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F1 22 — the official game for the ongoing 2022 FIA Formula One World Championship — will be released on July 1, Electronic Arts announced on Thursday. The successor to F1 2021 will let players race in the latest season with redesigned cars, updated rules, and gameplay options. Gamers will also be able to test

Troubled French IoT startup Sigfox has been saved from receivership by Singapore based UnaBiz. From an array nine potential bidders, IoT firm UnaBiz has been selected as the new owner Sigfox, which came onto the scene with a proprietary narrowband tech designed specifically for IoT, during insolvency proceedings at the Commercial Court of Toulouse. UnaBiz

A report authored by The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warns of an increased threat of Russian cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. The report titled ‘Russian State-Sponsored and Criminal Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure’ was put together in partnership with an Avengers-esque team up of law enforcement bodies from around the world, including the

More women are getting into leadership roles in the tech industry, which has long been seen as an area dominated by men. The report, prepared by consulting firm Deloitte, said women will hold about one in four leadership roles at large global technology companies this year. That is a jump of 20 percent from 2019

UK telco VMO2 has announced a roster of network upgrades deployed across the Greater Manchester Region over the past year or so. The firm says it has boosted 4G capacity in nearly 20,000 new postcodes in Greater Manchester over the last 12 months, while recently deployed low band 5G spectrum infrastructure means that 57% of

The global refurbished smartphone market grew by 15% in 2021, according to research from analyst firm Counterpoint. The refurbished or ‘secondary’ smartphone market experienced solid growth last year due to a rising interest in sustainability, awareness of the sub-market, certified pre-owned alternatives, and an increase in quality checks and warranty options, according to Counterpoint Research’s

Google has silently released a new Switch to Android app for iOS users who want to switch over from an iPhone to an Android smartphone. It is currently unlisted on the App Store, which means users cannot simply search and download the app. The Switch to Android app will allow users to transfer important information

A third of customers would ditch telcos if they don’t get a decent response to a complaint in five minutes, and analytics firm SAS reckons ‘hyperautomation’ is the solution. The SAS Hyperautomation report asked 1,513 people in the UK and Ireland about their expectations and experiences of customer services, with one of the takeaways being

Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Fergus Wills, VP Marketing, Service Provider Sales, Enea and Dimitris Mavrakis, Senior Research Director, ABI Research, look back at the first full MWC for three years to see what it revealed about the telecoms sector. This year’s

Tata Play (formerly known as Tata Sky) has launched the Binge Starter pack as its most affordable offering for accessing over-the-top (OTT) content on mobile devices. The new pack provides access to four distinct OTT platforms, namely Eros Now, Hungama, ShemarooMe, and Zee5. Once activated, the Tata Play Binge Starter pack offers OTT content access

Global smartphone shipments dropped by 11% in Q1 2022 amid ‘unfavourable economic conditions and sluggish seasonal demand’, according to analyst firm Canalys. The Canalys report reckons the market was held back by an ‘unsettled business environment’ in Q1 – namely spikes in covid cases due to the Omicron variant, vendor uncertainty due to the Russia-Ukraine

YouTube is adding new features to provide more creative options to Shorts creators. The Google-owned video platform is expanding YouTube Shorts to the Web (desktop and mobile browsers) and tablets. With the latest update, a new Shorts tab will appear across devices over the next few weeks allowing users to scroll through Shorts vertically. Additionally,

UK operator Vodafone’s Voxi For Now tariff is available to anyone receiving benefits, and offers unlimited 5G data, calls and texts for a tenner. The tariff can be claimed for up to six months to anyone claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance, Disability Allowance, Personal Independent Payment, Employment and Support Allowance, or employment-based Universal Credit, and no credit

Shipments of some Apple products, as well as Dell and Lenovo laptops are likely to face delays if China’s COVID-19 lockdowns persist, analysts said, as curbs force assemblers to shut down and closed-loop arrangements get harder to maintain. China’s race to stop the spread of COVID-19 has jammed highways and ports, stranded workers and left

Orange contests the legitimacy of French antitrust investigation – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png French telecoms group Orange had several of its offices visited by French antirust officials recently but it’s not clear why. Reuters and Bloomberg both characterised the visits as ‘raids’, but that evokes images of coppers in riot gear kicking down doors and arresting people.

Following a hack last year, US operator T-Mobile apparently tried to buy back the stolen data, a move which backfired as the data remained on sale nonetheless. Having had the personal data of 30 million customers hacked last year, T-Mobile used a third party to contact and pay the hackers a $200,000 to stop it

OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G has been spotted online in an image shared by the company ahead of the phone’s debut in the country. The upcoming OnePlus handset launch date has been set for April 28, the company confirmed earlier this week. The handset is tipped to feature an octa-core Snapdragon 695 SoC, paired

UK fibre infrastructure providers Openreach and Hyperoptic have announced an extension of their deployment plans to new locations. Openreach is planning on deploying gigabit-capable full fibre to 36 new locations as it targets 25 million premises in its network by December 2026. It says 1.5 million homes and businesses have already connected to the new