The rubber crumb used in 3G artificial football pitches is facing a Europe-wide ban because of cancer fears. The black granules give a more realistic bounce but are made of old car tyres and contain toxic chemicals including mercury, lead, benzene and arsenic. ( read original story ...)
Powys man gets broadband via satellite over Africa
"It's an astonishing technological achievement," he said. Where Prof Spry lives also has sporadic 3G coverage so he researched his options and decided to invest in satellite technology. A BT spokesman said: "Heol Senni is in scope to benefit from the ... ( read original story ...)
Doubling operating revenue is the goal for Ericsson’s new European president
“The use case for 5G will be different depending on the different continents. While Europe might drive 5G for industrial internet and mobile broadband, the US is looking at fixed wireless use cases. Asia is driving 5G for different sports in the build-up ... ( read original story ...)
BSNL eyes 700 Mhz band spectrum to launch 5G, to forge alliance with ZTE
In India, the use case of 5G technology may be different from that in Europe or rest of the world ... last month that 5G would come under aggressive focus and the evolution of 4G to 5G would be led by cross-industry collaboration. ( read original story ...)
Trump rips China on Twitter: ‘They do NOTHING for us with North Korea’
The French Foreign Ministry condemned the launch and called for "strong and additional sanctions" by the United Nations and European Union ... table," the ministry said in a statement. "This is a 4G threat: global, grave, given and growing," France's ... ( read original story ...)
General Mills’ new CEO says food giant is ready to grow
"We've studied 3G quite a bit. There are some things that they do really ... a relatively underdeveloped arena in the United States compared with Asia or Europe. Harmening hopes these strategies help General Mills regain sales growth over the next three ... ( read original story ...)
The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods:
Reader H.L. sent in this article showing that 3G and 4G LTE networks are just as prone to stingray phone tracking due to some recently discovered vulnerabilities. Hackers revealed the findings at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. They describe a ... ( read original story ...)