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Canada’s opposition on Wednesday called on Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to get tougher on China, including by officially banning Huawei’s 5G technology from being used in the country. Opposition parties passed a non-binding motion put forward by the Conservatives calling China a threat to Canadian interests and values, and urging the government to

Meandering US telco group Verizon has finally got rid of a media property it was always ill-suited to own. HuffPost was the flagship property in Verizon’s $4.4 billion acquisition of antiquated internet company AOL five years ago. It was a bit of a head-scratcher at the time, with Verizon having no proven competence in the

The Federal Communications Commission has set out new rules to repurpose a chunk of the 5.9 GHz spectrum band for wifi. Commissioner Michael O’Rielly declared himself “extremely pleased – bordering on ecstatic” that the regulator has taken action on a spectrum band that has been underused to date. “Many, many years ago, Commissioner Rosenworcel and

iPhone 12 Pro Max has been subjected to a teardown by YouTuber Zack Nelson aka JerryRigEverything, offering a peek at what the internals are like. He specifically showed what the new sensor shift image stabilisation on the iPhone 12 Pro Max looks like. Apple says that this new technique can stabilise an image at over

SFR FTTH is overcharging Bouygues Telecom for access to its fibre-to-the-home infrastructure, Arcep has ruled. The French regulator upheld complaints from Bouygues Telecom dating back to the start of the year. In a nutshell, SFR FTTH raised its prices for last-drop access in rural areas and Bouygues Telecom was deeply unhappy about it. It’s a

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Martin Morgan, VP Marketing of Openet, an Amdocs company, reflects on the findings of the 2020 Telecoms.com annual industry survey (AIS) and looks forward to lucrative new network-centric services for operators arriving in 2021. Most global

Citizen has launched CZ Smart as the Japanese firm’s first smartwatch. It has been launched in the US and features a round display with three physical buttons on the right side. The case is made from stainless steel and the wearable comes in a single size. You get three dial colour options, one of which

Gadget giant Apple takes 30% of everything spent on its app store, but it’s halving that rate for anyone who earns let than $1 million per year. Inevitably Apple is positioning this as a piece of philanthropy so generous it brings a tear to the eye. “Small businesses are the backbone of our global economy

Börje Ekholm, CEO of Swedish kit vendor Ericsson, has spoken out against Sweden’s decision to ban Chinese vendors from being used in the country’s 5G networks. Ekholm expressed his counter-intuitive position during an interview with the FT. His main problem seems to be with Sweden’s decision to deviate from the EU toolbox, which recommends member

Apple has brought the first developer release of macOS Big Sur 11.1 beta less than a week after launching the latest operating system to the public. The new beta update is expected to come with some bug fixes and performance enhancements. In addition to the new macOS Big Sur update, Apple has released the iOS

Somewhat surprisingly it looks like the European Union is going to do the right thing and stay out of a merger between two UK companies. Normally the European Commission, or one of the countless other state appendages that sprout from the EU blob, would be all over something like the proposed merger between O2 UK

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced the premium consumers are willing to pay for 5G services, according to Ericsson. Consumers are now willing to pay a 10% premium for a 5G plan bundled with digital services, a new survey conducted by Ericsson this summer and designed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on 5G adoption,

Apple brought macOS Big Sur as its next-generation operating system last week. The update carries a list of fresh features for Mac machines. However, macOS Big Sur was also found to include an issue that causes Apple apps to bypass firewalls and virtual private networks (VPNs). This privacy-concerning problem was initially spotted in a macOS

Banned Chinese vendor Huawei hopes the UK might be allowed to let it back into its 5G network once Trump is no longer US President. UK Huawei head Victor Zhang wasted little time after the US election in granting the Guardian an interview in which he implored the UK to have a rethink about its

Vodafone CEO Nick Read on Monday indicated that his company will continue to fight against what it perceives to be unfair 5G licensing conditions in Portugal: there is more work to come for the lawyers. His comments came alongside the publication of the operator group’s first half financial figures – “resilience” was the word of

Nikon has released the full version of its software that will let you use your compatible DSLR or mirrorless camera as a high-end webcam. The company’s Webcam Utility Software is available for free on Windows 10 and macOS. It allows you to connect your Nikon camera to a computer via USB and use it as

The Austrian Supreme Court has decided that any censorship demands it places on Facebook must be implemented globally. The ruling signifies defeat for Facebook in its final appeal in a case that has been running for years. Eva Glawischnig is former Austrian politician who didn’t like it when some random Facebook user described her as

There’s nothing quite like the acquisition of a nationwide US mobile operator to put a sheen on the old balance sheet. Taking at face value Deutsche Telekom’s third-quarter group revenue and adjusted EBITDA AL growth – up 31.9 percent and 49.6 percent year-on-year respectively – you could be forgiven for concluding that management are an