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Nokia and Inria sign a four year collaboration designed ‘to solve the key scientific challenges linked to the evolution of networks and network applications.’ The two firms are extending their collaboration for another four years as their boffins collectively scratch their heads and try to work out what networks will look like in the future.

The Complex Relationship between Consumers and Cybersecurity and How it Can Impact Telco Revenues – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by Bitdefender 1 hour ago The need for constant connectivity – further accelerated by the pandemic – has increasingly opened opportunities for cybercriminals to infiltrate and exploit vulnerabilities in devices and in consumer habits. As

Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides have been optimised for tablets and foldable phones, the search giant has announced, as part of several changes to its workspace applications for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. The company previously announced it would update more than 20 Google applications to run better on tablets during Google I/O earlier

Korean operator SK Telecom has launched its ‘ifland’ metaverse platform in a further 49 countries. It has got at least some part of every region covered: Asia, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (see below for the full list of countries). Its footprint easily eclipses that of Facebook parent Meta’s Horizon Worlds; the

Deutsche Telekom is pushing for the use of 6 GHz spectrum for mobile communications and has just completed a trial that shows the band could perform well in urban environments. The German incumbent hopes that its tests will help to inform the decision-making at the next ITU World Radiocommunications Conference, which will take place in

PC-maker Hewlett Packard on Tuesday said it would layoff as many as 6,000 employees over the next three years as the slumping world economy continues to embroil the US tech sector. HP, which has a payroll of about 61,000 people, said it aimed to secure $1.4 billion (roughly Rs. 11,447 crore) in annual savings through

Operator Vodafone and environmental charity WWF have launched a ‘one million phones for the planet’ programme. The two firms are kicking a new partnership with a scheme called ‘one million phones for the planet’ which has the aim of increasing the the number of traded-in, refurbished and recycled mobile devices. By way of environmental justification

Telenor and CP Group are sticking to their plan to merge their Thai telecoms businesses, despite having missed a key deadline in the amalgamation process that throws the entire deal into question. Telenor on Tuesday issued a statement confirming that it and its merger partner have failed to carry out a voluntary tender offer (VTO)

Britons are sitting on 15 million unused mobile phones, seven million old DVD players and six million TVs, according to VMO2. 39% of the 2000 people surveyed said they currently have unused electrical items in their home, including 3,501,792 discarded iPods, 4,669,056 unused headphones and 4,585,680 retro VCR players. The most common unused items were

Fibre broadband services in the UK are getting faster, but overbuild is starting to become more common in certain areas. As we have highlighted several times before, the number of fibre broadband operators in the country is on the increase, with overbuild starting to become more common in certain areas. But it’s also worth noting

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will not be getting the highly requested New Game+ mode. In a blog post, publisher Ubisoft confirmed that their latest Viking-based action RPG is in the final stages of its two-year-long post-launch content rollout, and it does not include the replayability feature. The company notes that Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was built as

Collapsed crypto exchange FTX said on Saturday it has launched a strategic review of its global assets and is preparing for the sale or reorganisation of some businesses. FTX, along with about 101 affiliated firms, also sought court relief to allow the operation of a new global cash management system and payment to its critical

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Vodafone, Ofcom and crypto – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png The Telecoms.com Podcast: Vodafone, Ofcom and crypto No guests this week as the lads record the pod a day early to make time for a big Friday lunch. They start by reviewing Vodafone’s latest quarterly numbers, which seemed to reflect the general economic gloom. Eventually

Operator Rakuten Mobile has snapped up a license to perform mobile communication tests and preliminary verification in Japan using AST SpaceMobile’s low earth orbit satellite, BlueWalker 3. End-to-End testing with BlueWalker 3 low earth orbit test satellite will begin in Japan in the next few months. Rakuten Mobile’s ultimate aim is to provide comms using

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Jarlath Finnegan, CEO of Giganet, reflects on the latest political development in the UK as they affect the broadband sector. The Conservative manifesto ahead of the 2019 General Election promised nationwide fibre to the premises (FTTP) coverage

Chromecast with Google TV is now receiving a firmware update, with the operating system receiving a major bump to Android TV 12, up from Android TV 10. The standalone streaming device from Google was launched globally in 2020, but only made it to India in 2022, and runs on Android TV software with the Google

4 Benefits of Using Red Hat Solutions on Microsoft Azure – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by Red Hat 1 day ago Building and scaling applications across hybrid cloud environments can help organizations go to market faster and focus on innovation. Red Hat and Microsoft offer flexible, open hybrid cloud solutions that help organizations change

The volume of nuisance calls is increasing in the UK, and now the average person receives six ‘nuisance’ calls every month, according to a report. The research was carried out by Green Smartphones, which describes itself as a sustainability-focused smartphone comparison site, and was designed to ascertain the number of nuisance phone calls (which is