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• Verizon sues City of Rochester over 5G fees

  14-08-2019 17:22
  US telco Verizon has filed a lawsuit against the City of Rochester, suggesting a newly created telecommunications code violates federal law and the maximum fees telcos can be charged.
  Filed in the District Court for Western New York, Verizon’s lawyers will be attempting to argue that the implementation of the new telecommunications code by the city will prohibit the rollout of 5G technologies in the area. This is of course early days, though it could go some way in creating legal precedent
  
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• Ofcom fines BT for suspect accounting

  14-08-2019 16:17
  Ofcom has fined BT £3,727,330 for reporting inaccurate financials to the regulator, leading to the telco paying lower administration fees to the regulator for five years.
  One of the ways in which Ofcom funds its activities is to charge certain companies an annual administration fee. This fee is determined by the total revenues generated by the company. As BT reported inaccurate results between 2011 and 2015, it paid lower administration fees throughout this period.
  BT has not contested the
  
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• Ofcom bills BT for amateur accounting

  14-08-2019 16:17
  Ofcom has hit BT with a £3,727,330 bill for reporting inaccurate financials to the regulator, leading to the telco paying lower administration fees for five years.
  One of the ways in which Ofcom funds its activities is to charge certain companies an annual administration fee. This fee is determined by the total revenues generated by the company. As BT reported inaccurate results between 2011 and 2015, it paid lower administration fees throughout this period.
  BT has not contested
  
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• Tickets Alert: Peppa Pig and Blade Runner in a vintage cinema

  14-08-2019 16:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Yes, it’s that famous film or TV series, but what makes this screening notable is the location. Will you take a look at that.This is the old theatre at Alexandra Palace, which has recently undergone a refurbishment following decades of being closed off and unused. They’ve kept the rough feel to the theatre, which is also now used for occasional film screenings.
  As part of a one-day Ally Pally festival, there will be screenings of Peppa Pig during the day – and in the evening, B
  
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• UK Gov launches Round Three of cyber security skills initiative

  14-08-2019 15:46
  The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched a new campaign to attract a broader array of talent into the work of cyber security.
  This is the third-round of funding for the Cyber Skills Immediate Impact Fund (CSIIF), with training providers able to access up-to £100,000 of government funding to work with employers and design training programmes which retrain a diverse range of individuals for a career in cyber security.
  “This latest round of funding demonst
  
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• Testing a solar powered railway

  14-08-2019 13:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Just outside London, a test is underway to see if it’s possible to power commuter trains by solar power.
  At a certain level, the railways are already using renewable supplies such as solar power, only they do so indirectly through supplies bought from the National Grid. Plugging solar panels into the railway may sound like an obvious and simple thing to do — which is exactly why it’s none of those at all.
  There are some substantial advantages though, but only if they can overco
  
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• Mobileum Inc. Acquires WeDo Technologies

  14-08-2019 12:51
  Two strong players in Roaming, Revenue Assurance, and Fraud Management come together to further strengthen their ability to provide cutting edge technology and solutions to the telecommunications industry.CUPERTINO, CA – 14th August, 2019 – Mobileum Inc. (“Mobileum”), a leading global provider of analytics-based roaming and risk management solutions, today announced the acquisition of WeDo Technologies, (“WeDo”). This is the second acquisition Mobileum has com
  
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• FTC warns of break-up of big tech

  14-08-2019 12:44
  The technology industry has often been a political punching bag over the last 18-24 months, and now the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is adding to the misery.
  In an interview with Bloomberg, FTC Chairman Joe Simons has suggested his agency would be prepared to break-up big tech, undoing previous acquisitions, should it prove to be the best means to prevent anti-competitive activities. This would be a monumental task, though it seems the tides of favour have turned against Silicon Valley.
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• Trump backs off tech tariffs as threat to consumer wallet gets real

  14-08-2019 11:25
  There is seemingly only one thing which is more important to President Donald Trump than winning the trade-war, and that’s getting re-elected to the White House for a second term.
  The latest message from the White House is a simple one; technology companies will largely avoid the threatened tariffs because it might punish the consumer financially. The fourth quarter is fast approaching, a period which is usually very profitable for the consumer technology giants due to Christmas purchases,
  
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• Amazon has managed to bottle fear, but recognition debate remains

  14-08-2019 10:21
  While facial recognition technologies are becoming increasingly controversial, it is always worth paying homage to innovation in this field and the real-world applications, when deployed responsibly.
  We suspect people aren’t necessarily objecting to the concept of facial recognition technologies, but more to the application and lack of public consultation. You only have to look at some of world’s less appetizing governments to see the negative implications to privacy and human rights
  
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• Pay a visit to Tiptree’s Jam Museum

  14-08-2019 08:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A small village in Essex that you probably didn’t know existed, yet with an instantly memorable name is also home to a museum – of the making of jam.The village is Tiptree, and since 1885, Wilkin and Sons have been making their world-famous jams here. Quite literally world-famous, as their first batch, under the brand name of The Britannia Fruit Preserving Company was sold in its entirety, for shipping to Australia.
  Today, Tiptree jams are a curiously old fashioned looking product on
  
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• ZTE and Drei explore 5G tourist use cases in Austria

  14-08-2019 02:00
  CK Hutchison's mobile network operator in Austria, Drei (Three), has joined forces with Chinese network equipment provider, ZTE. Top showcase a range of tourism based 5G use cases in the Austrian state of Carinthia.
  "While others are still talking about "5G ready&quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Verizon makes a stand on 5G in New York

  14-08-2019 02:00
  Verizon is to sue the City of Rochester in upstate New York, over the fees charged for deploying 5G network architecture. Verizon claims that the fees charged by the City of Rochester are higher than those permitted by federal law.The US' telecoms regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• New UK MVNO to boost services for Britain's hard of hearing

  14-08-2019 02:00
  A new mobile virtual network operator has launched in the UK, aimed at providing enhanced services to Britain's hard of hearing community.Audacious will offer enhanced services for the 10 million people in the UK who suffer with moderate to severe hearing loss, focussing on 4G data, text and enhanced voice services…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Facebook admits to paying contractors to listen to users' conversations

  14-08-2019 02:00
  Facebook has admitted to paying hundreds of independent contractors to transcribe portions of its users' conversations over its Facebook Messenger app. A number of contractors told reporters from Bloomberg that they had been employed by Facebook to transpose the calls which often contained &quot…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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