RealMe X50 offers potential catalyst for India 5G
With the launch of a cheap 5G smartphone from RealMe in India, the prospects of a 5G network in the short- to mid- term is becoming much more realistic.
With the launch of a cheap 5G smartphone from RealMe in India, the prospects of a 5G network in the short- to mid- term is becoming much more realistic.
Huawei has posted its financial results for the first half of 2020 with year-on-year increases across the board as total revenues exceed $64 billion.
Aaand they’re back in the room. Four months and 15 pods since the last one, the team are finally reunited in the studio. They start by exploring claims about how much it costs to swap out telecoms equipment, move on to the latest deployments around the Open RAN movement and conclude with a review of Softbank’s performance as a venture capitalist.
Although regulatory opposition has delayed the transaction, Vodafone Australia and TPG are now officially a single entity, operating under the name TPG Telecom.
It might be a case of preparing so much for tomorrow that the challenges of today are overlooked, at least that is the opinion of BT and Vodafone.
In evidence presented to the UK Science and Technology Committee, BT and Vodafone execs said completely removing Huawei by 2023 would cause major disruptions, even digital blackouts.
The German press and politicians are up in arms over Deutsche Telekom’s relationship with Huawei, but the telecoms group is attempting to ease tensions and add distance from the vendor.
The coronavirus pandemic forced the world into some very dramatic changes, with connectivity critical for continuity; but what are the trends worth keeping an eye on now?
With Huawei’s fate looking increasingly fragile as the US attempts to chop and chip at its supply chain, the vendor has stated it has the stockpile and capacity to meet all existing commercial contracts.
The official line is the move will allow Arm to give more attention to its core semiconductor business, but it will also allow financially strained parent-company Softbank to sell a slice.
Alphabet’s novel solution to connecting the unconnected has had its first non-emergency deployment in Kenya.
Only a matter of days after Sky Italia expanded its offering, Iliad has inked a broadband wholesale agreement with Open Fiber to drive towards the convergence dream.
While it might seem unusual for one of the traditional Radio Access Network (RAN) vendors to be hyping OpenRAN, this appears to be incremental evolution to make Nokia more competitive.
The UK’s Business Secretary Alok Sharma has confirmed a Government lifeline of $500 million for OneWeb, the ambitious satellite firm which recently filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.
The rationale for US aggression against China has never been fully validated, but that is seemingly irrelevant as its sanctions increasingly push the UK to make an uncomfortable choice.
Among the many bitterly disputed terms of the UK’s divorce from the EU are the jurisdiction of competition authorities, which could affect the O2-Virgin Media merger.
The FCC has officially designated Huawei and ZTE as threats to national security, barring any telecoms operator using federal funds to purchase or maintain equipment from the vendors.
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
NTT has announced a joint research programme with NEC, while also purchasing a 5% stake in the network infrastructure vendor.
The fact that the Department of Defense is linking Huawei to the Chinese military should surprise few, but this could be viewed as a bureaucratic tick-box exercise for a renewed assault.
Nokia share price jumps 13% on improved 5G prospects https://t.co/3ZvUqIiZRP #Corporate #5G
31 July 2020 @ 09:42:02 UTC
Telegram adds another antitrust complaint for Apple to ponder https://t.co/1VqReJIgxn #CloudApps #ContentApplications
30 July 2020 @ 15:49:02 UTC
Huawei saga enters Brazil as US starts posturing https://t.co/tmZk7h3VC8 #5G #Brazil
30 July 2020 @ 14:57:32 UTC
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