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Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Jan van Tetering, SVP Europe at Nokia argues that digital technologies can play a key role in the fight against climate change and explores what that means in practice. The most recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel

Samsung Electronics reported a smaller-than-expected rise in quarterly operating earnings on Thursday as lower sales to inflation-hit smartphone makers dragged on profits from server customers loading up on memory chips. The world’s largest memory-chip and smartphone maker estimated its profit rose 11 percent from a year earlier to KRW 14 trillion (nearly Rs. 84,600 crore)

The Competition and Markets authority in the UK is having a look at the proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, which at $68.7 billion would be the biggest deal in the history of gaming. If it goes through the acquisition would bring huge gaming franchises from the Activision, Blizzard and King studios including Warcraft,

A new ‘data adequacy agreement’ between the UK and South Korea should provide a significant boost to trade between the two countries. This somewhat vaguely named pact is all about removing a bunch of bureaucracy when it comes to sharing data between the two countries. In practice, it means companies based in one of the

Apple Watch Series 8 is reportedly said to feature a larger display than its predecessors. This larger size is expected to be 1.99-inch. The Cupertino-based tech company is said to launch three variants of the new smartwatch. The Apple Watch Series 8 will also reportedly feature a body temperature sensor that is capable of detecting

The European Parliament has waved through the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, designed to curb the influence of US tech giants which it defines as ‘gatekeepers’. The latest bureaucratic/legal phase of the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act – proposed legislation to regulate big tech firms primarily operating out of the US

Virgin Media O2 and the NHS have collaborated to build the UK’s ‘first 5G connected hospital’ which they claim will transform healthcare. The Maudsley Smart Hospital and Maudsley Smart Pharmacy trials are funded by NHS digital with tech provided by VMO2 and Nokia, and are designed to explore the efficiency, safety and security benefits of

Memory-chip firm Micron Technology announced a significantly weaker than expected business outlook on Thursday, raising concern that following nearly two years of strong demand, the industry was turning towards a down cycle. Micron forecast adjusted revenue for the current quarter at $7.2 billion (nearly Rs. 56,800 crore), plus or minus $400 million (nearly Rs. 3,200

Rural fibre firm County Broadband says it will grow its workforce to 270 by the end of the year in order to facilitate its ambitions of a 500,000 premise network in the East of England over the next five years. County Broadband received a sizable investment of £100 million earlier this year and had a

According to a survey of 61 network operators across the world, the circular economy is ‘important’ but many listed some pretty fundamental concerns. According to a survey form TXO, which sells telecom network hardware and asset management services, 90% of the operators believe the circular economy is important to their organisation and 89% say it’s

Raspberry Pie Pico W microcontroller was launched on Thursday, based on the RP2040 chip that is built on TSMC’s 40nm low-power process. This is an upgraded model of the Raspberry Pie Pico microcontroller that was launched in January last year. As the name suggests, the Pico W adds wireless connectivity for developing Internet of Things

BT has confirmed it wouldn’t mind having a bit more time to rip out Huawei equipment from its network, the process having been impeded by the Covid-19 pandemic. “A short extension would be reasonable,” a company spokesperson said, highlighting the fact that the exceptional circumstances of the past couple of years have naturally had a

Welcome To the National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by Atkins 2 days ago This case study outlines the history behind and benefits of the new National Underground Asset Register, using interviews with Senior Executives who have been part of it’s development. In particular it outlines what Telecoms organizations will

FIFA has announced that semi-automated offside technology will be used at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar starting on November 21, offering a support tool for the video match officials and the on-field officials to help them make faster, more accurate and more reproducible offside decisions on the biggest stage of all. Following the

Members of the Communications Workers Union working for BT have voted to strike after an ongoing dispute over pay, BT calls the result ‘a disappointment’. After an ongoing dispute over pay, CWU members working at BT have voted in favour of strike action, amid what General Secretary of the union Dave Ward described as a

The semiconductor arm of Korean tech giant Samsung is the first to start manufacturing chips using the 3nm process node. The measurement originally referred to some dimension of each individual transistor but it seems to mainly be a marketing, rather than technological, term these days. What it does signify is that the basic component of

PlayStation Plus monthly free games for July 2022 are now official. PS Plus subscribers, across all three tiers — PS Plus Essential, PS Plus Extra, and PS Plus Deluxe/Premium — will be able to add Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, and Arcadegeddon to their game library from

UK telco group BT says it has secured the rights to the majority of the UEFA Champions League games, plus all the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League exclusively live. There will apparently be a new format for the three European competitions from 2024, adding 12 more teams, more matches, and the