Today the revealed the results of its new study aimed at quantifying the potential cost savings, which could be made by building converged 5G-fibre networks. In other words, can some savings be made if an operator anticipates and builds a FTT-5G network while planning and rolling-out a FTTH network? “5G has become a buzz word…
Broadband
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…
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…
Boosting growth and competiveness through digitalisation: the model and the role of the wholesale only fiber company
ChinaEU at the Digital Regulation Forum 2017
Digital Regulation Forum: 28-29 March at Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill
One day ahead of Davos: President Xi Jinping and the Global Governance
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…
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…
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
Blockchain is the missing link to transform electric power industry
The highly regulated electric power industry is in need of enablers to move away from traditional business models with complex operating structures. Blockchain technology is one such to create a paradigm shift in the industry towards a more decentralized and transactional environment, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The key challenges that the…
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…
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…
Amazon sells off parts of its cloud business in China for $300m
Amazon has sold off hardware from its public cloud business in China to Beijing Sinnett Technology. Amazon signed an agreement in August 2016 to let the Chinese tech firm operate cloud technology and related services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) around the Beijing area in China, based on Sinnet’s own internet infrastructure around the…
Content
Roberto Viola: “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?”
Roberto Viola, Director general of DG Connect at the European Commission: “The revised directive on audiovisual media services (AVMSD) that was approved recently paves the way for a fair regulatory environment for the audiovisual sector across the European Union. I focus on some of the aspects of AVMSD in the context of online content in…
MIT made an image editing AI that can replace the background in any image (video)
Comcast takes on Disney with $65bn all-cash offer for Fox
Psychographics in Marketing: Build a Culture That Drives Their Power
Netflix, Amazon Would Be Forced to Maintain 30% European Content Quotas Under Proposed EU Law
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…
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…
Who Article 13 Really Hurts And Helps
Fresh from the finalization of the language of the European Union’s Copyright Directive by the EU Parliament and Council, the EU Commission posted an article on Medium defending the legislation, particularly the controversial Article 13, which holds media platform companies responsible copyright infringement, potentially forcing these companies to employ faulty blanket content filters within Europe.…
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…
European Commission: ‘We want to make it possible for EU/EEA citizens to register a .EU website also outside of the EU’
EU eyes tax on tech giants closer to 2 percent than 6 percent of revenue: Le Maire
Moscovici asks tech industry to be ‘part of the solution’ before digital tax proposal
European Parliament bans geo-blocking for e-commerce
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…
Facebook cuts back on news to give you more time with advertisers
Dear friends, it’s not us, it’s you. You are the problem. You’ve stopped sharing every intimate detail of your lives and we can’t monetise you as well as we’d like. So we’re changing our relationship to convince you to share more, so we can show you more ads. Not an exact quote from Mark Zuckerberg,…
Security
China, Blockchain Group From Three Telecoms Giants Begins Exploring Use Cases
China’s three major telecoms operators launched a blockchain research group, which has held its...
Infographics
Broadband Internet: Are you getting what you pay for? You may be surprised!
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Papers
Movie Piracy and Displaced Sales in Europe
A new study published by the European Commission shows that online movie piracy hurts...