended footprint in South Africa

  08-07-2019 11:01
  London, 8 July 2019 - Logicalis Group, an international IT solutions and managed services provider, has acquired Mars Technologies, an IT services business, with offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth, Durban and East London, South Africa employing 76 staff. This acquisition is part of an ongoing strategy to augment its existing solutions and services business in South Africa, extending its services capabilities to its enterprise customers, as well as to other Logicalis customers aro
  
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• Radiall joins the NGMN Alliance as newest Partner

  08-07-2019 10:09
  Radiall’s commitment to research and development looks to enhance the ongoing work of the NGMN Alliance towards next-generation networksParis, France, July 8, 2019: Radiall, an industry leader in interconnect design, development and manufacturing, is thrilled to announce that they joined the NGMN Alliance as its newest Partner.Committed to the future of the industry, Radiall invests around 8 percent of its revenue to research and development – twice the industry standard. As part of
  
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• London’s Alleys: Ship and Mermaid Row, SE1

  08-07-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This vintage looking alley is probably named after the Ship and Mermaid public house which used to be at Snowsfields, and is today a curious curve around a corner, squeezed between social housing.This part of Southwark was largely untouched until the late medieval period, probably because it was quite swampy at the time with the much wider River Thames just to the north. The area really built up in the Elizabethan times though as businesses moved to the area to be close to the City of London, bu
  
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• Vodafone appoints former Tata boss to be its new CEO for Business

  08-07-2019 02:00
  Vodafone Group has appointed Vinod Kumar as its new chief executive officer of the Vodafone Business division.
  Kumar will take up the reins at Vodafone Business with effect from the 2nd September 2019 and will take over from Vivek Badrinath…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Tata settles $7.3bn dues to complete mobile business sell off

  08-07-2019 02:00
  Indian conglomerate, Tata Group, has paid off $7.3 billion worth of dues, in order to complete the sale of its mobile phone business to Bharti Airtel.
  The deal was originally announced two years ago but has been held up over outstanding payments to India's Department of Telecoms…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei's new OS could be 60% faster than Android

  08-07-2019 02:00
  Huawei's founder, Ren Zhengfei, has said that his company's forthcoming Hong Meng operating system is likely to be 60 per cent faster than its rival, Android.
  Huawei currently uses the Android operating system to power its smartphone handset devices…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• GTT to acquire KPN International for €50m

  08-07-2019 02:00
  Cloud network provider GTT Communications has announced that it will acquire KPN International, for a fixed fee of €50 million.
  KPN International operates a global IP network and is owned by Dutch telco KPN…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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