Manchester City, in collaboration with Sony, have started the process of building the world’s first football stadium in the metaverse.
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Nokia has launched its new Intelligent RAN Operations solution designed to manage the increasing complexity of 5G networks through machine learning (ML).
AT&T has joined Ericsson's 5G Startup program, a 5G innovation collaboration driven by Ericsson's ConsumerLa
NextNav and echo3D are to use NextNav’s vertical location service Pinnacle to provide echo3D developers with the crucial 3D location data needed to build immersive AR and VR content built on top of the physical world.
Vodafone is offering customers a 25% discount from JustEat through its VeryMe Rewards programme.
Virgin Media O2 is creating more than 200 new apprenticeship roles across the country. The roles will support Virgin Media O2 in its aim of upgrading the UK with first class gigabit broadband and 5G mobile services.
Vaiyo is entering the metaverse, enabling P2P crypto transfers and also starting support for NFTs Metaverse is the buzzword on the internet now. More than that, it will become a new standard in the foreseeable future.
A US federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit that accused Apple of misleading customers about the iPhone’s level of resistance to water exposure.
Amdocs has launched a unique framework that introduces the industry benchmark for successful eSIM deployments.
BT Group has entered exclusive discussions with Discovery on a deal to create a new sport and entertainment offering for customers in the UK.
Apple is rolling out a series of new heart health resources to support users’ health journeys in the US. Additionally, the Apple Heart and Movement Study is sharing preliminary lifestyle trends analysed over the past year.
Environmental charity Hubbub and Virgin Media O2 have launched a £400,000 fund to enable a pioneering tablet lending scheme which will make tablets and free mobile data available
Many Apple iPhone 13 users are complaining that their phone’s screen randomly turns pink, with workarounds like restarting the iPhone, factory resetting and updating failing to solve the issue.
The FAA has identified 50 U.S. airports that will have “buffer zones” when wireless companies turn on 5G service in a few weeks
Apple Fitness+, the first fitness service built entirely around Apple Watch, is introducing Collections and Time to Run on January 10.
NXP Semiconductors has unveiled the IW612, the industry’s first secure tri-radio device to support the Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 and 802.15.4 protocols.
Zillow has added support for Apple SharePlay, bringing the ability for home shoppers users using the Zillow app on an iPhone or iPad, to search and browse for-sale home and rental listings
Infinera and Fastweb, one of the main telecom providers in Italy, have achieved a record-breaking single-wavelength service connectivity speed trial of 600 Gb/s
Infinera and Telia Carrier have selected Infinera’s ICE6 800G solution for Telia Carrier’s global network after completing a successful trial of the technologyInfinera
Virgin Media has been fined £50,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after spamming more than 400,000 opted-out customers
Malaysian state agency Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) said on Monday that it will offer wholesale 5G services to telcos at no cost
Vodafone’s smartwatch for kids, Neo, has launched a series of new Disney characters to its range – just in time for Christmas.
kia has deployed a private 5G standalone wireless network for Volkswagen at the car maker’s main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Vodafone is offering customers a range of Christmas treats through its VeryMe Rewards programme. The festive giveaway starts on Thursday 2 December
BT has launched a new business-wide plan to focus and accelerate its efforts to build a better business for its customers, the economy and society at large.
Three UK has launched a brand-new app – Three+, bringing exclusive rewards and offers to Three UK customers.
Atos has launched Atos OneCloud Sovereign Shield, a set of solutions, methodologies, and operational cloud services
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EE has launched two new Xbox gaming bundles for pay monthly mobile customers – including Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with access to over 100 Xbox games and unlimited gaming data for £21 a month, and an Xbox Series S console for just £10 upfront.
Atos and the CEA’s Military Applications Division (CEA/DAM) have launched the first partition of “EXA1”, a supercomputer developed together based on Atos’ BullSequana XH2000 architecture, which is among the world’s 500 most powerful machines.
“Disney Melee Mania” from Mighty Bear Games will be joining Apple's gaming subscription service, Apple Arcade.
Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has been elected to Apple’s board of directors. Gorsky will bring decades of experience in corporate leadership and health technologies, and a long track record of leading innovative and diverse teams around the world.
