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Vivo X Fold and X Note were launched in China on Monday. While the Vivo X Note is the company’s first foldable phone, the Vivo X Note is a new premium model that carries a 7-inch display. Both phones come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC and carry quad rear cameras along with Zeiss

German operator Deutsche Telekom is apparently reviewing bids for its tower business from multiple suitors including Vodafone’s Vantage Towers, KKR, GIP, Cellnex and America Tower Corp. Deutsche Telekom is reviewing proposals to sell a majority or minority stake in its subsidiary towers business Deutsche Funkturm, according to a report from Reuters. Sources claim Vantage Towers

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece James Sarjantson, commercial, digital and telecoms partner at LCF Law, explains what Ofcom’s second wave of rule changes mean for providers of communications services. Providers of communications services including business telecoms, broadband, mobile, pay TV and

Netflix is updating its ratings system — it’s got two thumbs now. On Monday, the world’s biggest subscription-based video streaming service announced it will offer a third thumbs-based option for you to provide your opinions on what you’re watching. In addition to Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down, Netflix members can vote for a title with

The owners of TalkTalk have apparently have received ‘tentative approaches’ about a sale worth £3 billion, with Vodafone and Sky among the suitors. According to report from Sky News Vodafone and Sky are among firms considering making an offer for TalkTalk, while investment bank Lazard is apparently fielding approaches from prospective buyers and investment banks.

Indian conglomerate Tata Group has launched a new app that aims to aggregate all its digital offerings in once place. It’s called Tata Neu and, according to the press release, it’s all about ‘combining the power of various consumer brands of the Tata Group to deliver a superior experience.’ Since Tata is one of the

Microsoft Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera was launched on Wednesday, the company’s first AI-powered camera for the Surface Hub 2 — Microsoft’s interactive whiteboard for business. Businesses that have subscribed fully into Microsoft’s future-of-work vision with the Surface Hub will now be able to upgrade its camera capabilities. The new Surface Hub 2 Smart Camera

Italian operators Iliad and WindTre appear to have made progress in their plan to share the burden of rural 5G rollout. WindTre has secured the agreement of trade unions for the transfer of certain employees to a new joint venture company that it plans to set up with Iliad, Il Sole 24 Ore reported this

Toy brick firm Lego and games publisher Epic Games have announced that together they intend to build some sort of metaverse aimed at children. The two firms will have you know they’ve entered into a long-term partnership and intend to build ‘an immersive, creatively inspiring and engaging digital experience for kids of all ages to

Realme 9 Pro+ Free Fire Edition live images have been revealed by the company, ahead of its launch. Along with images of the handset, the company has also revealed the official launch date of the Realme 9 Pro+ Free Fire Edition in Thailand. The smartphone is expected to sport the same specifications as the Realme

Japanese operator Softbank played up the societal benefits of 5G as it raised fresh funds for its network rollout. The company has taken out a so-called ‘social loan’ totalling JPY35 billion ($282 million) from a group of banks. Proceeds from social loans are used exclusively for projects that contribute to solving social issues, and so

UK operator Three has put out a bunch of stats within its ‘Mobile Britain’ report – including that 5G usage on its network has increased by 385% since 2020, and handset numbers have quadrupled. The report was put together using mobile data from Three and a survey of 2,000 UK adults conducted by Opinium, and

Google has reportedly removed six apps infected with the Sharkbot bank stealer malware from the Google Play store. The apps were downloaded 15,000 times before they were ejected from the store. All six apps were designed to pose as antivirus solutions for Android smartphones and were designed to select targets using a geofencing feature, stealing

European and Ukrainian operators have signed a Joint Statement in collaboration with the EU to nail down continued measures to make sure people fleeing the war in Ukraine have mobile connectivity. The statement points out that operators started taking measures to ensure connectivity was maintained for refugees and those in Ukraine as the invasion began,

Dan Lloyd (pictured) will join Ofcom in May as Group Director, Spectrum bringing with him 20 years of wireless/tech experience in ten countries. The role oversees Ofcom’s Spectrum Group, which manages how the UK’s wireless spectrum is used. This includes deciding which airwaves are best used by what tech, supervising the UK’s spectrum plan, optimising

Video creators, editors, and producers know how time-consuming it can be to add subtitles to YouTube videos, especially when the videos are long. But the benefits of subtitles in making your videos engaging and helpful are numerous. With subtitles, your videos can reach a wider audience that speaks different languages, and also be accessible to

Advantages of 8T8R in 5G NR Sub-6 GHz Networks – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by CommScope 6 minutes ago 5G promises all kinds of new opportunities for mobile operators to deliver enhanced capacity and end-user experience to customers to address the ever-growing demand for data. But you need to prepare the groundwork correctly, and

A UK government-led Fibre in Water trial will see full fibre-optic cable deployed through 17km of live drinking water mains between Barnsley and Penistone. The government has stumped up £1.2 million for the design stage of the project, which is being run by Yorkshire Water, Arcadis and University of Strathclyde, with another £2 million on