India reportedly cracks down on cheap Chinese phones
India is cracking down on low-cost Chinese smartphones in a bid to give a boost to its homegrown players, it is being reported in the Indian press this week.
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Bharti Airtel reportedly has plans to hook up 5G in 5000 towns by 2024
Indian operator Bharti Airtel’s recently announced 5G network will cover 5000 towns in India by March 2024, its MD is reported to have announced.
KT and Turk Telekom deepen partnership to include content, private 5G
Turk Telekom’s TV customers will soon be able to stream content from Korea, thanks to its newly-expanded partnership with KT Corp.
EE dusts off Dennis the Menace to help protect kids online
Research from EE finds 60% of parents fear their kids don’t how to protect themselves when using their phone – so it has drafted in the Beano for an educational campaign, just in case any of them know what that is.
BT claims Europe’s first 5G SA carrier aggregation in trial
The British incumbent telecom operator BT claims to have achieved a Europe-first by aggregating four carrier components (4CC) in a 5G standalone (SA) live network trial.
Mavenir and Quickline deploy 5G SA Open RAN network
Rural broadband specialist Quickline Communications has teamed up with Open Ran focussed software outfit Mavenir to launch a commercialised 5G SA, cloud-based, Open RAN network in North Yorkshire.
Three: ‘We’ve got the market leading spectrum portfolio for 5G’
UK operator Three now claims 56% 5G coverage in the UK, and says it is ‘well placed to appeal to a new set of consumers from other operators’ as the cost of living crisis rolls on.
Irish regulator takes legal route to speed up 5G auction
Ireland’s telecoms regulator has lodged a legal challenge to a recent court ruling that could mean delays in the allocation of 5G spectrum.
Dish loses mobile customers after 5G launch
Dish Network is still losing mobile customers despite having finally launched its 5G service a few months ago.
Which? calls for telco VAT cut amid cost of living crisis
UK consumer champion Which? warned on Thursday that nearly 6 million households are struggling to pay their telecoms bills.
Telstra ordered to halt its alleged dirty 5G tricks
Australian incumbent Telstra will decommission more than 160 5G sites it was accused of registering only for the purpose of stifling rival Optus’ own 5G rollout.
Bharti Airtel will commence Indian 5G deployment this month
Indian telco Bharti Airtel has recruited Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung to enable its 5G rollout, which will commence round about now.
GSMA says up to 40% of mid-band 5G benefits could be lost
Trade body and organiser of MWC, the GSMA, has warned that almost half the expected benefits provided by mid-band 5G could be lost if no additional spectrum is assigned to mobile services soon.
Remote working shift sees ‘major rise in cybercrime’
US operator Verizon has put out a report claiming the prevailing cultural trend towards remote remotely has adversely affected organisations’ cybersecurity.
Vodafone reckons it can guarantee the best prices for trading in phones
UK operator Vodafone’s app now includes an instant valuation and ‘unbeatable price promise’ when customers trade in smartphones.
India 5G auction raises US$19 billion, led by Jio
Reliance Jio Infocomm accounted for well over half of the US$19 billion pledged by India’s telecoms operators in the country’s just concluded 5G spectrum sale.
France, Italy and Spain reportedly repeat calls for big tech to pay for EU networks
Three EU countries have made fresh calls that big tech firms such as Google, Meta and Netflix should help pay for European network infrastructure, according to Reuters.
US 2.5 GHz auction off to a slow start
The sale of 2.5 GHz spectrum licences in the US got off to a slow start last week and indications are that it will continue in a fairly lukewarm fashion.
Citizens Advice calls on Ofcom to tackle ‘loyalty penalty’ in telecoms
‘No-one should be punished for being loyal in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis’ says consumer watchdog/charity Citizens Advice, claiming one in seven customers are paying a ‘loyalty penalty’.
Apple and Amazon see revenue hikes in face of economic turmoil
In the midst of a global cost of living crisis both Amazon and Apple beat expectations, with revenue for iPhone sales up 3% to $40.7 billion and Amazon clocking a 7% YoY revenue jump to $121.1 billion.
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