Facebook's parent company has changed its name to Meta and updated its logo to an infinity loop that resembles the letter M.
Apple has more than doubled the number of suppliers committed to using 100 percent clean energy over the last year, accelerating progress toward its ambitious 2030 goal to be carbon neutral across its supply chain and products.
Apple Fitness+, the first fitness service built entirely around Apple Watch, is introducing a new way to work out or meditate together with people in other locations with SharePlay, starting today.
Google has expanded its Android Security Rewards Program by adding a new category where it plans to offer up to a $250,000 reward for a full exploit of a Pixel device running on Android Enterprise.
Cybersecurity solution provider for medical devices MedCrypt, has launched its end-to-end medical device cybersecurity consulting services
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Apple today unveiled the new MacBook Pro powered by the new M1 Pro and M1 Max — the first pro chips designed for the Mac.
Apple today unveiled HomePod mini in three new colours — yellow, orange, and blue. HomePod mini is designed to work with Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, thousands of radio stations and popular music services like Pandora, Deezer.
Ericsson and AT&T today announced a five-year agreement to accelerate the expansion of AT&T 5G, in a deal that helps support deployment of AT&T’s recently acquired C-band spectrum and the launch of 5G Standalone.
The University of Suffolk, working in close collaboration with BT, have opened a £9.6 million research and engineering facility at BT’s Adastral Park.
Ericsson and Singtel are to accelerate 5G adoption across multiple industries and leverage industry partnerships to develop and deploy advanced 5G solutions in Singapore.
Ericsson and PowerLight Technologies have successfully completed a proof-of-concept demo in Seattle using optical beaming – a laser-based technology that converts electricity into high-intensity light which is then captured and transformed to electricity at the radio base station.
At the 2021 5G World Summit, China Mobile and Huawei won the 5G Core Leadership award by Omdia.
Nokia is to supply broadband equipment which will bring 10Gb/s fibre to Telekom Slovenije’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, with deployment starting in 2021.
Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to China Saturday shortly after two Canadians released from prison in China arrived in Calgary, ending a diplomatic row that has dragged on for three years.
BT and Oracle are teaming up to optimize its network resources and bring new 5G offerings to customers faster. The solution will enable BT to quickly and seamlessly test and implement 5G services—such as live streaming and zero-rated 5G content—across its EE mobile network.
Vodafone UK has announced a five-year sponsorship of the Mobile Phone Museum, an online museum launching in November 2021, dedicated to showcasing a complete history of mobile phone handsets
BT has launched Cisco ThousandEyes managed service, a new capability to help multinational customers deliver improved experiences for users of their corporate applications and digital services.
Nokia is working with non-profit organization, DigitalC, to deliver much needed high-speed internet connectivity to underserved homes in Cleveland, Ohio, using its Digital Automation Cloud (DAC) end-to-end private wireless solution.
Apple Fitness+, the first fitness service built entirely around Apple Watch, will introduce guided Meditation, a simple way to practice mindfulness anywhere, anytime, and Pilates, a new low-impact, body-conditioning workout type, on September 27.
Nokia is to upgrade the optical transport network for NL-ix, Europe’s largest distributed internet exchange, to provide metro access and backbone transport for all NL-ix customer traffic across Europe.
BT has achieved a new milestone in the development of quantum-secure communications by conducting the world’s first trial of Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), a method of ultra-secure communications, over hollow core fibre cable
Samsung has once again assumed the role of technology partner to the Nelson Mandela Lecture. This year’s event took place on Wednesday, 25 August, and was the 19th annual lecture by the Nelson Mandela Foundatio
The UK Cyber Security Council has appointed Simon Hepburn, a charity and education executive with over twenty years’ experience in a variety of national and international organisations, as its chief executive.
New BT research has revealed that almost half all of Brits (41%) say they have cupboards, drawers or bags full of unwanted electrical waste as nearly a third (31%) don’t know how to recycle it.
Vodafone is offering customers a selection of discounts and free goodies through VeryMe Rewards with new offers including a free bag of Maynards Bassetts Wine Gums, Sour Patch Kids, Sports Mix or Midget Gems from WHSmith
Password manager NordPass Business has launched a new feature called Data Breach Scanner. This is a security feature designed to help users detect whether any of the company's emails or domains have appeared in a data breach.
