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BARCELONA (Reuters) – Telecom network gear makers are on a collision course with Silicon Valley computing giants as software and cloud computing have begun to change the way operators from AT&T to China Mobile run their networks. The shift, while in its early stages, involves relying on ever cheaper computer boxes and powerful software that […]
There is no need to tell you what happened at the BIG event this week in Barcelona. You would have been bombarded by bombastic bulletins broadcasting a billion budding businesses banking on big breakthroughs before their bubble bursts – and all based on mobility (I ran out of ‘B’ words). However, if you manage to […]
(Reuters) – Globally, an estimated 2.5 billion people don’t have a bank account, but many own a cellphone, fuelling a race to turn these phones into bank books for the ‘unbanked’ to store cash, manage their accounts, make purchases and send and receive money – part of so-called ‘financial inclusion’. In a report this week, […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s proposed anti-terrorism law will not affect the legitimate interests of technology firms, a top Chinese spokeswoman said Wednesday after U.S. President Barack Obama warned of its impact and demanded amendments. China’s proposals, which would require tech firms to provide encryption keys and install backdoors granting law enforcement access for counterterrorism investigations, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday sharply criticized China’s plans for new security rules on U.S. tech companies, urging Beijing to change the policy if it wants to do business with the United States and saying he had raised it with President Xi Jinping. In an interview with Reuters, Obama said he was concerned about […]
PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s big telecom firms are back to rude financial health after years of poor results and regulatory pressure, drawing crowds of new investors and protests from rivals who worry the formerly state-owned companies may rebuild their monopolies. Germany’s Deutsche Telekom and Spain’s Telefonica have predicted that revenues will grow this year, while […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday set new rules to regulate Internet providers more heavily. Following are some details about the concept of net neutrality and the FCC’s work to regulate Internet traffic: WHAT IS NET NEUTRALITY? Net neutrality is the principle that Internet providers should treat all traffic on their networks […]
In this episode of Digital Futures, Telefónica’s Shivvy Jervis takes a closer look at the venture capital arena, putting Silicon Valley Bank’s Bindi Karia and hot-shot founder Michael Rolph of YoYo in the hot seat. She asks if VCs look to crowdfunding as guide to potential future investments and if being an entrepreneur is really for everyone.
The futuristic vision of getting packages delivered to your door by drones has mostly been up in the air, but over Valentine’s weekend and the long President’s Day holiday the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) quietly put out a press release that finally clarifies its stance on what it calls unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). What the […]
Customer service is an emotional subject. As customers we all have our tales of woe. The BillingViews team is no exception, they are still humming the last ‘music on hold’ tune that they were forced to listen to for more than 30 minutes. And still grumbling about being transferred between three departments without getting a […]
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