‘Remove China Apps’ was top of the Indian Android charts until Google removed it
China seems to be falling out with everyone these days, as symbolised by the popularity of an Indian app designed solely to help uninstall Chinese ones.
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2020 will see a video conferencing profit boom, but it could be short-lived
Zoom might be riding a high for the moment, but unless it starts to add additional value into its products it will soon wither away to the realms of irrelevance.
Huawei and Italy smartphone sales most heavily hit by COVID-19
The latest numbers from analyst firm Counterpoint reveal the European smartphone market shrank by 7% in Q1 2020, but there was considerable variation between vendors and countries.
Google Cloud signs valuable procurement deal with UK Government
Google Cloud has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UK Crown Commercial Service, a step towards developing a supplier relationship with public sector organisations in the country.
Nokia signals its technology virtue
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has been getting involved with liquid cooling 5G base stations and dynamically refarming loads of spectrum.
Rakuten takes first step towards a hybrid operator/vendor telco
Rakuten and NEC will develop a containerized standalone (SA) 5G core network, which will become one of the first products available on the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP).
Can the sharing economy survive COVID-19?
For the most of us, the coronavirus pandemic has forced a new way of working, but for some businesses, there could be drastic consequences as societal behaviour and attitudes are shifted.
Ericsson’s having a good day, adding a 5G win with Bell Canada
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has celebrated two 5G deal wins today, with the latest indicating it took some share from rivals Nokia and Huawei.
YouTube is the UK’s most popular video streaming app
New data from App Annie reveals that YouTube still tops the SVoD platforms when it comes to time spent streaming in the UK via apps. Precise metrics aren’t offered, but we wouldn’t be surprised to learn that YouTube was miles ahead of the rest. Not only is it free, but many people, especially children and […]
US path to mid-band spectrum not as simple as some make it seem
Despite many proclamations and posturing during the development years of 5G, mmWave is not living up to expectations, but securing valuable mid-band assets is becoming an increasingly complex project.
Gartner: Smartphone shipments nose-dived 20% during Q1
Smartphone shipments have been slashed across the industry during the first three months of 2020, though Xiaomi managed to post some year-on-year growth.
China leads the way as mobile network core market proves resilient
With the difficulties presented by COVID-19, the 5G roadmap might not have progressed as planned, but growth has remained steady for mobile core deployments.
Zynga spends $1.8bn to buy its way back into relevance
Zynga has announced the purchase of Turkish mobile games developer Peak for $1.8 billion, skyrocketing share price at a firm credited with being one of the first to break the mobile gaming sector.
Australian court rules media are liable for comments made on their Facebook pages
In a timely ruling, an Australian court of appeal has upheld a judgment that media are legally liable for defamatory comments made on their public Facebook pages.
BT plays the green card
UK telco BT has a cunning plan for turning the business around… by reducing its carbon footprint.
International voice traffic spikes 20% during COVID-19
Roaming traffic might be down substantially, but industry association i3Forum is reporting a surge in the number and duration of international calls.
Facebook attempts to walk the tightrope on censorship
Having criticized Twitter for poking the bear, Facebook seems to be adopting a more nuanced approach to policing its platform.
As MasMovil becomes latest acquisition target, are more takeovers on the horizon?
KKR, Cinven and Providence have combined forces to buy Spanish telco MasMovil, but with depressed share prices and regulatory opinions shifting, it could just be the first corporate transaction.
Virgin Media to make COVID-19 retail closures permanent
Virgin Media has made the decision to remove itself from the high street, permanently closing its 53 retail stores which have been shut during the COVID-19 lockdown period.
Tencent carves out $70bn for Chinese cloud expansion
Hong Kong-based Tencent has said it plans to expand its business into cloud computing services, ranging from traditional data centres to enterprise AI services.
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