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Month: November 2016

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Tech companies indirectly connected to blacklisted Myanmar tin mine

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

YANGON (Reuters) – More than 500 companies list among their suppliers Chinese-controlled firms that indirectly buy tin ore from a mine operated by an ethnic armed group in Myanmar, a Reuters examination of the supply Read more…

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Akamai’s verdict on Mirai: People, it’s bad (and it’s gonna get worse)

November 30, 2016 Guest Writer 0

The open-source Mirai malware that shocked the technology sector a few weeks ago has been studied by Akamai in its latest State of the Internet report. It’s bad news for the world, as Akamai suggests Read more…

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Amazon Echo: more proof that social media addiction is stupid and dangerous

November 30, 2016 Tony Poulos 0

Okay, I’ll admit it – social media has me baffled. Try as I might to understand its incredible popularity and all the benefits it supposedly brings, I still don’t quite get why it’s so popular. Please Read more…

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Global Mirai campaign behind Deutsche Telekom cyber attack

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A cyber attack that infected nearly 1 million routers used to access Deutsche Telekom  internet service was part of a campaign targeting web-connected devices around the globe, the German government and security Read more…

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Cyber attacks on HK/mainland China firms up 969% since 2014: PwC

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Cyber attacks on Chinese companies have soared in the past two years, according to a survey, with new technologies that connect household items to the internet and allow them to receive Read more…

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Samsung says split-up is on the table but won’t commit just yet

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – Tech giant Samsung Electronics, under pressure from shareholders to improve investor returns, said on Tuesday it will consider creating a holding company in what would be the biggest shake-up in its 47-year Read more…

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PCCW’s Viu launches in the Philippines as regional subs top four million

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

PCCW Media has launched its OTT video service Viu in the Philippines as part of its regional expansion, just as Viu announced that it has racked up four million unique users just one year after Read more…

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Ant Financial chair apologizes after Alipay enables naughty dating service

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

BEIJING (Reuters) – The head of Ant Financial Services Group, the payment affiliate of Alibaba, apologized on Tuesday following backlash from Chinese netizens over a social feature in the company’s payment app that critics say Read more…

Mobile Connect
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Singtel, M1 and StarHub adopt GSMA’s Mobile Connect

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

Singapore’s three main cellcos – Singtel, M1 and StarHub – have announced joint support for the GSMA’s Mobile Connect authentication standard, which they say will enable consumers to enjoy fast, simple and secure access to Read more…

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Bangladesh Bank wants cyberheist money back – RCBC says “Not our problem”

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine lender RCBC and a Bangladeshi minister traded blame on Tuesday over liability for tens of millions of dollars that were looted from a New York bank and then went missing in Read more…

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Voice/facial recognition will be installed on 600 million devices by 2021

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

Biometric authentication is ready to move beyond fingerprints and use a range of identifiers, from facial recognition to voiceprints, says a new study from Juniper Research. The new research study, Mobile Biometrics: Consumer Markets, Opportunities Read more…

Globe and PLDT agree to cut voice interconnect rates 38%
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Globe and PLDT agree to cut voice interconnect rates 38%

November 30, 2016 News Centre 0

Philippines telco rivals Globe Telecom and PLDT have signed a memorandum of understanding to reduce the interconnection rate for voice calls between the two operators, which in turn will translate to lower prices for domestic Read more…

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India’s digital payments players struggle to capitalize on demonetization

November 29, 2016 News Centre 0

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Digital payments providers in India have mobilized hundreds of extra workers to enroll small merchants and offered their services for free, betting that severe cash shortages will prove to be the Read more…

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Hong Kong’s CA blasted for raising 900/1800-MHz spectrum prices

November 29, 2016 John C. Tanner 0

Hong Kong telecoms regulator OFCA is under fire again for overpricing spectrum as 900/1800 MHz licenses come up for renewal, with industry players, consultants and the local Chamber of Commerce slamming a proposal to raise Read more…

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Australian banks can’t collectively bargain with Apple Pay: ACCC

November 29, 2016 News Centre 0

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Three of Australia’s four biggest banks will be barred from collectively bargaining with Apple over its Apple Pay mobile digital payments system, under a draft decision released by the antitrust regulator on Read more…

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Botched botnet attack cripples Deutsche Telekom internet services

November 29, 2016 News Centre 0

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of Deutsche Telekom customers in Germany were hit on Sunday by network outages and a company executive blamed the disruptions on a failed hacking attempt to hijack consumer router Read more…

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Indian IT firms launch US hiring blitz ahead of Trump’s expected visa crackdown

November 29, 2016 News Centre 0

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Anticipating a more protectionist US technology visa program under a Donald Trump administration, Indian companies in the country’s $150 billion IT services sector will speed up acquisitions in the United States and Read more…

Views

Telcos plagued with privacy double standard on customer data

November 29, 2016 Alex Leslie 0

Privacy is becoming one of the most important issues of our time. So far, companies like Facebook and Google have got away with using customer data – or rather, user data – to make money Read more…

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Off the Wire

Bharti Airtel delivers FDD/TDD LTE-Advanced to nine cities in Tamil Nadu

November 29, 2016 News Centre 0

Bharti Airtel announced that it has deployed LTE-Advanced technology with carrier aggregation for both FDD and TDD bands in nine major cities across Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Madurai, Hosur, Vellore, Pondy, Trichy, Coimbatore, Salem and Tiruppur. Read more…

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Nokia wisely banks on software to offset hardware decline

November 29, 2016 Caroline Gabriel 0

Nokia has been the most advanced of the major OEMs in embracing software-driven networks – even before SDN entered carriers’ daily conversations, it had Liquid Net and Liquid Apps, and back in 2011, it was Read more…

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