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• Tickets Alert: The Third Man 70th anniversary screening

  06-08-2019 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  On the 70th anniversary of the very day that The Third Man was released in cinemas, there will be a very special screening in central London.
  The Third Man is one of those rare things that genuinely deserves the accolade “iconic” applied to it. The famous music, the dramatic cinematography and the chase sequence, with a rather petulant Orson Welles during the filming, and the plot set in a cynical post war Vienna.
  And the cuckoo clock.In 1999, the British Film Institute voted The Thi
  
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• Apple credit card is up-and-running

  06-08-2019 18:17
  As promised by CEO Tim Cook during the last earnings call, the Apple Card is set to debut this month, with the team already taking applications from consumers.
  To start with, randomly selected Apple customers who signed up months ago have gotten access, though the team is now building a list of iLifers who would like to receive the card upon full-launch. To start with, the credit card will only be available to US citizens, though we can’t imagine it will be too long before the ambitious Ap
  
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• AT&T employee corruption case revealed

  06-08-2019 17:56
  For several years AT&T employees were bribed to unlock subsidised smartphones so they could then be resold.
  The corruption lasted for at least five years from 2012 and has only come to light thanks to court documents being recently unsealed. ZDNet was the first on the scene and it reports that a couple of baddies called Muhammad Fahd and Ghulam Jiwani were charged by the US DoJ with shelling out more that a million bucks in bribes to AT&T employees in order to get them to unlock phones i
  
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• The calm before the storm – semiconductor sales plummet in Q2

  06-08-2019 16:34
  Data from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) show semiconductor sales are hitting depressing levels, though history suggests this might be the fast before the feast.
  The SIA statistics suggest worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $98.2 billion during the second quarter of 2019, a minor increase on Q1 (0.3%), but a massive 16.8% crash on the same period of 2018. Cumulatively, year-to-date shipments during the first half of 2019 were 14.5% lower than through to the same point in 201
  
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• Tickets Alert: Guided Tours of Lambeth Palace Library

  06-08-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Next month, there’s a rare chance to see see behind the scenes at Lambeth Palace Library.This tour, lasting approximately 90 minutes, will include a visit to the conservation studio and talks from Library staff about the history of the Library and its collections, as well as the work that goes on in the Library today. I went on the tour last year, which was thought to be the last time they would happen in some of the spaces, as they’re building a new library at the moment.The tour, i
  
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• BT sells fleet management business and diversification opportunity

  06-08-2019 13:47
  Just as almost every telco is searching for new ways to diversify and target non-core revenues, BT has decided to sell its Fleet Solutions business unit.
  Financial details of the transaction have not been unveiled, but asset management group Aurelius have purchased the fleet management services business from BT. The telco has suggested the transaction will enable the team to focus investments and attention on more core activities. However, this divestment seems to fly in the face of trends, with
  
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• ZTE claims first 5G smartphone in China

  06-08-2019 13:46
  ZTE seems to have beaten its many Chinese smartphone competitors to the first domestic 5G commercial launch.
  The announcement was only made in Chinese, but that was no problem for us as we’re able to call upon the translation services of Telecoms.com Intelligence Manager Wei Shi. It looks like ZTE has simply whacked a 5G modem into its Axon 10 flagship smartphone – specifically the Qualcomm Snapdragon X50M – which makes you wonder why the likes of Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo haven&
  
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• What’s Next for 5G? (and What is 6G?)

  06-08-2019 13:46
  Welcome to the latest Telecoms.com Intelligence Monthly Briefing, which focuses on what’s next for 5G, including 6G.
  This is the first of a regular series of telecoms deep-dives from the Telecoms.com Intelligence team, which will bring you up to speed on the key topics and issues affecting the industry. While 5G is still in its infancy as a commercial proposition, many are already looking further ahead and wondering what’s next.
  Through discussions with industry experts and academics
  
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• A lunar exhibition of moon rocks and art in Greenwich

  06-08-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  On this anniversary year of the moon landings, one of the many exhibitions that are opening is in London, and looks not just at the moon landing, but at the moon entire.
  The moon is rather an odd thing when you think about it – far enough away to be mysterious, yet close enough to see. Sufficiently nebulous to fill religious texts and yet real enough to affect tides.
  It is something that has direct daily impacts on our lives — even in modern times ships rely on the tides to move arou
  
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• Would you pay $500 a year to use your apps?

