The US Federal Communications Commission will auction off 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3.45 GHz band in the autumn, with bidding set to begin in early October. The US regulator is seeking comment on its plans for the sale, dubbed auction 110, including a proposed reserve price of more than $14.7 billion, a sum
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Operation Diànxùn used a fake Huawei career site to target telecoms professionals with the apparent aim of getting hold of 5G technologies. The whole thing is detailed in this McAfee blog, which ‘details an espionage campaign, targeting telecommunication companies, dubbed Operation Diànxùn.’ It used a URL designed to look like a legitimate Huawei careers site
Samsung Galaxy A52, Galaxy A52 5G, and Galaxy A72 were unveiled on Wednesday. All three phones come with an IP67-certified dust- and water-resistant design. The Galaxy A52 models and Galaxy A72 also feature quad rear cameras as well as a hole-punch display design. Samsung claims that its new Galaxy A-series phones deliver up to two
Having made its mark on the Italian mobile market over the past three years, Iliad has now confirmed it will add to its portfolio and launch fixed services in Italy in the coming months. The French operator did not share an exact date, but in a statement accompanying its full-year results announcement pledged to launch
Nordnet, the satellite broadband business owned by Orange, has officially launched its satellite broadband service in France. Neosat, as the offer is known, provides broadband services of up to 100 Mbps to homes and businesses in areas of poor fixed connectivity for less than €40 per month, Nordnet announced on Tuesday. That’s surprisingly affordable, and
Apple recently submitted a patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) titled “self-mixing interferometry-based gesture input system including a wearable or handheld device.” Essentially, the patent describes the use of ring-shaped smart devices worn by a user to control other apple devices. The ring may be used alone or in pairs and
Dish Network is in double figures, in that it has just inked its tenth towers deal of the year so far, this time brokering a master lease agreement with American Tower. The new deal will give Dish access to up to 20,000 American Tower sites across the US and, like the agreements that went before,
One of Trump’s last acts as President was to blacklist Chinese gadget giant Xiaomi for reasons basic due process has revealed to be fundamentally flawed. The US legislature is largely circumvented by the current fashion of executive orders followed by court challenges. The matter of Xiaomi’s treatment at the hands of the US government is
Apple spring event is tipped to take place on March 23 where the Cupertino-based tech giant is expected to unveil the rumoured AirTags, 2021 iPad Pro models, AirPods 3 (not the official name), and a new Apple TV streaming box. The development was shared by a known tipster on Twitter, but Apple has not revealed
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Richard Piasentin, Chief Strategy Officer at Accedian, says it’s time for CSPs to stake their claim to the mobile edge. Mobile data and device volumes have been soaring over recent years. That in itself should be some
Verizon will spend $10 billion over the next three years rolling out 5G on its new C-band spectrum and is completely unphased about making a return on its massive investments. Further, it appears than home broadband will play as big a part as mobile in helping the US telco in driving revenue growth from 5G,
Amazon and Flipkart act as online marketplaces for a host of things. Apart from smartphones, you can buy accessories, small gadgets like speakers, headphones, and many other things on e-commerce sites. There are so many options on these sites that sometimes it gets difficult to discover the right products. If you’re looking to stock up
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has unveiled a new service enablement platform that’s designed to enable innovation across the OpenRAN ecosystem. The new SEP is apparently “The first commercial solution to deliver radio network programmability, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning innovation across the OpenRAN ecosystem.’ It bundles together Nokia’s RAN Intelligent Controller and edge computing stuff
The Indian government has published new procurement rules for the telecoms space, a move that looks a lot like step in the direction of blocking Chinese vendors from the market. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Wednesday issued amendments to its licensing agreements for telcos and virtual operators, imposing additional conditions on the procurement of
Sony IMX661 127.68 megapixel CMOS image sensor launched on Thursday featuring a global shutter function. According to the company, this is the highest effective pixel count in the industry. Sony says this can provide an optical size nearly 10 times larger than of a typical 1.1-type image sensor corresponded to a C Mount. The sensor
A year after it was announced, the Shared Rural Network programme took one step closer to actually happening with the publication of a transparency notice. Leaving aside questions about why it took a year to draft, you may also be wondering why a such a thing is a prerequisite at all. The answer lies in
The UK’s mobile network operators are poised to start bidding in the country’s second 5G auction, with the reserve prices for the available frequencies coming it at north of £1 billion. The auction kicks off on Friday, and EE, O2, Three and Vodafone will all take part, Ofcom confirmed earlier this week. The operators will
The ROG Phone 5 is the 4th generation gaming smartphone from Asus, and it looks like the company has gone all out. A look at the specifications sheet shows that Asus has put together the best possible hardware. The ROG Phone 5 series is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888SoC, and comes with up to