Börje Ekholm, CEO of Swedish kit vendor Ericsson, has spoken out against Sweden’s decision to ban Chinese vendors from being used in the country’s 5G networks. Ekholm expressed his counter-intuitive position during an interview with the FT. His main problem seems to be with Sweden’s decision to deviate from the EU toolbox, which recommends member
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Apple has brought the first developer release of macOS Big Sur 11.1 beta less than a week after launching the latest operating system to the public. The new beta update is expected to come with some bug fixes and performance enhancements. In addition to the new macOS Big Sur update, Apple has released the iOS
Somewhat surprisingly it looks like the European Union is going to do the right thing and stay out of a merger between two UK companies. Normally the European Commission, or one of the countless other state appendages that sprout from the EU blob, would be all over something like the proposed merger between O2 UK
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced the premium consumers are willing to pay for 5G services, according to Ericsson. Consumers are now willing to pay a 10% premium for a 5G plan bundled with digital services, a new survey conducted by Ericsson this summer and designed to assess the impact of COVID-19 on 5G adoption,
Apple brought macOS Big Sur as its next-generation operating system last week. The update carries a list of fresh features for Mac machines. However, macOS Big Sur was also found to include an issue that causes Apple apps to bypass firewalls and virtual private networks (VPNs). This privacy-concerning problem was initially spotted in a macOS
Banned Chinese vendor Huawei hopes the UK might be allowed to let it back into its 5G network once Trump is no longer US President. UK Huawei head Victor Zhang wasted little time after the US election in granting the Guardian an interview in which he implored the UK to have a rethink about its
Vodafone CEO Nick Read on Monday indicated that his company will continue to fight against what it perceives to be unfair 5G licensing conditions in Portugal: there is more work to come for the lawyers. His comments came alongside the publication of the operator group’s first half financial figures – “resilience” was the word of
Nikon has released the full version of its software that will let you use your compatible DSLR or mirrorless camera as a high-end webcam. The company’s Webcam Utility Software is available for free on Windows 10 and macOS. It allows you to connect your Nikon camera to a computer via USB and use it as
The Austrian Supreme Court has decided that any censorship demands it places on Facebook must be implemented globally. The ruling signifies defeat for Facebook in its final appeal in a case that has been running for years. Eva Glawischnig is former Austrian politician who didn’t like it when some random Facebook user described her as
There’s nothing quite like the acquisition of a nationwide US mobile operator to put a sheen on the old balance sheet. Taking at face value Deutsche Telekom’s third-quarter group revenue and adjusted EBITDA AL growth – up 31.9 percent and 49.6 percent year-on-year respectively – you could be forgiven for concluding that management are an
PlayStation 5 users are experiencing a bug that prevents them from downloading certain games and apps. This bug is causing games and apps to get stuck at ‘Queued for Download’ or in an error state, as per a report. This seems to be happening when a product is first set to download. What’s even more
Japan’s disruptive greenfield operator has defended its underwhelming subscriber growth and declared it is prepared to disrupt more markets. One day after Rakuten published its Q3 results, where the aggressive CAPEX increase of its telecoms business, Rakuten Mobile, has helped send the group into operating loss (and its share price diving), Tareq Amin, Rakuten Mobile’s
You’d think people would moan more about telecoms services when that’s all they have, but the latest Ofcom numbers paint a different picture. On the mobile side pretty much all the major operators and MVNOs have been moving in the right direction for the past year or so. Vodafone has put its BSS woes behind,
iPhone 12 mini has made its way through iFixit’s teardown process, revealing mostly the same internal design as other iPhone 12 models with some key differences. It is known that the iPhone 12 series models use similar internal components, but some changes needed to be made with iPhone 12 mini due to its size. iFixit
Reports of a private equity firm wanting to buy a European incumbent can often be dismissed as far-fetched unless, as in the case of EQT’s alleged interest in KPN, those reports persist. Bloomberg has followed up a report in October that named EQT as a potential buyer of KPN with another one. This time sources
It may still be the early days of 5G, with the first commercial networks going live less than two years ago, but certain quarters of the telecoms industry, especially those in academia and R&D, have already begun casting their eyes to the world beyond 5G. This Telecoms.com Intelligence monthly briefing, the final issue in its
Did you know your iPhone has a cool hidden feature that lets you trigger certain actions whenever you tap the rear panel of your phone? For instance, you can now take a screenshot by double tapping or open the camera by triple tapping the rear panel of your iPhone. With the new back tap feature
[Shanghai, China, November 12, 2020] At the 11th Annual Mobile Broadband Forum today, Huawei’s Deputy Chairman Ken Hu spoke with leaders in the telecoms and digital technology sectors about the new value that 5G can bring to different industries around the globe. As 5G is poised to transform the way we live, connect, and work,