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Month: April 2018

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Telecom vendors may have to wait until 2020 for 5G to bring growth back

April 30, 2018 John C. Tanner 0

The telecoms infrastructure market is still in decline, and vendors banking on 5G to kickstart the market and get revenues back on track are going to have to wait a couple more years before that Read more…

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T-Mobile and Sprint merge just in time to defeat China at 5G, supposedly

April 30, 2018 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – T-Mobile US and Sprint said on Sunday they had agreed to a $26 billion all-stock deal and believed they could win over skeptical regulators because the merger would create thousands of jobs and Read more…

News

Work begins on new VVC standard to do what HEVC video can’t

April 30, 2018 News Centre 0

The Joint Video Experts Team – a collaborative team formed by the ITU-T Study Group 16 Video Coding Experts Group and ISO/IEC JTC1 SC29/WG11 (Moving Picture Experts Group, MPEG) – has launched a project to Read more…

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Tech companies need to be less evil, says Alphabet’s Sergey Brin

April 30, 2018 News Centre 0

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet president Sergey Brin said on Friday that technology companies must take greater responsibility for the social impact of their work, his first comments following a year of heightened global awareness Read more…

bitcoin
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Bitcoin may finally be boring as relative stability sets in

April 30, 2018 News Centre 0

LONDON/NEW YORK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – After bouncing up, falling down and keeping investors on the edges of their seats, Bitcoin may be maturing into a period of relatively boring stability, experts say. A worldwide wave of Read more…

Off the Wire

KDDI to co-develop VR/AR smartglasses and content for 5G

April 30, 2018 News Centre 0

KDDI has formed a strategic partnership with Osterhout Design Group (ODG) to jointly plan and develop smartglasses using VR/AR technology for 5G apps. In anticipation of the changes that will be brought on by widespread Read more…

Dialog Axiata eSIM
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Dialog Axiata launches eSIM profile for wearables and other IoT devices

April 30, 2018 News Centre 0

Dialog Axiata has announced the commercial deployment of embedded SIM (eSIM) technology, along with the launch of the eSIM-compatible Huawei Watch 2 smart watch in Sri Lanka. The pre-installed eSIM in wearables gives customers the Read more…

DNA
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Friday Futures: DNA storage, dark chocolate and the digital afterlife

April 27, 2018 Alex Leslie 0

Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: DNA can store music albums (and actually lots of other stuff); a new type of Read more…

nokia 5G
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Nokia is still banking on 5G to reverse plunging network profits

April 27, 2018 News Centre 0

HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) – Nokia posted a big drop in profits at its mainstay network equipment business as operators, particularly in North America held off spending, but it sees momentum building later in 2018 as the Read more…

cloud numbers
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Cloud numbers enable privacy in the sharing economy

April 27, 2018 News Centre 0

Sharing economy apps make use of mobile voice calls, but users don’t like sharing their private number with strangers. Solution: telcos can provide disposable cloud numbers for such apps. The seamless transition between digital apps Read more…

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Wall Street swoons as Facebook still makes tons of money

April 27, 2018 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – A month of darkening sentiment around Facebook among analysts was washed away in an instant when the social media giant’s earnings report blew through even the most optimistic earnings estimates. The response was Read more…

C-V2X 5GAA
Off the Wire

5GAA, Audi, Ford and Qualcomm demo live C-V2X interoperabllity

April 27, 2018 News Centre 0

The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), Audi, Ford and Qualcomm Technologies have announced what they claim is the world’s first demonstration for Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) direct communications technology interoperating across vehicles from different manufacturers. C-V2X is Read more…

News

IBM and jewelry firms set up blockchain to track gold and diamonds

April 27, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold and diamond companies including Berkshire Hathaway’s Richline Group joined with IBM to develop blockchain technology to track the origin of jewelry and ensure it is ethically sourced, the companies said Read more…

cloud analytics
Off the Wire

Indosat Ooredoo deploys Cloudera analytics platform

April 27, 2018 News Centre 0

Cloudera has announced that Indosat Ooredoo has adopted Cloudera Enterprise to enable real-time insights across over 200TB of data and to harness more than 10TB of data collected daily into a centralized hub. Cloudera says Read more…

global network
Off the Wire

Most network providers intend to go full auto in five years: survey

April 27, 2018 News Centre 0

Network automation investments are expected to grow by approximately 30% between now and 2021, with 75% of network providers expecting to achieve full or significant network automation in the next five years. That’s according to Read more…

5G satellite
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5G is satellite’s best (and last) chance to join the mobile ecosystem

April 26, 2018 John C. Tanner 0

Satellite players have always looked for ways to stay relevant in the mobile era. But aside from expensive satellite handsets and rural cellular backhaul, it’s been tough going. And you’d be forgiven for thinking that Read more…

huawei
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And now the DOJ is investigating Huawei for sanctions violations

April 26, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – US prosecutors in New York have been investigating whether Chinese tech company Huawei violated US sanctions in relation to Iran, according to sources familiar with the situation. Since at least 2016, US authorities Read more…

Views

Open APIs are at the heart of BSS evolution to the digital world

April 26, 2018 Guest Writer 0

Open APIs are at the heart of the move from legacy BSS to open and agile digital business platforms. The TM Forum’s main conference is almost upon us. After MWC, this is the main telecoms Read more…

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Chinese police shut down power-hungry Bitcoin mining farm

April 26, 2018 News Centre 0

BEIJING (Reuters) – Police in the north China city of Tianjin confiscated 600 computers used to mine Bitcoin cryptocurrency after the local power grid operator reported abnormal electricity usage, Xinhua reported Wednesday. “Eight high-power fans Read more…

AI business value
Off the Wire

AI business value to hit $1.2 trillion this year – here’s what that means

April 26, 2018 News Centre 0

Artificial intelligence (AI) is going to be such a disruptive technology over the next decade that global business value derived via AI is projected to total $1.2 trillion in 2018 – an increase of 70% Read more…

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