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Sumo Logic has launched the general availability of Sumo Logic Cloud SOAR, the latest offering in its cloud-native security intelligence portfolio that modernizes organizations’ Security Operations Centre
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ByteDance has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, becoming a licensee and community member of OIN.
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UNISOC has joined Google’s new Android Ready SE Alliance, a collaboration between Google and Secure Element (SE) vendors
IBM and Verizon are expanding the capabilities at IBM’s Industry Solution Lab in Coppell, Texas, to include a testbed environment for developing and testing innovative 5G-enabled use cases for Industry 4.0 applications.
Nokia and Taiwan Mobile (TWM) have achieved the world’s first New Radio Carrier Aggregation (NR CA) by combining spectrum in the 700MHz (n28) and 3500MHz (n78) bands.
Oppo has unveiled new innovations to its OPPO VOOC Flash Charge technology, delivering developments in safety, efficiency and ease-of-use to further improve the user experience.
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Vodafone is offering customers a free drink from Costa Coffee from 23 July 2021- as part of its VeryMe Rewards. Customers can pick one of their go-to favourites or try something new to perk up their afternoon.
Verizon Business and Mastercard have announced a strategic partnership expected to drive transformational solutions for the global payments and commerce ecosystem. From contactless shopping and autonomous checkout technology to Cloud Point of Sale (POS) solutions....
Verizon and Huawei have reached a settlement in a patent litigation lawsuit. dating back to 2019 when Huawei said it approached Verizon about licensing some of its technologies. After nearly a year of negotiations, talks between the two companies broke down on January 21st, 2020, and Huawei went on to file multiple lawsuits....
NVIDIA's NVIDIA HGX high performance computing platform will power Tursa, the new DiRAC supercomputer to be hosted by the University of Edinburgh.
Samsung today shared its 5G vision and latest network innovations at “Samsung Networks: Redefined”, a virtual event where the Samsung Networks leadership team presented an overview of Samsung’s notable 5G accomplishments and new solutions driving network transformation.
Samsung today unveiled a new radio designed to help mobile operators overcome the challenges they face in deploying 5G networks. Announced at “Samsung Networks: Redefined,” the new One Antenna Radio features integrated antennas, providing operators with the ability to simplify and speed up 5G installations by consolidating a 3.5GHz Massive MIMO radio with low-band and mid-band passive antennas into a single form factor.
Three UK has appointed Jonathan Clamp as the new Director of Sales. Jonathan will be responsible for developing and driving Three’s consumer sales strategy in line with the company vision of better connectivity, every day, for every customer. He will lead a sales organisation comprising 311 stores and 2,523 people, with direct end-to-end accountability for Retail and Indirect channels.
Net Purpose is partnering with tickr to provide data to measure the social and environmental outcomes of its funds. Founded in 2019 with the goal of reaching one million investment professionals by 2025, Net Purpose is the world’s first dedicated data provider for a new generation of investors who invest for profit and purpose. By quantifying the social and environmental outcomes of companies and investment portfolios, Net Purpose enables investors to effortlessly report on their impact and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Huawei has opened its largest Global Cyber Security and Privacy Protection Transparency Centre in Dongguan, China, with representatives from GSMA, SUSE, the British Standards Institution, and regulators from the UAE and Indonesia at the opening ceremony.
Spirent is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring automated 5G testing capabilities to communications service providers (CSPs) building 5G networks on AWS. Spirent’s market-first Landslide 5GC Automation Package is designed to help carriers to rapidly deploy 5G networks on AWS, significantly reducing operational costs, time and resources, compared to manual testing.
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BT has begun trials of a new type of optical fibre - hollow core fibre - at the BT Labs in Adastral Park, Ipswich, in a collaborative project with Lumenisity, a Southampton University spin out company, and Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) mobile vendor Mavenir.
O2 has released new research showing an expected surge in mobile data traffic along the UK’s main motorways this bank holiday. Over a third of cars on the roads will have more than 3 mobile devices at any time and a quarter of drivers will rely on mobile phones and tablets to keep passengers entertained on staycation road trips by streaming video and music.
