Bouygues Telecom has published a solid set of numbers for the first half of the year and claims its customer growth has accelerated in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown. The French telco followed in the footsteps of many of its peers by bigging up the reliability of its network amidst increased demand during the
Month: August 2020
According to Cradlepoint, bandwidth needs are on the rise across a number of industries Cradlepoint released its latest iteration of its annual State of Wireless WAN Report, compiled by IDG, the results of which show rising industry interest in wireless Wide Area Networks, as well as “confidence and excitement for 5G,” leading to the conclusion
When Kevin Mayer, previous head of streaming at Disney, became CEO of TikTok back in May, few could have predicted the strain he would come under almost immediately by the actions of the US government. As the trade war between China and the US continues to rage, a new proxy battlefield is beginning to
Tenet — Christopher Nolan’s epic time-bending espionage movie — has seemingly leaked onto torrent sites and other networks that enable piracy, in multiple differing versions of quality. While some copies are arguably genuine, given the attached screenshots and user comments attesting to their legitimacy, many are fraudulent and merely exist as a trap to load
Airtel introduced the ‘Free Data Coupons’ offer in July this year to provide its prepaid subscribers with data coupons. This offer was initially launched for Rs. 219, Rs. 249, Rs. 279, Rs. 298, Rs. 349, Rs. 398, Rs. 399, Rs. 449, Rs. 558, Rs. 598 and Rs. 698 prepaid plans. Now, Rs. 289, Rs 448,
A focus on low-band 5G deployments resulted in the US ranking in last place in an Opensignal analysis of typical data rates for the technology spanning 12 countries. The company stated average download rates in the US stand at 50.9Mb/s, significantly lower than leader Saudi Arabia which registered 414.2Mb/s. Opensignal cited a focus on low-band
Internet giant Amazon has entered the digital health market with products that, among other things, want to make you sound more positive. Amazon’s new health and wellness offering is called Halo. It consists of a screen-free fitness band and ‘a suite of AI-powered health tools’. This suite is comprised of five categories: activity, sleep, body,
iPhone 12 series may come without any accessories in the box and still be priced higher than the iPhone 11 series. A report by market intelligence provider TrendForce states that Apple has decided to leave out accessories such as wired headphones and the power adapter from the retail box. There were rumours in the past
Despite raising $41 billion already this year, Softbank reckons it needs a bunch more cash to protect itself from the effects of a COVID-19 resurgence. In a ‘secondary offering of shares in subsidiary SoftBank Corp, SoftBank group is hoping to raise another $12 billion or so to keep down the back of the sofa in
This month saw the Trump administration tighten its sanctions against Huawei, closing potential loopholes that would allow the Chinese vendor to buy US technology via third parties. This move not only dealt the latest of many devastating blows to Huawei, but to their entire supply chain. & … This month saw the Trump administration tighten
Walmart may be the world’s largest retailer but it has mostly failed in its efforts to break Amazon’s online dominance. Could TikTok, a fast-growing 3-year-old app filled with goofy videos, be the answer? TikTok’s US business appears up for grabs, with the Trump administration trying to force a sale, claiming national-security risks due to its
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea continue their streak of losing subscribers in the month of May, with a total number of 56.11 lakh wireless subscribers lost. Reliance Jio continued its winning streak with a more than 36.577 lakh subscriber additions. BSNL also surprisingly saw wireless subscriber additions, albeit marginally at 2 lakh subscribers. TRAI’s latest
The OpenRAN 4G site will extend mobile services to rural communities Vodafone UK has switched on an OpenRAN 4G site around the Royal Welsh Showground in Powys, Wales with support from Mavenir. The plan is to use OpenRAN to more cost-effectively extend 4G services to rural communities and introduce new suppliers in the radio network.
