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Low Earth Orbit satellite firm OneWeb and operator Telefónica have teamed up to bring network connectivity to rural and remote parts of Europe and Latin America. OneWeb and Telefónica Global Solutions – a subsidiary of Telefónica that handles international wholesale, global roaming, multinationals and US businesses – have got together and signed a ‘Memorandum of

Google hosted its I/O 2022 consumer keynote this week, where it showcased its new hardware developments, including the Pixel 6a and Pixel Watch, as well as software innovations, including an ‘immersive’ view on Google Maps. While the Pixel 6a is confirmed to launch in India, the Silicon Valley giant has not yet provided any details

Rumours of a possible merger between Vodafone and Three UK were beginning to wilt a bit, so they have been freshened up again with some new ones. It has been nearly four months since Bloomberg cited ‘some people with knowledge of the matter’ who claimed that Vodafone had approached Three parent CK Hutchison late last

The tech giant signals its growing intentions in the devices market, unveiling new Pixel phones, a smartwatch, a tablet, high-end earbuds and more at its annual announcement parade in California. Years ago Steve Jobs turned Apple product announcements into stage performances, complete with comedy bits and live audiences, and soon after the rest of the

Facebook parent, Meta Platforms, and chip maker AMD on Wednesday said they were partnering for a mobile internet infrastructure program that would bring base station costs down to make broadband more accessible around the world. The programme, called Evenstar, was launched by Meta in early 2020 and promotes a platform called OpenRan that makes it

Consumer tech giant Apple will drop its proprietary Lightning charging and earphone port and replace it with the more widely used USB-C next year, according to an analyst. Ming-Chi Kuo, analyst at TF International Securities, who describes his MO as ‘sharing observations and predictions of tech industry trends’ dropped a couple of tweets predicting the

Virgin Media O2 is shouting about its plans to crack on with full fibre rollout, but its latest quarterlies show it is starting to feel the heat from the competition. The UK mobile and broadband provider, which came into being in its current form in Q2 last year, on Wednesday shared Q1 numbers that show

DJI Mini 3 Pro has been unveiled as the latest addition to the DJI’s Mini Drones lineup. The new lightweight and portable camera drone weighs less than 249 grams and can fly for a maximum time of 34 minutes. The drone offers more built-in features along with better flight and camera performance than its predecessors,

Taking the lead on IT automation – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by Red Hat 4 hours ago IT automation is now a strategic initiative and long-term IT strategy. The division between the stated importance of IT automation and its lack of widespread use could be due to the way these tools have historically been

Russia deployed a cyber-attack on comms company Viasat in the Ukraine which had effects throughout Europe, according to new UK and US intelligence. The Russian cyber-attack was apparently launched on 24th February about an hour before Russian forces invaded the Ukraine. While the primary target is believed to have been the Ukrainian military, the attack

Intel has unveiled an all-new 55W tier in its 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake’ laptop CPU portfolio. The seven new CPU models, known as the HX series, are essentially desktop-class Alder Lake CPUs repackaged to fit into laptops. The 55W nominal TDP can rise as high as 157W with an adequate cooling system. These CPUs, announced today

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Ronny Haraldsvik, SVP Business Development at Cohere Technologies, makes the case for OpenRAN as a transformational technology. Opening up the RAN has been a widely discussed topic in the telecoms industry for years now, and readers of

The Advanced Security Testing and Research (ASTaR) lab is located in Dallas, Texas and Nokia claims it is the first end-to-end 5G testing lab in the US to focus solely on cybersecurity. ASTaR’s ‘holistic approach’ to testing and analysing threats will apparently go beyond individual network elements and also take in the larger context of

EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet Tesla boss Elon Musk in Texas on Monday to discuss global supply chain issues and the bloc’s newly agreed rules requiring tech giants to do more to police online content, Breton’s spokesperson said. The meeting comes weeks after the world’s richest man clinched a deal to buy social

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Amazon Summer Sale 2022 is currently live in India and will go on till May 8. A slew of home appliances and products including air conditioners, washing machines, and refrigerators are available at discounted prices during the sale. Amazon is also offering an instant discount of 10 percent for purchases using SBI, ICICI, RBL bank

T-Mobile US is making a renewed push into 5G-based fixed wireless services for home broadband, in the process hitting out at the country’s established ISPs in its own unique style. The US mobile operator on Wednesday launched a new fixed wireless service for consumers, encouraging them to ‘cheat on’ and ultimately ‘break up with’ their

The coronation of EE as the BT group consumer brand has apparently unlocked a new raft of whacky marketing initiatives. From the people who brought you robot shaving, air traffic control from the comfort of your own home and 5G clubbing, we now have workouts for gamers. The understandable premise is that people who play