O2 and Vodafone have agreed a deal to trade bands to create more efficient blocks of 5G spectrum, in a move that will enable improved coverage for customers.
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At an age when high-speed internet has become the driving force behind education, healthcare, business and commerce, there are those who have been left stranded on the other side of the digital divide.
O2 is expanding its partnership with charity Hubbub, with the aim of donating 1,500 devices and 12 months of free connectivity to digitally excluded people across Glasgow.
Varonis Data Security Platform now supports Microsoft's U.S. Government Community Cloud (GCC/Impact Level 2) and U.S. Government Community Cloud High (GCC-High/Impact Level 4) environments.
NVIDIA has revealed its next-generation AI-enabled processor for autonomous vehicles, NVIDIA DRIVE™ Atlan, which will deliver more than 1,000 trillion operations per second (TOPS) and targets automakers’ 2025 models.
ValueLicensing is suing Microsoft for £270 million over the the company’s alleged stifling of competition in the software market. ValueLicensing, a certified provider of pre-owned Microsoft software licences based in Derbyshire.
Three UK is launching a gadget giveaway, as its stores reopen from 12 April across England and Wales. The Big Tech Giveaway offers a special gift for new customers, when they choose from a range of the latest phones
The US Supreme Court has sided with Google against Oracle in a long-running copyright dispute over some of the code used in Android.
AEVI and Mastercard Payment Gateway Services (MPGS) are to use their combined technologies and reach to simplify the omnichannel shopping experience. AEVI integrates payments and data across all customer channels by providing an open platform that is both device and solution independent.
From July 1st 2021, Google will lower its Play Store commission fee to 15 percent on the first $1 million developers earn from its marketplace every year.
Nokia is to expand its Self-Organizing Networks (SON) technology across 5G networks operated by one of the world’s leading telecommunications carriers, Orange.
In an effort to improve COVID-19 pandemic response, Ericsson, Telia, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden are testing the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create insight models for planning and prediction of healthcare demands and resources.
The Annual General Meeting of shareholders of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson will be held on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors has decided that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders 2021 will be conducted without the physical presence of shareholders, representatives and third parties.
O2 is expanding its partnership with charity Hubbub, with the aim of donating 1,000 devices and 12 months of free connectivity to digitally excluded people across Bristol.
Wipro Limited and Telefónica Germany / O2 have signed a five-year strategic partnership where Wipro will work with Telefónica Germany / O2 and its wider ecosystem to transform its Business Support Systems
Mantrac Group, the authorized dealer for CAT products in Egypt, has recently announced ‘Virtual Work Place’ initiative that it will accelerate remote working.
Nokia is teaming up with Brazil’s Telecommunications CPQD to jointly develop applications and solutions based on the Open RAN (O-RAN) compliant near-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC).
Six months after launching Singapore’s first non-standalone 5G services for consumers and enterprises, longstanding partners, StarHub and Nokia have teamed up again to deploy a new cloud-native 5G core network.
O2 is partnering with charity Hubbub with the aim of donating 2,000 devices and 12 months of free connectivity to digitally excluded people across Leeds.
HONOR has launched the Honor View 40 5G smartphone in China, the first phone, the now independent brand has unveiled, since being sold by Huawei.
A Washington-based non-profit group called the Coalition for a Safer Web has sued Apple for not removing the Telegram app from the App Store. The group alleges that the platform is being used by hate groups and extremists to attack the Capitol.
Samsung today unveiled the new Galaxy A12, Galaxy A02s and Galaxy A32 5G smartphones, with all three smartphones packing a long-lasting battery, multiple camera array and large immersive display, with the A32 5G strengthening Samsung’s A Series portfolio with 5G connectivity.
Samsung has held its first Galaxy Unpacked hardware event of the year, where it revealed its all-new Galaxy S21 series consisting of three handsets, with all three scheduled to hit store shelves this month.
Samsung's HDR10+ Adaptive feature will be supported in Samsung TVs, which improves the HDR10+ viewing experience in customers’ homes regardless of the lighting conditions.
New Ofcom research has revealed the challenges and tough choices many telecoms customers are facing this year, with more action needed from industry to support customers in financial difficulty.
Huawei has launched its cloud-based Content Delivery Network (CDN) solution in India, enabling businesses to serve users across industries such as Media & OTT, Banking & Financial Institutions; Education; E-Commerce; Online Travel & Hospitality; Healthcare; Online Gaming; Digital Marketing; and Government.
