Facebook doubles down on ‘good’ censorship
Social media giant Facebook has announced it will be shadow-banning accounts that repeatedly share stuff it doesn’t approve of.
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GSMA insists it’s still worth coming to MWC 2021
Mobile operator trade body the GSMA, which runs Mobile World Congress, held a press conference that came over like a plea for people to attend this year’s event.
Spain approves entry for all MWC registrants
The organizers of Mobile World Congress 2021, due to take place in Barcelona this Summer, have received some much-needed good news from the Spanish government.
Nokia and others join the MWC 2021 exodus
The sense of déjà vu is growing as, once more, Ericsson’s decision to pull out of Mobile World Congress seems to have encouraged others to do the same.
Mobile World Congress 2021 will require a negative Covid test for entry
The GSMA is determined to make MWC happen this year but is having to ask potential attendees to make a lot of concessions to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Pandemic provided a shot in the arm for US fixed broadband
The biggest broadband providers in the US added almost twice as many fixed subscribers in 2020 as they did the previous year, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new analyst research.
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.
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What is lying in wait for telecoms in 2021?
Observers and practitioners take it on the chin to predict what the telecoms industry may look like in the coming year.
COVID halves premium consumers willing to pay for 5G – Ericsson
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically reduced the premium consumers are willing to pay for 5G services, according to Ericsson.
Even when the UK got its COVID app right, it still got it wrong
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.
EU interoperability gateway for contact tracing apps goes live
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.
Scotland shows England how to do a contact tracing app
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 claims customer COVID benefit in 1H
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.
O2 UK launches IoT kit to help businesses adapt to COVID-19
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 reports the best quarter ever amid global crisis
Amazon grew revenues by 40% and doubled net profit during the second quarter, while large parts of the world were in lockdown.
Analyst estimates are all over the place, but consensus is PC sales are up
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.
How has COVID-19 influenced the telecoms industry so far?
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?
Dutch watchdog warns against data sharing to combat COVID-19
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.
Aussies set aside £760mn to fight cybercrime
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.
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