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South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung will invest KRW 20 trillion (around $16 billion) into a new semiconductor research and development complex in Giheung, Korea. Samsung plans to invest about KRW 20 trillion by 2028 to set up a 109,000 square meter facility within its Giheung campus which will crank out advanced research on next-generation

WhatsApp announced on Wednesday that its users will now be able to transfer their complete chat history from Android to iOS and vice-versa. This feature was initially announced last year during the Galaxy Unpacked event. Prior to it, WhatsApp users had to rely on third-party apps to transfer their chat history or just lose it

UK telco VMO2 is looking to take on more people in paid apprenticeship roles with five new schemes covering digital marketing, cyber security, quantity surveying, network cabling and DevOps. VMO2 will boost its current roster of 40 apprenticeship schemes with five more focussed on digital marketing, cyber security, quantity surveying, network cabling and DevOps. This

Australian fixed and mobile operator TPG Telecom’s financial results show net profits increased by more than 114% YoY reaching A$167 million, driven by the sale of the operator’s tower assets. The results showed service revenue grew 0.7%, reaching A$2,190 million in the first six months of 2022. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA),

Chromecast with Google TV — the company’s solution to turn your regular television into a smart TV — was launched in India in July. While users in the US and other countries had access to the device two years ago, when it first made its debut, those of us in India could pick from devices

According to a report by analyst outfit Dell’Oro Group, the overall 2G-5G RAN infrastructure equipment market declined in the second quarter. Dell’Oro reckons ‘preliminary’ findings suggest that positive momentum in the Radio Access Network (RAN) market over the past four years is ‘losing some steam.’ The overall 2G-5G RAN infrastructure equipment market, which included hardware

Finnish telco Elisa has fired up new 5G networks across Lapland, extending its coverage to 197 locations and 9 ski centres in Finland. Kemijärvi, Keminmaa and Pelkosenniemi in Lapland are now covered by Elisa’s 5G network, as well as the Pyhätunturi ski center. In Pelkosenniemi it will initially cover the built-up area east of Pyhätunturi,

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who is attempting to walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter, is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain more information on bot and spam accounts on Twitter, according to filings in a Delaware court on Thursday. Twitter has sued the Tesla chief executive,

UK operator EE is using a new AI infused anti-spam firewall to bat away a flood of scam calls and texts from fraudsters, and has blocked 11 million calls since it spun up in July. EE has deployed some new firewall technology which uses AI to review calls passing through UK Calling Line Identification from

US telecoms operator AT&T will contribute up to $6 million towards an initiative to drive digital literacy across the US, aimed at more than 65,000 people. The commitment, which linked to an existing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative announced in 2021 to spend $2 million towards low-cost broadband service offerings between 2021 and 2023, will

Apple is expected to increase the price of the Pro models in its upcoming iPhone 14 lineup, according to details shared by an analyst. In an investor report, a Wedbush analyst has stated that the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max could see a price increase of $100 (roughly Rs. 8,000), in comparison

Philippine telco PLDT’s wireless subsidiary Smart has teamed up with US satellite and comms firm Omnispace to develop space-based 5G applications. The collaboration has the mission statement of exploring and demonstrating the capabilities of 5G comms using LEO satellites. This follows the launch of the initial phase of Omnispace Spark – which the company describes

The taxi app is raising the per mile rate and minimum fare for drivers, which will lead to fare increases for users. Changes to peak hours, minimum fares and price changes will lead to a 5% increase for grabbing an Uber in London, though the increase will vary city by city. The increase is described

WhatsApp has reportedly started rolling out a beta build of its Android client on Tuesday. This version is said to include an undo delete message feature. It allows users to recover accidentally deleted messages in a chat. This feature is said to be available to a limited number of beta testers. The Meta-owned platform is

App based taxi service Lyft has teamed up with autonomous vehicle outfit Motional to offer autonomous rides to people in Las Vegas using a new fully electric autonomous vehicle. The firms have been running autonomous driving trials in Las Vegas for quite a few years, and have now officially launched a service where users can

Data from O2’s network seems to suggest commuter numbers in London have roughly doubled in July compared to a year ago when lockdown lifted in England. New anonymised crowd movement data from O2’s mobile network in the last two weeks of July suggested that peak commuter volumes into the City of London jumped by as

Bharti Airtel’s shareholders have approved the re-appointment of Gopal Vittal as managing director of the company for a period of five years with effect from February 1, 2023. Over 97 percent of total votes polled were in favour of the resolution, and the same “has been passed with requisite majority”, Airtel said in a regulatory filing

A new scheme allows broadband and mobile providers to check on the benefit eligibility of their customers with the DWP, since apparently only 1.2% of those that are able to take discounted ‘social tariff’ offers do so. The government reckons only 1.2% of those eligible are using the ‘social tariff’ scheme, which offers people on