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Reliance Jio on Thursday started beta trials of 5G services in the national capital along with three other cities — Mumbai, Kolkata and Varanasi — with users getting download speed of over 1Gbps. At Chanakyapuri, in Lutyens’ Zone of New Delhi, the users got internet speed of over 1Gbps.During the trial, the company said, “Now

Emergency services call handlers working for BT have carried out their threat to strike over pay. Some 500 employees whose job is to answer 999 calls on Thursday joined the 40,000 BT and Openreach staff on the picket line. Further walkouts are planned for next week and later this month. In a statement, the Communication

The Chinese vendor is looking to build new phones that use different chips to those prohibited by US sanctions and could be ready to launch as soon as next year, claims a report. According to a report in the Financial Times, Huawei has been busy coming up with ways to bypass sanctions from the US

Google Pixel 7 series will be unveiled on Thursday at the ‘Made By Google’ event along with other products like the Google Pixel Watch. Now, hours before its arrival, an alleged hands-on video of the Pixel 7 Pro has surfaced. This video offers a glimpse of the rear panel of this smartphone. Furthermore, a notable

In part one of this Telecoms.com interview with HPE, we talk to VP and General Manager, Communications Technology Group Tom Craig (pictured) about the current state of 5G, Open RAN, and how operators can evolve and grow into new business frontiers. You launched the HP 5G labs a couple of years ago now. What is

By the end of 2024 all mobile phones, tablets and cameras sold in the EU will have to have USB C charging, and from spring 2026 so will laptops. The new law was passed in the EU parliament with 602 votes in favour, 13 against and 8 abstentions. The rules also say people should be

Xiaomi Smart Band 7 Pro launched globally on Tuesday along with a wide range of artificial internet of things (IoT) devices, including the Xiaomi TV Q2 Series and Redmi Pad as well. This smartwatch was announced for China earlier this year and has finally launched globally. It features a 1.64-inch AMOLED touch display. The Xiaomi

Vodafone Italia is very excited about hitting its latest 5G fixed wireless access milestone, while one of Italy’s FWA market leaders has changed its name as it embarks on a new, wholesale-only strategy. Vodafone’s high-speed broadband based on 5G mobile technology is now available in 1,500 Italian municipalities, covering 2 million homes, it revealed on

Telco infrastructure giant Cellnex has opened its wallet once again in order to expand its UK presence. The Spanish company on Monday agreed to acquire distributed antenna system (DAS) provider Herbert In-Building (HiBW), which up until now has been a division of retail technology group Herbert. Under the deal, Cellnex will fold HiBW into its

Samsung’s chip contract manufacturing business said on Tuesday it plans to more than triple its advanced chips production capacity by 2027 to meet strong demand despite current global economic headwinds. The world’s second-largest foundry after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) is targeting mass production of advanced 2-nanometre technology chips by 2025 and 1.4-nanometre chips by

According to data from Ookla, altnets are providing the top fixed broadband speeds in London, Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester, as well as a number of counties. A new report by the network intelligence provider, which takes a general look at the state of the broadband market in the UK, says that fixed broadband internet reached

For some reason the UK wasn’t previously one of the 48 countries on the governing council of the UN’s telecommunications agency. As you can see from the screenshot of the ITU’s Wikipedia page that had yet to be updated at the time we took it. Despite being an ITU member over 150 years, the UK

Reliance Jio will launch a budget laptop priced at $184 (Nearly Rs. 15,000) with an embedded 4G sim card, aiming to replicate the success of its low-cost JioPhone in India’s highly price-sensitive market, two sources told Reuters. The Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate has partnered with global giants Qualcomm and Microsoft for the JioBook, with the former

Japanese tech giant NEC has continued its Open RAN crusade with the introduction of its open virtualized RAN software suite to the international market. Along with compatriot Rakuten, NEC is one of the companies being most proactive in offering Open RAN products, tools and platforms to the broader market. Its overall offering is called NEC

Amazon –  who at this point has its fingers in so many different pies its hard to know what to call it other than ‘tech giant’ – has unveiled a raft of new smart devices as it continues its drive for smart home supremacy. Echo Auto, Echo Studio, Echo Dot, and Echo Dot with Clock

Individuals and companies that suffer harm from drones, robots, and other products or services equipped with artificial intelligence software will find it easier to sue for compensation under EU draft rules seen by Reuters. The AI Liability Directive, which the European Commission will announce on Wednesday, aims to address the increasing proliferation of AI-enabled products

German telco group Deutsche Telekom is making the most of Ethereum’s newly-acquired eco-credentials. Earlier this month, the world’s second-most-valuable cryptocurrency switched the method it uses for validating transactions on its blockchain from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. What does this mean? Well, it’s hard to explain in brief, but if a blockchain is to fulfil its role

The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) member states have elected Doreen Bogdan-Martin (pictured) as its new Secretary-General. Bogdan-Martin will replace China’s Houlin Zhao as leader of the United Nations telecoms and ICT agency on 1 January, becoming its first female Secretary-General as well as the second American to hold the post since its inception in 1865.