The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with reform of Section 230 of the Communications Act, which shields social media companies from liability for the content its users post, but which conservatives say has allowed those platforms to unfairly censor them. Chairman Ajit Pai made the announcement that he will proceed with Section 230 reform
16 OCT 2020 This week Justin reviews our big Themed Week, with a focus on how satellites, balloons (yes, really) and blimp-like ‘supertowers’ are all playing a role in Connecting the Next 4 Billion. Meanwhile Diana has highlights of Apple’s 5G iPhone launch and Yanitsa rounds up the week’s other headlines. Subscribe to our daily
Japan will not bar Chinese kit makers – including Huawei – from supplying telecoms network equipment in the country, it emerged this week. The US is keen to see other nations follow in its footsteps and block Chinese companies from providing 5G equipment, but Japan is reluctant to join the growing club of governments that
Samsung Galaxy S21, the rumoured smartphone in the South Korean tech giant’s Galaxy S series of flagship phones, has allegedly been spotted on China’s 3C Certification site. While the listing doesn’t reveal anything about the upcoming phone’s battery capacity, it offers a glimpse into Galaxy S21’s possible charging specifications – with up to 25W fast
SK Telecom has teamed up with Uber to launch a new joint venture in the taxi market in South Korea that will also look ahead to future mobility technologies, such as flying cars. Uber will invest a total of US$150 million in the as-yet unnamed venture and in SKT’s broader mobility business. SKT is spinning
The premises of virtualization is to move physical network functions (PNF in hardware) into software and to design them in a way so that they can be deployed on a NFVI (Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure, a.k.a. the cloud). MANagement and Orchestration (MANO) is a key element of the ETSI network functions virtualization (NFV) architecture. MANO
Emmanuel Lugagne Delpon, Group CTO of Orange and former Chairman of the The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance Board, hands over the reins to the new Chairman Arash Ashouriha, SVP Group Technology Innovation… Emmanuel Lugagne Delpon, Group CTO of Orange and former Chairman of the The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance Board, hands over the
More than 3,000 Amazon employees have signed a petition asking the technology and retail giant to provide a holiday for voting in the November 3 US election, organisers said. The petition was organised by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, a group active on several social issues involving the company. “Removing barriers to voting is critical
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing hiked its revenue outlook after logging record quarterly profit, and painted a bullish picture of demand picking up over the next two years as advanced technologies are adopted more widely. The chip sector has been one of the rare industries benefiting from the coronavirus pandemic with more people investing in premium devices as
The unveiling of the hotly anticipated iPhone 12 device series “essentially [marks]the launch of the Consumer 5G era,” according to a research note from Cowen analysts. The first 5G-capable iPhone, which supports a broad range of spectrum bands including millimeter wave, could be a tipping point for the consumer adoption of 5G services and it
Qualcomm notched a major win for its 5G RAN ambitions, inking a deal to supply chipsets for a range of new indoor small cells from Nokia due out in 2021. The vendor will use Qualcomm’s FSM100xx 5G RAN chipsets in a forthcoming portfolio of Smart Nodes, which it said will address in-home and enterprise coverage
We’re sure your appetite for virtual events is undiminished by nine months of Zoom calls, so make sure you register for the best one yet. After an outrageously successful inaugural event last year, Telecoms.com LIVE has been transformed into a digital symposium, no less, for reasons that will be only to obvious. You see, the
Flipkart Big Billion Days 2020 sale has just kicked off for everyone, 12 hours after offering an early access to Plus members. The six-day Big Billion Days sale on Flipkart brings hundreds of deals and bundled offers on popular mobile phones, laptops, TVs, headphones, speakers, and other electronics. Flipkart has tied up with State Bank
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has decided to save a few euros by migrating its on-premise IT infrastructure to the Google public cloud. There are several upsides to a move like this. As well as the cost savings that come from not having to manage your own datacenters, Nokia also gets to bang on about how
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), a trade body of 150 member companies working across areas including 5G, IoT, Smart Cities, and artificial intelligence has announced the launch of the Next G Alliance… The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), a trade body of 150 member companies working across areas including 5G, IoT, Smart
