Softbank has named company insider Junichi Miyakawa (pictured) as the new chief executive of its retail telecoms business. Miyakawa, who currently serves as CTO of Softbank Corp, will replace existing president and CEO Ken Miyauchi on 1 April. Miyauchi will move upstairs to take on the role of board chairman, while Masayoshi Son will adopt
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Social media platform Twitter, famous for the measured and conciliatory attitude of its users, wants to let them annotate each other’s posts. The new moderation system is called Birdwatch. “People come to Twitter to stay informed,” wrote Twitter VP of Product Keith Coleman, choosing to overlook the state of perpetual conflict between many of its
Sony is working on a new Xperia Compact smartphone that will feature a 5.5-inch display, as per a tipster. The phone is tipped to sport a dual rear camera setup with a 13-megapixel primary camera. While the Xperia Compact line of phones was scrapped a couple of years ago, an earlier report had claimed that
Google and Amazon can add growing unionization to the list of challenges to their dominance of the digital economy. The former has Switzerland-based UNI Global Union to thank for this new front in their war, which has combined with a nascent US Google labour union (whose first act was to state its disapproval of fascism)
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Lars Larsson, CEO of Varnish Software, makes the case for virtual CDNs at the edge of 5G networks. 5G and the possibilities it can bring to businesses and consumers has been hyped for years. The general
Tata Sky and Croma, the entities owned by Tata Group, exposed the data of millions of their customers due to security vulnerabilities, according to a cybersecurity researcher. The issues allowed bad actors to access sensitive data including the full names, phone numbers, addresses, date of birth, and email IDs of both Tata Sky and Croma
Within moments of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom sent in requests for their shares to be reinstated to the New York Stock Exchange. China’s three incumbent telcos, filed three separate but largely identical written requests with the NYSE, asking for the latter’s decision to delist the three companies’ share
Youfone will launch fixed and mobile services in Belgium in April, having brokered a wholesale deal with incumbent operator Proximus. Heralding from the neighbouring Netherlands, Youfone has signed two agreements with Proximus, one that will allow it to operate as an MVNO on its mobile network and a second that facilitates fixed network access. “Youfone
Nokia 1.4, Nokia 6.3, and Nokia 7.3 could launch in Q1 or early Q2 of this year, a new report claims. All three of these Nokia phones have been in the news in the past with speculations around their release. While Nokia 1.4 is relatively new, Nokia 6.3 and Nokia 7.3 were originally expected to
New US President Biden has promoted FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to chair the regulator and the policing of social media is likely to be her biggest single task. Given her experience as an FCC Commissioner, Rosenworcel seems like a good appointment. She will presumably have a significant role in filling the position she vacates. That
Synchronization is one of the most critical functions of a communication system; however, in the context of 5G, especially for Time Division Duplex (TDD) where both uplink and downlink transmission is on the same frequency, the possibility of interference is much more significant. As a result, we see more stringent requirements for timing and synchronization
Realme Watch 2 specifications and images have surfaced on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website, revealing details of the upcoming smartwatch. The new smartwatch by the Chinese company appears to have some similarities with the original Realme Watch that debuted in India last year. However, it is expected to have a better battery life
2021 is off to a flying start for satellite communications, with China launching the third satellite in its Tiantong-1 series and Elon Musk’s SpaceX sending its latest batch of Starlink satellites into orbit. The Tiantong 1-03 satellite was launched earlier this week from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, the Xinhua news
The smartphone brand spun out from Huawei in a bid to circumvent US sanctions is keen to show what a different proposition it is. At the core of any corporate transformation, of course, is a new brand strategy. New-look Honor is all about the slogan ‘go beyond’, which is just as substantial as you’d expect.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7, Galaxy Tab S7+, and Galaxy Tab S7+ 5G are receiving the Android 11-based One UI 3.1 update in South Korea, as per a report. The update brings several changes including redesigned UI elements and improved performance. The three are said to be Samsung’s first flagship tablets that are getting the One
The most profound change in global supply chains in the coming years will be digitalisation, and as such companies that embrace IoT solutions will find themselves ahead of the competition. This is according to a new Internet of Things predictions report from Telenor Connexion. The company, which as an IoT connectivity and cloud services provider
Don’t count Nokia out of the Chinese RAN market just yet because it seems to be getting pretty cozy with China Mobile. The unlikely couple announced their trial of Nokia’s RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) over China Mobile’s live 5G network. Apparently it went really well. As the Nokia product name indicates, this isn’t so much
Raspberry Pi Pico microcontroller has been launched and it is powered by Raspberry Pi Foundation’s own RP2040 processor. The Raspberry Pi Pico is a standalone board that can be used as a companion to a Raspberry Pi computer. It can also be used to run code or make projects by having it interact with other