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The numbers are in for this year’s exceptional Mobile World Congress Barcelona event and, while it missed attendance targets, it did OK under the circumstances. It was always a big ask to stage a huge international physical event at a time when the Covid pandemic is still raging in many parts of the world. Even

Nothing Ear 1 TWS earbuds price has been revealed after much anticipation and a slew of early teasers. The venture owned by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei on Tuesday informed Gadgets 360 that its Ear 1 true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds will offer active noise cancellation (ANC) at a global price tag of GBP 99 (roughly

The German incumbent has made no secret of its plan to offload T-Mobile Netherlands, and now it appears as if that process has begun in earnest. According to a Bloomberg report late last week, Deutsche Telekom has appointed Morgan Stanley to help it sound out potential suitors. Unnamed sources cited by the outlet claim that

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ashley Stephenson, CTO, for Corero Network Security, looks at some of the exceptional security challenges accompanying the Covid pandemic. The world looked quite different just over a year ago. Not only has the world gone through

For WhatsApp users, there are certain ways to figure out if someone has blocked you on the instant messaging app. WhatsApp has been ambiguous about telling its users if they have been blocked as it aims to maintain the privacy of users. The messaging app doesn’t explicitly tell you if you’re blocked by someone but

With more and more aspects of our daily lives moving online, bandwidth consumption is skyrocketing—and this growth is only expected to continue. This is putting a tremendous strain on cable operators’ networks, and traditional I-CCAP architectures may not be up to the challenge. Download this white paper and explore how a new approach to distributed

Cellnex has closed the Italian portion of its European towers mega-deal, adding over 9,000 sites to its growing European footprint. The Italian component of Cellnex’s €10 billion acquisition of CK Hutchison’s European towers assets is particularly significant because it raised some serious regulatory questions; specifically, Italy’s competition watchdog, the Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del

The TV in your living room or bedroom isn’t just another entertainment device anymore. It’s more personal and an indispensable part of your life, and others around you. Samsung, India’s no. 1 TV brand, impressed everyone when it announced its first The Frame TV. It instantly changed everyone’s perception of a modern smart TV. Samsung

Messages by Google will soon be the default messaging app for all AT&T Android customers in the US, effectively killing attempts by operators to establish their own RCS platform. US operators recently pulled the plug on the shambolic Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative, which was formed in partnership with long time RCS (Rich Communications Services) cheerleader

UK MNO Three has decided it has ‘come of age’ now that it’s 18 years old and is celebrating with a new ad campaign showing some of the stuff you can do with a phone. It’s not so much a rebrand – the ‘3’ with flamey jagged lines logo is unchanged – as a new

TikTok was running again in Pakistan Saturday after a provincial court lifted suspension of the popular social media service but ordered it to address complaints that it hosted objectionable content. The Pakistan Telecoms Authority (PTA) blocked access Thursday for a third time after a ruling by a Sindh court hearing a private citizen’s petition against

The UK government has launched an initiative designed to speed up the adoption of OpenRAN as part of its quest to erase Huawei from the country’s mobile networks. The move coincided with the appointment of a new leader for the Telecoms Supply Chain Diversification Advisory Council, a new body that succeeds the Telecoms Diversification Taskforce,

Ericsson has won a major 5G contract in Malaysia instead of Huawei, which could represent a major strategic shift by the country. The news is significant for two reasons: firstly because the 5G development model in Malaysia is unlike that of most of the rest of the world, with the government controlling the country’s 5G

Google app on iOS has a pinball game Easter egg that was recently discovered by some users. It is a game that can be played while in the Google app, much like some of the Easter eggs found on Android. However, this hidden pinball game seems to be exclusive to iOS devices. There are a

The cost of fibre broadband is coming down in the UK, or so we’re led to believe. Thursday brought two separate announcements from incumbent operator BT and its independent network arm Openreach that will essentially reduce the price of fibre broadband subscriptions for many people over the coming years. BT has launched Home Essentials, a

The world has changed in a very short space of time with the global pandemic altering the way in which we think, behave and interact. Restrictions around the world have meant that now, more than ever, people have been relying on technology in their everyday life. Thanks to lockdowns and social distancing, demand for mobile

Opera for Chromebooks has become the world’s first alternative browser to be optimised for Chrome OS, Opera has announced. The browser brings several features such as a free unlimited, no-log browser VPN, an ad blocker, cookie dialogue blocker, and colour themes to the Chrome OS platform. Additionally, the browser comes with WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Twitter,

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Douglas Lloyd of Azoomee details the opportunities available to operators in the education sector. With nearly a year of intermittent lockdowns causing incalculable disruption to education, home learning has never been more of a priority for parents