Nokia’s cloud-native, 5G Core software has been selected by SoftBank to enable the launch of SoftBank’s standalone 5G services. Nokia will help support new consumer and enterprise use cases, such as immersive experiences (VR/AR/MR), fixed wireless access, video surveillance and analytics, cloud robotics and connected vehicles with a standalone 5G Core in global markets.
AWS has launched new virtual computing instances for software developers that run Apple’s MacOS OS, bringing macOS in the cloud for the first time.
O2 is partnering with charity Hubbub with the aim of donating 2,000 devices and 12 months of free connectivity to digitally excluded people across Manchester.
Nokia and A1 Austria have signed a services deal, building on the leadership of both companies in the Austrian enterprise market.
BT is planning to move into its new state of the art office in the centre of Bristol in early 2022. Bristol is one of BT’s key locations in the UK.
Apple has been ordered to face a proposed class-action lawsuit by shareholders who accused Chief Executive Tim Cook of concealing falling demand for iPhones in China.
O2 said today that since April it has increased 4G network capacity in over 33,000 postcodes across London, including some of the city’s most residential boroughs.
Huawei has rolled out its video conferencing solution as the company looks to capitalise on the shift to virtual meetings amid the pandemic.
O2 is expanding its partnership with charity Hubbub, with the aim to gift 10,000 unused smartphones to vulnerable individuals in the most deprived areas of the UK.
Huawei has announced the top 20 finalists for the Huawei HMS App Innovation Contest, Apps UP, for developers around APAC, with shortlisted apps now open for public voting.
During Sap's Customer Experience Live virtual conference today, the company announced the global launch of SAP Customer Data Platform, a next-generation customer data platform.
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Healthcare institutions in the UK and Canada can now offer iPhone Health Records to their patients, enabling users to securely view and store their medical records within the Health app on iPhone.
Three Ireland has switched on its 5G network in Ireland, deploying around 315 base stations, giving a total coverage of around 35% of the Irish population. Around 500 more are expected to be deployed by the end of 2020, with Three having invested around €100 million in the rollout over the last year
O2 has launched a new creative platform, in a new positioning that OS says is the company returning to its roots; "a brand and business that’s obsessed with putting customers’ first", building on its industry leading levels of customer loyalty through a completely new creative direction with the introduction of Bubl.
Google and Apple have updated their COVID-19 contact-tracing tool to make it possible to notify users of potential exposures to the novel coronavirus without a dedicated exposure app. Previously, users had to download a dedicated app from their local public health organisation in order for it to work, but now, both companies are integrating the technology more directly into their operating systems.
Australia is drafting a new regulation that Facebook says misunderstands the dynamics of the internet and will do damage to the very news organisations the government is trying to protect. In response, Facebook has said Australian users will no longer be able to post news stories on its platforms in protest of proposed media bargaining legislation.
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Apple has terminated the developer account of Epic Games - the maker of Fortnite with which it's engaged in a pitched legal battle. This means that even owners of previously purchased series like Infinity Blade can't re-download the games.
The UK Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed appeals by China’s Huawei and ZTE in patent disputes over mobile data technology with Unwired Planet International and Conversant Wireless. It is the first time that a UK court has issued a decision on what constitutes a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) commitment to licence standard-essential patents (SEPs).
Samsung is now rolling out One UI 2.5 to the Galaxy S20 series, bringing some of the most popular features from the Note20 series, and will be applied to other Galaxy devices gradually. One UI 2.5 brings with it a ton of new features including camera app enhancements and new features, wireless DeX mode, some slight UI and interface improvements, plus tons more under the hood tweaks.
In the United States, President Trump has issued an executive order looking to force China's ByteDance to divest its U.S. operations in TikTok within 90 days, in another twist to his never-ending feud with China.
O2 has unveiled a plantable living billboard to celebrate the network’s ‘Go Green’ initiative as a part of its four-week ‘Go’ campaign on Priority.
Huawei has announced more than £10m in marketing investment for its MateBook laptop range in the UK. The investment comes as Huawei continues its rapid growth in sales for its ecosystem of devices, with its laptop business in particular achieving more than 120% year-on-year growth globally.
With 59% of people still unsure about visiting – or unable to visit – their local high street, O2 has launched a digital guru service, taking the knowledge and skills of its team of Guru experts online.
Apple posted revenue of $59.7 billion for its fiscal third quarter, smashing Wall Street's expectations and showing growth across every single product category.
Huawei launched Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Core 5.0 for global developers last month, introducing services in seven main areas including App Services, Graphics, Media, AI, Smart Device, Security, and System.
