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A combination of historical misdeeds in Iraq and the need to pull out of Russia loomed heavy on Swedish kit vendor Ericsson’s latest quarterlies. The Russia stuff was announced at the start of this week. While telecoms vendors have been agonising over the correct course of action to take with regard to doing business in

Swedish telecoms equipment giant Ericsson said Thursday it will likely have to pay new fines to the US Department of Justice over suspected bribes to the Islamic State group in Iraq. Chief executive Borje Ekholm conceded in a newspaper interview in February that some of Ericsson employees may have bribed IS members for road transport

For every 100,000 UK Snapchat users, 971 are searching how to delete the app, according to a new bit of research. Spurred by the hunger to know which apps Brits delete the most, Bespoke Software Solutions has done a report analysing which were the most popular apps of 2021 and cross referenced it with monthly

The recent major outage of that happened to Telenor Pakistan’s mobile communication network brings the service provider into focus on the need on its core network stability and resilience. Across the country’s southern region, Telenor Pakistan’s fiber backbone network was interrupted in several areas, causing a widespread disconnection that shut down voice and data services

Moto G 5G (2022) alleged renders have been leaked. These new set of images show a similar design as the ones leaked last month. The handset is tipped to get a triple rear camera setup and a hole-punch display with a centrally aligned cutout for the selfie camera. It will come with a 6.6-inch flat

“Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it,” said the Tesla and Space X founder as he made an offer worth about $43 billion for the social media platform. The offer is for $54.20 per share, which is reckoned to be equivalent to $43 billion, and would mean taking the company private under ownership of

Overcoming the top 5 challenges in server-side IP ad insertion – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Partner Resources Written by CommScope 1 day ago IP video expands opportunities through targeted advertising. However, unlike traditional television, IP video is more dynamic, with numerous new devices, formats, content and services to consider. This makes offering a ‘Real TV’ advertising experience

Multiple brands including Realme, Realme TechLife, and Dizo now operate under Realme’s aegis, benefiting from the company’s research and development capabilities, sales and service network, and brand reputation in India. Realme TechLife has a rather varied range of products in India, including vacuum cleaners, wireless earphones, and smartwatches. The product I’m reviewing here is the Realme TechLife Watch

South Korean tech giant Samsung and UK telco VMO2 have deployed a series of new 4G and 5G sites across the UK. Following lab tests last year, field trials have been ongoing on the sites in Tamworth and the Peak District since the beginning of this year, and the sites have now been used to

Following the news that toy firm Lego and Epic Games are teaming up to build a metaverse for children, Sony and Lego owner KIRKBi have ploughed $1 billion each into the games publisher. Last week Lego and Epic announced they’d entered into a long-term partnership and intend to build ‘an immersive, creatively inspiring and engaging

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