A Chinese telecoms expert expressed confidence operators will meet a goal of deploying 1 million 5G base stations by the year-end because their largest supplier, Huawei, holds sufficient inventory to avoid immediate disruption from recent US moves to restrict its access to key components, China Daily reported. Zhang Yunyong, a member of the National Committee
The podcasting industry was shaken up this week with the announcement that JRE is moving exclusively to Spotify and it looks like it has caught Apple’s attention. Bloomberg reports that Apple is looking to increase its investment in original podcasts, as well as buying existing ones, to augment its nascent Apple TV+ service. While its
Back in February, Euskaltel signed a trademark licensing agreement to use the Virgin brand in 85% of the Spanish markets where it is not currently present. Euskaltel is currently the fifth largest operator in Spain, with around 800,000 customers in five regions. The Virgin deal greatly increasing the company&’… Back in February, Euskaltel signed a
Google has announced a new, welcome and no doubt long asked-for feature to its Maps app: wheelchair accessibility info. Businesses and points of interest featuring accessible entrances, bathrooms and other features will now be prominently marked as such. Millions, of course, require such accommodations as ramps or automatic doors, from people with limited mobility to
Reliance Industries has raised $10 billion (roughly Rs. 75,869 crores) in just a month through five stake sales in digital unit Jio Platforms, whose valuation has surged to $65 billion (roughly Rs. 4.93 lakh crores). That makes it India’s second-most valuable stand-alone tech business after Tata Consultancy Services which is worth $99 billion (roughly Rs.
BSNL has announced the launch of its Ramzan and Eid 2020 special Rs. 786 prepaid recharge plan. This promotional plan will be available for 30 days and comes with Rs. 786 talktime, 30GB of high-speed data, and 90 days validity. Releasing Rs. 786 recharge plan every year to celebrate Eid and Ramzan is sort of
WIA CEO: ‘towers are as just important for 5G as anything else’ While moderating a panel at this year’s Connect(X) virtual conference event, WIA President and CEO Jonathan Adelstein remarked that in a world consumed with 5G, it’s important to remember that towers are just as important to 5G’s future as “anything else.” Specifically, the
Facebook has announced its challenge to the video-conferencing segment and a reignition of its venture into the world of collaboration and productivity. Back in 2016, Workplace by Facebook was announced, an attempt to diversify the Silicon Valley giants output and create a starting point to work with enterprise organisations in way outside of advertising. Much
China Unicom revealed a further monthly decline in mobile subscribers, losing 1.7 million in April and 9.2 million since the start of the year, but remained tight-lipped on 5G numbers. The operator closed April with a total of 309.3 million subscribers, down from a peak of 324.7 million at end-September 2019, when it fell to
The US Attorney General has been banging on about 5G, hot on the heels of demands the country wins at 6G too. Never before has telecoms been so politicised. US President Trump is increasingly relying on his demonization of Huawei for political capital and now Attorney General Bill Barr has decided to position the ‘race
Openreach has goals of expanding its full fibre network to reach 20 million homes and businesses by the mid- to late-2020s, recently proposing an investment of £12 billion towards the project. Now, a new supplier agreement with Nokia will see Openreach make use the company’s GPON and XGS… Openreach has goals of expanding its full
Vivo X50 smartphone is confirmed to launch on June 1. Vivo earlier this week revealed the phone also has a sibling, namely, Vivo X50 Pro. Now, the company via its Weibo account is teasing the official look of the smartphone as well as their colour options and the quad rear camera setup. Meanwhile, a notable
The latest US government action against China’s Huawei takes direct aim at the company’s HiSilicon chip division–a business that in a few short years has become central to China’s ambitions in semiconductor technology but will now lose access to tools that are central to its success. That could make it the most damaging US attack
Following in the footsteps of Airtel, Vodafone Idea has revised its Rs. 98 prepaid recharge plan with 12GB high-speed data allocation. This shows a 100 percent increase from the earlier 6GB high-speed data benefits. The new revision comes exactly a week after Airtel doubled the benefits of its Rs. 98 prepaid recharge plan to offer
U.K. consumers and businesses are aware of 5G and looking forward to it, but they’re a bit fuzzy on exactly what the newest generation of wireless technology is supposed to do for them and don’t yet see upgrading as a top priority. A new survey by network benchmarking and analysis company Global Wireless Solutions points