Huawei Tech Investment Saudi Arabia Company has launched its latest HUAWEI WiFi AX3 series, bolstered with support for the Wi-Fi 6 standards in Saudi Arabia.
Ford Motor Company has signed a deal with Vodafone Business to install a private 5G network at the car maker's electric-vehicle (EV) battery facility in Essex.
Huawei launched Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) Core 5.0 for global developers last month, introducing services in seven main areas including App Services, Graphics, Media, AI, Smart Device, Security, and System.
The UK Government has admitted privately to Huawei that its decision to ban the company’s equipment was due to ‘geopolitical’ factors involving the US.
BT and Vodafone have told UK lawmakers they would need at least five years to swap out equipment from Huawei if the government decides on strict rules that would ban the company’s products from being used in 5G mobile networks.
LinkedIn is the latest company to have been caught snooping on iOS’ clipboard. A user of iOS 14 Developer beta caught the app copying contents of the MacBook Pro’s clipboard, courtesy of the Universal Clipboard feature.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has raised doubts over the decision to give Huawei a stake in Britain’s 5G network, telling Beijing that the Government will “think very carefully about how to proceed now”.
Huawei launched its Asia Pacific Partner Ascend Program at an online summit on Thursday, aiming to build an innovative and sustainable AI ecosystem that enables digitalization and intelligent transformation in the region.
Huawei has released HMS Core 5.0 in China. HMS Core v5.0.0.304 brings audio, video, image, graphics engine, computer graphics, and augmented reality.
British security officials have told UK telecom operators to ensure they have adequate stockpiles of Huawei equipment due to fears that new US sanctions will disrupt the Chinese firm's ability to maintain critical supplies.
O2 is planning to roll out the first commercial 5G mobile service in parts of the Czech Republic. Beginning July 1, O2 will launch a 5G network in Prague and Kolín (Central Bohemia).
Huawei has filed a patent for smartphones with an under-display selfie camera. The tech giant filed two patents back in 2019 that has finally been published by the CNIPA (China National Intellectual Property Office).
Huawei has launched OceanStor Pacific Series storage system targeting customers in sectors, such as carriers, finance, government, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation.
Huawei and Imperial College London are to collaborate on a new technology project which will focus on research into 5G and artificial intelligence (AI).
Estonia's parliament has approved a new Electronics Communications Act to ensure security reviews for telecom gear needed in the development of future networks.
Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), one of India's largest integrated telcos, has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new telco network cloud, designed to make it more efficient, flexible and future-ready to support core operations and enable new digital services.
IMImobile’s cloud contact centre software is enabling public sector and healthcare organisations shift online in reaction to COVID-19.
Three UK has launched zero-rating on NHS video consultations provided by Attend Anywhere, so that customers can attend virtual outpatient appointments without eating into their data allowance.
Apple released its Q2 2020 financials Thursday, announcing revenue of $58.3 billion and profit of $11.25 billion.
InterDigital has signed a multi-year license agreement with Chinese manufacturer Huawei with the companies agreeing to dismiss pending litigation between the two.
O2 has become a partner of The Big Night In Appeal, a joint initiative and event which will see the BBC’s biggest charitable partners, BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief, come together for the first time.
MobileIron today announced a new partnership with Adeya to empower today's global workforce with private, end-to-end encrypted real-time voice and video calls, conference calls, SMS, instant messages, group chats and file exchanges on any device.
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BT have signed a deal to deploy Ericsson's dual-mode 5G Core (Evolved Packet Core and 5G Core), a fully container-based, cloud native Mobile Packet Core for 4G, 5G Non-standalone and 5G Standalone services as a single fully integrated core.
Vodafone UK are continuing to enhance their security offerings. Only last month, the company launched CyberSecurity Services for Business, and today they have followed this up with the launch of Lookout Mobile Security, a new threat detection service for mobile devices.
Samsung's lightweight ARM-based laptop, Galaxy Book S, is now available in the UK. With Galaxy Book S, Samsung brings a device that harnesses the mobility and connectivity of a smartphone and the powerful productivity of a PC.
The Huawei Mate Xs 5G pre-orders opened up in the UAE on Sunday and the company today announced that the foldable smartphone has sold out in pre-orders across all of its official channels.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has stepped down from the company's board of directors to devote more time to his philanthropic projects. Gates will continue to serve as technology adviser to CEO Satya Nadella and others.
Eros Now has partnered with Samsung. As part of the collaboration, Samsung Galaxy users based in India can now access the best of movies, original shows, music, short-format content, Quickie and more from Eros Now on the ‘My Galaxy’ app.
