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24 Jun
Facebook posts could play a role in medical diagnostics
Newly published research shows language in Facebook posts, either applied alone or in conjunction with demographic data, is a highly accurate tool to predict certain health issues including diabetes and mental illness.
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24 Jun
Will a strong appetite for 5G in South Korea translate to other markets?
Mobile operators preparing to launch 5G services this year have expressed concerns that the value of the high-speed technology to consumers may not be clear or strong enough to justify the expense of its deployment.
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20 Jun
Telcos and blockchain are shaking up the remittance market
Across the Asia-Pacific remittances are big business.
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18 Jun
NVIDIA is poised to become an edge computing market leader
As 5G becomes a reality – following the launch of 5G mobile networks in the UK, the US and Spain – and as more companies innovate with the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) – an important supplementary technology that is receiving growing attention is edge computing.
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18 Jun
New spectrum auctions will promote 4G LTE network expansion in Colombia
With 60.8 million mobile subscriptions at the end of 2018, Colombia accounted for about 8.5% of total mobile subscriptions in Latin America.
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18 Jun
Early signs are promising but augmented reality still has some way to go
Providers of augmented reality (AR) solutions for businesses, such as PTC, are hoping the technology will take off in a big way – but is businesses taking the bait?
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17 Jun
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12 Jun
AT&T’s rumoured strategy shift reflects the evolution in streaming services
Rumours circulating about AT&T’s shifting plans for its WarnerMedia streaming service highlight the fact that growing competition and evolving market dynamics in over-the-top video services will force all competitors to be nimble.
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7 Jun
Apple turns heads with $12,000 Mac Pro, but for the wrong reasons
Apple is pushing prices up with its latest release of the Mac Pro desktop, putting it out of reach of core audiences.
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7 Jun
Why entering the blockchain space is so important for Salesforce
Salesforce, a cloud services provider, used last week’s annual developer conference to announce its entrance into the blockchain platforms space, a late entrant to the market from an infrastructure platforms perspective.
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7 Jun
Skype test case signals EU resolve on regulation question
It’s official – again: Across the EU zone, Skype is indeed a communications service provider, and should, therefore, be subject to the same level of regulation as other non-internet based telcos in the area of calling, messaging and other communications service provisions.
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6 Jun
As the US-China trade war heats up, cool heads are needed in the IT sector
Geopolitical events are causing significant consternation across the IT sector, but with some careful planning and burden sharing, weathering the storm may be possible for key industry players.
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5 Jun
As Switzerland and the UK launch 5G, will 5G be more expensive than 4G?
With both Swisscom and Sunrise Switzerland having already launched commercial mobile 5G services in April 2019 and BT UK having done the same at the end of May, the question on everyone’s minds is: will 5G be more expensive than 4G in Europe?
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4 Jun
Companies need to start from premise of ‘zero trust’ in order to improve cybersecurity
Telstra recently published its Telstra Security report 2019 aimed at helping businesses better understand and respond to cybersecurity threats.
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4 Jun
Ethical AI: Salesforce urges developers to adopt values including ‘trust, innovation and equality’
The rush to make AI a self-service endeavour, to make it available to a broad swath of business users, may carry unanticipated legal exposure for companies unprepared to protect AI from human bias.
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4 Jun
How telecoms companies are tackling limited revenue growth from their core business
Increasingly, telecommunications operators are facing pricing pressures resulting in limited revenue growth from fixed and mobile services.
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3 Jun
Reliance Jio’s patented AI technology helps shake up Indian wireless market
In the mega-competitive Indian wireless market, where operators are battling for subscribers amid plummeting data prices, a successful customer retention campaign launched by Indian mobile operator Reliance Jio is winning adherents.
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29 May
Broadband-based critical communications: The under-used technology which could save lives
For decades various land mobile radio systems have been the centrepiece of the critical communications world.
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24 May
Google’s Nest kerfuffle is a warning to smart home early adopters
Google has apparently capitulated regarding plans that threatened to disrupt many smart home routines set up by owners of Nest home automation and security products.
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23 May
Research reveals executives are in cyber attackers’ cross hairs
Enterprising cyber attackers driven by a money motive are setting their sights on objects that will deliver the highest returns.
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22 May
Mobile subs in the Americas will grow at 4.1% to 2023
Mobile subscriptions in the Americas will reach 1.5 billion by 2023 from 1.2 billion in 2018, growing at a 4.1% compound annual growth rate over the period.
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22 May
Elon Musk’s satellite internet plans raise more questions than answers
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to launch the first 60 satellites of its proposed Starlink satellite internet system into orbit this month, promising to shake up not only the world of satellite communications but also the market for business connectivity services.
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20 May
Huawei’s inclusion on US ‘entity list’ may drive China tech into Europe’s arms
The inclusion of Huawei – the world’s largest telecommunications equipment producer – on the US entity list will put a recently inked Qualcomm deal in peril and make Europe an attractive 5G proposition for the China tech company.
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20 May
Civil liberties trump tech advances in San Francisco’s facial recognition ban
The California metropolis’ Board of Supervisors recently voted in favour of a ban on the use of facial recognition technology by all government agencies operating in the city of San Francisco, including police and airport security.
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17 May
Tech bosses beware, employee poll finds CEOs are underperforming
A new survey reveals that many employees feel their CEOs are not meeting leadership expectations in the current hyper-sensitive corporate environment.
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14 May
Google’s Pixel offering looks to shake up mid-priced smartphone market
During its annual developer’s conference, Google I/O, Google unveiled its Pixel smartphones, which retail for about half of its premium Pixel 3 smartphones.
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14 May
Domestic bots are expanding their repertoire, but how much value do they bring?
With its ageing society and declining workforce, Japan is one country particularly keen to pursue the development of humanoid robotics to help it solve some of the demographic challenges it faces.
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13 May
How blockchain is being used to fight fake news
As investigative journalists and whistleblowers struggle to be heard in calling out the role social networks in propagating ‘fake news’, one start-up is trying to tackle the issue with new technology.
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10 May
Cybersecurity for C-level executives: Why hackers target those at the top
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting the top, seeking out C-level executives that have access to the most sensitive company information.
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9 May
Peru to see mobile data become the main revenue contributor in telecoms and pay-TV market by 2020
Total telecom and pay-TV services revenue in Peru will expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.6% between 2018 and 2023, mainly driven by the increasing demand for mobile data services, which will expand its contribution to total service revenue from an estimated 29% in 2018 to 35% in 2023, becoming the leading