OPPO today announced the world’s first 5G SA-Compatible eSIM on its newly launched flagship 5G smartphone, the OPPO Find X3 Pro, developed in collaboration with eSIM connectivity management company, Thales.
The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled to uphold Canada’s first-ever website blocking framework in the case of TekSavvy Solutions v. Bell Media Inc. et al. In 2019, a lower court granted a request by three television distributors affiliated with major telcos to order internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to online streaming services doing business as “GoldTV,” including sites associated with GoldTV.ca. In late March, the Federal Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in the case, including CIRA’s, and today affirmed the lower court’s decision.
Nokia has been chosen by Allo, an Information and Communications Technology service provider in Malaysia, to deploy a gigabit fibre network in the states of Melaka, Johor, Negeri Sembilan and East Coast of Malaysia. The deployment, which includes Nokia’s Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution and Access Management System, will be completed by end of Q2 2021 covering nearly 150,000 homepasses.
People struggling for a mobile signal indoors will be able to buy a wider range of ‘mobile repeaters’ under new proposals published by Ofcom today.
EE has made significant upgrades to its mobile network across key commuter routes in and out of London. In the past year, EE says it has built nearly 70 new 4G sites and upgraded dozens more across multiple lines in London
Ericsson and Samsung have reached a multi-year agreement on global patent licenses between the two companies, including patents relating to all cellular technologies. The cross-license agreement covers sales of network infrastructure and handsets from January 1, 2021.
BT has reached its original goal of helping 10 million people across the UK to improve their digital skills, five years ahead of schedule. Key to achieving this milestone was the success of BT’s Top Tips on Tech campaign in partnership with ITV, which helped 5.7 million people learn vital new digital skills required during lockdown.
Nokia today launched the Nokia Smart Node, an indoor mobile module solution delivering high-quality 4G and 5G indoor mobile coverage for residential and small-medium enterprise use. It is a compact, ‘plug and play’ modular design that can
Three UK has appointed Jon Davies as Director of Digital. Jon is responsible for driving a digital focus across Three in the UK and delivering the maximum customer benefit for its investment in new IT infrastructure.
EE has partnered with WeAre8 to allow customers to help pay their mobile bills and make a social impact in return for watching promotional content from a number of well-known brands.
D2L and Zoom are teaming up to offer a comprehensive education experience. D2L will now sell Zoom alongside the Brightspace learning platform, seamlessly supporting online and blended learning with live face-to-face video in North America.
Clips, Apple’s video creation app for iPhone and iPad, has received an update bringing all-new AR Spaces powered by LiDAR on iPhone 12 Pro and iPad Pro models.
Twitter now allows Android and iOS users to upload and view 4K images on the Twitter app. The social media platform had previously rolled out support for 4K images on the web app, which allowed users to share images in high resolution. The fe
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Boku and French mobile services providers SFR, Orange and Bouygues Telecom, have signed a partnership to launch mobile identity products aimed at protecting consumers against cyber-hacks, account takeover attacks, SIM swap attacks, and other forms of digital fraud.
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Romania’s centrist government has approved a United States-backed bill that effectively bars China and Huawei from taking part in development of its 5G network. Europe has emerged as a battleground in the technology ‘Cold War’ playing out between China and Washington
O2 and Greggs have teamed up to offer O2 customers the exclusive chance to get a free baked good every Friday or Saturday, including their famous Sausage Rolls and Vegan Sausage Rolls via the Priority app.
Sim Local and Vodafone UK are teaming up to explore opportunities to collaborate to drive customer adoption of eSIM technology. Sim Local plans to accelerate eSIM readiness across the global travel market.
NVIDIA today announced the NVIDIA Morpheus application framework, which provides cybersecurity partners with a complete suite of accelerated AI skills that detect and prevent security threats as they happen.
Microsoft's new 64-bit version of OneDrive is now available as a public preview, which means anyone can download and install it as long as you meet the necessary requirements. The new edition is aimed at OneDrive work, school and home accounts, and will supplement—not replace—the existing 32-bit version.
The brand new OPPO Find X3 series is now available to pre-order on O2 custom plans, ahead of their launch on 14th April.
