TripMedic partners with Google demonstrating RCS at MWC19

TripMedic, a global health service matching tourists and expats with medical professionals, presented the RCS demo at the Google stand at MWC19 in Barcelona.

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Restore order to communications chaos in the workplace

The term bring your own device (BYOD) has been defined by Gartner as a disruptive phenomenon, writes Rufus Grig, the chief technology officer at Maintel. Employees were bringing non-sanctioned, non-company

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Huawei CFO arrested in Canada ‘at US request’, while Ericsson is blamed for O2 UK and Japan network fails

WEEK IN TELCO IT – Mainstream media outlets have been dominated in the last 24 hours by two telecoms-related news stories. As Jeremy Cowan reports, the China-based network systems giant,

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New comms platform launched to integrate business messaging across SMS and social media

Dzinga has launched a new communications platform which supports comms between businesses and their customers across web, phone, mobile and social media.

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Hand-to-hand combat among surprises at Economist Summit, as delegates urged to augment not replace human skills

It was inevitable that the technology du jour, artificial intelligence (AI) dominated opening exchanges at today’s Economist Innovation Summit (#EconInnov). And for those – like me, admits Jeremy Cowan – who believed that AI is

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Do you really know your customer?

FAANG. Yes, FAANG. Why start here? Because Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google have helped to re-define how many, many industries do business. Incumbent TMT (Telecoms, Media and Technology) companies

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Fifa world cup 2018 became the most connected mundial in history

The Fifa world cup 2018 was a phenomenon for Russia that was watched by almost half of the world’s population. It involved 32 national teams, playing at 12 venues in

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A Week in Telco IT: T-Mobile 2mn user security breach shows comms sector has learned little

T-Mobile was hacked this week and the resulting data breach is depressingly familiar. One security expert believes it points to a “systemic malaise” in the communications industry. Jeremy Cowan reports

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GSMA says adds keynotes at MWC Americas from AEG, AT&T, Boingo Wireless, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless

The GSMA announced several additions to the Mobile World Congress Americas event line-up, including new speakers in the conference programme, additional participating companies and exhibition experiences, and new programmes and

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Wannabe fraudsters can buy hacking tools on dark web for cost of cup of coffee

Wannabe hackers looking to dip their toes into online fraud can get their hands on tools to start hacking for about the price of a cup of takeaway coffee. This

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