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Virgin claims it now provides the fastest broadband connection in the UK. Virgin Media launched new broadband connectivity running at speeds up to 152 Mbps, billing the new option as the fastest connection speed available in the UK right now. Virgin has also upped the entry-level speed to 50 Mbps, 10 times faster than regular broadband from BT and Sky. It claims its new top-level connection is 19 times faster than the competition. Other speed plans across the board will also receive a boost, the company confirmed. 30 Mbps customers…

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Partnership creates a ‘one stop shop’ for banks and mobile operators to speed development of NFC payments offering to their customers BARCELONA – February 25, 2014 – At Mobile World Congress, MasterCard today announced a collaboration between Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica Deutschland, Vodafone and TREVICA (a MasterCard owned company) to create a new mobile platform and accelerate the development of mobile payments in Germany. The three mobile operators represent 80% of mobile customers in Germany, which means that banks and financial institutions can hugely accelerate their ability to provide mass- market…

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Complaints about English-only documents delays vote. EU lawmakers have postponed a planned vote on scrapping mobile phone roaming charges across Europe. A blunder over translations meant amendments due to be looked over by the parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committee could not be picked over as only English versions were made available to MEPs. This led to a delay in voting for the measures. The bill includes proposals to end mobile phone roaming fees by 2016 and to deal with net neutrality, which would stop service providers from limiting…

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The Slovenian regulator AKOS (Agency for Communication Networks and Services of the Republic of Slovenia) has announced a tender for four DTT broadcasting licences. The deadline for the submission of bids has been set as April 8, with the public opening of the bids due to take place three days later. Winners will be required to enter into a contract with an active multiplex operator within 45 days of securing a licence and to start broadcasting within three months.

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The Walt Disney Studios has unveiled its cloud-based digital movie service, Disney Movies Anywhere in cooperation with Apple.                 This app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and web experience enables consumers to discover, purchase, manage, and watch movies from Disney, Pixar, and Marvel at home and on the go. iTunes is the premier digital movie provider for Disney Movies Anywhere. With this announcement, Disney and Apple have chosen their own system rather than going with the UltraViolet consortium, which the two companies…

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At Mobile World Congress 2014, Kaspersky Lab has announced two new capabilities for Kaspersky Security for Mobile.  The company’s corporate mobile security solution will now support current and future versions of the Windows operating system for smartphones, which means all Windows Phone 8 business users can now be protected by Kaspersky Lab. In addition to Windows Phone 8 support, Kaspersky Security for Mobile now supports devices that meet Samsung’s SAFE criteria for secure mobile devices. By directly supporting devices that have met Samsung’s SAFE requirements, network administrator using Kaspersky Security…

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LinkedIn users who’d rather not receive job inquiries or other messages, or allow access to their profiles from certain other members, can now block them. “Member blocking,” was recently released by the professional social networking site after receiving requests from users. The feature adds an additional layer to privacy controls by allowing users to block profiles, direct interactions and network activity from other members with whom they do not wish to interact. “We built this feature not only because it was a feature our members requested, but because we also…

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Microsoft relaunched its cloud-storage service SkyDrive as OneDrive today. As part of the rebranding, the software giant updated its apps available across various platforms. For those of you who have the SkyDrive client installed on your devices, Microsoft says that it will automatically get updated over time. But again, you can cut to the chase by visiting OneDrive’s download page, from where you can get the appropriate version for your device. Some of the new features you can expect to see in OneDrive’s client for your preferred device are: Video-transcoding:…

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Air Serbia, the national airline of Serbia, will this month mark another milestone in its journey to become a leading regional carrier, when it replaces its legacy check-in system at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla International Airport. The project will see Air Serbia move from its existing check-in system known as Gaeten, to a new state-of-the-art platform called SabreSonic check-in, on Tuesday 25 February 2014. Dane Kondić, Chief Executive Officer of Air Serbia, said:  “Once complete, this important systems upgrade will enhance the Air Serbia customer experience at Belgrade International Airport, streamline…

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Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced the release of PowerChute™ Network Shutdown v3.1 with enhanced virtualization support, a network-based server shutdown solution for IT equipment. Equipped with extended virtualization capabilities, PowerChute Network Shutdown v3.1 works in conjunction with the APC by Schneider Electric Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Network Management Card to enable automatic virtual machine migration and graceful virtual machine and host shutdown in VMware® and Microsoft® Hyper-V clusters. This provides users with the assurance that mission critical equipment will be protected in the event of an extended…

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