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Aug

Vumacam wins big court battle over “spy camera” accusations

August 22, 2020
Jamie McKane 21 August 2020 Vumacam has won a court battle against the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), which accused it of spying on innocent people and selling the footage to third parties. In a judgement handed down by the Gauteng High Court on 20 August, the court ruled against the JRA, which had refused to...
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22
Aug

Highways England boss Jim O’Sullivan stands down amid smart motorways furore

August 22, 2020
Graeme Paton, Transport Correspondent Saturday August 22 2020 The boss of Highways England is to stand down after criticism over the smart motorway policy. Jim O’Sullivan, one of the country’s highest paid transport officials, will leave the state-funded company responsible for operating England’s motorways early next year. The move follows a turbulent 12 months at the organisation,...
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21
Aug

Slovenia’s 5G moratorium is no more

August 21, 2020
The new Slovenian government does not recognize the previous government’s support for a 5G moratorium. Telekom Slovenije and Ericsson roll out the first 5G commercial network in Slovenia in one week by software upgrade Slovenia’s 5G upgrade takes just one week August 18, 2020 //By Nick Flaherty Telekom Slovenije has launched the first commercial 5G network...
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19
Aug

Eskom load-shedding here to stay for the next 5 years – Expert

August 19, 2020
Jamie McKane 18 August 2020 South Africa could be stuck with load-shedding until at least 2025 due to Eskom’s continued problems with generation capacity and inability to properly maintain its infrastructure. This is according to energy expert Ted Blom, who told MyBroadband that he concurs with the recent findings published by the CSIR regarding the...
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18
Aug

5G mast vandals could find themselves sprayed with SmartWater’s forensic trap

August 18, 2020
By Harry Baldock, Total TelecomTuesday 18 August 20 Source: https://www.totaltele.com/506797/5G-mast-vandals-could-find-themselves-sprayed-with-SmartWaters-forensic-trap Sprayed with liquid that is invisible to the naked eye, perpetrators can then be identified using UV light and linked directly back to the crime scene. Excerpt: There have been some notable incidents of 5G mast vandalism, especially in the UK and the Netherlands, as well...
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18
Aug

Tele2 in Russia deploys 25,000 5G-ready Ericsson base stations

August 18, 2020
Excerpt: The installation and launch of Ericsson’s base stations on Tele2’s network saw the completion of 50 percent of the five-year network modernization deal reached during MWC 2019 in Barcelona and follows the first 5G zone in the center of Moscow in August 2019. Read more at: https://www.ericsson.com/en/news/2020/8/tele2-network-performance
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17
Aug

Amazon’s Project Kuiper is More Than the Company’s Response to SpaceX

August 17, 2020
Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/amazons-project-kuiper-is-more-than-the-companys-response-to-spacex Amazon Web Services and Blue Origin could mean the satellite constellation becomes part of a larger ecosystem. 17 Aug 2020 | 19:00 GMT By Michael Koziol Amazon cleared an important hurdle when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on 30 July that the company was authorized to deploy and operate its Kuiper satellite constellation. The authorization came with the caveat...
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17
Aug

South Africa: Health Minister’s response to questions of 5G safety

August 17, 2020
Source: https://mybroadband.co.za/news/5g/363594-what-south-africans-think-about-the-plan-to-let-networks-build-5g-towers-on-their-property.html?utm_source=newsletter For the annexure https://mybroadband.co.za/news/5g/363594-what-south-africans-think-about-the-plan-to-let-networks-build-5g-towers-on-their-property.html?utm_source=newsletter
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16
Aug

Proposal for Turkish company to anchor ‘floating power stations’ off SA harbours raises alarm bells

August 16, 2020
Source: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-08-13-proposal-for-turkish-company-to-anchor-floating-power-stations-off-sa-harbours-raises-alarm-bells/ By Tony Carnie 13 August 2020 Under cover of the Covid-19 crisis, government and private officials appear to be using legal loopholes to speed up a proposal by a Turkish company and local empowerment partners to sail a small armada of “floating power stations” into South African harbours. While the red flag has been...
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