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
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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
What started as a few amateur investors trying to undermine the efforts of hedge funds to make money from a declining stock is having wider repercussions. As you’re probably aware, shares in US computer games retailer GameStop have been going through the roof since the start of the year and are currently priced around 8x
While Apple hasn’t provided any details about the 2021 iPhone lineup, concept renders offering a glimpse into the possible design of iPhone SE 3 and iPhone 12S Pro have surfaced online. iPhone SE 3, aka iPhone SE (2021), seems to have a list of significant changes over the existing iPhone SE (2020) and the original
NTT DoCoMo has announced its latest successful 5G test on a moving high-speed train. The Japanese operator said it had achieved a stable 5G connection, including handover between base stations and the transmission of high-definition video, on a train moving at, wait for it, 360 km per hour. For those of us more familiar with
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has managed to improve its share price the old-fashioned way, by doing a bit better than investors thought it would. Sales were up 13% year-on-year, when adjusted for adjustments, in Q4 2020. Even more impressive was a 60% increase in net income. The full year was pretty healthy too, with sales
Wondering how to browse Vi (Vodafone Idea) recharge packs by region? Vi offers a range of recharge packs for its prepaid customers segregated on the basis of different regions in India. The telecom operator offers its recharge packs in different categories, such as unlimited, combo, data, talktime, plan vouchers, and SMS packs among others. Vi
India is ready to start testing 5G, according to the country’s communications minister, who this week called upon the country’s telcos to opt for homegrown technology for the 5G core. His comments came as Bharti Airtel trumpeted a successful 5G demo in Hyderabad, but indications are that the telco is in no rush to launch
French MNOs Orange and Free Mobile have been chatting about forming a network sharing agreement, but it came to nothing. Having dropped a serious chunk of change on 5G spectrum late last year, the two MNOs thought it might be an idea to pool their resources on the 5G rollout. Such network sharing agreements are