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Month: April 2017

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What you need to know about the EU’s GDPR privacy law, even if you don’t live there

April 28, 2017 Don Sambandaraksa 0

The European Union’s new privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), will come into force in a year’s time on May 25, 2018. This is more than just a privacy law for Europe – Read more…

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FCC releases official draft plan to scrap net neutrality and enable fast lanes

April 28, 2017 News Centre 0

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday released a 58-page draft plan to reverse the landmark 2015 “net neutrality” order and disclosed the agency may withdraw “bright line” rules barring Read more…

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Nokia results indicate network equipment sector is entering recovery mode

April 28, 2017 News Centre 0

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Telecom networks equipment maker Nokia reported a slowing rate of sales decline on Thursday, saying the global networks market was showing signs of recovery, particularly in North America and India. Nokia outpaced Read more…

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Moving UC to the cloud? Better rethink your security strategy

April 28, 2017 Guest Writer 0

Chief security officers have a lot on their plate these days, from a daily influx of zero-day vulnerabilities to increasingly sophisticated denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. It’s a good bet that securing their unified communications (UC) application Read more…

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Rumor: Apple seeks partners to launch money-transfer service

April 28, 2017 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – Apple has held talks with payments industry partners about launching a money-transfer service, technology news website Recode reported on Thursday. The service will allow iPhone owners to transfer money digitally to other iPhone Read more…

Off the Wire

Eight out of ten companies in APAC are behind the digital transformation curve: OgilvRED

April 28, 2017 News Centre 1

The evolving consumer landscape calls for digital transformation as companies rethink their marketing strategies, but 80% of companies in Asia-Pacific are behind that digital curve, according to a new survey from OgilvRED Asia Pacific, the Read more…

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Facebook agrees to comply with Vietnam’s censorship laws: govt

April 28, 2017 News Centre 0

HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s government said Facebook has committed to work with it to prevent content that violates the country’s laws from appearing on its platform. In February, communist Vietnam complained about “toxic” anti-government and Read more…

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China, Japan, and South Korea are leading Asia in smart city deployments: ABI

April 28, 2017 News Centre 0

Governments in China, Japan, and South Korea are leading the Asia-Pacific region in the deployment of citizen-centric, smart city initiatives, according to the latest smart city market report from ABI Research. The smart city programs Read more…

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ETSI upgrades Open Source MANO stack for NFV with Release Two

April 28, 2017 News Centre 0

The ETSI Open Source MANO group (ETSI OSM) – which is tasked with developing an Open Source NFV MANO software stack aligned with ETSI NFV – has announced OSM Release Two, which it says delivers significant Read more…

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Netflix unveils localized user interface for customers in Thailand

April 28, 2017 News Centre 0

Netflix announced it has developed a fully localized user interface for its service in Thailand, complete with Thai subtitles and dubbing for thousands of hours of TV shows and films, including Netflix original programming. This follows Read more…

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Robo advisors are becoming the hot new item in China’s finance sector

April 27, 2017 News Centre 0

HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s wealth management industry is preparing for a boom in automated investment advice and trading programs, or robo advisors, as brokerages, banks and insurers look for a cheaper way to increase Read more…

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Nbn and partners demo 1 Gbps on fixed wireless TDD LTE

April 27, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

Potentially good news for people in Regional Australia starved for decent broadband connectivity: nbn, Ericsson, NetComm Wireless and Qualcomm have completed a series of live TDD LTE fixed wireless trials in Ballarat that successfully demonstrated Read more…

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IFPI admits streaming services are now the prime growth engine for the music biz

April 27, 2017 News Centre 0

LONDON (Reuters) – Massive growth in online streaming of artists such as Drake and David Bowie saw music industry revenues grow in 2016 at their fastest rate since records began, the International Federation of the Read more…

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IMS is finally reaching its potential as a true innovation platform

April 27, 2017 Alex Leslie 0

IMS has been a “thing” for 15 years or so. Now it appears to have finally come of age and gone mainstream, and Jan Rijk Vonk, director of innovation strategy at KPN and a scheduled Read more…

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Uber still bullish on deploying flying taxis in Dallas and Dubai by 2020

April 27, 2017 News Centre 0

REUTERS – After upending the taxi market with its ride-hailing service, Uber Technologies is now aiming for the skies with its flying taxis. The company expects to deploy its flying taxis in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, Read more…

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Proposed Media Freedom law threatens unlicensed Thai journalists with jail time

April 27, 2017 Don Sambandaraksa 0

In the latest in its crackdown on freedom of speech online, Thailand’s upcoming Media Freedom law proposes to impose a licensing regime for reporters working for print, broadcast and online news organizations. Under the law, Read more…

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Wikipedia’s Wales to fight “fake news” with crowdfunded news site

April 27, 2017 News Centre 0

LONDON (Reuters) – The founder of online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has announced plans for a crowd-funded news website offering stories by journalists and volunteers working together, an initiative he hopes will counter the spread of fake Read more…

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Off the Wire

PLDT upgrades OTT streaming service with Roku box

April 27, 2017 News Centre 0

PLDT and Roku have announced the next generation of the incumbent telco’s TVolution streaming box that promises more content that’s easy to access. The new TVolution streaming box – revealed by PLDT and Roku at the Read more…

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Cybersecurity spending growth is being outpaced by the growing costs of data breaches

April 27, 2017 News Centre 0

Spending on cybersecurity is increasing, but it’s not keeping pace with threats posed by data breaches, according to a new report by Juniper Research. The new report forecasts that global cybersecurity spend will reach nearly $135 Read more…

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Off the Wire

Global Cloud Xchange signs interconnection agreement with Alibaba Cloud

April 27, 2017 News Centre 0

Global Cloud Xchange (GCX), a subsidiary of Reliance Communications, has entered into an agreement with Alibaba Cloud to provide direct access to Alibaba Cloud Express Connect via GCX’s Cloud X Fusion in Singapore, offering enterprise Read more…

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