The good, the bad and the very ugly

There have been a variety of interesting telco developments in the last week. Business technology journalist, Antony Savvas looks closer.

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8 things we miss the most about our first mobile phones

Whether you had a fancy flip phone or an indestructible Nokia ‘brick’, some of these old phones especially our first mobile phones hold a special place in our heart, with

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TikTok and Whatsapp privacy policies among hardest to understand, study shows

AddictiveTips has surveyed 2,105 individuals to investigate how effective privacy policies are based on how much we understand and how clear companies make them. They also scoured the top social media

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Snapchat landmarker lenses launch in Scandinavia in new campaign

Swedish telecom provider Tele2 is has launched a new brand, Penny, focusing on low-cost and easy subscriptions with a particular focus on young users.

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Five ways OTT platforms can maintain Quality of Experience

Over the top (OTT) or video streaming services have now been commonplace for over a decade, with the first services emerging in 2006. Since that time, much has changed.

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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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Mixed reality hailed as game changer as Microsoft’s ‘crazy’ guru surfs a rock star welcome in Boston

The organisers of #LiveWorx2018 in Boston, USA, saved something special for the end. CNBC’s Jon Fortt interviewed Microsoft’s Mixed Reality team lead, Alex Kipman live on stage, in a discussion that held

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Vampire BAT FANGs set to dominate digital economy

Recent research from Virtusa has uncovered that businesses, including communications service providers (CSPs), are facing an existential risk from the enormous growth of technology giants such as Baidu, Alibaba and

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Video advertising spend on YouTube & Facebook to grow by 130% in just 5 years, says Juniper Research

New data from Juniper Research has found that advertising spend on FVOD (Free Video on Demand) content, such as media on YouTube and Facebook, will surge over the next 5 years, reaching

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Safeguarding the future of messaging with RCS

If OTT messaging services, such as iMessage, Snapchat and WhatsApp represent the messaging systems of choice for consumers today, then what’s next? The telecoms industry is dealing with constant revolution

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