The brand new OPPO Find X3 series is now available to pre-order from from EE. OPPO Find X3 Pro customers who purchase a device between 31st March and 28th April can redeem a free gift pack worth £395, which includes the all new OPPO Watch 46mm (WiFi), OPPO AirVOOC Wireless Charger and Kevlar Protective Case.
BlackBerry has agreed to stop adjusting its revenue after receiving a comment letter from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) questioning the practice.
Virgin Media has connected 2,500 homes in Alsager, Cheshire, to its ultrafast broadband network. As part of its ‘Project Lightning’ network expansion programme, Virgin Media is expanding its ultrafast broadband network across the UK
BT has signed a five-year contract with Alstom, one of the world’s leading providers of systems, equipment and services for the mobility sector, to upgrade its global network.
Samsung has teamed up with Manna Drone Delivery, in a move that will see drone delivery made available to Irish customers when purchasing the latest range of Galaxy devices.
Asda Mobile customers begin moving over to Vodafone’s UK mobile network this week, as part of the Mobile Virtual Network Operator agreement between the two companies.
Nokia is to deploy cloud-native Core products for Telenet's s 5G network rollout, enabling ultra-fast response times for critical applications and reserved capacity for services.
Nokia has signed a five-year deal with AT&T to deploy the mobile operator’s C-Band network in parts of the U.S. By deploying 5G in C-Band spectrum with Nokia
Huawei is extending its partnership with MYTILINEOS’ Renewables and Storage Development (RSD) Business Unit. The partnership will see a memorandum of cooperation signed between the companies
The pandemic’s work-from-home reality resulted in an unprecedented change for organizations as they fought to defend exponentially greater attack surfaces from cybercriminals armed with powerful cloud-based tools, cloud storage and endless targets.
Huawei has launched its new Cloud Partner Network Program in the Middle East, following its first cloud training conference held in Dubai last week.Huawei hopes will help partners to create unique service experiences by utilising Huawei’s global capabilities.
The brand new OPPO Find X3 series will be available to pre-order from 31st March from EE. OPPO Find X3 Pro customers who purchase a device between 31st March and 28th April can redeem a free gift pack worth £395
Nokia has signed a patent license agreement with Samsung, which covers the use of Nokia’s innovations in video standards. Under the agreement, Samsung will make royalty payments to Nokia.
Nokia will conduct a 5G Business-to-Business (B2B) digital platform trial for LG Uplus in Korea. Once deployed, the platform will allow LG Uplus to reduce time-to-market for launching 5G-powered services to its enterprise and business vertical customers.
Samsung Electronics’ System LSI Business, Mastercard, Samsung Card, have signed a memorandum of understanding MoU) to develop a biometric card that features a built-in fingerprint scanner.
Huawei and China Mobile Guangdong achieved a significant milestone with the pilot of their latest innovation: 5G indoor distributed Massive MIMO.
Responding to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget announcement today, Tania Bowers, Legal Counsel and Head of Public Policy for the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo), said
Jan du Plessis has informed the BT Group Board of his intention to retire as Chairman of the Company in 2021 once a successor has been appointed.
LivePerson has launched AI Annotator, a new tool automating brand-consumer conservations faster than ever before by harnessing the expertise of agents to improve Conversational AI.
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In a German village about 100 miles north of Munich, Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson are pioneering the use of solar energy for mobile broadband sites.
Nokia has been announced by Ethisphere Institute as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for the fourth year in a row. In 2021, 135 honourees were recognized spanning 22 countries and 47 industries.
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Vodafone UK has teamed up with the Daily Mail newspaper’s Mail Force Computers for Kids initiative to provide 150,000 free SIMs to children in disadvantaged households struggling to homeschool during the pandemic.
Huawei's Executive Director and Carrier Business Group President Ryan Ding gave a keynote speech at the company's "5G Brings New Value" forum held at MWC Shanghai 2021,
Following the news that EE and BT customers will see a rise of 4.5% on their bills from end of March, Vodafone And Three are to follow suit with price rises of pp To 4.5%.
Vodafone has successfully used new precision positioning technology to remotely track a vehicle to within just 10 centimetres of its location, an improvement of more than three metres compared with current standard satellite based systems.
