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Asked about the pressure from two US politicians on cable providers not to offer right-wing TV news channels, Dexter Goei said he’ll let the market decide. Ridiculously illiberal letters were sent to all the major US cable TV providers last week, urging them to stop including three right-leaning news networks in their content bundles. There

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Lite 5G has allegedly been spotted on Geekbench platform. A listing on the benchmarking site shows a Samsung tablet that runs on Android 11, and is powered by an octa-core SoC, paired with 4GB of RAM. Reports have connected the listing to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Lite 5G. This is

Tech PR agency CCgroup chatted to 100 global telecoms tech buyers to see what gets them to splash the cash and it turns out trade press is right up there. The report is titled ‘Navigating telco turbulence: lessons for vendor marketing’ and is the result of some independent research done by the agency, which represents

The Chairman of UK telco group BT – Jan du Plessis – has decided he’s had enough of the executive rollercoaster and is stepping down. “BT has made good progress over the last few years,” said du Plessis (pictured). “We have a refreshed Board and much-strengthened senior management team delivering on our strategy to transform

Apple spring event 2021 could be just around the corner. Historically, the Cupertino-based tech giant holds special events in March to announce something new. Apple hasn’t officially revealed anything about its spring event 2021 yet, but it is rumoured to bring upgrades to iPad Pro, AirPods, and Apple TV this time. The company is also

The last few months have ushered a digital acceleration on an unprecedented scale and scope, and there is a prevailing sense that many of these new trends are sustainable over the long term. Service providers have added a significant amount of capacity to meet the sudden spikes in demand. However, the demands on their networks

TIM reported growth in retail fixed lines in the fourth quarter of last year for the first time in 20 years. This growth was not enough to lift the Italian incumbent’s numbers; full-year revenues were down more than 12% to €15.8 billion – the fixed-line revenue decline was lower at 5.9% – and EBITDA dropped

WandaVision is unlike anything we’ve seen before in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including in the way it looks. A crucial part of that is the cinematography. For most of its nine-episode run, WandaVision has ran through several decades of American sitcoms, starting in the ‘50s with the classics and breaking through the fourth wall in

Inmarsat has named former Nokia boss Rajeev Suri as its new chief executive, effective at the start of next month. Suri (pictured) replaces Inmarsat’s longtime leader Rupert Pearce, who is stepping down after nine years at the helm and a total of 16 years with the satellite company. Inmarsat did not give a reason for

Telefónica’s top management have given a strong indication that we can expect more fibre infrastructure deals from the telco in Latin America. Fresh from announcing the sale of 60% of its fibre assets in Chile to investment group KKR, a deal that valued the business at US$1 billion, the Spanish operator revealed that it is

PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 users can own a copy of Ratchet & Clank for free, as part of the company’s Play At Home initiative. Sony introduced Play At Home in April last year, as the world was just entering consecutive lockdowns due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Under the initiative, the company gave away digital

Spanish towers giant Cellnex is dropping €1.6 billion to buy Polkomtel Infrastruktura and its 7,000 Polish towers and sites. Cellnex CEO Tobias Martinez likes to narrate his shopping compulsion with nice, long quotes. “First, it allows Cellnex to rapidly consolidate and reinforce its position in Poland following the recent announcement to acquire towers and sites

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Google Sleep API is being made publicly available, and this will allow sleep tracking apps on Android smartphones use less power to detect sleep patterns, the tech company said. The Sleep API will be built right into Google Play Services, and will centralise sleep detection processing. It is one the Activity Recognition APIs which, “with

Internet giant Amazon is trying to convince its warehouse workers not to unionize, but its disturbing ads run on Twitch break the streaming service’s rules so they’ve been taken down. The ads were first brought to broader public attention by More Perfect Union, a news site focused on worker’s rights. As you can see from

The foreign policy of the Biden Presidency has a distinctly familiar feel to it, with a new executive order designed to boost domestic industry. As is so often the way with politics, the packaging may be different but the contents remain much the same. While Donald Trump spoke of making America great again, Biden is

Netflix’s Smart Downloads feature is broadening its horizons with “Downloads for You.” It can now automatically download movies and TV shows that you might like, to help you in situations where you find yourself stuck without Internet access or in a long wait like the evening commute. (Remember travelling to and fro for work? Saving

The FCC has announced the winning bidders from the recent 3.7 GHz spectrum auction and Verizon is top of the list, accounting for more than half of the eye-watering spend. The telco, which participated in the auction as Cellco Partnership, spent a staggering $45.5 billion on 3,511 spectrum licences across the US. We knew Verizon