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Norway to get more competitive as Ice steps up

Norway’s smallest mobile operator has launched 5G services and unveiled a new business plan designed to accelerate growth in the coming years.

• 18 Nov 2021

Netflix enters the mobile gaming arena with a whisper

Video streaming giant Netflix is now bundling mobile games in its offer, starting with a small number of titles and thus limited disruption to the gaming industry’s business model.

• 03 Nov 2021

Huawei consumer business continues to tank

Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei’s latest quarterly numbers reveal another big fall in revenues, thanks mainly to its crippled consumer division.

• 01 Nov 2021

Vodafone, ITU do a lot of talking on smartphone access

Vodafone is working with the ITU and a handful of other partners with a view to extending Internet access to 3.4 billion people by the end of the decade.

• 20 Sep 2021

The Apple iPhone 13 is one better than the iPhone 12

US gadget giant Apple has done its traditional September refresh of its iPhone line-up and the new ones are a bit better than their predecessors.

• 15 Sep 2021

South Korea demands Apple and Google open app stores to 3rd-party payments

A bill voted through by Korea’s parliamentarians demands application store operators like Apple and Google to allow customers to choose alternative payment methods when buying apps and content.

• 31 Aug 2021

Number of announced 5G devices tops 900 — report

The Global mobile Suppliers Association’s latest tracking shows 938 5G devices have been announced, including more than 600 commercially available. The majority are smartphones and CPEs.

• 10 Aug 2021

Apple defends new device-scanning tech as criticisms grow

Apple has launched a defence of its controversial new system to scan users’ devices for child sexual material after over 5,000 people and organizations signed an open letter against it.

• 10 Aug 2021

Closure of Sprint 4G network probably not a big deal to T-Mobile US

When T-Mobile US published its Q2 results last week it once again talked up the progress it is making in integrating Sprint and upgraded its merger synergies guidance for the second consecutive quarter. But it didn’t think to mention its plans for closing down Sprint’s LTE network next summer; it took the eagle eyes of LightReading to notice it had sneaked that piece of information onto its Website.

• 06 Aug 2021

Google to power new Pixel phones with own chip

Google will use a custom chip designed in house to power the next generation flagship Pixel smartphones, following in the footsteps of Apple and Samsung to rid themselves of the perceived limitations of off-the-shelf offerings.

• 03 Aug 2021

Are we seeing the beginning of the end of big tech’s good pandemic in Amazon’s quarterly?

Amazon has delivered another solid quarter, but the numbers fell short of market expectations. When looked together with the latest financial results from other big tech companies, it is tempting to ask if the pandemic bonus is coming to an end.

• 30 Jul 2021

Xiaomi claims new smartphone fast-charging records

The Chinese smart device maker Xiaomi claims that it has set new records by fully charging a smartphone in eight minutes when wired, and in fifteen minutes when wireless.

• 01 Jun 2021

European operators play the green card with smartphones

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, Telia, and Vodafone jointly start Eco Rating labelling scheme to score how sustainable mobile phones are, aiming to encourage device makers and device buyers to be more environmentally minded.

• 25 May 2021

Global smartphone revenues forecast for fastest growth in six years

Strategy Analytics forecasts that the global smartphone wholesale revenues will increase by 13% in 2021, driven primarily by pent-up demand during the pandemic and increased device price.

• 16 Apr 2021

Google wins legal duel with Oracle over Android’s use of Java code

The US Supreme Court ruled in favour of Google in the decade-long litigation brought by Oracle, granting the Android owner “fair use” of Java API code it copied in developing the mobile operating system.

• 06 Apr 2021

Google undercuts the flagship 5G smartphone market with Pixel 5

Internet giant Google has launched the latest version of its own-brand smartphone, which will set you back a relatively modest 600 quid.

• 01 Oct 2020

Samsung boosted by increased online life during lockdown

Samsung Electronics’ solid Q2 has benefited from strong demand for semiconductors by datacentres and PC markets to satisfied online activities that have surged during COVID-19 crisis.

• 30 Jul 2020

Samsung introduces new affordable 5G smartphones

Samsung has added 5G to two of its A-series smartphones, aiming to bring 5G smartphones to the mainstream segment.

• 09 Apr 2020

What a Wonderful World of 5G Devices

Many brands have already brought to market large numbers of 5G devices, such as smartphones and hotspots. According to the latest tracking done by the GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association), an industry organisation, over 250 devices had been announced by mid-March 2020, with 67 of them commercially available, including 40 smartphones. Half a year previously, the same tracking recorded only 100 public device announcements, with only nine 5G smartphones commercially available. The pace of new 5G device launches has clearly been accelerating.

• 02 Apr 2020

Benign brother has got your back: China launches coronavirus app

China’s government bodies and businesses have jointly launched a mobile app to help the populace self-detect if they have been in close contact with those confirmed or suspected of carrying the novel coronavirus. The app has access to private data in the hands of multiple official holders.

• 12 Feb 2020