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• Another Trump tweet paints an uncomfortable picture for Google

  16-07-2019 18:30
  Twitter is the battlefield and an iPhone his weapon; the hawkish President Trump has seemingly declared war on the hipsters and IT geeks of Google.
  Once again, with little evidence, Trump has declared war on a technology company. This time however, the Commander in Chief has directed his venom towards a domestic enemy of the Oval Office. Thanks to the seemingly unfounded accusations of tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the President now has the idea Google is under the influence of the Chinese Gove
  
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• T-Mobile US combines phones and tacos for some reason

  16-07-2019 18:18
  Ever the disruptor, TMUS CEO John Legere has identified a combination so obvious that everyone else missed it: fusing mobile phones with tacos.
  We’ve all been there, right? That listless, empty feeling while forlornly prodding our smartphone screen, just knowing there has to be more to it. But only now, thanks to T-Mobile US, do we realise that all we needed to do was nestle it in a warm, crispy taco shell and then slop spicy beef, salsa and guacamole all over it. Go on, give it a try
  
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• Three UK claims 5G-ready cloud core first ahead of August launch

  16-07-2019 15:00
  Even though it won’t be flicking the 5G switch until next month, Three UK has decided to bang on about its new virtualized core once more.
  We first heard about this whizzy new core, that has been built in partnership with Nokia, back in February. At the time we assumed that would be the last we’d hear about it until the formal launch of Three UK’s 5G network, but Three seems to think we need just one more teaser first.
  So, once more for those at the back, this is all about actu
  
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• DNS is key to connected customers

  16-07-2019 14:50
  Telecoms.com periodically invites third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Lori MacVittie, Principal Threat Evangelist at F5 Networks, talks up the importance of the domain name system in telecoms.
  DNS remains one of the least appreciated application services in existence. Its role is so important, that its failure is considered catastrophic. If every DNS system stopped answering queries, it would bring the digital economy to its knees within
  
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• Vodafone UK enters the 5G FWA fracas

  16-07-2019 14:36
  Vodafone UK has debuted its 5G Gigacube to further expand its connectivity portfolio, perhaps gaining more of a foothold in the broadband market.
  Although Vodafone is primarily associated with the mobile segment in the UK, it has been making positive moves in the broadband market over the last twelve months. Having signed a partnership with CityFibre last year to deliver fibre broadband services, the 5G Gigacube offers another twist to the portfolio.
  Vodafone claims the 5G Gigacube can offers sp
  
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• The year St Paul’s Cathedral nearly lost its dome

  16-07-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s Christmas Eve 1924 and while people are preparing for the festivities, the City of London is busy preparing an urgent notice – they plan to close St Paul’s Cathedral.
  For the past few years, there had been mounting alarm at the state of the Cathedral, with joking comments in the newspapers about a serious situation. A situation that was to lead to the Public Health Department issuing an urgent notice to “The Owner or Occupier of the Structure being St. Paul’s C
  
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• The certified Personal Emergency Signal Solution from Spectralink and tetronik provides reliable protection for lone workers

  16-07-2019 13:00
  (Bracknell, UK) – 16 July, 2019 – Spectralink, the global leader in enterprise mobility solutions announced today that its personal emergency signal solution (Personen-Notsignal-Anlage (PNA)), created in partnership with tetronik GmbH, has received DGUV certification from Germany’s Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung. Complying with all requirements of the German DGUV Rule 112-139 (formally BGR 139), the DAKS-PNA P8SL solution offers a new, failsafe solution to safeguard lo
  
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• Swisscom, SK Telecom, Elisa and BICS claim world’s first 5G roaming services

  16-07-2019 12:37
  The very small number of people who are capable and inclined can now roam between the 5G networks of Swisscom and either SK Telecom or Elisa.
  Swisscom has over 6 million mobile subscribers but hasn’t revealed how many of them have upgraded to 5G. Since Swisscom only started to roll out its 5G network in April of this year, it seems safe to assume its 5G subscriber base is struggling to hit six figures. Of those, owners of Samsung Galaxy S10 5G smartphones can now fly from Zurich to Seoul c
  
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• Vodafone Australia admits to misleading carrier billing service

  16-07-2019 12:20
  After an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) investigation, Vodafone Australia has admitted misleading consumers through its third-party Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) service.
  The investigation looked into transactions made between 1 January 2013 to 1 March 2018, though it is most likely Vodafone broke the rules upon the introduction of an Australian Securities and Investments Commission Act in 2015.
  “Through this service, thousands of Vodafone customers ended up being cha
  
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• Newtec Dialog® Transforms Telemedia’s Outside Broadcast Capabilities

  16-07-2019 10:46
  SINT-NIKLAAS, Belgium, and SANDTON, South Africa, 16 JULY 2019 – Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has provided a Newtec Dialog® hub system to enhance the live broadcast capabilities of Telemedia, a media broadcast company based in Sandton, South Africa. The Newtec Dialog hub will enable Telemedia to offer a data service in addition to video broadcasting services from its fleet of Outside Broadcast (OB) trucks. Fo
  
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• DT gets slap on wrist for net neutrality naughtiness

  16-07-2019 10:07
  Deutsche Telekom has found itself on the wrong side of right after its ‘Stream On’ offering was found to break European net neutrality rules.
  After the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) imposed restrictions on the telco on the grounds of net neutrality, DT took to the courts to fight the decision. Unfortunately, the lower courts and today in the Higher Administrative Court in Muenster, it was confirmed the telco would no-longer be able to offer the ‘Stream On’ value add fea
  
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• Major upgrade of Gatwick railway station approved

  16-07-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The government has agreed to a £150 million upgrade to Gatwick Airport’s railway station to cope with current and growing demand.Formerly known as Gatwick Racecourse station, the current station was opened by British Rail in May 1958, and major works were carried out in the late 1960s and 1980s, and again in 2014.  Even with these improvements, the existing design appears to be unable to handle the large volumes of passengers that now pass through the concourse space and platfor
  
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• Three set to become the UK's '5G disruptor' as it launches its cloud core network

  16-07-2019 02:00
   Three UK has launched its fully integrated cloud core network in collaboration with Nokia, as the UK telco looks to kick start its preparations for 5G rollout.
  The first-of-its-kind cloud core network is 5G ready and will offer increased security, flexibility and cost saving synergies. The virtual cloud core is a key step on the road to Three's &pound…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Swisscom, Elisa and SK Telecom join forces to offer worlds first 5G roaming

  16-07-2019 02:00
  While the vast majority of mobile network operators still concentrating on getting their domestic 5G services up and running, Swisscom, Elisa and SK Telecom have joined together to offer international roaming to their customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• GSMA: Sub-Saharan Africa to see world's fastest growth in smartphone uptake

  16-07-2019 02:00
  The GSMA has reported that sub-Saharan Africa will continue to be the region that experiences the fastest growth in smartphone adoption.
  A new study from the GSMA reveals that more than 160 million new mobile subscribers will be added in the region by the end of 2025…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• France commits to spectrum auction as it looks to crack on with 5G

  16-07-2019 02:00
  France's telecoms regulator, Arcep, has said that it intends to proceed with a 5G spectrum auction later this year and also allocate licences directly to operators based on infrastructure investment…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Brazil backs Huawei as the country looks ahead to 5G in 2021

  16-07-2019 02:00
  Brazil's Vice President, Hamilton Mourao, has said that his country will continue to work with Chinese technology giant Huawei on its 4G and 5G networks, despite US calls for a boycott…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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