Google Photos is now letting users pinch to zoom in on videos or double tap to zoom in or out. The feature seems to be rolling out as a server-side switch. According to users, the app version is not a factor. However, we could use the feature only after updating to the latest version of
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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 Alan Bentley, Head of Global Strategy at Blancco, looks at the potential knock-on effects of the latest iPhone launch. The launch of the iPhone 12 in October last year saw Apple announce its first flagship 5G
Vocus has confirmed that it has received another takeover offer, its fifth in less than four years, and its value has apparently increased in that time. The latest would-be owner of the Australian fibre network operator and service provider is Macquarie, whose Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) division and its managed funds, has tabled
Mi 11 was launched globally on Monday through a virtual event. The Mi flagship phone that was unveiled in China in late December comes with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC. It also features a hole-punch design and a 2K display. Mi 11 also offers up to 256GB of onboard storage. It also sports curved edges
Finnish kit vendor Nokia reported flat sales in Q4 2020 and a decline for the full year, and its outlook indicates that trend is set to continue. The numbers weren’t terrible but they weren’t great either. Considering the unique circumstances the world found itself in last year, a small drop in sales accompanied by increased
BT saw revenues and earnings decline in the nine months to the end of 2020, while spending on fixed and mobile network infrastructure increased. The UK telco group posted a 7% year-on-year revenue decline to £16.06 billion on the back of the Covid-19 impact at its consumer and enterprise businesses, as well due to ongoing
Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the three largest telecom providers in India, taking up about 90 percent of the total market share when it comes to wireless subscribers, as per data from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). All three operators offer a host of prepaid and postpaid plans that come in all
Telecoms operators in the Netherlands may work together in various ways to speed up mobile network rollouts, according to new rules from the country’s competition body. The Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) has published the final version of new guidelines on the sharing of mobile networks, noting that telcos may collaborate under certain conditions
The UK’s communications regulator has decided to revoke the licence to broadcast by the TV channel China Global Television Network, an overseas branch of China’s propaganda network. In reaching its decision Ofcom has established that China Global Television Network (CGTN) has failed to meet two key requirements of the UK’s broadcasting laws in order to
Apple has filed a patent application that could stop its lightning cables from fraying so easily. The patent is for a cable with variable stiffness that could solve this problem. Apple’s lightning cables have a reputation for fraying easily but the company could have found a solution, going by this patent. The Cupertino-company proposed ideas
The vast majority of EU member states have failed to enact new telecoms legislation so the European Commission is taking action… …via a strongly worded letter. The tension is palpable. The European Union hammered out its new Electronic Communications Code over a period of a couple of years, and it finally came into force in
The last of the major European economies is now represented in an operator cabal created to do something or other about OpenRAN technology. The group was presented to the world a couple of weeks ago, flush with debutante optimism, vowed to collaborate in order to make Europe a hot-bed of radio access network innovation. Vodafone,
Realme Watch 2 Pro has received FCC certification. The listing indicates that the Realme Watch 2 Pro will be launched soon, likely along with the Realme Watch 2, which also received the same certification recently. Realme Watch 2 Pro appeared on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification website, sporting the model number RMA2006 and
2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges, but the telecoms industry led by example in keeping the world connected and continuing to push forward regardless. The 2020 Glotel Awards reflected that, once more receiving hundreds of entries of an impressively high standard. While we weren’t able to celebrate the winners in person this year,
Fresh from its stunning insights into the broadband market, UK Parliament has decided it’s time to fix the mobile sector. It was less than a month ago that the UK Public Accounts Committee dropped the bombshell that we might not cover the entire country in fibre by 2025 after all. Lesser legislative bodies would have
iPhone and iPad users have reported crashing issues with third-party apps after syncing with M1-powered MacBook models. The third-party apps reportedly crash right after launch, making them completely unusable. However, pre-installed apps seem to run fine. The users’ reports started coming in about a month after the M1-powered MacBook laptops were released and the problem
BT has launched the latest iteration of its home broadband and WiFi product, BT Halo 3+, as it focuses its efforts to get ahead of the game in convergence in the UK. The telco first mentioned Halo towards the back end of 2019 and has already moved to the third iteration of the product…with an
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom reckons it’s still too much of a hassle to switch broadband providers, which results in people paying more than they need to. So today Ofcom is proposing a ‘one touch’ process which means you don’t have to interact with your existing ISP at all if you want shot of them. This