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Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Bruce McClelland, CEO of Ribbon, looks at what a great job the telecoms industry has done of dealing with the current unique circumstances. Before the global pandemic that has upended our lives in multiple ways, Verizon’s

WhatsApp is bringing password-protected, encrypted chat backups for iCloud and Google Drive, according to a report. The new update, which is said to be currently in the works, would allow users to keep their WhatsApp chat backups protected from unauthorised access by using a password. Right now, your chats are end-to-end encrypted on your phone

The GSMA is determined to make MWC happen this year but is having to ask potential attendees to make a lot of concessions to the Covid-19 pandemic. The event, which would normally have taken place by now, is scheduled to start on 28 June in its usual location of Barcelona. But with the pandemic still

Organizations face unprecedented pressure to deliver services more quickly and securely than ever before. IT plays a crucial role in meeting these demands, but it can be a blocker if it can’t keep up with demand or scale as needed. Automation software can extend your workforce to help you do more with what you have.

Apple recently clarified that the beta build of iOS 14.5 will not actually allow users to select a new default music service. Instead, the feature is Siri intelligence-based, meaning it can improve and even change over time as the virtual assistant learns to better understand its users listening habits. According to The Verge, iOS 14.5

TIM has named the Chief Executive of its new FiberCop business and it’s someone who is very familiar with the inner workings of the Italian telco but, sadly, not called Tim. Carlo Filangieri will lead FiberCop, a business TIM is in the process of setting up to house and run its fixed access operations. “Filangieri…has

Macquarie Telecom is moving its MVNO service to Optus’ network, ditching incumbent operator Telstra in the process. The firm, which provides data, voice, mobile and colocation services to businesses in Australia, has signed a A$34 million (US$26 million) deal with Optus for mobile services, including 5G, according to a release shared by Scoop. The firm

Amazfit T-Rex Pro smartwatch has been reportedly leaked in a hands-on video on YouTube. Amazfit T-Rex Pro will be a successor to the Amazfit T-Rex that was launched in India in June last year. The hands-on video shows key specifications for the Amazfit T-Rex Pro and it seems to come with four buttons, two on

The biggest broadband providers in the US added almost twice as many fixed subscribers in 2020 as they did the previous year, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new analyst research. However, it was not good news for all of the big players; some made significantly bigger gains than others. The top 16

A brisk two years after Swedish music streaming giant Spotify filed a complaint, the European Commission seems to have sprung into action. Multiple media, including Reuters and the FT, are reporting that the EU is set (so not quite ready yet) to act on the Spotify complaint made almost exactly two years ago. At the

Reliance Jio is working on a low-cost laptop called the “JioBook”, according to a report. The new laptop is said to be based on a forked Android build that could be dubbed JioOS. The firmware could come along with Jio apps. The JioBook is also said to have 4G LTE support. Report going back to

Mobile chip giant Qualcomm reckons it has identified some issues around wireless audio streaming, so has made a new portfolio of products to resolve them. The result is Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound, which the company seems to be hoping will become a kind of kite mark for high quality wireless sound. The focus is on streaming,

The world’s dominant internet retailer has signaled its intent to do a similar job in the physical world by opening its first shop outside of the US. Amazon has been dabbling with bricks-and-mortar retail for three years in its home town of Seattle and things seem to have gone well enough for it to make

Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound has been launched as a new suite of audio technologies for both smartphones and audio products such as wireless headphones and earphones. It was initially announced at the Qualcomm summit in December 2020. The product suite enables improved interoperability between Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset-enabled smartphones as well as wireless headphones and earphones, promising

With rapid developments in 5G and a changing telco landscape, communication service providers (CSPs) face several challenges. Evolving to be a digital service provider requires a complete transformation of legacy operation support systems (OSS) and business support systems (BSS). In this guide, we show you why and how transforming your OSS/BSS can result in greater

Korean tech giant Samsung claims to have wrestled back the 5G speed record but, as ever, that requires careful qualification. A trial managed to hit 5.23 Gbps to a single device. It was done in lab conditions but using commercial kit. All of these details are important when it comes to the 5G speed record

Apple on Tuesday shared insights from the Apple Hearing Study, ahead of World Hearing Day today. The study shares findings from long-term hearing health data gathered with the participation of thousands of Apple Watch and iPhone users in the US. Insights included how many experience a daily average environmental sound exposure higher than the World

German operator group DT keeps banging on about how committed it is to combating online hate speech, but what does that mean in practice? ‘Working to eliminate online hate speech: We’re continuing our commitment in 2021!’ declared a DT press release today. On the surface this seems like a fairly standard piece of corporate social