  06-08-2019 12:57
  With Silicon Valley facing a barrage of fire and fury over data practices, some might question whether it would be more beneficial to ban hyper-targeted advertising models and move back to a fee-based economy.
  One of the most notable and disruption trends driven by the rapid growth and adoption of the internet is data-driven insights and the hyper-targeted advertising business model. The idea of how to make money was revolutionised, with companies like Facebook and Google offering ‘free&rs
  
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• Vivendi hopes to raise €3 billion by flogging 10% of Universal Music to Tencent

  06-08-2019 12:28
  French media giant Vivendi seems to be a bit short of cash, so it’s thinking of selling 10% of Universal Music to Tencent for three billion euros.
  Vivendi primarily concerns itself with the TV and music businesses, having flogger SFR to Altice a few years ago, but that hasn’t stopped it trying to run Telecom Italia despite being a minority shareholder. It has historically been frantically active in terms of M&A and rarely seems to hold on to an acquisition before looking to sell
  
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• ProLabs unveils Active Solutions portfolio to advance fibre infrastructure ahead of 5G rollout

  06-08-2019 10:44
  Cirencester, UK, 06 August 2019 – ProLabs, a global leader in optical networking and connectivity solutions, today announces the EON-OMP-2 optical platform. Prolabs’ EON-OMP-2 platform offers a full portfolio of Active Solutions for the telecommunications industry. These solutions enable operators to maximise their fibre optics infrastructure, thereby increasing efficiency, and enhancing existing network capabilities. ProLabs’ innovative portfolio of OEM-compatible solutions al
  
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• UK Managed Services & Hosting Summit North 2019 announced

  06-08-2019 10:20
  Leading Vendors, Solution and Service Providers to meet in Manchester in October 2019[London, 6 August 2019] IT Europa and Angel Business Communications announced today that they will jointly be staging the Managed Services & Hosting Summit North on 30 October 2019. The event will bring leading hardware and software vendors, hosting providers, telecommunications companies, mobile operators and web services providers involved in managed services and hosting together with Managed Service Provi
  
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• Telcos aren’t the only ones to blame for poor mobile experience

  06-08-2019 08:01
  We’ve all experienced this frustration. Maybe its ordering an Uber, downloading a document or doing online banking, only for poor performance to be the buzzkill. But what if the telcos aren’t to blame?
  When you are down the pub and jealously looking over at the streaming power your mate’s device can conjure, the first question is always the same; who is your contract provider? This usually leads to a moan about one telco being terrible, but they are cheaper, so it’s not t
  
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• New photos show the current state of Crossrail stations

  06-08-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Although the opening of the line has been delayed to whenever, and the costs are uncertain, works are still going on inside the Crossrail stations.
  A series of new photos released by Crossrail show off the current state of the stations still waiting for their first paying passengers.
  Woolwich Station
  Whitechapel StationTottenham Court Road Station
  Paddington Station
  Liverpool Street Station
  Bond Street Station
  
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• Vivendi working on €3bn Universal Music deal with Tencent

  06-08-2019 02:00
  Vivendi is in talks that could see Chinese conglomerate Tencent acquire a 10% stake in Universal Music Group for €3 billion.The French media and telecoms company said it is holding preliminary talks with Tencent about a strategic investment in Universal Music…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Telia seeks new CEO as Dennelind quits

  06-08-2019 02:00
  Johan Dennelind has tendered his resignation as chief executive of Telia Company, but will remain in the post until the telco appoints a replacement, which will be sometime in 2020.The executive, who has held the top job at Telia since September 2013…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Rostelecom buys Vladivostok TV, Internet provider

  06-08-2019 02:00
  Russia's Rostelecom has announced the acquisition of Alliance Telecom, an outfit that provides Internet and TV services in the far south east of the country.The companies did not disclose the value of the deal…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Open Fiber owners at loggerheads on value, threatening TIM deal

  06-08-2019 02:00
  Open Fiber's owners cannot agree on the level at which the company should be valued, at best slowing progress on a deal with TIM and at worst putting such a deal under threat altogether, it emerged this week…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• BT starts asset sales with Fleet Solutions deal

  06-08-2019 02:00
  BT has agreed to sell its fleet management business to investment group and turnaround expert AURELIUS Equity Opportunities for an undisclosed sum.The deal is due to close in the second half of the year and AURELIUS will rebrand BT Fleet Solutions within the next 12 months…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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