UK electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has decided to be monogamous with Vodafone and make it the only MNO it offers its customers. Back when Carphone Warehouse was independent it used to resell postpaid contracts from all UK mobile network operators in as part of subsidised handset bundles. As part of the group that uses the
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Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Olivier Lebigot, CTO at Gamestream, analyses the business potential offered to telcos by cloud gaming. With a global network infrastructure that can now support huge volumes of data transfer, and the widespread rise of cloud computing, video
Samsung’s virtual event at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2021 is set for today. The South Korean tech giant has teased the launch of new devices at the event. The company is speculated to launch a new smartwatch, among other things. While Samsung usually holds standalone Galaxy Unpacked events for its flagship models, like the foldable
Samsung has taken the wraps off a new radio design that it hopes will help it gain further traction with European telcos. The Korean electronics giant has been winning fans with its 5G portfolio – particularly in markets that have shut the door on Huawei and ZTE. A good example would be Samsung’s five-year, $6.6
T-Mobile US has upped the ante in the attention-seeking stakes and is marking hitting its 5G coverage target ahead of schedule with the launch of a branded gin. There’s no obvious link between mobile connectivity and gin – apart from perhaps needing a stiff one after trying to get through to your provider’s call centre
Apple is expanding retail operations as the United States emerges from the pandemic, betting that a combination of strategies developed before and during COVID-19 will make its stores more popular than ever, its retail chief told Reuters. Apple is doing this as the retail industry works out what the post-pandemic future will look like, including
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has taken the latest step towards getting its act together on 5G with the launch of a bunch of new AirScale products. Specifically we’re talking about basebands, remote radio heads and massive MIMO active antennas, the last of which nudges Nokia ahead in the competition to offer the lightest 5G antenna,
Openreach this week announced plans to add a further 5 million homes and businesses to its full fibre footprint in the UK, sharing details of a raft of new towns and cities in which it plans to build. The move forms part of Openreach’s plan to roll out fibre coverage to 25 million homes by
After months of Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) shortage and their skyrocketing prices, there are indications in the European market that the crisis may be nearing its end. A new report reveals that the prices of AMD and Nvidia graphics cards have fallen by nearly 50 percent in Europe. Not just that, when it comes to
The ever-generous British taxpayer has chucked a million quid at a new initiative called Sonic Labs, which is designed to give 5G OpenRAN R&D an extra boost. Yes, it was a somewhat forced headline, but it had to be done and is no more forced than their acronym, which we’re not going to dignify with
KDDI and Softbank are using shared RAN equipment to help them reduce the cost and increase the speed of their 5G network deployment. The pair are deploying a Multi-Operator Radio Access Network (MORAN) – the first of its kind in Japan, they claim – using equipment from Ericsson and other vendors, the Swedish kit maker
Apple has been a laggard in the smart-home space, but a versatile new device in early development could change that. The company is working on a product that would combine an Apple TV set-top box with a HomePod speaker and include a camera for video conferencing through a connected TV and other smart-home functions, according to
A year after it claimed a UK first with a 5G standalone network trial, Vodafone has announced that it is running a commercial pilot of the technology in three major cities. The mobile operator will carry out the pilot in London, Manchester and Cardiff with a view to testing the new capabilities that will come
UK mobile operator EE has announced it will start charging £2 per day for new and upgrading customers to use their data in Europe. One of the best things the EU ever did was getting rid of extra charges for roaming within the bloc but, as you may have heard, the UK left the EU
After a long wait, Philips has finally introduced the first ‘Designed for Xbox’ gaming monitor, the Momentum 559M1RYV, which comes packed with a Vertical Alignment (VA) 55-inch 4K HDR display for improved viewing angles and good colour reproduction. The Dutch multinational says its latest high-end product has sound by British sound experts Bowers & Wilkins
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Eitan Linker, CCO at mce Systems, reviews some recent news concerning data privacy. Apple recently settled a lawsuit with a student in Oregon regarding racy photos that a third-party repairs company’s employees uploaded to social media—a
US chip giant Intel is on a bit of a roll in the telecoms sector thanks in part to the growth of OpenRAN, so it has decided to create a new silo dedicated to it. The Network and Edge Group will be headed up by Nick McKeown, who was already a part-time Intel employee following
Google Meet is getting new education-focussed features, Google announced at The Anywhere School 2021 online event. These include more controls for moderators and admins, like the ability to force breakout room participants back into the main meeting and end any meeting from the investigation tool. Google Meet video calls will also support public live streaming