Today, Iliad has announced that it will purchase Liberty Global’s Polish broadband unit UPC Polska, the number two fixed line player in the company. The agreement will see 100% of the company’s fixed assets handed to Iliad’s Polish mobile subsidiary Play, in a move that will see Play offer converged fixed and mobile services
The European Commission wants the whole bloc to harmonise around a single device interface and has decided it should be USB-C. While it would undoubtedly be handy not have to keep multiple types of charger leads, it’s not obvious why the situation is any of the EC’s business. “Years of working with industry on a
A new forecast on the state of the app economy indicates the third quarter will see record-breaking revenues spent on apps and games. According to App Annie, consumers worldwide will spend $34 billion on apps and games in Q3, a 20% year-over-year increase on spending. The increase indicates that the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on consumer
The government has warned Android users in India about a malware called Drinik to steal sensitive information by promising to generate income tax refunds. Customers of more than 27 Indian banks have already been targeted with the malware, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) wrote in an advisory released online. The nodal agency that
Verizon will install c-band radios outdoors at each DoD facility, as well as a mix of 4G and 5G mmWave in certain indoor locations Verizon Public Sector has been selected by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to deliver its 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) mobility service — branded as Ultra Wideband — to seven Air
Rumours that video streaming provider DAZN will acquire BT Sport are gathering pace, with the latest reports claiming an agreement could come in a matter of weeks. DAZN’s name has been in the frame since the UK incumbent announced that it was seeking a buyer for its sports business back in April and there have
Please tell us a little about yourself and your current role at Gigaclear I am CEO at Gigaclear, the UK’s leading rural broadband provider. We are the Heineken beer of the UK infrastructure ISP industry. We seek to profitably build to the parts of the country other telcos can&rsquo… Please tell us a
US ‘cell-tower-in-space’ company Lynk offers a different take on satellite connectivity and has now gone commercial. Lynk uses LEO satellites, just like Starlink and OneWeb, but the difference is that it establishes a direct connection straight to devices, as opposed to using a terrestrial hub. It does this through some proprietary technology that makes the
Nokia G50 was launched on Wednesday as the latest affordable 5G phone by Nokia brand licensee HMD Global. The new Nokia phone comes with a waterdrop-style display and carries triple rear cameras. The Nokia G50 also includes 64GB of onboard storage and is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 SoC. Currently, the Nokia G50
Pokemon Unite, the franchise’s first multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, has been released for Android and iOS platforms on Wednesday, September 22. The latest offerings from The Pokemon Company and TiMi Studios is free-to-play with optional in-game purchases just like any other mobile game. Earlier, Pokemon Unite was only available on Nintendo Switch. The
PHOENIX–In 20 months unlike any others that the telecom industry has dealt with in modern times, small carriers have had to navigate the uncharted waters of a pandemic on a fraction of the budget of national carriers: Shifting to online sales and service channels when perhaps they hadn’t offered it before; making curbside service an
Gigabit speed broadband is now available to just over half of UK and homes and businesses, according to new figures shared by the government on Tuesday. More than 15 million properties, or 50.2%, can access a broadband connection capable of download speeds of 1 Gbps, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) announced,
Today, Indian telecoms giant Bharti Airtel has announced that it has accelerated its plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, aiming to reduce its operational emissions by 50% of their currently level by the 2030–31 fiscal year. In addition, Airtel has also committed to reducing its absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (i.e., emissions
The FP5 is surprisingly one better than the FP4, which in this case means greater power efficiency and new, built-in security. When Nokia unveiled the FP4 platform four years ago it did so amid great fanfare, positioning its in-house silicon as a major advantage over its rivals. In the intervening time Nokia has made some
PayPal has been talking about its “super app” plans for some time, having recently told investors its upcoming digital wallet and payments app had been given a go for launch. Today, the first version of that app is officially being introduced, offering a combination of financial tools including direct deposit, bill pay, a digital wallet,
Flipkart Big Billion Days 2021 sale dates are now official. The annual online sale will begin on October 7 and remain live until October 12. Flipkart will offer early Big Billion Days sale access to its Plus members, while non-Plus members will also for the first time be able to shop early in the online
The two companies will give vendors an opportunity to test and optimize performance as they develop Open RAN solutions IBM Global Business Services and Airspan Networks have announced plans to launch a 5G-enabled Open RAN testbed spanning the IBM Watson IoT center in Munich, Germany and IBM’s Global Industry Solutions Center (GISC) in Nice, France.
