WhatsApp and Telegram are reportedly refusing any requests for user data from the Hong Kong authorities because they can’t be confident they won’t be misused. Now that China has passed a law allowing it to impose the same level of Orwellian supervision over HK as they do the rest of the country, there’s every reason
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TikTok and 58 other apps were banned by the government and at the time of writing, Tiktok is also no longer available on app stores in India. The app is still accessible for people who have it installed but this could also change. In case you’re worried about losing all the videos you uploaded, there
The UK’s Business Secretary Alok Sharma has confirmed a Government lifeline of $500 million for OneWeb, the ambitious satellite firm which recently filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Alongside Bharti Global, the UK Government will become a ‘significant’ equity shareholder in OneWeb, posting $500 million to save the company from financial distress. While Bharti Global will
Netflix and chill might have defined streaming trends for years, but it is video voyeurism which is capturing the attention of the youth nowadays. With every new generation, there is a new technology or activity which baffles those from yesteryear. The Millennials embraced social media, must to the distain of Generation X, and now it
Mi TV Stick was recently spotted on a Geekbench listing and on the Google Play Console, hinting at an imminent launch of Xiaomi’s streaming device. We’ve been hearing constant rumours about it over the past month and recently a retail unit was also spotted on AliExpress. Xiaomi has not yet made it official, but with
The Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, has said it will recommend against a Bill currently working its way through Parliament to use telecoms data in the COVID-19 fight. This proclamation from the Chairman of the Dutch watchdog, Aleid Wolfsen, is a condemnation against the work being done, a warning against walking the wrong path,
Being first doesn’t necessarily give too much away about the winner, but it is an indicator of progress. Vodafone UK has said it is the first telecoms operator in the country to launch a Standalone (SA) 5G network on the Coventry University campus. The launch of this network will allow the telco to trial new
Brazil’s central bank president said on Thursday that Facebook messaging service WhatsApp would be allowed to launch its new payments service in the country, but called for proof it can operate safely in terms of data protection in a competitive market. “We are not saying that it is not competitive, we just want them to
Disruptive Indian telco Jio aspires to be much more than just a dumb pipe and its decision to launch its own video conferencing service is consistent with that ambition. News of the launch of JioMeet comes courtesy of TechCrunch, which notes this is a clear attempt to take market share from the likes of Zoom,
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Christopher Lycett, Portfolio Manager for the MVNOs Series sat down with Ivan Landen, CEO, Blue Wireless to discuss the vertical opportunities and challenges across IoT and Enterprise markets for MVNOs. MVNOs: Across the IoT and Enterprise segment, where
PUBG Mobile users will soon get a chance to take on mummies, sandstorms, and more mythical monsters as possible details from the upcoming Ancient Secret Event has been leaked. With the 14th season expected to hit smartphones soon, this new mode will see PUBG Mobile gamers battle for top tier loots on the Erangel map.
Among the many bitterly disputed terms of the UK’s divorce from the EU are the jurisdiction of competition authorities, which could affect the O2-Virgin Media merger. The whole purpose of the European Commission and the countless other EU bureaucratic bodies is to take sovereignty away from European nations and tell them what to do. While
French police managed to penetrate a super-secure smartphone platform and catch loads of baddies, but what does this mean for the rest of us? “DISMANTLING OF AN ENCRYPTED NETWORK SENDS SHOCKWAVES THROUGH ORGANISED CRIME GROUPS ACROSS EUROPE,” declares the Europol press release. It goes on to talk about the “impressive results” yielded by the successful
When OnePlus launched its first televisions in 2019, there were mixed reactions from reviewers and enthusiasts alike. The OnePlus TV Q1 series is impressive for a number of reasons, but with prices starting at Rs. 69,999, it is still far too expensive for many to even consider. The company’s new televisions for 2020 aren’t replacements
As the UK continues to trail other European nations on fibre deployments, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has omitted broadband infrastructure from grand spending plans to drive the economy forward. Seemingly inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt, Johnson has launched a New Deal for the UK. A strategy which involves sparking the domestic economy back to life
Social media giant Facebook is refusing to be blackmailed into having its censorship policies dictated to it, for now. Today is the day the great one-month Facebook advertiser boycott starts and, according to a Reuters report, Facebook execs met advertisers yesterday to try to talk them out of it. Judging by the unimpressed noises coming
Bharti Enterprises is backing a bid for collapsed SoftBank-backed satellite operator OneWeb, two sources said, in a consortium that is supported by the British government. OneWeb filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at the end of March after its biggest investor SoftBank Group pulled funding, with an auction for the startup due to start on Thursday.
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