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With one eye keeping an eye on the troubles of Huawei, the likes of Ericsson and Nokia will be buoyed by Gartner predictions that 5G infrastructure should accelerate through 2020. After years of waiting for the 5G era to arrive, it seems telecoms operators are ready to accelerate deployments. There might have been a brief

Population coverage is of course not the same as geographical coverage but hitting the 50% mark is certainly healthy progress none-the-less. Making use of both 2.1 GHz and 3.6 GHz spectrum assets, Deutsche Telekom is making notable progress in the pursuit of the 5G bonanza. Over the last 5 weeks, the telecoms operator has claimed

Airtel is reportedly offering 1GB of high-speed data to select users for free of cost. This free data has been doled out on recharge of special plan, wherein users are getting more data than promised. This additional free data is not rolling out for all users, and Bharti Airtel is offering it to random users,

AST & Science counts on Orbion’s new-fangled (and cheaper) plasma rocket thrusters to launch fully-fledged SpaceMobile network. The technology stars are apparently aligning to make it even more economically attractive for private investors to launch a constellation of satellites to provide end-user devices with cellular coverage. According to Forbes, US start-up AST & Science (AST)

AT&T has announced its 3G network will be switched off, prompting confusion with customers as to whether new phone purchases are needed or not. On the AT&T forums customers have been trying to figure out whether a prompt from AT&T to purchase new phones is a scam or not. It is true AT&T will be

Samsung Galaxy A42 may come with a 5,000mAh battery, a reported listing on China’s 3C website indicates. The phone is said to be the company’s first budget 5G offering and may debut next year. Now, the Galaxy A42 has allegedly made its way onto the certification website which hints at a 5,000mAh battery. The phone

COVID-19 has been a difficult time to many companies, and Twitter has failed to buck the trend as the contraction of online advertising dollars shrinks the spreadsheets. Twitter is of course not alone in facing such a setback. Facebook refused to offer revenue guidance during its own earnings call in April due to the circumstances,

Vodafone CEO Nick Read has said the team is pursuing a listing of the newly created tower division in Frankfurt, while the COVID-19 period has been navigated without too many dents to the hull. The quarter in question, the three months leading to 30 June, has been a difficult one for almost every telecoms operator

iPhone 12 models may debut on September 8 according to a tipster on Twitter. The tipster claims that Apple is planning for an online event for September 8 where it will showcase the new 5G iPhone models, the new Apple Watch, and a couple other products. Additionally, the tipster also stated that the tech giant

Two years after they concluded their bitterly fought litigation, telecoms software firm Amdocs has buried the hatchet with BSS vendor Openet by buying it. On a purely business basis this move makes total sense. The telecoms software scene has been all about digital transformation for a while now and Openet went early and hard in

US chip giant Intel reported strong revenues for Q2 2020, but a downbeat outlook compounded by its continued struggles with the 7nm process drove its share price down by 12%. “It was an excellent quarter, well above our expectations on the continued strong demand for computing performance to support cloud-delivered services, a work- and learn-at-home

Apple said on Tuesday it plans to remove carbon emissions from its entire business, including its products and sprawling supply chain, over the next decade. The iPhone maker said its global corporate operations such as offices and data centers are already carbon neutral but that it will extend its effort to the thousands of suppliers

Despite a 17% year-on-year decline in China’s smartphone shipments, Huawei and Apple have risen above the trend, while 5G-enabled devices account for 33% of all sales. The decline in the Chinese devices market has been well documented over the last few months, though it does appear COVID-19 had a significant impact on sales. According to

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has unveiled the HPE 5G Lab, which is designed to accelerate adoption of open, multivendor 5G solutions. The US is especially keen on opening up the networking vendor scene since it decided Huawei was the devil incarnate, so US tech companies are wise to jump on board that train. The likes of

Apple supplier LG Display said on Thursday it expects profitability to improve in the second half of this year, despite a larger operating loss as people shied away from buying TV sets during the coronavirus pandemic. “Considering the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, it is true that the macroeconomic environment is still not favourable. However, we observe

A report has claimed that the French cyber-security authority has told operators it won’t renew the licenses for any Huawei kit they buy once they expire. As the Reuters report says, this amounts to de facto ban on Huawei networking gear by 2028, since eight years seems to be the longest license awarded for such

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Francesca Greane, Marketing, Content and Community Lead for 5G World 2020, discusses the future of 5G. According to Omdia’s recent global survey, which saw over 600 respondents from 55 countries, the extraordinary events of 2020 have

Zoom on Wednesday set out to capitalise on its pandemic-powered popularity with a touchscreen display tuned to its video-conferencing platform. “Zoom for Home” was touted as combination of hardware and software designed for working remotely, a trend that promises to remain after the coronavirus threat abates. The 27 inch (69 cm) displays customised for collaborating