Ericsson pays $687 million to abandon Business Support System
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No one was interested

Swedish mobile telecom equipment maker Ericsson will book charges of $687 million for the fourth quarter as it abandons an unsuccessful strategy for its loss making Business Support System (BSS) unit.

Qualcomm denies antitrust claims
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Samsung, Huawei supply majority of own modem chips

Qualcomm says two largest smart phone makers in the world supply most of their own wireless data modem chips.

Chinese hackers used HPE and IBM networks in attack
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Targeted their customers

Hackers working for China's Ministry of State Security breached the networks of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and IBM, then used the access to hack into their clients' computers.

British being ripped off by their broadband suppliers
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Ofcom said that four million should haggle

Communications regulator Ofcom estimates that half of Britain's broadband customers could be getting faster internet than they have and even pay less.

BT to purge Huawei from 4G
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Fears of spooks

Britain’s BT Group will remove Huawei Technologies equipment from its core 4G network within two years, the Financial Times claims.