Deutsche Telekom is trumpeting a new 5G Voice over New Radio (VoNR) milestone, but while voice remains important, its impact on the data experience is what really matters. The German incumbent has announced the successful completion of what it says is the world’s first 5G VoNR call in an end-to-end multi-vendor environment. The call, carried
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Aviva is joining a UK autonomous vehicle project in a bid to capture data that will enable it to insure such driverless vehicles when the time comes. The firm has agreed a five-year partnership with R&D outfit Darwin Innovation Group, which will initially see it join an existing autonomous vehicle trial at the Harwell Science
The United States, Britain, and other leading nations reached a landmark deal on Saturday to pursue higher global taxation on multinational businesses such as Google, Apple, and Amazon. In a move that could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help them cope with the aftermath of COVID-19, the Group of Seven large advanced economies
Apparently buying shares in a company materially helps it, so the US has extended its efforts to starve Chinese companies of investment. Inevitably this is framed as a ‘national emergency’ as is anything else the government feels like imposing on the world. The emergency in question was actually announced by the Trump presidency last November
Telefonica has lopped the best part of €4 billion from its debt pile in the space of a couple of days by closing the sale of towers in Europe and Latin America. The Spanish incumbent brokered a €7.7 billion, two-part deal to sell off 31,000 telecoms towers held by its Telxius Towers business to passive
OnePlus Nord CE 5G camera details have been officially confirmed just days ahead of its launch in India. The new OnePlus phone will come with a 64-megapixel primary camera sensor on the back, as per a teaser released by the Chinese company. OnePlus Nord CE 5G will be the new model in the company’s Nord
A new system designed to improve road safety is being tried out on actual roads in the UK. It has been developed by Vodafone, Nokia and Chordant, with some kind of public sector seal of approval and maybe even public funds. Positioned as a ‘mobility cloud platform’, it seems to be an initial step towards
Six countries have imposed special taxes on the revenues internet companies derive from their citizens and the US isn’t happy about it. The US Trade Representative (USTR) has completed an investigation into the matter and, to everyone’s surprise, concluded government policy is beyond reproach. After having a really good look at it from all possible
A fake WhatsApp message is in circulation that claims the government is offering free Internet access to 100 million users for three months. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has flagged the message as fraud and confirmed that no such announcement has been made by the government. The message also carries a link that could be
Progress in Portugal’s controversial 5G spectrum auction has been so slow that the regulator has been forced to change the rules to enable more bidding rounds per day. Wednesday marked the 100th day of bidding in the auction, in which the country’s established mobile operators are battling it out, albeit in a highly leisurely fashion,
The telecoms industry wasn’t about to let the matter of a global pandemic cramp its style, so the Glotels are open once more to give you the chance at the recognition you deserve. Now in its 8th year, the Global Telecoms Awards has consistently represented and acknowledged the most ground-breaking innovations and greatest achievements of
Tecno Pova 2 was launched in the Philippines on Thursday, June 3. The phone is the successor of the Tecno Pova launched in India in December last year. The new model brings upgrades in display, processor, battery, and camera departments. The Tecno Pova 2 is powered by a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC and packs a
Consumers, enterprises and governments will benefit greatly as 5G networks and Multi-Access Edge Computing (or MEC, formerly known as Mobile Edge Computing) capabilities are deployed over the next decade. In this position paper, we consider the vital role location intelligence plays in a 5G MEC world – from building out the infrastructure to enabling a
Lumenisity is a UK startup developing a new kind of fibre technology, which claims to reduce optical latency by 50%. The company was spun out of the University of Southampton and came out of stealth mode last autumn. It hasn’t taken long for it to catch the eye of major telcos, with BT partnering with
Fitbit may soon roll out a new feature that detects snoring and noise by its devices titled ”Snore & Noise Detect”. The move is will likely to help the spouses and partners of the snoring population. The Verge quoted a report in 9to5Google, which decompiled the latest version of the Fitbit app in Google’s Play
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ray Williamson, Director of European Product Management, Huawei Wireless, takes a look at what could also be called 5.5G. What is 5G Advanced?5G is pushing the boundaries not only of our mobile communications systems but also of
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, Galaxy Tab S8+, and Galaxy Tab S8 are expected to be the upcoming flagship tablet models from the company. Ahead of their official announcement, their pricing and specifications have been allegedly leaked. The three tablets have been codenamed Basquiat 3, Basquiat 2, and Basquiat 1, respectively. Just like last year’s
It’s a good day for China’s Xiaomi, which has confirmed reports that it is no longer blacklisted in the US and shared first-quarter numbers that show pretty stellar growth. “Xiaomi is pleased to announce that on May 25, 2021 at 4:09 pm (Eastern Standard Time), the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued