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The US Ambassador to Brazil has warned the country would face severe consequences should it allow Huawei to supply equipment to 5G networks. While the focus in recent years has been on European allies, the US has now seemingly turned attention to the LATAM markets. Not content on extinguishing the Huawei presence in Europe alone,

Organisers of a Facebook advertising boycott said on Thursday the campaign would “not go away” until their concerns were addressed and they would ask advertisers in Europe to join their cause. The campaign, set up in June by US civil rights groups, aims to pressure the world’s largest social media company to take concrete steps

Following Rakuten and Spotify, messaging service Telegram has filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding Apple’s App Store. The antirust complaint is along the same line which we have seen elsewhere; the 30% commission is too much, while preventing iPhone users from downloading apps from alternative channels is anticompetitive. The official complaint against Apple

The total number of subscribers is often a misleading statistic, and in Reliance Jio’s case, it certainly isn’t telling the whole story. With the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) releasing subscriber data for both wireless and fixed telecoms services each month, there is often an interesting story. This month sees Reliance Jio’s percentage of

Many of Apple’s physical stores re-opened and re-closed in recent months because of spikes in cases of the novel coronavirus. But two of the iPhone maker’s most important storefronts were open the whole time: The App Store and Apple’s content businesses such as music and streaming video. When Apple reports earnings Thursday, investors will be

As US lawmakers scrutinise whether Silicon Valley has too much power and influence, Facebook, Google and Apple have all prepared statements to suggest the world would be worse off without them. While some might scoff at the idea that multi-national corporations raking in billions in profit each year are working for the little man, there

Google Cloud and Orange are the latest telco-cloud duo to announce a partnership focused on capitalising on edge computing enthusiasm. With Orange bringing smarts on how to deliver connectivity solutions in a multi-national environment, while Google comes armed with expertise in cloud, AI and digital transformation, this is another example of the two segments collaborating

A mystery smartphone from Xiaomi has reportedly got a massive score on AnTuTu benchmarks. The handset in question is a device with model number M2007J1SC that has recorded a benchmarking score of 687,422. What’s interesting is that a phone with the same model number has already been certified by China’s 3C website earlier this month,

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