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• A stained glass phone box has appeared on Embankment

  11-10-2019 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  On the Embankment near Blackfriars is a normal looking phone box with a most delightful stained glass addition.It appeared sometime earlier this year, and no one really seems to know who put it there or why — other than to cause moments of technicolour delights to people who notice.
  One lady stopped as I was taking photos and commented that she assumed I was a random tourist and then spotted the additional delight to be found. She cycles past every day and hadn’t noticed it before.In
  
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• The tensions within globalisation grow ever more strained

  11-10-2019 16:53
  The latest wave of controversies surrounding US companies attempting to accommodate Chinese political and cultural sensibilities reveals how precarious the globalised economy is.
  Yesterday we reported on the contortions Apple has subjected itself to as it tries to balance western free market principles with the apparent needs of the Chinese state. This perceived kowtowing generated considerable backlash, such that Apple CEO Tim Cook felt compelled to explain the corporate position to his employe
  
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• BT Mobile joins the 5G fray

  11-10-2019 13:23
  BT has become the latest mobile player to enter the race for 5G subscriptions, though it does beg the question how economically attractive it is to own two rival services.
  Launching in 20 cities and towns around the country, BT Plus and BT Business customers will be the first to be offered upgrades to the service. Convergence is a key pillar of the BT turnaround strategy, and the introduction of 5G to the BT brand does build in more relevance moving forward.
  “Our 5G service provides custom
  
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• Openreach explains why FTTP is such a great idea

  11-10-2019 12:48
  A new report commissioned by fixed line infrastructure provider Openreach has concluded the UK would be £59 billion better off with full FTTP.
  The report is called ‘Full fibre broadband: A platform for growth’ and was compiled by the Centre for Economics and Business Research, which likes to think it’s good at this sort of thing. The headline conclusion is that if we achieve ubiquitous fibre to the premises by 2025, UK productivity would increase by almost £59 billi
  
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• California proposes strictest privacy rules in the US

  11-10-2019 12:46
  California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has unveiled new privacy proposals which have the potential to rival the impact of Europe’s GDPR on the digital economy.
  When Europe announced its General Data Protection Regulation the digital economy was thrown into chaos. Businesses around the world had to audit monstrous amounts of data, as well as reconfigure business models, data collection procedures and relationships to ensure compliance. The rules being proposed here are slightly differen
  
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• ZTE and China Telecom help Bluetron adopt China’s first end-to-end 5G slicing and intelligent manufacturing solution

  11-10-2019 11:40
  11 October 2019, Shenzhen, China: ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for Mobile Internet, together with the Zhejiang Branch of China Telecom, assisted Bluetron in commissioning China's first 5G SA (Standalone) site, which put 5G slicing, edge computing and smart manufacturing into trial to help Bluetron build a new 5G smart factory.To meet data requirements of industrial production, the Zhejian
  
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• Three: Fibre access levels in the UK are still far from good enough

  11-10-2019 02:00
  5G Launch Three launched 5G in August and is looking to scale up its initial launch to 25 towns and cities across the UK by the end of the year. How is that going?
  Our 5G rollout continues to gather momentum following a successful launch in London this summer with a home broadband service using our 100MHz of contiguous 5G spectrum. We have demonstrated that we are a serious player in 5G and are building a true 5G network.We are aiming to launch in 25 cities by the end of the year. Our focu
  
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• Openreach: FTTH is a £60bn opportunity for the UK

  11-10-2019 02:00
  Connecting every property in the UK to fibre to the home services by 2025 could boost UK productivity by around £60 billion, according to Openreach.
  A report commissioned by Openreach and compiled by the Centre for Economic and Business Research suggested that UK productivity would improve by approximately &pound…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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• Jio's decision to start charging for off-network calls offers hope to India's other operators

  11-10-2019 02:00
  Reliance Jio has announced that it will levy an additional charge on its customers for calls made to subscribers on rival networks, in an attempt to claw back the Interconnect Usage Charge (IUC).
  Jio had previously offered free voice calls but will now charge INR 0…read more on TotalTele.com »
  
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