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• Vodafone officially walks away from New Zealand

  31-07-2019 17:33
  Vodafone has completed the sale of its Kiwi business to a consortium of investors for €2.1 billion.
  Although Vodafone is technically leaving the country, the brand will remain. The consortium, featuring Infratil Limited and Brookfield Asset Management, have signed an agreement to continue using the brand, while also accessing favourable roaming rates in countries where Vodafone is maintaining its presence.
  “This transaction is a continuation of our strategy to optimise our portfolio a
  
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• Facebook is reading minds while Amazon perfects text-to-speech

  31-07-2019 17:28
  A Facebook-funded study has achieved a breakthrough in decoding speech directly from brain signals at the same time as AWS has made automated speech more realistic.
  The study funded by the creepily-named Facebook Reality Labs was conducted by San Francisco University. Its findings were published yesterday under the heading ‘Real-time decoding of question-and-answer speech dialogue using human cortical activity’. It claims to have achieved breakthroughs in the accuracy of identifying
  
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• Unlimited data is inevitable with 5G, but try telling operators that

  31-07-2019 16:34
  We’re quickly moving into the 5G era and many assume the concept of unlimited data bundles will be commonplace, but how will the telcos fare in this new world?
  As it stands, the telcos are under pressure. This is not to say they are not profitable, but many shareholders will question whether they are profitable enough. Tight margins and a squeeze on core revenue streams are common enough phrases when describing telco balance sheets, but this could get a lot worse when you factor in unlimit
  
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• Local Museums – Redbridge Museum

  31-07-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The town of Illford has a local museum that’s not called Ilford Museum, but named after the much larger borough that it’s within – welcome to Redbridge Museum.
  Like many local museums, it’s taken over a bit of space in the local library, so a a wander up to the very top floor, and the girl on the desk looked up briefly from her phone as I walked in. Being the only visitor on a Saturday morning, you cant really blame a bored teenager for seeking something else to do.
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• HYLA Mobile: Mobile trade-in programs return over $455 million to US consumers in Q2 2019

  31-07-2019 15:00
  HYLA data reveals the average age of smartphones at trade-in has hit a three-year high31 July 2019 – New data from HYLA Mobile, the world’s leading provider of software technology and services for mobile device trade-in and reuse solutions, reveals the continued growth of trade-in programs in the US. Findings from its latest quarterly trade-in trends report show that in Q2 2019, over $455 million was returned to US consumers via trade-in programs—an increase of...Source: RealWi
  
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• Apple and Samsung both had a mixed second quarter

  31-07-2019 14:34
  While Apple registered modest growth, with the strong performance of Services compensating the declining iPhone sales, Samsung’s revenue and profit continued to plummet, thanks to weakness in the semiconductor market.
  Apple’s Q2 2019 results (its financial Q3 2019) were respectable, if not exciting. The total sales went up by 1% to $53.8 billion from $53.3 billion a year ago, therefore making it the company’s record June quarter in terms of revenue. Gross margin slightly d
  
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• Openreach adds another 35 cities to ‘fibre first’ programme

  31-07-2019 13:58
  Openreach has announced a further 36 cities and towns which will be upgraded to Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology over the next 12 months.
  As part of the ‘fibre first’ programme, 74 cities and large towns will undergo extensive upgrade programmes to ensure fibre is a realistic option for broadband services. It might have taken a while to get the UK on-board with the necessity for future-proofed broadband infrastructure, though momentum is gathering.
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• AT&T joins the retail robot revolution

  31-07-2019 13:13
  AT&T Business has unveiled a new partnership to target the retail segment, a vertical which might look completely different in a few years’ time.
  Working alongside Badger Technologies, the aim here is to improve capabilities which are already in place as opposed to create a human-less shopping experience. With its new 5G capabilities, improvements for indoor coverage and expansion of MEC, the duo are targeting operational efficiencies throughout the super market.
  “In-building cel
  
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• Tickets Alert: Evening history talks inside Tower Bridge

  31-07-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  To celebrate 125 years of Tower Bridge, it will be hosting a series of one-off talks inside the the South Tower. The talks all take place in the new Learning Centre, a brand-new floor created inside the South Tower – with views across the bridge.There are five evening talks taking place, all starting at 7:30pm, and cost £20, which includes a return visit to the bridge visitor tours.
  Tickets will go on sale shortly.
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• Q2 smartphones: Samsung grows, Huawei slows and Apple flows

  31-07-2019 12:52
  The latest global smartphone shipment numbers reveal a return to growth for Samsung, a major reduction in growth for Huawei and transition for Apple.
  As you can see from the table below, Q2 2019 marked the first quarter in which Samsung registered year-on-year smartphone shipment growth for the first time in almost two years, in an overall market that continues to contract. One of the reasons for this could be the Galaxy S10 being better received than its predecessor as well as it being the main
  
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• 325 object to mark 325 years of the Bank of England

  31-07-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street is of the sort of age that you should never mention about a lady, but she’s dug out an object for every year of her life.
  It’s in the central atrium of the Bank of England museum, and is essentially a load of exhibition cabinets filled with objects and stories to tell.Each case covers a period of history, from the bank’s founding and displays of old bank notes and warrants, right up to modern day with cryptocurrencies and contact payments.
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• Broadband: what price a reliable connection?

  31-07-2019 06:00
  Ofcom’s new compensation scheme is welcome, but it doesn’t go far enough
  
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• T-Mobile and Sprint’s forthcoming merger will be a real wake up call to the US’ big two

  31-07-2019 02:00
  With the Department of Justice giving its ascent to the long-awaited Sprint and T-Mobile merger last Friday, the deal looks set to complete, once it gains formal approval from the Federal Communications Commission.
  FCC chairman Ajit Pai has already come out in support of the deal, saying that he would encourage his colleagues at The Commission to approve the deal.
  “This is a unique opportunity to speed up the deployment of 5G throughout the United States and bring much faster mobile broad
  
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• Qualcomm and Tencent sign 5G gaming MoU

  31-07-2019 02:00
  International chipset manufacturer, Qualcomm, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tencent Games, to fast track advancement in the mobile gaming sector.
  “Tencent has worked closely with Qualcomm Technologies and we are very pleased that the strategic cooperation announced today has deepened and expanded the relationship between the two parties…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Huawei to increase R&D spend in the UK

  31-07-2019 02:00
  Huawei is set to increase its global research and development budget by 20 per cent to $18 billion, following a strong set of financials for the first half of 2019.
  Speaking to Total Telecom at a press event in London on Tuesday, Huawei&rsquo…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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