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It’s hard to put a number on the exact quantity of spectrum telcos need in order to fully deliver on the promises of 5G, but it seems the GSMA has done exactly that. 7 GHz. That’s the amount per market, according to two new reports (available separately here and here) published by the industry group

YouTube is working on reducing comment spams and impersonation on the video sharing platform by adding new features. YouTube announced that, as of July 29, 2022, it will no longer allow channels to hide the number of subscribers they have. The company said that this will make it harder for impersonators to pose as other

According to Reuters, infrastructure firm Cellnex has offered German operator Deutsche Telekom a stake in its business as a further incentive to sell it its tower division. Sources told Reuters Cellnex has offered DT a stake in its business as part of a as recently submitted €18 billion binding offer to to take control of

Almost three years after the US first expressed fears about Chinese owned social video platform TikTok, there are renewed calls to ban it from the country. This time its FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, who has written to Google and Apple, asking them to remove the TikTok app from their respective app stores. We know this,

NASA is set to launch a probe to the International Space Station (ISS) on June 10 that will monitor climate change on Earth. Named Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT), this probe will study the composition of mineral dust from Earth’s arid regions and how the desert dust carried through the atmosphere affects the

The inventive boffin arm of Spanish operator Telefónica – Telefónica Tech – has developed a security monitoring service for IoT environments. The service, which for some reason doesn’t appear have a name, inspects network traffic to visualize the assets connected to the network, analyses and highlights vulnerabilities, and detects potential threats, we are told. It

Following six months of negotiations between management and a union representing workers at US operator AT&T, a ‘tentative’ contract agreement that raises base wages and more has been reached. Communications Workers of America is a broad church of a union, claiming to represent workers in telecommunications, customer service, media, airlines, health care, public service and

Modern flat-panel televisions typically slot into one of three common categories – LED, quantum-dot LED, and OLED, with standard LED TVs being the most affordable and OLED TVs usually being the most expensive. Recently, a few brands including TCL, LG, and Samsung have introduced a fourth category in India – Mini LED. This panel type is a middle

The other project designed to play around with 5G connected autonomous cars crossing European borders has reemerged, in this case championed by Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson. 5GCroCo is project designed to demonstrate how autonomous vehicles function across national borders, and has €17 million of funding from the EU in its belt and Deutsche Telekom and

 [Barcelona, Spain, June 23] In the recently held 2022 NGON WDM forum, WOM, a carrier from Chile, shared its strategic plan and vision for optical network construction with industry partners and the media. WOM also provided testimonials about Huawei’s all-optical autonomous driving network (ADN) solution and said that they look forward to cooperate with Huawei

The company planning to buy Donald Trump’s new social media business has disclosed a federal grand jury investigation that, it says, could impede or even prevent its acquisition of the Truth Social app. Shares of Digital World Acquisition dropped 10 percent in morning trading on Monday as the company revealed that it has received subpoenas

The world’s biggest international trade show for the telecoms industry will stay put in its Barcelona home for at least another 7 years. The GSMA, which organises Mobile World Congress, announced the show will stay at the Fira de Barcelona until the end of the decade, and that the city ‘is a critical element in

There’s More Inside Your Splice Closure than You Think – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by CommScope 3 days ago As fibre is being pushed deeper into the OSP network and technologies grow more sensitive to performance-eroding contamination, the variety of sealing technologies used to protect the fibres inside the closures have evolved. Until very

Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) is reportedly going to launch with a long list of features like heart rate detection, hearing aid function, and a USB Type-C port. The report, based on information received, has also shared the renders of the rumoured earphones from Apple. As per the new renders and an earlier report, the

The Transformational Journey to a Modular FTTH Connectivity Ecosystem – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by CommScope 2 days ago Solving today’s FTTH challenges with an eye on the future by anticipating industry evolution and needs, requires thinking differently and taking a completely new approach to product design. Modular design, a proven methodology in other

The boss of Telco group BT reportedly said the firm is too skint to dish out pay rises to staff, so a strike may be on the cards. Bloomberg managed to get hold of some footage of BT’s ‘PJ Live’ virtual town hall meeting, and has described the staff as ‘incensed’ as CEO Philip Jansen

Hotwav W10 rugged smartphone with military-grade durability and water-resistant design launched on Friday, June 24. Its standout feature is the 15,000mAh battery, which is claimed to have a standby time of up to 1,200 hours. This smartphone features a 6.53-inch HD+ display with a waterdrop-style notch for housing the selfie camera. Under the hood, it

Chicago-based UScellular has successfully tested 5G connectivity between its live network and a drone. Working with kit maker Ericsson, the telco flew a drone 2 miles between two of its base stations. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) – as they are also known – was equipped with a 5G smartphone and some RF measurement equipment,