New findings from network performance tracker Opensignal reveals that Verizon had by far the fastest 5G speed, but it’s only available to 0.5% of users. Opensignal took a look at the 5G situation with operators in the US, UK, Australia and South Korea. It found that Verizon is knocking it out of the park, with
Authorities which set aside core 5G spectrum assets for private use by vertical industries risk slowing operator deployments, reducing coverage and hampering performance of the new technology across their countries, the GSMA warned. In a paper outlining the mobile industry’s position on use of 4G and 5G spectrum for vertical industries, the association noted in
Some might assume the strategy to combat COVID-19 is being devised on the hoof while patchy delivery suggests there is little communication between departments, and the cynics would be right! After a week of bouncing from department to department and representatives being unable to offer any clear guidance or in-depth knowledge of the contact tracing
AT&T has been advertising part of their network as ‘5G Evolution’ since December 2018, even going so far as to add a ‘5GE’ symbol in the corner of mobile devices when they are connected. For many, the branding has been very confusing, since the connection is, of course, not really 5G at all… AT&T has
Hans Vestberg, CEO of Verizon Communications, is a busy man. He’s also a business man. He’s a busy businessman, but has graciously made time to join us for an episode of Extra Crunch Live, our ongoing speaker series for Extra Crunch members. We’re thrilled to have Vestberg as a guest on the show! The episode
TikTok rating is down to 1.2 stars on Google Play Store after getting hammered by the supporters of YouTuber CarryMinati and the controversy surrounding a video from the platform’s popular creator Faizal Siddiqui. Both CarryMinati fans and people miffed with the Siddiqui TikTok video accused of glorifying acid attacks on women are leaving 1-star reviews
AT&T says it will stop advertising its wireless network as “5G Evolution” after a division of the Better Business Bureau determined that its language was misleading. The network AT&T branded this way is not, in fact, 5G — a new technology for fast wireless data. While AT&T and other wireless carriers in the US. have
With the recent FCC announcement to make the 6 GHz band available for unlicensed use, it is important to understand the significance of this event. This decision carves out 1.2 GHz of contiguous spectrum (5.925 – 7.125 GHz) and represents the largest amount of unlicensed spectrum that has been made available in over 20 years.
It is most likely anyone reading this article is doing so from the comfort of their own home, but the question is whether this has become the new norm is a digitally defined economy? With many economies and sectors dependent on a fully functioning telecoms network and a healthy digital ecosystem, perhaps we should be
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mulled a fresh round of changes to site planning regulations to accelerate upgrades of existing tower infrastructure for 5G. In a statement, Commissioner Brendan Carr (pictured, second from right), explained the organisation aimed to remove ambiguity from existing regulations which he said had previously hindered “what should be straightforward
In South Korea, use of technology to enforce a strict quarantine and thorough disease tracing has exceeded that of almost any other country. A mandatory 14-day quarantine period is imposed on those travelling to the country from abroad, or anybody who is known to have come into contact with a confirmed coronavirus patient… In South
A Bluetooth flaw could leave your phone at risk and all devices appear to have this vulnerability. Researchers found a vulnerability they named Bluetooth Impersonation AttackS (BIAS) that can allow someone to gain access to a target device (such as a smartphone or laptop) by impersonating the identity of a previously paired device. The researchers
Microsoft says a massive COVID-19 themed phishing campaign is underway, as a part of which attackers install the NetSupport Manager remote access tool to gain remote access. The new campaign, which was detected by the Microsoft Security Intelligence team, started on May 12. The malware payload comes through malicious Excel attachments that are being sent
State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched its Combo 18 prepaid plan for Tamil Nadu subscribers. This plan was already available in several other circles, and now Tamil Nadu circle subscribers can also avail it. The plan allows users to browse up to 1.8GB of daily high speed data. This plan also offers users
Nextivity: Uninterrupted 4G coverage in public sector buildings cannot wait As COVID-19 lingers on relentlessly, mobile telecoms and home broadband services are providing society with some semblance of normality. Everyday life involves homeworking on a level the world has never seen, socialising virtually via House Party, Zoom or similar is the new normal, videos are
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