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Lenovo Yoga 7000 was unveiled in China this week as the latest addition to the Chinese electronics manufacturer’s projector lineup. The projector comes in two different colour options with two inbuilt 10W speakers and an LED light source that has 2,400 ANSI lumens brightness. The Lenovo Yoga 7000 is claimed to offer up to 8K

Dish Network is boosting its fixed Internet service portfolio via a new distribution deal with AT&T that will allow it to extend its fibre reach. Interestingly, while AT&T is shouting about the deal, there has been no announcement from Dish itself as of yet. And despite the fact that AT&T’s announcement notes that the deal

Smartphone shipments in North America clocked in at 39 million units in Q1 2022, contrasting with Chinese figures which have taken a nosedive. In terms of the major smartphone manufacturer rankings, Apple grew 19% and grabbed a 51% market share in North America for Q1, according to figures from analyst Canalys. Samsung was up 1%

TikTok has been conducting tests so users can play games on its video-sharing app in Vietnam, part of plans for a major push into gaming, four people familiar with the matter said. Featuring games on its platform would boost advertising revenue as well as the amount of time users spend on the app — one of

UK MNO Three has partnered with retail group Currys to offer its portfolio of business services through the firm’s chain of stores. Three’s business services will be offered through Currys partner distribution network, its direct sales teams and across its 300 odd stores, which apparently includes 50 dedicated Business Hubs. This is the first time

BT has unveiled a new ‘charter’ for business customers, which is a grand way of saying it has published a series of intentions regarding research investment and commitments to roll out new services in the future. As part of this charter, it promises to invest almost £100 million over the next three years in its

Apple on Wednesday kicked off a new ad campaign to promote its key privacy features and eventually convince people to pick an iPhone over the competition. Themed ‘Data Auction’ where an auctioneer is seen selling data of a user, the ad highlights the fact that how people nowadays are losing their personal data at different

UK operator group Vodafone pointed to an ‘unsatisfactory’ commercial performance in Germany as well as inflation as main pain points in its FY2022 financial results. Vodafone says overall it made good financial performance in FY2022 which were in line with expectations, citing improving YoY service revenue trends in ten out of 11 European markets. Overall

The straightforwardly titled Ericsson-Intel Tech Hub will be tasked with coming up with new cloud RAN applications to release to the market. The Californian site pools the R&D resources of kit vendor Ericsson and chip giant Intel in the pursuit of cloud RAN applications. Based within Ericsson’s D-15 facility in Santa Clara, the Ericsson-Intel Tech

Oppo Reno 8 series will be launched in China on May 23. Now, a week prior to its launch, the upcoming smartphone has been listed on Oppo China’s online store. The website reveals three models, the Oppo Reno 8, Reno 8 Pro, and Reno 8 Pro+. On the other hand, a Chinese tipster has also

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Angus Ward, CEO of Beyond Now, analyses the megatrend of telcos attempting to transform themselves into ‘techcos’. In the last two years, most businesses regardless of the industry have experienced seismic change. Telecoms is no different.

Communications platform Twilio has become a significant minority owner of telecoms transaction processor Syniverse with a $750 million investment, which it describes as a strategic partnership. Syniverse concurrently raised $1.025 billion in new term loan debt and $340 million in new preferred equity, the proceeds of which were primarily used to reduce leverage and were

Bharti Airtel is planning to set-up a new technology centre in Pune to support digital services in the Western region and will be hiring around 500 digital engineering professionals by the end of the current fiscal, a senior company official said. This will be Airtel’s fourth digital technology hub in India and first in the

Virgin Media O2 and Three UK are both working with Amdocs on projects designed to improve their service offerings and provide a better experience for customers. And given the state of play for both in the UK telecoms market at present, it’s probably not a bad idea. Virgin Media O2 this week revealed that it

Finnish kit maker Nokia has launched a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) designed to help telcos reduce their environmental impact. It is called AVA (analytics, virtualisation and automation) for Energy, and it uses AI to constantly monitor network traffic patterns in multi-vendor environments and make real-time adjustments to power consumption. Nokia claims that compared to non-AI systems

Samsung Galaxy M22 has reportedly started receiving the Android 12-based One UI 4.1 update. The update is said to bring the latest custom skin by the South Korean tech giant along with the April 2022 security patch. The Android 12 update for the Samsung Galaxy M-series phone comes with firmware version M225FVXXU4BFD8. It is currently