Month: November 2022

Chromecast with Google TV is now receiving a firmware update, with the operating system receiving a major bump to Android TV 12, up from Android TV 10. The standalone streaming device from Google was launched globally in 2020, but only made it to India in 2022, and runs on Android TV software with the Google

4 Benefits of Using Red Hat Solutions on Microsoft Azure – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by Red Hat 1 day ago Building and scaling applications across hybrid cloud environments can help organizations go to market faster and focus on innovation. Red Hat and Microsoft offer flexible, open hybrid cloud solutions that help organizations change

The volume of nuisance calls is increasing in the UK, and now the average person receives six ‘nuisance’ calls every month, according to a report. The research was carried out by Green Smartphones, which describes itself as a sustainability-focused smartphone comparison site, and was designed to ascertain the number of nuisance phone calls (which is

Ethiopia has relaunched its plans to award a new telecoms operating licence and to sell off a stake in Ethio Telecom, and is doubtless hopeful of attracting significant foreign investment to the market. But while the country’s telecoms market still offers a relatively untapped opportunity for investors, the events surrounding previous attempts to award licences

US tech giant Amazon is feeling the pinch from the slowing economy. Staff working on its consumer products will pay the price, after the company this week confirmed it will cut an unspecified number of jobs at its Devices and Services arm. The announcement followed rumours on Monday that Amazon plans to lay off around

Building Telco Edge: Why Multicloud will Dominate – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png intelligence Written by Red Hat 1 day ago Developing edge-enabled services is Developing edge-enabled services is complicated; there are key decisions to be made at each level of the value chain, starting with infrastructure. CSPs are important stakeholders that can determine the growth of the

Using Cloud-Native Architecture for Communications SP Networks – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png intelligence Written by Red Hat 1 day ago As they digitally transform their networks to deploy 5G, many communications service providers (CSPs) have deployed virtual network functions (VNF) to reduce costs and increase agility. Now, software-defined networking (SDN) adoption and VNF deployment is shifting quickly

UK broadband provider’s valuation of their networks may be off by up to 20% because they don’t have the right oversight of their networks, claims Digpro. The assertion made by software firm Digpro is that the telco industry’s approach to designing, building and operating a fibre network can result in ‘poorer quality’ of data being

Social media app TikTok has joined telecoms industry trade body the GSMA, and we are told the firms will ‘work together on initiatives that benefit the entire mobile ecosystem.” TikTok has joined the GSMA – international telecoms trade body and organiser of the MWC conference –  as an industry member, and says as it intends

Telcos in Switzerland will soon be subject to stricter rules governing network outages and hacking incidents. From January, ISPs must have the capability to detect and counter malicious activity – such as phishing attempts – on websites, blocking them if necessary. This sort of thing is usually left to antivirus software, but the Swiss government

TIM this week announced the resignation of board member Frank Cadoret, a snippet of information that once again called into question the lack of harmony in its governance. The Italian telco had little to say on the matter, issuing a terse statement noting Cadoret’s departure and quoting Chairman Salvatore Rossi as thanking him for his