The chairman of French operator Bouygues Telecom told media the company planned to replace the 3,000 Huawei antennas used in its network over the next eight years, a move Reuters stated was a response to state attempts to phase out the vendor’s kit. During a press conference Olivier Roussat, who is also deputy CEO of
Facebook is up in arms over Apple’s plan to let users opt out of sharing their Web-usage data with the social network. It warned in a blog post this week that the resulting curtailment of personalised ads by Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 operating system could lead to a 50 percent drop in publisher revenue on
Poco X3 64-megapixel camera sensor has been confirmed by a company executive on Twitter. The new confirmation about the successor to the Poco X2 comes days after the rumour mill tipped the same primary camera details of the Poco X3. The new Poco phone will debut as the successor to the Poco X2 that the
Taiwanese chip-maker Mediatek reportedly thinks it can supply Huawei without getting put on the US naughty step, but is double-checking just to make sure. The report comes courtesy of Reuters, which says Mediatek has applied for permission from the US to keep supplying Huawei with chips. “MediaTek reiterates its respect for following relevant orders and
Earlier this month, the Swiss telecoms industry saw a major turn around, with Liberty Global announcing that it will purchase the country’s second-largest operator, Sunrise Communications, for around $7.4 billion. Until recently, negotiations had focus had been reversed, with Sunrise mulling a $6 billion purchase of Liberty Global&’… Earlier this month, the Swiss telecoms
Resident Evil is officially coming to TV. Netflix has ordered a scripted live-action adaptation of Capcom’s best-selling horror video game franchise that has previously given us six movies with Milla Jovovich. Constantin Film, the German studio behind the Resident Evil film series, will produce the Resident Evil Netflix series, with Supernatural co-showrunner Andrew Dabb on
Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek said on Friday it had applied to the US government for permission to continue supplying China’s Huawei after new US curbs take effect in mid-September amid rising China-US tensions. The Trump administration in August expanded its curbs on Huawei and banned suppliers from selling chips made using US technology to the Chinese firm without a
The future deployment of 5G technology in Brazil could have a $1.216 trillion economic impact and an increase in productivity of $3.08 trillion, according to a recent study by Nokia and Omdia. ICT, government, manufacturing, services, agriculture, and retail will be the industries most impacted by the future deployment of 5G in Brazil, the study
T-Mobile US unveiled the first 5G device in its white label smartphone range, billing it as a budget-friendly alternative to costly flagships from big-name vendors. REVVL 5G features a 6.53-inch FHD+ display; Qualcomm Snapdragon 765 chipset; 48MP main, 8MP super-wide and 5MP macro lenses on the rear; 16MP front camera; 128GB of storage; and 4500mAh
TIM. The Italian incumbent will get its wish to control the country’s proposed single high-speed network, if it agrees to a plan the government is about to present to its board. The Italian press is awash with reports that the government has approved a plan hammered out by state-owned investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti
Huawei Enjoy 20 Plus is the Chinese company’s next rumoured smartphone, and its live images as well as full specifications have now been leaked. Images of another phone, the Huawei Enjoy 20 that allegedly belongs to the same smartphone series, have also been spotted on the Internet. In fact, a leaked image shows both phones
Apple’s increasingly inflexible and suffocating attitude towards its App Store partners means it’s rapidly running out of friends. The simple fact of the Apple App Store is that if you want to sell your apps and services to the affluent iOS installed base, you have to play by Apple’s rules, which include its pound of
As a group, SoftBank has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Many of their investments, such as into the hotel chain Oyo, have seen a dramatic loss in value during the crisis, leaving SoftBank in something of a crisis of its own. Back in March, CEO Masayoshi Son began a $41 billion programme of
The world’s first entirely virtual art museum is set to open next month, hoping to bring masterpieces to anyone in the world with an internet connection, according to its British creator. The Virtual Online Museum of Art (VOMA) will feature art from renowned museums such as the Musee d’Orsay in Paris and New York’s Metropolitan
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has revised pay-by-date and the threshold limit of non-payment of dues for landline, broadband, and fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections. The state-owned operator has also revised the schedule for disconnection in case of non-payments. The changes, which are in place for all BSNL circles, are aimed to “maximise cash flow and collection
T-Mobile US wants to buy Shenandoah Telecommunication’s wireless operations, exercising a Sprint affiliate contract option that dates back to 1999 — but price is a sticking point in the negotiations. Shentel, historically one of Sprint’s major PCS affiliates, provides network coverage for Sprint customers in parts of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia, with
China Broadcasting Network (CBN) was tipped to use a swell of fresh funding to kickstart a delayed 5G network rollout, Global Times reported. Alibaba was among 47 investors which committed a total of CNY101 billion ($14.7 billion) to the company in a funding round closed on 26 August. Global Times stated the e-commerce giant committed
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