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Two of Canada’s big mobile operators have launched 5G on 3.5 GHz spectrum and they are keen to get as much publicity out of the move as possible. Rogers and Bell Canada both announced their 5G mid-band launches on Wednesday. Rogers went for the ‘first to market’ angle, while the incumbent added a ‘plus’ suffix

UK-based Vodafone hopes to gain an advantage in Italy’s IoT market by rolling the country’s first LTE-M network. When it comes to dedicated cellular IoT infrastructure, narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) has until now been the only game in town in Italy, with networks available from Voda and incumbent TIM. 5G offers an ultrafast alternative of course,

Sony is launching its new PlayStation Plus in India next week. The update brings the service in four tiers, namely Essential, Extra, Deluxe, and Premium. While the Essential is the base version, Deluxe and Premium are the top tiers — depending on which market you are in. The new PlayStation Plus is aimed to help

Canadian operator Telus will also take on $600 million in debt to purchase healthcare firm LifeWorks, claiming the move ‘accelerates Telus Health’s vision of employer-based healthcare.’ The $2.3 billion deal will allow Telus to incorporate LifeWorks’ employee and family assistance program and benefits administration capabilities to its existing suite of digital health technologies, which includes

Upstart device maker Nothing finally gave those who care a look at the design of its impending smartphone, which features a transparent case. Nothing has been teasing its ‘phone (1)’ for months, promising it will disrupt and reinvigorate a stale sector, but details have been thin on the ground. This week, however, it went so

Umidigi Bison 2 series has launched globally with MediaTek Helio P90 SoC and pack a 6,150mAh battery that offers 18W fast charging support. The smartphones have been announced globally and is currently available for purchase on the AliExpress website. There are two models on offer from the company, Bison 2 and Bison 2 Pro. The

A letter from US flight regulator the Federal Aviation Administration asked airlines to ‘move quickly to address risks from a 5G wireless rollout,’ according to an exclusive from Reuters. Following the spat between the telecoms industry and the aviation industry which centred around the idea some were worried 5G signals in C-band spectrum might interfere

Italian operator TIM, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson and Italian automation/robotics firm Comau promise ‘innovative solutions for Industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing’ thanks to some fresh 5G network slicing. Tim and Ericsson deployed a 5G network in Comau’s HQ in Turin, Italy, in order to demonstrate what network slicing in industrial settings might be capable of.

WhatsApp Payments — the payment feature on the Meta-owned messaging service — recently introduced a new Rs. 105 cashback offer for select users in the country. The cashback offer is valid on a minimum transaction of Re. 1, and you can receive Rs. 35 up to three times, for a total of Rs. 105. The

Allegations made in a class action suit by a man called Justin Gutmann are that automatic iOS updates caused older iPhones to slow down, and that breached UK competition law. The claim is that Apple breached UK competition law ‘through its exploitative and abusive behaviour in relation to the supply of iPhones and iOS updates.’

On June 1, 2022, the IPv6 Summit themed “IPv6 Enhanced Innovation Accelerate Digital Transformation” was successfully hosted by Informa Tech during Asia Tech x Singapore at the Singapore Expo Convention and Exhibition Centre. Thought leaders from seven leading organizations — Informa Tech, Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), IPv6 Forum

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will soon be able to play games via a new Xbox app for Samsung 2022 smart TVs via Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft announced Thursday. The Xbox App for smart TVs will be launched on June 30 on Samsung’s 2022 range of smart TVs and monitors. The new Xbox app and

Chip firm Qualcomm won its fight against a €1 billion fine imposed on it by the European Commission for allegedly bribing Apple into using its chips. The European General Court essentially decided that procedural irregularities in the initial investigation by the European Commission ‘affected Qualcomm’s rights of defence’, and has moved to annul the hefty

Speakers from big tech and the telecoms industry gathered for The Edge Event in London to wax around the potential, but also the difficulties involved, in the brave new world of edge computing. Telco professionals gathered in the Park Plaza by Westminster this morning to talk about edge computing and how it relates to 5G

WhatsApp users are finally getting the option to switch from an Android phone to an iPhone after much anticipation. The instant messaging app on Tuesday announced the new capability in beta. The update has enabled users to transfer their WhatsApp account information, profile photo, individual and group chats, chat history, media, and settings from an

Terje Jensen, SVP of Network Architecture at Norwegian operator Telenor said of the speed of edge infrastructure adoption: “I think we kind of have to be happy that it’s probably not moving as fast as originally planned.” The comments came in a discussion panel at The Edge Event in London, titled ‘how rapidly can we

Chip giant Nvidia has got a gang of firms together to build a virtual collaborative industrial workspace using edge computing and what it says is the world’s first 5G-enabled VR. BT, Ericsson, the GRID Factory, Masters of Pie, Qualcomm and NVIDIA all lent their respective expertise to the project based at electric vehicle battery manufacturer

While affordable true wireless earphones are undeniably getting better, the premium segment still offers a different level of flagship quality and performance that sets it apart from the rest. Right now, only a handful of options really stand out in the premium true wireless segment, and these include the Apple AirPods Pro, Sony WF-1000XM4, and