South Korean operator SK Telecom has announced plans to introduce the 5G-enabled Samsung Galaxy Quantum 2 smartphone equipped with quantum cryptography technology, on the local market. SK Telecom has opened pre-orders for the Galaxy Quantum 2 and will commercially launch the device on 23 April in South Korea. With features matching to those of Samsung’s […]
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is offering a speed test app to the public for measuring their broadband speed. The app provides a way for consumers to test the performance of their mobile and in-home broadband networks. In addition to showing network performance test results to the user, the app provides the test results to […]
Telenor Group and Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) are in advanced discussions over a potential merger of their Malaysian mobile operations in which the parties will have an equal ownership of 33.1 percent each. The new company will be a leading provider of telecommunication services in the country, with competence and scale to meet increasing expectations […]
Head of Virgin Media Lutz Schuler will head a merger between both VM and O2 UK, making it the UK’s largest mobile network operator, as it seeks regulatory approval by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for the $42.67 billion tie-up, both companies said on Wednesday. Schuler’s appointment, who joined Virgin Media in 2018 as […]
When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia’s new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to signal a new activism springing from corporate America. But if leaders of the nation’s most prominent companies are going to reject lawmakers who support restrictive voting measures, they will have to abruptly […]
Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) said it had signed an agreement with Bharti Airtel to acquire the right to use spectrum in the 800-megahertz (MHz) band in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, and Mumbai telecom circles through spectrum trading. Jio will acquire 3.75 MHz in Andhra Pradesh, 1.25 MHz in Delhi, and 2.5 MHz in Mumbai. “The aggregate […]
The problems with U.S. broadband networks have been obvious for years. Service costs more than in many other rich nations, it still doesn’t reach tens of millions of Americans and the companies that provide it don’t face much competition. Now the Biden administration is promising to do something about all of those issues as part […]
MTN Nigeria’s access to banking platforms has been restored earlier this week following a dispute between the telco and most lenders across the country over commission percentages. Bloomberg had initially reported that the spat ignited when MTN cut the commission it pays to banks per airtime transaction from 4.5 percent to 2.5 percent. The move […]
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson established the Ericsson Open Lab, a new space to collaborate and innovate with leading Ericsson Cloud RAN customers and ecosystem partners to drive virtualized 5G Radio Access Networks (RAN) technologies. The physical lab is co-located with the company’s Cloud RAN R&D site in Ottawa but, it is also a virtual space […]
Chinese tech giant Huawei said Wednesday it eked out higher sales and profit last year but growth plunged after its smartphone unit was hammered by U.S. sanctions imposed in a fight with Beijing over technology and security. China’s first global tech brand reported sales of phones, network gear and other technology rose 3.8% over 2019 […]
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