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Ireland’s telecoms regulator has lodged a legal challenge to a recent court ruling that could mean delays in the allocation of 5G spectrum. ComReg this week revealed that it has submitted a filing to Ireland’s Court of Appeal late last month in a bid to have a court-ordered stay removed from the country’s ongoing spectrum

UK operator Three now claims 56% 5G coverage in the UK, and says it is ‘well placed to appeal to a new set of consumers from other operators’ as the cost of living crisis rolls on. Three posted its results for the first half of the year yesterday, which showed modest overall growth and some

WhatsApp is reportedly adding a new security feature to let people protect their accounts from potential scammers. According to a feature tracker, the feature is called Login Approval, and is currently under development. This will build on the two-step verification feature that the instant messaging platform already offers. With this feature, users can receive alerts

Rural broadband specialist Quickline Communications has teamed up with Open Ran focussed software outfit Mavenir to launch a commercialised 5G SA, cloud-based, Open RAN network in North Yorkshire. Quickline says it is the first ISP in the UK to commercially deliver a 5G standalone, cloud-based, Open RAN solution, Fixed Wireless Access service in the Shared

The UK parliament has closed its TikTok account one week after opening it as MPs raised security concerns over China in a letter. Members of Parliament sanctioned by China argued that the government in Beijing uses the social media app as spyware, the Financial Times has reported. ‘Based on member feedback’ the UK parliament closed

An iPhone 14 Pro screen protector image has surfaced online courtesy of a known tipster. The image hints at a smartphone with a pill-shaped cutout for the Face ID biometric authentication feature and hole-punch cutout next to it, possibly for the selfie camera. In the past, the CAD models of the smartphone had suggested a

Innovation and flexibility in an open design approach to Cloud RAN and access networks – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by Red Hat 22 minutes ago New technology and design approaches to the radio access network (RAN) allow the base station hardware to be decoupled from its software. This decoupling allows the software to be

Australian incumbent Telstra will reportedly decommission more than 160 5G sites it was accused of registering only for the purpose of stifling rival Optus’ own 5G rollout. It follows an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which was itself prompted by a complaint from Optus in March that Telstra was playing dirty.

Microsoft on Tuesday released an update for the Windows Subsystem for Android on Windows 11. The update is being rolled out to all Windows Insider channels in the US. The new update, version 2206.40000.15.0, primarily focuses on games. It also brings several new changes such as enhancements for input compatibility in apps for networking, windowing

A pilot scheme will see Virgin Media technicians collect donations from customers at the end of their installation appointments and drop them off at local foodbanks. The trial is being run in Bournemouth alongside charity giving platform Neighbourly, and the idea is Virgin Media technicians will collect any food, toiletries and devices that customers would

Spanish fibre operator Avatel is close to agreeing a €1 billion deal for rival player Lyntia Access, according to sources. Avantel is in the final stages of negotiating the terms of the deal, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The newswire did not speculate on the timing of an announcement, but said the deal is slated

France, Italy, and Spain are stepping up pressure on the European Commission to come up with legislation that ensures Big Tech firms partly finance telecoms infrastructure in the bloc, a document showed on Monday. This was the first time the three governments have expressed their joint position on the issue. EU regulators said in May

US operator Verizon has put out a report claiming the prevailing cultural trend towards remote remotely has adversely affected organisations’ cybersecurity. As the world locked down at the outbreak of the coronavirus, anyone that worked on a computer found themselves earning their crust from wherever they could at home, some having to learn to do

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Google showcased the rear design of the Pixel 7 and the Pixel 7 Pro back in May alongside the Pixel 6a at Google I/O. At the time of unveiling the design of the Pixel 7 series, Google had announced that the phones will be launched in the fall of 2022 without specifying a launch date

Italian telco TIM released a statement following rumours that its Chief Infrastructure Officer Stefano Siragusa is about to exit the firm due to disagreements. Rumours have been flying around over the weekend that TIM’s Chief Infrastructure Officer Stefano Siragusa was about to exit the firm after some sort of disagreement within management. The operator, who

Spanish telecoms group Telefónica tentatively raised its full-year financial guidance following a respectable Q2 2022 performance. Without being too specific, the telco now expects revenue growth to come in at the high-end of the low single digit range, a minor upgrade on its previous forecast of low single digit growth. Similarly, for operating income before

The 5G spectrum auction in India signals the advent of next-generation network connectivity services for smartphones and Internet connected devices. In preparation for the arrival of 5G services in India, manufacturers have been working on 5G-capable products and aiming them at customers looking to tap into the advantages promised by 5G connectivity. Gadgets 360 interviewed Madhav Sheth,