Major US telecoms carrier may have lied about 4G coverage, FCC finds

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Major US telecoms carrier may have lied about 4G coverage, FCC findsAlthough the FCC did not name the carrier found guilty, its testing was sparked by a complaint filed against Verizon, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the US. In August, the Rural Wireless Association (RWA) – which represents small rural wireless carriers – […]

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Crossrail facing further delays; £2bn budget increase required

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Crossrail facing further delays; £2bn budget increase requiredCore elements of the infrastructure being delivered by Crossrail including the stations and the fit out of the tunnels which are currently at varying stages of completion and more funding is needed to complete it. In addition, extensive safety and reliability testing needs to be carried out for […]

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Life after Lynx: unleashing the Wildcat

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Life after Lynx: unleashing the WildcatThe iconic Lynx helicopter, backbone of the British Army and the Royal Navy alike, took a final flypast across the skies of southern England this year, ending in a V-shaped ‘air procession’ along the River Thames in central London to mark its formal retirement from a career spanning some 40 […]

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Multilingual Indian video app Roposo raises $10M from Tiger Global and Bertelsmann

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Multilingual Indian video app Roposo raises $10M from Tiger Global and BertelsmannIndia has 22 official languages, which often presents a challenge for businesses that want to scale across the entire country. Video-sharing app Roposo, however, uses that to its advantage by offering content in several different regional languages. Based in Gurgaon, Roposo announced today that […]

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Indonesia e-commerce leader Tokopedia raises $1.1B from Alibaba and SoftBank’s Vision Fund

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Indonesia e-commerce leader Tokopedia raises $1.1B from Alibaba and SoftBank’s Vision FundIndonesia-based e-commerce firm Tokopedia is the latest startup to enter the Vision Fund after it raised $1.1 billion Series G round led by the SoftBank megafund and Alibaba. SoftBank and Alibaba are existing investors in the business — the Chinese e-commerce giant led a […]

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Building in Facebook’s Menlo Park campus evacuated after bomb threat

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Building in Facebook’s Menlo Park campus evacuated after bomb threatUpdate 2: Everyone has been cleared to return to the buildings. Facebook spokesperson Genevieve Grdina issued this statement: “Late this afternoon, we received a bomb threat and took swift action to evacuate several buildings at our Menlo Park campus. We take the safety and security of […]

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