2024-03-01
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Bloomberg
Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024 and stop signing deals for traditional news content in those countries
Meta Platforms Inc. is winding down its news feature in the US and Australia, part of a broader shift away from the category for the social media giant.
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Financial Times
Australia's PM threatens action against Meta after it said it would stop paying media companies; News Corp says it threatens the viability of small media groups
Nic Fildes / Financial Times :
2022-02-16
Ericsson shares drop after Iraq payments probe reveals it may have paid Isis. Last time it was in the dock said it had “failed in the past” so this one may be harder to square https://www.ft.com/...
Bloomberg
Ericsson CEO says the company might have made payments to ISIS to gain access to transport routes in Iraq in 2018, causing shares to drop by over 8.5%
Ericsson may have made payments to the ISIS terror organization to gain access to certain transport routes in Iraq, in a shock admission following years of regulatory investigation...
2021-04-22
Dish goes full public cloud for 5G network with Amazon AWS deal. Network to launch in 3Q in Las Vegas. Greenfield network but an important test for public cloud/core network functions and also Open RAN and post-Huawei network #dish #amazon https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Dish partners with AWS to build the first public cloud-based 5G network, which Dish plans to launch initially in Las Vegas in the third quarter
Nic Fildes / Financial Times :
2021-03-18
5G spectrum auction raises £1.3bn for UK government. A mixture of delight and discipline in the messaging from the operators but the quick and clean sale, after much jostling in the run up, suggests regulator/industry were aligned https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes
Financial Times
UK's 5G spectrum auction raised only £1.36B, just above the £1.1B reserve price and a fraction of the £22.5B 3G auction in 2000
UK 5G spectrum auction proved to be a rational battle: great for the industry (BT up 5%) but less so for the Treasury given some expectations (hopes/fears) that it could generate double the £1.4bn it ended up making https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes
Financial Times
UK's 5G spectrum auction raised only £1.36B, just above the £1.1B reserve price and a fraction of the £22.5B 3G auction in 2000
2020-07-14
Huawei spox @edbrewster - “Regrettably our future in the UK has become politicized, this is about US trade policy and not security.” Now eyes turn to other telecoms markets https://twitter.com/...
Wall Street Journal
UK says it will bar telecom companies from purchasing new equipment from Huawei and gives them until 2027 to remove its technology from their 5G networks
British government gives cellular companies until 2027 to remove Chinese firm's technology — LONDON—The British government …
2020-03-20
Reupping story from last night; broadband networks coping but Europe, some telcos start eyeing a choke hold on Netflix et al to ease congestion. Mobile under strain https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes
Financial Times
EU calls on streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube to limit broadband use and offer programs only in standard, rather than high, definition
Financial Times :
Reupping story from last night; broadband networks coping but Europe, some telcos start eyeing a choke hold on Netflix et al to ease congestion. Mobile under strain https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes
Reuters
Netflix, YouTube, and Amazon Prime Video say they will reduce their streaming quality in EU to reduce traffic on the network, as millions are confined at home
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) YouTube said on Friday it will reduce its streaming quality in the European Union …
2020-03-19
Reupping story from last night; broadband networks coping but Europe, some telcos start eyeing a choke hold on Netflix et al to ease congestion. Mobile under strain https://www.ft.com/... via @financialtimes
Financial Times
EU calls on streaming services such as Netflix and YouTube to limit broadband use and offer programs only in standard, rather than high, definition
Brussels tells streaming companies to limit services as Facebook says managing traffic is a “challenge” — The EU has called on streaming services …
2020-03-07
NEW on the Virgin Media data breach: data on customers that asked to block/unblock websites - including porn, extreme gore, gambling - linked to contact details was also on the database. It's a small subset of 900k but serious due to potential extortion https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Researchers: Virgin Media's exposed marketing database included 1,100+ records of customer requests to block or unblock websites with porn and extreme “gore”
Nic Fildes / Financial Times :
2020-03-06
NEW on the Virgin Media data breach: data on customers that asked to block/unblock websites - including porn, extreme gore, gambling - linked to contact details was also on the database. It's a small subset of 900k but serious due to potential extortion https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
Researchers: Virgin Media's exposed marketing database included 1,100+ records of customer requests to block or unblock websites with porn and extreme “gore”
Records linking contact details to gambling and pornography sites may have been accessed
2020-02-12
Facebook out of #mwc2020 Could this TIP the balance? https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
The number of companies skipping MWC over coronavirus keeps rising, with Facebook, AT&T, Cisco, Sony, Intel, Amazon, Nvidia, and MediaTek among those missing it
Bloomberg :
2020-02-09
Vodafone to strip Huawei systems out of ‘core’ network across Europe at a cost of €200m. That's a five year job. Says a U.K. style cap on Huawei would lead to 2-5yr 5G delay and possible price rises https://www.ft.com/... via @FT
Financial Times
Vodafone will remove Huawei systems from its EU core network at a cost of €200M over the next five years, following new UK rules and EU guidelines last month
Vodafone is to strip Huawei systems out of the core of its European network at a cost of €200m as the European telecoms sector moves …