What is doomscrolling? You wake up and you reach for your phone. It’s instinctive. On unlocking it, you start to check your social media apps almost subconsciously, scrolling, scrolling, bad news, pandemics, global catastrophes. The world feels like its ending and you haven’t even had your first cup of tea. Before you know it, you’re
Huawei Technologies is in talks with Digital China and other suitors to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit in a deal that could fetch up to CNY 25 billion (roughly Rs. 27,233 crores), people with knowledge of the matter said. Embattled Huawei is resetting its priorities in the face of US sanctions and will focus on its
What would happen if global smartphone usage shot up by 70%, almost overnight? Many mobile network operators met this question head on earlier this year and had little choice but to respond, as COVID-19 gripped the world. Suddenly, meetings over coffee were replaced with Zoom chats, the morning commute consisted of sitting down and logging
The US ramped efforts to spread its 5G policies abroad, as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and US Agency for International Development (USAID) teamed up to influence development of the technology in emerging markets. Under a memorandum of understanding, the agencies will coordinate efforts to steer developing countries away from so-called “untrusted vendors”, and encourage
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Akil Chomoko, Chief Marketing Officer at MDS Global, explores what we mean by ‘digital BSS’ and why we should care. The need to switch to digital methods and systems has been an accepted business and technology
It’s customary now to expect a ‘T’ series smartphone from OnePlus at this time of year. These phones generally have better features and tweaked designs, based on customer feedback and also simply to stay relevant till the next generation arrives. That might be more important than ever with this generation – for the OnePlus 8 (Review)
Spainish telco group Telefónica wants to squeeze as much value as possible out of its international operations. To that end, the company has integrated its wholesale, roaming and multinational business customer divisions into single new unit, called Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS). It is part of Telefónica’s five-point plan, unveiled in November 2019. Julio Beamonte, who
Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel is close to confirming partnerships that will enable them to offer fibre-to-the-home to 40 million households within the next 12… Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel is close to confirming partnerships that will enable them to offer fibre-to-the-home to 40 million households within the next 12-18 months. A report from the Business Standard
Amazon’s total sales have soared during the coronavirus pandemic, yet in Latin America, the world’s biggest online retailer is locked in a dogfight with local rivals as it rolls out its Prime Day event in Mexico and, for the first time, Brazil. During the Tuesday and Wednesday annual shopping event that spans 19 countries, the
Jio added 35.54 lakh subscribers in July 2020, while Vi (Vodafone Idea) lost 37.26 lakh subscribers, according to data released by telecom regulator TRAI. Bharti Airtel, meanwhile, added 32.6 lakh subscribers, BSNL 3.88 lakh subscribers, and MTLN lost 5,457 subscribers. This makes Reliance Jio the first mobile services provider to cross the 40 crore customer
The coronavirus pandemic has placed schools across the United States in unprecedented circumstances. Thousands of schools are offering instruction exclusively online. Thousands more are operating with hybrid models that couple distance learning with time inside school buildings, an approach that likely will continue into 2021. Unfortunately, millions of children in the U.S. do not have
Apple finally took the wraps off its first 5G iPhones, unveiling a quartet of next generation-enabled handsets during an event which also featured a special network announcement from Verizon. CEO Tim Cook hailed the addition of 5G to its handsets as “the beginning of a new era for iPhone,” stating it will enable “entirely new
After years of preparation, China Broadcasting Network has been given the bureaucratic seal of approval. As with nearly everything else in China, the state had a major role to play in the creation of CBN, having issued the license over four years ago. According to China Daily it’s 51% owned by the state broadcasting authority,
The Apple event has begun with company CEO Tim Cook announcing the new HomePod mini first. This is a more affordable version of the HomePod smart speaker, which is powered by Siri. The HomePod mini is a lot smaller than the HomePod, as the name suggests. Apple then announced iPhone 12 series, which began with
Softbank has a acquired a 9.69% stake in Norway’s Kahoot! at a cost of US$215 million, and is reportedly looking for external funding for a new acquisition vehicle. Kahoot!, an education software company, said it issued 43 million new shares at a cost of 46 kroner (US$5) each, raising NOK1.98 billion in total. In approving
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