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# Blog posts tagged *"socialvend"*

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[Maarten Ectors](https://canonical.com/blog/author/maarten-ectors)

13 March 2017

### [The smart multi-personality vending machine](https://canonical.com/blog/the-smart-schizophrenic-vending-machine)

Internet of Things

Ubuntu tech blog

This vending machine is unlike you have seen before. It is a telecom operator in a box. Minutes later it cures the chronic ill via an Uber for Doctors and saves public health care billions. Sell you a house. Be your bank. Anything is possible.   The vending machine we displayed at MWC 2017 was ...

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[Maarten Ectors](https://canonical.com/blog/author/maarten-ectors)

17 February 2017

### [MWC17: The future of wireless networks](https://canonical.com/blog/mwc17-the-future-of-wireless-networks)

Internet of Things

Ubuntu tech blog

The telecom industry is not as buoyant as it was some years back. Telecom operators ‘ revenues are under pressure due to innovations from over the top players. Costs are spiralling out of control because of 4/5G deployments, fibre to the premise, social networking data explosions, 4K video streaming, IoT and more. Time to market ...

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