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• US Senators start snapping Trump’s China olive branch

  17-07-2019 18:01
  The President’s opponents have promised to be difficult and now they have begun the process of making it official.
  A horde of Senators, led by the Republican representative of Arkansas Tom Cotton and Democrat Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, have tabled a new bill which will be known as the Defending America’s 5G Future Act. The bill aims to reinforce the Executive Order signed by Trump, prohibiting the removal of Huawei from the Commerce Department Entity List without an act of Congres
  
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• Switzerland surprised to hear it will be regulating Facebook’s cryptocurrency

  17-07-2019 17:59
  In a testimony before the US Senate Facebook indicated its Libra cryptocurrency will run from Switzerland, but it forgot to ask the Swiss if that was OK.
  David Marcus, who is heading up Libra on Facebook’s behalf, testified before the US Senate Banking Committee in response to profound alarm from US lawmakers at the prospect of the social media giant developing its own currency. According to CNBC he said the data and privacy regulation of the currency will be overseen by a Swiss agency, as
  
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• BT agrees £210m sale of historic London site

  17-07-2019 17:32 via ft.com
  Private equity buys Newgate St headquarters that was home to GPO’s telegraph office
  
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• BT agrees £210m sale of historic London headquarters

  17-07-2019 17:32 via ft.com
  Private equity buys Newgate St site that was home to GPO’s telegraph office
  
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• Amazon becomes the latest giant to face Europe’s antitrust wrath

  17-07-2019 16:23
  The European Commission has formally opened an antitrust investigation into Amazon’s dual role as a retailer and marketplace and how it uses data derived from independent retailers.
  Europe has a track-record of taking on the industry’s biggest players on the grounds of antitrust and Amazon is next in-line. The case which the European Commission will attempt to prove is that Amazon abused its position of power as a leading eCommerce platform, using this position to aid it in selling i
  
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• Avoid King’s Cross station over the August Bank Holiday

  17-07-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  This coming August bank holiday is not a time to be using King’s Cross station, as a lot of the lines will be closed.
  The closure is due to engineering works that will simplify the track layout around King’s Cross station for the first time in 40 years. At the same time, Network Rail will also be opening two new lines by re-opening a disused tunnel on the approach to King’s Cross; increasing the approach to the main intercity platforms from four tracks to six.
  In addition, the
  
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• ADLV Builds DVLA Business Case For Online Fleet Access To CPC Training & Attendance Data

  17-07-2019 14:39
  The ADLV (the Association for Driving Licence Verification & Vehicles) is polling fleet operators on the potential demand for access to online CPC training course attendance data for drivers. The data is currently collected and managed by the DVSA (the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). The ADLV believes that the DVSA can and should add CPC course and attendance data to driver data files held by the DVLA. In their view, a significant number of...Source: RealWire
  
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• Sprint customers victim of another hack

  17-07-2019 13:31
  Sprint is the latest telco to become the victim of cybercrime as an unknown number of customers have had their personal data eyed over by nefarious parties.
  In a letter sent to customers, Sprint has suggested a huge amount of personal information has been exposed to the darker corners of the internet. The hackers gained access via the Samsung ‘add a line’ website, with the total number of impacted customers being unknown for the moment.
  “On June 22, Sprint was informed of unaut
  
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• The past and future of Thames Bridges

  17-07-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  An exhibition is taking a look at the past paintings and the future illuminations of the bridges across the Thames.Illuminated River, a public art commission to light up the Thames bridges at night, is featured in this new display at Guildhall Art Gallery, alongside paintings of the Thames in the past.
  Led by light artist Leo Villareal and London-based architects, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Illuminated River is a public artwork that will be installed on up to 15 central London bridges.The fi
  
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• S&P prepares to downgrade Vodafone after spending spree

  17-07-2019 12:43
  Standard & Poor’s has suggested it will downgrade Vodafone from its current ‘BBB+’ credit rating should the European Commission approve its acquisition of Liberty Global assets.
  Vodafone has struck an agreement to buy Liberty Global’s operations in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania for €18.4 billion, including debt, though S&P believe this acquisition could put it in a slightly precarious position. With S&P suggesting approval for the trans
  
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• Ericsson happy to remain on track with Q2 numbers

  17-07-2019 12:42
  Swedish kit vendor Ericsson is determined to make life difficult for journalists these days by delivering solid but unspectacular quarterly numbers.
  Gone, it seems, are the heady days of quarterly high drama that accompanied the end of the Vestberg era and the start of the Ekholm one. For the past year or so Ericsson has just boringly hit its numbers, sometimes beating them, sure, but never spectacularly so. Where’s the story in that?
  We chatted to Head of Networks Fredrik Jejdling, who ha
  
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• Nexa Law adopts Zylpha's Pay-As-You-Go bundling for LEAP

  17-07-2019 12:37
  Nexa Law has chosen online document bundling software from Zylpha (www.Zylpha.com) for use with its LEAP case management software. Nexa Law is one of the first practices to sign with Zylpha following the company’s recent announcement of a formal partnership with LEAP UK.Zylpha’s Pay-As-You-Go electronic bundling software for LEAP, contains everything needed to create the highest quality document bundles. It can be accessed from a single-view dashboard-like screen, which makes it clea
  
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• Arm shakes up the IP game

  17-07-2019 11:49
  Arm has announced the launch of its flexible licensing model to allow customers to access to its IP without breaking their bank accounts.
  It’s a model which has the potential to shift traditional dynamics in the segment as Arm aims to shift its customer base outside its traditional mobile market. With the connected era promising a ridiculous number of devices there are riches available for those who can prove their IP is suitable for this varied plethora. This seems to be the strategy in m
  
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• South Korea’s 5G revolution stymied by poor technical quality

  17-07-2019 09:20 via ft.com
  Consumers who switched are disappointed by weak connections and lack of content
  
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• South Koreans complain at poor quality of 5G network

  17-07-2019 09:20 via ft.com
  Asian country has 77% of world’s 5G users but service is patchy
  
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• It’s one month until ImberBus day!

  17-07-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  It’s one month to go until a fleet of old London routemaster buses will enter the military firing grounds of Salisbury Plain to visit an abandoned village.
  You can look at it as a chance to ride on buses to an abandoned village, but that is almost to belittle the totality of the day out – riding through an empty landscape where trees have replaced tower blocks, where burnt out tanks are more common than Uber taxis, where a church in the middle of nowhere will serve you a cup of tea.
  
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• Vodafone beefs up its 5G offering across Europe

  17-07-2019 02:00
  Vodafone has added a further eight towns and cities to its UK 5G footprint, according to a company statement.
  Vodafone is also boosting its 5G roaming footprint across Europe…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• UK government finds no technological reason to ban Huawei

  17-07-2019 02:00
  A parliamentary select committee has found no technological reason for Huawei to be banned from the UK's 5G network rollout, according to a government report. The Rt Hon Norman Lamb MP…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT sells its London HQ for £209.6m

  17-07-2019 02:00
  BT Group has announced the sale of its iconic London headquarters, for a reported £209.6 million. The company will sell the St Pauls building to real estate fund Orion Capital Managers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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