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• Tickets Alert: Affordable vintage train trips

  02-08-2019 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  A relief from the prices that steam trains have to charge for trips, as a 1950s vintage trains offers affordable runs along part of the Metropolitan line in September.
  Travel in vintage style through suburbia on 1950s ex-British Rail 4TC coaches, hauled by Sarah Siddons electric locomotive and a Class 20 locomotive.Tickets cost just £15 for standard class and £20 for first class carriages. Children  3-16 (Under 3 free – no ticket)
  Relive the 1950s as you board the heritage
  
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• Android to grudgingly offer search choice in Europe

  02-08-2019 18:18
  As part of its ongoing bid to get the EU off its back Android will give European users a choice of default search provider from next year.
  Google was fined €4.3 billion a year ago for abusing the dominant position Android holds in the smartphone market. By March of this year it hadn’t really done much to rectify the situation so the European Commission thought a further €1.5 billion fine might strengthen its resolve. This resulted in a vow from Google to offer more choice of brow
  
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• ‘Five Eyes’ align security objectives but where does this leave Huawei?

  02-08-2019 16:59
  After a meeting in London, the members of the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence alliance has released a communique to reinforce the relationship and outline quite generic objectives.
  As with all of these communiques, the language sounds very impressive, but in reality, nothing material is being said. In this document, the UK, US, New Zealand, Australia and Canada have committed to countering online child sexual exploitation and abuse, tackling cybersecurity threats and building trust in emerg
  
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• Apple and Google suspend some of their eavesdropping

  02-08-2019 14:26
  Two of the world’s leading voice assistant makers pulled the plug on the respective analytics programmes of Siri and Google Assistant after private information including confidential conversations were leaked.
  Apple decided to suspend its outsourced programme to “grade” Siri, by which it assesses the voice assistant’s response accuracy, following reports that private conversations are being listened to by its contractors without the users’ explicit consent. The
  
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• DCMS calls out Facebook for stretching the truth

  02-08-2019 13:55
  Facebook might have thought the worst of the Cambridge Analytica affair was behind it, but the UK Government is questioning whether it was entirely truthful with evidence presented to a parliamentary committee.
  In a letter written to Sir Nick Clegg, Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs and Communications, Facebook is being asked to clarify discrepancies between testimonies it gave to the UK’s investigation into the scandal and evidence which was presented to the Security and Exchange Comm
  
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• UK is falling behind on IoT adoption – Microsoft

  02-08-2019 13:02
  A new report from Microsoft suggests the UK is falling behind the trend when it comes to IOT adoption, risking losing out on the economic benefits of the digital economy.
  At the moment, it seems the UK can’t do much right in the digital world. Yes, it might be one of the quickest nations worldwide to get all of its MNOs into the 5G race, but there are numerous stories which condemn the potential of the country, suggesting actions are not following the strong rhetoric which has been set for
  
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• BT CEO calls for more state assistance after delivering flat numbers

  02-08-2019 13:01
  UK operator group BT reported a small revenue decline in Q2 2019 and once more fished for public help with its network investment.
  In his comments accompanying its quarterly earnings announcement, Chief Exec Philip Jansen acknowledged that BT needs to raise its game across the board and said all the right things about Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s bold ambitions for the fibre rollout. But he also maintained his predecessor’s stance of indicating that he expects the government to mat
  
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• FCC allocates $20bn to close US digital divide

  02-08-2019 12:12
  One of the genuine risks of the accelerated journey towards the digital economy is the widening digital divide, though an extra $20 billion from the FCC could help even the landscape.
  Although the US is one of the most advanced digital nations in the world, the difference between the haves and have nots is quite staggering. If you were to compare the connectivity options for a millennial in San Diego to a farmer in rural Ohio, you wouldn’t assume it was the same country. Some might see it
  
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• BT promises to step up and hold its ground as rivals circle

  02-08-2019 09:17
  BT has come under pressure at both the infrastructure and consumer level
  
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• BT presents full-fibre strategy to Downing Street

  02-08-2019 09:17
  Telecoms group seeks ‘fair bet’ price deal to deliver superfast broadband nationwide
  
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• BT calls for action to deliver on PM’s broadband pledge

  02-08-2019 09:17
  Telecoms group seeks ‘fair bet’ price deal as it reports weak quarter in consumer market
  
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• Altice Europe/Patrick Drahi: last auction hero

  02-08-2019 06:00
  A potential end to France’s mobile price war will bring investment opportunities
  
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• Telekom Kenya set for huge layoffs ahead of Airtel Africa merger

  02-08-2019 02:00
  Telekom Kenya is set to make 575 of its 800 staff redundant, ahead of its proposed merger with Airtel Africa, according to reports in the press.“Telkom Kenya must terminate the employees that are currently deployed to serve in these functions…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telcos need to think more like hotels

  02-08-2019 02:00
  Network owners and operators in India’s cash strapped telecoms sector could learn a few things from the hospitality industry, including offering differentiated and bespoke services to their customers…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Regulators must resist the urge to cash in on 5G spectrum, or risk jeopardising India’s $1tr ‘golden decade’ of progress

  02-08-2019 02:00
  India’s telecoms regulators must resist the urge to make a fast buck from 5G when it puts spectrum up for auction later this year, or risk jeopardising the dawn of a ‘golden age’ of technological progress and prosperity in the world’s most populous democracy.At the ET Telecom 5G Congress in Delhi this week, a host of industry experts gathered to chart the course of India’s long road to 5G. Among the chief complaints from operators and vendors alike was that spectru
  
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• BT ready to play its part in delivering Gigabit Britain

  02-08-2019 02:00
  BT has said that it is ready to play a leading role in delivering a gigabit society in the UK, following the launch of its 5G mobile networks and a sharp rise in fibre uptake during the first quarter of the current financial year…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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