The UK’s communications regulator has decided to revoke the licence to broadcast by the TV channel China Global Television Network, an overseas branch of China’s propaganda network. In reaching its decision Ofcom has established that China Global Television Network (CGTN) has failed to meet two key requirements of the UK’s broadcasting laws in order to
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Apple has filed a patent application that could stop its lightning cables from fraying so easily. The patent is for a cable with variable stiffness that could solve this problem. Apple’s lightning cables have a reputation for fraying easily but the company could have found a solution, going by this patent. The Cupertino-company proposed ideas
The vast majority of EU member states have failed to enact new telecoms legislation so the European Commission is taking action… …via a strongly worded letter. The tension is palpable. The European Union hammered out its new Electronic Communications Code over a period of a couple of years, and it finally came into force in
The last of the major European economies is now represented in an operator cabal created to do something or other about OpenRAN technology. The group was presented to the world a couple of weeks ago, flush with debutante optimism, vowed to collaborate in order to make Europe a hot-bed of radio access network innovation. Vodafone,
Realme Watch 2 Pro has received FCC certification. The listing indicates that the Realme Watch 2 Pro will be launched soon, likely along with the Realme Watch 2, which also received the same certification recently. Realme Watch 2 Pro appeared on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification website, sporting the model number RMA2006 and
2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges, but the telecoms industry led by example in keeping the world connected and continuing to push forward regardless. The 2020 Glotel Awards reflected that, once more receiving hundreds of entries of an impressively high standard. While we weren’t able to celebrate the winners in person this year,
Fresh from its stunning insights into the broadband market, UK Parliament has decided it’s time to fix the mobile sector. It was less than a month ago that the UK Public Accounts Committee dropped the bombshell that we might not cover the entire country in fibre by 2025 after all. Lesser legislative bodies would have
iPhone and iPad users have reported crashing issues with third-party apps after syncing with M1-powered MacBook models. The third-party apps reportedly crash right after launch, making them completely unusable. However, pre-installed apps seem to run fine. The users’ reports started coming in about a month after the M1-powered MacBook laptops were released and the problem
BT has launched the latest iteration of its home broadband and WiFi product, BT Halo 3+, as it focuses its efforts to get ahead of the game in convergence in the UK. The telco first mentioned Halo towards the back end of 2019 and has already moved to the third iteration of the product…with an
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom reckons it’s still too much of a hassle to switch broadband providers, which results in people paying more than they need to. So today Ofcom is proposing a ‘one touch’ process which means you don’t have to interact with your existing ISP at all if you want shot of them. This
Tesla will recall nearly 135,000 cars to repair a computer memory failure that could pose a safety risk, US regulators said on Tuesday. The electric car manufacturer notified the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the massive recall over the problem affecting the cars’ touchscreen that could cause a loss of some features.
Nokia Bell Labs has only gone and found a way to deliver 100 Gbps on a single Passive Optical Network wavelength. The new tech has been put through its paces for the first time by Vodafone in Germany, where they presumably downloaded the 8K version of War and Peace in one nanosecond. The specifics involved
The importance of broadband connectivity is indisputably greater now than ever. The immediate need to help mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing broader objectives of delivering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), are accelerating the requirement for broadband. Omdia has identified six key challenges that the broadband industry needs to
Fujifilm GFX100S mirrorless digital camera has been launched and it boasts of featuring the “world’s highest 102-megapixel large format sensor.” This sensor is about 1.7 times the size of a 35mm full-frame sensor and the GFX100S can deliver 100-megapixel images in a handheld form factor that weighs 900 grams. It comes with the same image
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Enrico Salvatori, Senior Vice President and President of Qualcomm Technologies EMEA takes a look at the 5G Pathway and what this means for operators and industry. 5G is, in essence, an exercise in unlocking greater network efficiencies; efficiencies
Autonomous vehicles are so 2020 and the cools kids are all about the Urban Air Mobility these days. South Korea has been at the leading edge of 5G development from the start and it seems determined to maintain that position. While everyone else is still wondering how to make driverless cars, operator SKT has signed
Steam Game Festival will kick off on February 3 with over 500 free, playable game demos. Valve has held multiple Steam Game Festivals, which started in March last year, and is now organising another one with livestreams, developer interactions, and free game demos. The company shared the development on Twitter along with a YouTube video
Laure de la Raudière is officially the new chair of French telecoms regulator Arcep. President Emmanuel Macron proposed de la Raudière for the job earlier this month, a move which surprised and dismayed some in the sector. Despite the objectors, among whom Iliad founder Xavier Niel, was the most vocal, de la Raudière was formally