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July 11, 2019

JMA Marks Development Milestone on its Path to the First 5G Millimeter Wave Solution Designed for In-Building Use

JMA announced completion of the final design phase of its 5G millimeter-wave product, specifically designed for in-building, enterprise and factory applications. This end to end platform, powered by the XRAN all software baseband and Phazr IOTA radio, was developed in cooperation between R&D centers located in Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy and Dallas, Texas.…

June 19, 2018

Research on 6G mobile about to start in Finnish university

A university in Finland has started research on 6G mobile networks – before 5G networks have even started commercial operation – and it is seeking PhD students The University of Oulu, close to the Arctic Circle, has started the programme, called 6Genesis, under a programme being led by the Academy of Finland. The whole programme…

April 12, 2017

French presidential candidate declares privacy war on tech giants

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has unleashed his latest campaign promise; to force internet companies to release encrypted messages to intelligence services. Privacy advocates around the world will be on the edge of their seats for the next couple of weeks as Macron’s scare-tactics bring data privacy into the equation. According to the BBC, should…

June 23, 2017

IGAW 2017, speeches of Fabrizio Rauso (Sogei) and Gian Gherardo Calini (GSA)

IGAW 2017 (International GNSS Advances Workshop) is dedicated to the evolution of satellite navigation technology and the new opportunities provided by the availability of multiple constellations (GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou). IGAW 2017 is organised and hosted by Sogei, a company always at the forefront of research and development activities in the delivery and use…

May 30, 2017

EU institutions agree on the WiFi4EU initiative

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached last night a political agreement on the WiFi4EU initiative and its funding which supports installing free public Wi-Fi hotspots in local communities across the EU: in public squares, piazzas, parks, hospitals and other public spaces. As stated by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, the WiFi4EU initiative will…

December 12, 2016

Telefonica Deutschland promotes COO Haas to CEO

Markus Haas, the current COO of Telefonica Deutschland, will take over as CEO of the group from 01 January 2017. Haas has been appointed as the successor of Thorsten Dirks, who recently announced plans to join Lufthansa as the head of Eurowings. Haas has held a number of leadership roles since joining Telefonica in…

Technology

June 19, 2019

Win-win prospects for big data China-Europe teamwork

By Chen Meiling in Guiyang China and Europe can find more business potential in big data to create mutual benefits, an industrial insider said. Despite the yearlong trade frictions between China and United States that have cast a shadow on the global economy, Europe can increase cooperation with China, especially in technological areas, where a…

September 9, 2016

ViaSat, Eutelsat in-flight Internet partnership wins European service contract with SAS

ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) and Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) continue to execute on their strategy to deliver high-quality satellite-based Internet connectivity to the commercial airline market in Europe with a new service contract for SAS, Scandinavia’s leading airline. SAS is equipping its short and medium-haul fleet to offer on-board WiFi speeds of at…

July 4, 2017

Internet of Humans – How we would like the internet of the future to be

Bruno Kessler Lecture by Roberto Viola, Director-General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology at the European Commission. “I am very honoured to be the 2017 Bruno Kessler lecturer and I am also humbled to be following previous talks held in former years by world famous international scholars like Jared Diamond, Marcus du Sautoy, and…

Content

July 31, 2019

Audiovisual piracy, interview with Stan McCoy, (MPA EMEA)

Interview with Stan McCoy, (President and Managing Director of the region encompassing Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) for the Motion Picture Association), during the presentation of the ‘Ipsos‘ data for ‘Fapav‘ on audiovisual piracy in Italy.

March 16, 2018

EU telecoms regulators examine whether app stores restrict internet access

The regulators are starting to examine whether “the gatekeeper role of app stores” like Google and Apple’s might conflict with the EU’s law guaranteeing net neutrality, Johannes Gungl, the head of the BEREC group, said at a meeting in Brussels. Europe’s net neutrality legislation came into effect in 2016 and prevents internet service providers from…

October 12, 2017

Making Europe digitally fit

This article is part of our special report ‘Working’ toward healthy eating. Time is at a premium and many people simply don’t have enough of it to shop, cook and eat healthily. How can new technologies induce change in the eating habits of workers? It can be hard to make the right food choices in…

July 31, 2019

Audiovisual piracy, interview with Stan McCoy, (MPA EMEA)

May 2, 2018

Netflix, Amazon Would Be Forced to Maintain 30% European Content Quotas Under Proposed EU Law

Streaming-video providers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video would be required to dedicate at least 30% of their on-demand catalogs to European content, under a proposed European Union law announced Thursday. Under the revised rules, internet-streaming services also will be required to fund TV series and films produced in Europe, either through direct commissions or…

October 22, 2018

CNIL publishes initial assessment on Blockchain and GDPR

Recently, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published its initial assessment of the compatibility of blockchain technology with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and proposed concrete solutions for organizations wishing to use blockchain technology when implementing data processing activities. What is a Blockchain? A blockchain is a database in which data is stored…

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