Optus detailed plans to work with a Sydney-based start-up to trial use of AI, drone technology and ultra-HD cameras running on its 5G network to monitor the power grid of a major electricity provider, with the aim of improving reliability and worker safety. It stated it is collaborating with Unleash Live and Amazon Web Services
The Telecoms.com Podcast: 6G, OpenRAN and big tech – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png The Telecoms.com Podcast: 6G, OpenRAN and big tech No guest this week which just means more stream-of-consciousness dribble from the regulars. They start by discussing Huawei’s decision to publish a book on 6G and what the underlying message may be. They move on to
As Africa grows increasingly well connected, mobile financial services are proving hugely popular, allowing customers to make transactions quickly and easily without requiring a bank account. In some markets, mobile money platforms have quickly become the de facto medium for commerce; in Kenya, for example, Safaricom’s M-Pesa platform is prolific, handling more than half of
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Martin Taylor, Deputy CEO at Content Guru, explores best practice in the use of artificial intelligence in the contact centre environment. Contact centre technology has been transformed by an accelerating focus on innovation, with (artificial intelligence)
Cross posting from LinkedIn, please post any comments there! One of the advantages of having been in the industry for a very long time is one knows (and in my case, remembers) the hacks of each generation of mobile technology. In case of UMTS (3G), the initial version had very poor data rates. Even though
Google Pixel Fold, the first foldable smartphone from the tech giant, may launch in late 2021. Google’s foldable smartphone under the Pixel lineup has been in rumours for quite a while and new leaks suggest that the handset will make its debut by the end of this year. The foldable Pixel smartphone is reportedly codenamed
Amid reports of Amazon probing bribery-related charges against some of its legal representatives in India, the US e-commerce giant on Monday said it takes allegations of improper actions seriously and investigates them fully to take appropriate action. Without confirming or denying allegations, Amazon said it has “zero tolerance for corruption”.According to a report by The
Wells Fargo has announced a new public cloud digital infrastructure plan that taps both Google and Microsoft. The banking firm will use Azure as its primary public cloud provider, while Google Cloud provides other business-critical services. “The Wells Fargo of tomorrow will be digital-first and offer easier-to-use products and services, and all of that starts
Vodafone Idea claimed it delivered a peak data rate of 3.7Gb/s using 26GHz spectrum during a non-standalone 5G trial in Pune city, the last of the three major operators in India to trial the technology. The operator stated it also achieved peak download speeds of 1.5Gb/s using the 3.5GHz band with its equipment partners in
Vodafone Spain is cutting around 12% of its workforce, shedding staff that do not fit with its digital transformation push. The telco announced that it is beginning a process that will see it shed up to 515 jobs. Its statement is worded in such a way as to imply that the move is linked to
I’m Jo Bertram and I’m Virgin Media O2’s Managing Director, Business and Wholesale. I’m responsible for providing services to our large enterprise, public sector, and small business customers, as well as our wholesale and MVNO partners. Who or what inspired you to begin a career in telecoms? I joined O2 (and the telecoms industry) back
The UK, US and Australia have formed a new defence pact apparently designed to counter China in the Asia Pacific region. It’s called AUKUS to incorporate abbreviations of the three country names in a vaguely pronounceable way. The initial focus of it is to help the Aussies to build a nuclear-powered submarine fleet, but it
SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Apple News, today announced it has closed on $230 million in Series F funding. The round brings SmartNews’ total raise to date to over $400 million and values the business at $2 billion — or as
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