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UK MNO Three has decided it has ‘come of age’ now that it’s 18 years old and is celebrating with a new ad campaign showing some of the stuff you can do with a phone. It’s not so much a rebrand – the ‘3’ with flamey jagged lines logo is unchanged – as a new

TikTok was running again in Pakistan Saturday after a provincial court lifted suspension of the popular social media service but ordered it to address complaints that it hosted objectionable content. The Pakistan Telecoms Authority (PTA) blocked access Thursday for a third time after a ruling by a Sindh court hearing a private citizen’s petition against

The UK government has launched an initiative designed to speed up the adoption of OpenRAN as part of its quest to erase Huawei from the country’s mobile networks. The move coincided with the appointment of a new leader for the Telecoms Supply Chain Diversification Advisory Council, a new body that succeeds the Telecoms Diversification Taskforce,

Ericsson has won a major 5G contract in Malaysia instead of Huawei, which could represent a major strategic shift by the country. The news is significant for two reasons: firstly because the 5G development model in Malaysia is unlike that of most of the rest of the world, with the government controlling the country’s 5G

Google app on iOS has a pinball game Easter egg that was recently discovered by some users. It is a game that can be played while in the Google app, much like some of the Easter eggs found on Android. However, this hidden pinball game seems to be exclusive to iOS devices. There are a

The cost of fibre broadband is coming down in the UK, or so we’re led to believe. Thursday brought two separate announcements from incumbent operator BT and its independent network arm Openreach that will essentially reduce the price of fibre broadband subscriptions for many people over the coming years. BT has launched Home Essentials, a

The world has changed in a very short space of time with the global pandemic altering the way in which we think, behave and interact. Restrictions around the world have meant that now, more than ever, people have been relying on technology in their everyday life. Thanks to lockdowns and social distancing, demand for mobile

Opera for Chromebooks has become the world’s first alternative browser to be optimised for Chrome OS, Opera has announced. The browser brings several features such as a free unlimited, no-log browser VPN, an ad blocker, cookie dialogue blocker, and colour themes to the Chrome OS platform. Additionally, the browser comes with WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Twitter,

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Douglas Lloyd of Azoomee details the opportunities available to operators in the education sector. With nearly a year of intermittent lockdowns causing incalculable disruption to education, home learning has never been more of a priority for parents

OneWeb this week declared itself “financially secure” after receiving a further $500 million investment from shareholder Bharti Global, while arch-rival Starlink’s founder Elon Musk shared figures that suggest his company is far from it. Speaking at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Musk was surprisingly frank about the cost of the Starlink satellite Internet service that

Jio Rs. 3,499 prepaid plan with a year’s validity has been launched. The new annual plan can be spotted on both the website and the mobile app. It is present in the 3GB per day prepaid plan list and is the most expensive plan that Jio offers. The new plan comes with subscriptions to various

The UK government issued a press release detailing how great everything will be when the shared rural network is finished. That won’t be until the end of 2025 at the earliest, however, so the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) feels the need to bang on about it every now and then, presumably

Swedish kit vendor Ericsson and US internet giant Google have decided to help each other out when it comes to flogging mobile edge stuff. There’s a bit of a land grab going on when it comes to the edge, with every week seemingly revealing some new pact between a telecoms player and a public cloud

Samsung Galaxy M52 5G camera details have been tipped and it is said to pack a triple rear camera setup. The phone was recently spotted in a Geekbench listing which hinted at the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SoC under the hood. Now, the camera details have surfaced hinting at a 64-megapixel primary sensor similar to the

UK electronics retailer Dixons Carphone has decided to be monogamous with Vodafone and make it the only MNO it offers its customers. Back when Carphone Warehouse was independent it used to resell postpaid contracts from all UK mobile network operators in as part of subsidised handset bundles. As part of the group that uses the

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Olivier Lebigot, CTO at Gamestream, analyses the business potential offered to telcos by cloud gaming. With a global network infrastructure that can now support huge volumes of data transfer, and the widespread rise of cloud computing, video

Samsung’s virtual event at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2021 is set for today. The South Korean tech giant has teased the launch of new devices at the event. The company is speculated to launch a new smartwatch, among other things. While Samsung usually holds standalone Galaxy Unpacked events for its flagship models, like the foldable

Samsung has taken the wraps off a new radio design that it hopes will help it gain further traction with European telcos. The Korean electronics giant has been winning fans with its 5G portfolio – particularly in markets that have shut the door on Huawei and ZTE. A good example would be Samsung’s five-year, $6.6