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UK operator group Vodafone has enlisted the help of US software vendor Mavenir to see if they can add some OpenRAN secret sauce to small cells for businesses. The two companies are among the most busy in the OpenRAN space, so its unsurprising to see them get the band back together for a spot of

IoT is failing to live up to expectations in the UK and in the US, or at least that is what the creators of a new report would have us believe. 77% of companies who implemented at least one Internet of Things (IoT) project in the past 12 months said their project was at best

Apple introduced the 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Mini-LED display but did not incorporate it in the 11-inch iPad Pro model this year. A new investor note by TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo suggests that is going to change next year. Kuo claims that the Mini-LED display technology will not be limited to the 12.9-inch model

Ambitious Spanish infrastructure specialist Cellnex has completed its acquisition of Polkomtel Infrastruktura. The move was announced in February and needed to be approved by the appropriate authorities. The apparent absence of the EU from the process resulted in a relatively quick turnaround by Polish competition authority UOKiK. Cellnex has now added around 7,000 towers and

Policymakers are not making enough mid-band spectrum available for 5G and that could cost operators – and ultimately consumers – dear, the GSMA warned this week. The industry body shared the results of a study carried out by Coleago Consulting that shows densely populated cities require on average 2 GHz of mid-band frequencies by the

Google Chrome OS 91’s latest update seems to have created another issue when it was pulled for degrading performance. Google released the version 91.0.4472.147 update at the end of June for Chrome OS, but users reported that it was causing performance issues on their laptops after which it was pulled. However, this seems to have

Italy’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into TIM’s exclusive deal with rights holder DAZN to stream top-flight football content, but the Italian telco is sticking to its story – that the deal is good for competition in the pay TV market. The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) said it will look

The US has created another 6G initiative and got a bunch of tech and telecoms giants on board from the start. It’s called [email protected] because it’s based at the University of Texas in Austin, a city that is vying to rival Silicon Valley as America’s tech hub. UT Austin reckons it was a major contributor

If you’re familiar with the action camera market, then you’ve most likely heard of Insta360, a popular maker of action and 360-degree cameras. Although not as well-known as GoPro in India, the company hopes to change this now that it has an official presence in the country. Today we’ll be testing the Insta360 Go 2,

A stretch of the UK’s famous Jurassic Coast has become one of the first locations in the world to receive standalone 5G coverage at 700 MHz. The 5G RuralDorset project has installed a few base stations at various points along a 30-mile stretch of coastline, beginning in Kimmeridge in the east, and ending in Portland

An imminent trial marks a significant step for Samsung in Australia as well as adding to a busy week for TPG. Earlier this week Australian operator TPG got Nokia’s help with what it claimed was the world’s first 5G SA network over the 700 MHz frequency. Now it has switched to the other end of

Pokemon Go has surpassed $5 billion (roughly Rs. 37,323 crores) in lifetime revenue in five years, Sensor Tower reports. This milestone has been crossed by game maker Niantic as it celebrates the five-year anniversary of its popular augmented reality mobile game, Pokemon Go, which was launched in 2016. Sensor Tower notes that it remains the

Finland’s finest has launched new software designed to help operators get to grips with cellular IoT device provisioning and subscription management. Called iSIM Secure Connect, it builds on embedded SIM (eSIM) and integrated SIM (iSIM) technology by linking it to trusted digital identification, enabling telcos to authenticate and manage cellular IoT devices quickly and securely.

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