Covid-19 drives wearable device spending
Consumers will spend significantly more on wearable devices this year than they did last, with the Covid-19 pandemic proving to be a strong market driver, according to new data from Gartner.
Consumers will spend significantly more on wearable devices this year than they did last, with the Covid-19 pandemic proving to be a strong market driver, according to new data from Gartner.
The most popular stories on Telecoms.com show what have caught the industry professionals’ imagination this year. Plus an editor’s note.
Observers and practitioners take it on the chin to predict what the telecoms industry may look like in the coming year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced the premium consumers are willing to pay for 5G services, according to Ericsson.
A report claims the UK’s contact tracing app is largely failing even in its core function of notifying people who may have caught COVID-19.
Europe has finished testing its platform for allowing COVID-19 contact tracing apps to work across national borders, but only a few countries are up to speed.
While the English government insisted on trying to reinvent the wheel, semi-autonomous Scotland did the sensible thing and went with the off-the-shelf decentralised model.
Bouygues Telecom has published a solid set of numbers for the first half of the year and claims its customer growth has accelerated in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.
As UK businesses try to make a few quid despite the fact that there’s a bug going around, O2 reckons it can help with the arcane safety measures required.
Amazon grew revenues by 40% and doubled net profit during the second quarter, while large parts of the world were in lockdown.
The PC segment has been slowly declining quarter-on-quarter for years, but COVID-19 has seemingly offered a surge in interest, albeit a short-lived one.
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?
The Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, has said it will recommend against a Bill currently working its way through Parliament to use telecoms data in the COVID-19 fight.
The Australian Government has outlined an AUS$1.35 billion (£760 million) programme to combat the rise in cybersecurity threats as remote working remains top of the agenda.
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
Identity software company Okta has surveyed a bunch of people in the UK and found that we’re among the most willing to provide location data to help fight COVID-19.
Psychologists at Northumbria University believe they have provided the first scientific evidence between 5G COVID-19 conspiracy theories and violence towards the telecoms sector.
On June 30, the pledge to keep the US connected will end, with millions of citizens potentially facing a digital void unless bills are paid.
Microsoft has not been shy regarding its work to ensure customers can continue to operate through this unforeseen period, and now it has offered more detail.
The Health Foundation has warned the existence of digital divides in UK society could create a false sense of security as some segments of society are left in the dark.
What role will consumers expect telcos to play when COVID-19 is behind us?
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