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FCC looks to big tech to help fund network infrastructure

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shouldering a share of telecom network costs. Carr’s statement references a report that finds that such a move “would eliminate entirely the roughly 30% charge that consumers pay on their telecommunications bills today simply by assessing a far lower, 7% charge on Google’s and Facebook’s digital advertising revenues.”

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Here’s why Amazon’s $30 billion advertising business is so effective

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Industry trends, consumer shopping habits, and Amazon’s continued e-commerce dominance have helped turn the tech giant into an advertising behemoth. Wall Street expects advertising revenue to eclipse $10 billion for the holiday quarter when Amazon reports earnings Thursday afternoon. Amazon reported a whopping $125.6

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Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Xandr advertising tech business, gearing up for a ‘post-cookie world’

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Microsoft reached a deal to acquire AT&T’s advertising technology division, Xandr , seeking to strengthen its own advertising business as the industry shifts away from online tracking technologies. billion in search and news advertising revenue in the September quarter, up 37% from the same period the year before.

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Verizon tries to defend collecting browsing data on its network

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Verizon has sent an email to customers to let them know they’re getting opted in to its Custom Experience data collection scheme after reports came out about it being turned on by default for some users. Verizon says that it doesn’t sell the data from Custom Experience to advertisers and that it’s for Verizon’s use only.

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The Telco Data Cloud: Hybrid Cloud, Governance and Ecosystems

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The telecom industry is powering forward as the world stabilizes after the shock of the pandemic, and 5G networks roll out everywhere. As service providers execute on these programs, thoughts are turning again to the role of data, and data architectures in an increasingly virtualized environment. Data protection.

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Improving Distributed Analytics and Private Cloud Through Enhanced Networking

CTOvision

This is particularly true with regard to network adapters, where little attention is paid beyond the advertised bandwidth (1/10/25/50/40/100 Gbps) and connection medium (Fiber, Copper, etc.).

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Symbiosys, an adtech startup led by former Google and Microsoft exec, raises $9M

GeekWire

(Photo courtesy of AdExchanger/Symbiosys) Symbiosys , a two-year-old advertising tech startup that is rethinking how retailers and product brands work together, raised a $9 million Series A round led by Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse. Symbiosys offers real-time reporting and analytics.

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