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Australian network operator National Broadband Network and its government are collectively pouring $750 million into the county’s fixed wireless network to hook up semi-rural, regional and remote areas. The Australian government will shell out $480 million and NBN $270 million in order to fast-track and scale 5G millimetre wave technology across NBN’s fixed wireless network,

UK based low earth orbit satellite firm OneWeb is on a tear with its dealmaking this week, signing partnerships of different types with SpaceX, Eutelsat and Telstra. Today it announced a new distribution partnership agreement with fellow satellite operator Eutelsat, which will apparently allow the two firms to develop combined GEO and LEO ‘connectivity solutions.’

Apple Watch Series 3 is said to be discontinued in Q3 of 2022 as its processing power may not meet the requirements of a new version of watchOS. The Apple Watch Series 3 was released in September 2017, making it almost five years old. It is currently the oldest Apple Watch to support the latest

The US President has issued a statement that uses the likelihood of malicious action by Russia to implore companies to urgently improve their cyber defences. Joe Biden’s statement is thin on specifics and, under normal circumstances, one might be tempted to treat it with scepticism. After all, it’s not unprecedented for governments to fabricate a

UK Low Earth Orbit satellite firm OneWeb has signed a deal which will allow it to send up satellites into space again by using SpaceX rockets. In early March, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the board of OneWeb voted to suspend all its upcoming satellite launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a spaceport located

OnePlus 10 Pro was recently teased by the company to launch soon in India. This flagship offering is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, paired with up to 12GB of RAM. The Chinese tech giant is soon expected to confirm the launch date of the OnePlus 10 Pro. OnePlus is also planning the

CityFibre has raised £1.425 billion in capital in the past six months and that’s probably just as well, given how much the firm is spending on fibre rollout. The UK fibre builder announced its latest fund-raiser this week, revealing that existing shareholder Mubadala Investment Company, a UAE state-owned sovereign wealth fund, has committed to handing

MWC 2022 | STL on future of digital networks and its All-in 5G offerings – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png MWC 2022 | STL on future of digital networks and its All-in 5G offerings Paul Atkinson, CEO, Optical Networking Business, STL, talks about how optical fibre has evolved over the years and the role STL has played in

Global 5G smartphone sales surpassed the sale of 4G handsets for the first time in January, as per a report by market research firm Counterpoint Research. China contributed the lion’s share for the growth with 84 percent 5G penetration in the country, while North America and Western Europe also emerged as the major drivers of

Etiya highlights @MWC Barcelona 2022 – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Etiya highlights @MWC Barcelona 2022 As a software company that provides customer experience focused AI-driven digital transformation, Etiya was @MWC Barcelona, and we spoke to Apostolos Kallis CCO, Etiya. He underlined how they can help telcos to monetize their 5G investments and improve their transformation process by

Swedish kit maker Ericsson needs all the help it can get with its Iraq scandal, so it has hired a new legal chief. The company this week appointed Scott Dresser as its new chief legal officer. Dresser, who will report to Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm, joins from Veon, where he served as group general counsel,

Oppo K10 specifications have been shared by a tipster, giving us an idea of what to expect from the upcoming smartphone. The Chinese company recently confirmed that the Oppo K10 will launch on March 23. Oppo has also teased some of the specifications of the handset, revealing that it will be powered by a Snapdragon

Verizon has won contracts from the US Department of Defense (DoD) worth a total of close to US$1 billion, including a deal to switch the Pentagon from copper to IP. The telco is no stranger to hefty government deals, but even by its standards, this is quite a windfall. It has inked three separate accords

MNO Vodafone has apparently been given a $16 billion offer for a majority stake in its Vantage Towers mast business by investor firms. According to Reuters, Investment firms Brookfield and Global Infrastructure Partners submitted unsolicited offers in the last few weeks for a majority stake in Vantage Towers, however Vodafone’s preference is for an industry

Xiaomi Watch S1, Xiaomi Watch S1 Active, and Xiaomi Buds 3T Pro were launched globally on Tuesday. The new wearables and true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones were unveiled alongside Xiaomi 12 series smartphones. Xiaomi Watch S1 series features a 1.43 AMOLED display and a blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitor. The smartwatches offer 200 watch faces

US trade regulator, the FTC, has allowed Amazon’s acquisition of MGM to proceed without so much as a whimper of dissent. This is not the kind thing we were led to expect when the slayer of monopolies Lina Khan was appointed Federal Trade Commission boss a year ago. In fact, she arrived with the reputation

Impact of 5G on CSPs Regarding Lawful Interception – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by SS8 Networks, Inc. 4 hours ago 5G will improve efficiencies and advance technologies that touch us all, transforming physical, monolithic networks into cloud-based ones. Throughout this evolution, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) must enhance their lawful intercept capabilities in anticipation of

Google I/O 2022 will take place between May 11–12, the company has announced. Similar to last year, this year’s Google I/O will be free to access virtually for everyone. The event will, however, be livestreamed from Google’s Shoreline Amphitheatre — the regular venue for the I/O conference — and will have a “limited live audience”