The biggest broadband providers in the US added almost twice as many fixed subscribers in 2020 as they did the previous year, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new analyst research. However, it was not good news for all of the big players; some made significantly bigger gains than others. The top 16
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A brisk two years after Swedish music streaming giant Spotify filed a complaint, the European Commission seems to have sprung into action. Multiple media, including Reuters and the FT, are reporting that the EU is set (so not quite ready yet) to act on the Spotify complaint made almost exactly two years ago. At the
Reliance Jio is working on a low-cost laptop called the “JioBook”, according to a report. The new laptop is said to be based on a forked Android build that could be dubbed JioOS. The firmware could come along with Jio apps. The JioBook is also said to have 4G LTE support. Report going back to
Mobile chip giant Qualcomm reckons it has identified some issues around wireless audio streaming, so has made a new portfolio of products to resolve them. The result is Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound, which the company seems to be hoping will become a kind of kite mark for high quality wireless sound. The focus is on streaming,
The world’s dominant internet retailer has signaled its intent to do a similar job in the physical world by opening its first shop outside of the US. Amazon has been dabbling with bricks-and-mortar retail for three years in its home town of Seattle and things seem to have gone well enough for it to make
Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound has been launched as a new suite of audio technologies for both smartphones and audio products such as wireless headphones and earphones. It was initially announced at the Qualcomm summit in December 2020. The product suite enables improved interoperability between Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset-enabled smartphones as well as wireless headphones and earphones, promising
With rapid developments in 5G and a changing telco landscape, communication service providers (CSPs) face several challenges. Evolving to be a digital service provider requires a complete transformation of legacy operation support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS). In this guide, we show you why and how transforming your OSS/BSS can result in greater
Korean tech giant Samsung claims to have wrestled back the 5G speed record but, as ever, that requires careful qualification. A trial managed to hit 5.23 Gbps to a single device. It was done in lab conditions but using commercial kit. All of these details are important when it comes to the 5G speed record
Apple on Tuesday shared insights from the Apple Hearing Study, ahead of World Hearing Day today. The study shares findings from long-term hearing health data gathered with the participation of thousands of Apple Watch and iPhone users in the US. Insights included how many experience a daily average environmental sound exposure higher than the World
German operator group DT keeps banging on about how committed it is to combating online hate speech, but what does that mean in practice? ‘Working to eliminate online hate speech: We’re continuing our commitment in 2021!’ declared a DT press release today. On the surface this seems like a fairly standard piece of corporate social
Asked about the pressure from two US politicians on cable providers not to offer right-wing TV news channels, Dexter Goei said he’ll let the market decide. Ridiculously illiberal letters were sent to all the major US cable TV providers last week, urging them to stop including three right-leaning news networks in their content bundles. There
Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Lite 5G has allegedly been spotted on Geekbench platform. A listing on the benchmarking site shows a Samsung tablet that runs on Android 11, and is powered by an octa-core SoC, paired with 4GB of RAM. Reports have connected the listing to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Lite 5G. This is
Tech PR agency CCgroup chatted to 100 global telecoms tech buyers to see what gets them to splash the cash and it turns out trade press is right up there. The report is titled ‘Navigating telco turbulence: lessons for vendor marketing’ and is the result of some independent research done by the agency, which represents
The Chairman of UK telco group BT – Jan du Plessis – has decided he’s had enough of the executive rollercoaster and is stepping down. “BT has made good progress over the last few years,” said du Plessis (pictured). “We have a refreshed Board and much-strengthened senior management team delivering on our strategy to transform
Apple spring event 2021 could be just around the corner. Historically, the Cupertino-based tech giant holds special events in March to announce something new. Apple hasn’t officially revealed anything about its spring event 2021 yet, but it is rumoured to bring upgrades to iPad Pro, AirPods, and Apple TV this time. The company is also
The last few months have ushered a digital acceleration on an unprecedented scale and scope, and there is a prevailing sense that many of these new trends are sustainable over the long term. Service providers have added a significant amount of capacity to meet the sudden spikes in demand. However, the demands on their networks
TIM reported growth in retail fixed lines in the fourth quarter of last year for the first time in 20 years. This growth was not enough to lift the Italian incumbent’s numbers; full-year revenues were down more than 12% to €15.8 billion – the fixed-line revenue decline was lower at 5.9% – and EBITDA dropped
WandaVision is unlike anything we’ve seen before in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including in the way it looks. A crucial part of that is the cinematography. For most of its nine-episode run, WandaVision has ran through several decades of American sitcoms, starting in the ‘50s with the classics and breaking through the fourth wall in