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The White House might think it has the Chinese digital economy on the ropes, but once again the Law of Unintended Consequences has reared its curious head. According to a research note written by Apple Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone manufacturer might see smartphone shipments decline by as much as 30% if it is forced

With Huawei effectively banned in the UK, Vodafone’s slow and steady progress with OpenRAN will be an encouraging sight to the industry. There is a risk of getting carried away with the OpenRAN movement, but this is an important milestone. There has of course been progress, but it is always worth remembering this is an

Nokia’s new chief executive Pekka Lundmark said he will take time to re-acquaint himself with the Finnish telecom equipment maker before setting a strategy, as the company jostles for position in the highly political 5G race. US government pressure to limit the use of China’s Huawei presents an opportunity for Nokia as next generation technology is

South Korean operator SK Telecom will officially launch cloud gaming for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate users on its networks, riding on the operator’s 5G cloud infrastructure. The two parties made the announcement yesterday, heralding it a big achievement to deliver on Microsoft’s Project xCloud and SK Telecom’s 5G promises. “We’ve been working closely with Microsoft

The Communication Workers Union has suggested strike action could be on the horizon if BT continues down its current path of restructuring. In an opinion piece for The Tribunal, Deputy General Secretary for the Communications Workers Union (CWA) Andy Kerr criticised BT for potentially sacrificing the very employees who ensured UK society could function during

Huawei Technologies will stop making its flagship Kirin chipsets next month, financial magazine Caixin said on Saturday, as the impact of US pressure on the Chinese tech giant grows. US pressure on Huawei’s suppliers has made it impossible for the company’s HiSilicon chip division to keep making the chipsets, key components for mobile phone, Richard

Following up the beginning of a new partnership between AWS and Bharti Airtel in India, the cloud giant and Verizon have announced 5G mobile edge compute is live in Boston, USA. With the network edge becoming more important to the digital economy, the cloud computing giants are jostling for an advantage. New hiring programmes have

President Trump issued two executive orders on Thursday to prohibit all transactions with TikTok and WeChat in 45 days’ time. The executive order to ban TikTok is the culmination of the angst the President has shown in public recently. The axe on WeChat, on the other hand, fell very quickly. Owned by the Chinese internet

Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series finally has a release date for PlayStation VR: August 25. All three episodes will be available on the same day, for a combined price of $30 (roughly Rs. 2,250). An exact price for India is not known, as Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series has yet to

T-Mobile has stated it is now targeting Verizon’s crown with AT&T in the rear-view mirror, but the subscriber statistics don’t necessarily support the boasting. Alongside its financial results, which were also looking very attractive, T-Mobile executives point to more than 1.2 million customer additions to the subscriber base. If you listen to the Magenta Army’s

TikTok has seemingly taken Huawei’s position as the primary focus of US aggression in recent weeks, though the social media app is planning a data centre investment to ease European concerns. Few regulatory or bureaucratic authorities have shown themselves to be as privacy conscious as the European Commission, perhaps explaining TikTok’s most recent announcement. “Back

Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ have been unveiled as the South Korean giant’s answer against the Apple iPad Pro and Microsoft Surface Pro 7. The Galaxy Tab S7 comes with an LCD panel, while the Galaxy Tab S7+ offers a Super AMOLED display. Samsung has also designed a new book cover keyboard

3 Europe’s parent company CK Hutchison has stated lower subscriber numbers in the UK and Italy is the cause of revenue decline in the European business, not the coronavirus pandemic. While the coronavirus pandemic has been the reason for revenue decline elsewhere in the European telecoms market, CK Hutchison has resisted the temptation to pass

Container development promises unprecedented portability and scalability in the cloud using tools like Kubernetes. In addition, DevOps development and cultural practices increase business value and responsiveness. However, there are many questions to consider before starting your first container development project: What operating system should we use? Should we build or buy a production-ready Kubernetes platform?

The founder of China’s largest chipmaker SMIC said on Tuesday he was “optimistic” China could catch up with the United States in the next generation of semiconductors but that US efforts to contain its technology sector could not be taken “lightly”. Richard Chang, also the former CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), told a

Disney’s streaming service and media networks held together the spreadsheets as COVID-19 ravaged the company’s financial results. Losses were of course expected in this quarter, though the business seemingly fared better than most would have assumed as Disney share price shot up 10%. Total revenues for the period ending June 27 were $11.779 billion, a

Rakuten Group is a Japanese internet services company that has been dubbed “the Amazon of Japan”. It offers a huge range of services from banking and credit cards to e-commerce, travel and video entertainment, with 1.4 billion “members” worldwide. Why did a retail giant decide to become a mobile operator? Does Rakuten see this as

Sony on Tuesday reported a 1.1 percent decline in first-quarter operating profit, much milder than market estimates as its gaming business thrived while consumers locked down at home looked for entertainment and downloaded more games. The electronics and entertainment firm posted April-June profit of JPY 228.4 billion (roughly Rs. 16,180 crores), versus JPY 230.9 billion