The UK is one of a number of major economies forecast to rise up the European rankings for full fibre rollout thanks to a prediction of significant growth over the next five years. The country is currently in tenth place in Europe based on homes passed with fibre at 6 million, but that figure is
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iPhone 11 users experiencing touchscreen issues can now get a free screen replacement from Apple. The company has acknowledged that a small number of iPhone 11 displays “may stop responding to touch due to an issue with the display module”. Apple notes that the iPhone 11 modules manufactured between November 2019 and May 2020 may
You might think, with all the drama surrounding Huawei this year, that it would have lot market share. But, according to market tracker Dell’Oro, the opposite is true. As you can see from the table below, Huawei and ZTE are both on course to gain two percentage points of market share each this year, at
CityFibre has signed up another four retail ISPs to its fibre network, more than doubling its wholesale customer base. The UK infrastructure builder named three companies in the south and east of England and one in Scotland, all of which will provide high-speed broadband services to “significant volumes of new customers.” Its wording there doesn’t
Nokia 5.4 has been allegedly spotted in a US FCC listing showing some of the specifications and design of the phone. The Nokia phone with model number TA-1340, which is reportedly the Nokia 5.4, showed up on the FCC website with a user manual that details the ports, design, camera placement, and more. Nokia 5.4
The global wearables market had a buoyant third quarter, and with big names like Vodafone championing the latest devices this week, the outlook appears rosy going into the festive season. According to research firm IDC, shipments totalled 125 million units in the three months to 30 September, up 35.1 percent on last year. The growth
Fixed Wireless Access is one of the best hopes operators have of making money from their 5G investments, so there’s a strong incentive to claim to be the best at it. The main purpose of FWA is to fill in the fibre broadband gaps, but if it’s too slow or has too little capacity then
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) latest telecom subscription report for September 2020 shows the top five wired and wireless broadband service providers, and as with previous months, BSNL led the wired broadband market with 7.80 million subscribers and Reliance Jio led the wireless segment with 404.13 million users. Notably, the wireless segment includes 4G
Major telco groups Deutsche Telekom and Orange claim to have successfully tested a proof-of-concept (PoC) whereby blockchains are used to offer enhanced IPX services. More specifically, they have been able to demonstrate that operators can use a blockchain to facilitate the automatic exchange of end-to-end carrier network KPIs between two providers. It paves the way
In a year that saw leaving the house become criminalised in much of the world, it comes as little surprise to see video conferencing service Zoom become top of the mobile pops. Both Apple and Google have un veiled their app ‘awards’, but since the criteria for these are opaque and presumably have a commercial
Poco Days sale is live on Flipkart and it brings discounts on Poco X3, Poco C3, Poco M2, and Poco M2 Pro. Flipkart also has several offers for interested shoppers on these Poco smartphones. Poco Days sale started today and will last till December 6. Poco X3 starts at Rs. 15,999 while the most affordable
This article is sponsored by Red Hat and Intel Operations support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS) are being rewritten or refactored to cloud-native, microservices-based applications capable of running on hybrid cloud and multicloud computing and storage infrastructure. MATRIXX Software was created to take advantage of the inherent advantages of cloud-native software for 5G
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Kevin Taylor, Chairman of Indigo Telecom Group, offers a novel take on digital transformation. The global telecoms industry landscape is more dynamic than ever, with change seemingly at the forefront of everything. At the same time
Huami Amazfit GTS 2 mini and Amazfit Pop Pro smartwatches have been launched in China. The Amazfit GTS 2 mini is basically a smaller version of the Amazfit GTS 2. It comes with a 1.55-inch AMOLED display and 5ATM water resistance rating. The Amazfit Pop Pro is the GPS model of Amazfit Pop and features
US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has had another of its summits, remotely of course, and the highlight was the launch of the Snapdragon 888 chip. Any Snapdragon that start with an ‘8’ is the top-end one at a given time. The 888 features a bunch of processor upgrades as well as the latest 5G modem
UK MNO Three has been busy rolling out its 5G network, which as of now reaches 154 towns and cities. As part of that effort, the company announced this week that it has begun switching on the first of its 5G sites that use equipment supplied by Ericsson. The sites in question are located in
iPad Pro next-generation line-up will reportedly support 5G mmWave technology seen on current generation iPhone 12 models in the US. This technology is expected to offer faster speeds than sub-6GHz 5G at short distances. A new report suggests that Apple is actively developing its own in-house mmWave AiP (antenna in package) to integrate it into
Apple made a bunch of claims about the water resistance of some iPhones, but the Italian Antitrust Authority didn’t like them and has fined Apple €10 million accordingly. In promoting the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11pro and iPhone 11 pro Max in Italy, Apple