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Author of Identity Crisis (www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09419RG9K) and editor of Telecoms.com. My views are somebody else's and they want them back.
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Vodafone uses AI to shield police from time wasters

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By Scott Bicheno
| Telecoms.com Verified
Those UK citizens unaware of the existence of the 101 phone number, reserved for non-emergency police calls (as opposed to 999 for all emergencies), appear to be in a minority. We’re told the number receives 20 million calls every year and, as you might imagine, some are more worthy than others, depending on how an emergency is defined. It should be fairly straightforward to reroute the 20% of calls that are better served elsewhere.
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Component crunch causes Google Pixel shrinkflation

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By Scott Bicheno
| Telecoms.com Verified
Google’s latest Pixel mobile device refresh not only saw price increases across the board, there were also like-for-like spec downgrades. US tech giant Google has had its annual Pixel-branded device refresh, which fell a bit flat thanks to the spiralling cost of components. Usually, phones receive a spec upgrade but stay at the same price as their predecessor – that being pretty much the only point in upgrading.
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Trump nominates another pointless FCC Commissioner

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By Scott Bicheno
| Telecoms.com Verified
Danielle Thumann Severs has been belatedly put forward by US President Trump to be a Commissioner of comms regulator FCC. As with most public appointments, the process of selecting FCC Commissioners is totally politicised and thus partisan. There are five Commissioners, including the Chair, and the President gets to pick three of them.
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