In the United States, T-Mobile has announced a data breach caused by an email vendor being hacked that exposed the personal and financial information for some of its customers.
Huawei held its global Industrial Digital Transformation Conference. It was held via live streaming connecting guests from across the world including UK, Switzerland, USA, Germany and Italy with the theme "Hi, Intelligent World". On July 27, the MTDC forum was broadcast online.
Huawei are due to formally announce its upcoming P40 and P40 Pro flagship smartphones on March 26 at an event in Paris. However, details of the Huawei P40 Lite have appeared on Huawei's official page in Spain.
Samsung has begun mass producing the industry’s first 16-gigabyte (GB) LPDDR5 mobile DRAM package for next-generation premium smartphones.
Digital identity company for healthcare, Imprivita, has today announced the extension to its Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions with Imprivata Identity Governance, is now available in the UK.
The UK government has invested £1.2bn to develop and run "the world's most powerful weather and climate supercomputer".
Intel, Vivo, and NTT Docomo have become the latest companies to withdraw from the MWC 2020 trade show due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.
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Apple has begun rolling out native support for iCloud.com on mobile browsers for both iOS and Android.
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a common charger between manufacturers .
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BT says the cap placed by the British government on Huawei's role in the rollout of 5G will cost £500 million.
Huawei and TomTom have signed an agreement where Huawei will use TomTom maps as an alternative to Google Maps on its smartphones.
The Indian government has allowed Huawei to participate in trials for 5G networks, a company spokesman said on Monday.
It is expected that Huawei will unveil the Mate Xs, the successor to its foldable smartphone Mate X, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 and the folding smartphone has now received a certification from the China Compulsory Certificate (CCC) which reveals that it will be capable of 65W wired charging.
LG will showcase webOS Auto, their new platform for automobiles, throughout CES 2020 at its sales space and throughout its companion cubicles.
OnePlus founder and CEO Pete Lau has announced that the company will host its own special event at CES next month. On December 17, 2019, the 6th anniversary of its founding, the company will introduce its first-ever concept phone, the OnePlus Concept One, at CES 2020.
Huawei will be participating in a 5G Roundtable in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday 18 December.
Huawei and Barcelona City Council, have signed a Letter of Intention (LoI) for both institutions to collaborate in innovation projects and facilitate technological investment in the city.
During its annual Universe conference, GitHub announced new native mobile apps for Android and iOS alongside several new features.
In a world first, Huawei has demonstrated a cellular IoT chip connecting to a Narrow-Band IoT (NB-IoT) network without using a SIM card.
Apple has released iOS 13.2.2, which brings a patch for 13.2's poor RAM management and a bunch of other fixes. If your apps constantly reload when multitasking, iOS 13.3 should solve your issue.
Virgin Media is ditching the EE mobile network (BT) when its contract expires and will move its three million-plus mobile customers to Vodafone.
A five year has been agreed between Virgin and Vodafone and extends until 2026. Virgin Media will have access to the full range of Vodafone technology and services, including 5G. Indeed, Virgin Media 5G will be powered by Vodafone even before the present deal with BT expires.
O2 has launched a new range of Pay-As-You-Go Bundles, which include unlimited calls and texts as standard but require you to top-up every month in order to get the allowance. The bundles include O2 Priority, (with unique member benefits and discounts).
Guo Ping, Huawei’s Rotating Chairman has encouraged the global developer community to take advantage of the "golden opportunity" offered by 5G combined with other technologies.
Türk Telekom and Huawei have achieved a single user 5G smartphone speed above 2.92 Gbps, in a live 5G test network, breaking the world record in this field. At the same time, Türk Telekom was also the world’s first operator to test 5G New Radio Carrier Integration Technology (C-Band NR Carrier Aggregation) with the Huawei Mate 20 X 5G smartphone.
Apple has launched its own premium video streaming service, Apple TV+ in over 100 countries and regions. The service is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac and other platforms, including online at tv.apple.com, for £4.99 per month with a seven-day free trial.
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2019 fourth quarter ended September 28, 2019. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $64 billion, an increase of 2 percent from the year-ago quarter, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3.03, up 4 percent. International sales accounted for 60 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
Ala’a Bawab has been appointed vice president for Enterprise Networking Business for Huawei Middle East. Bawab will be responsible for driving business growth for Huawei’s enterprise networking business division.
Apple has released iOS 13.2, bringing new features like Deep Fusion camera mode, new emojis, compatibility with the new AirPods Pro and more.
At the 2019 Global Mobile Broadband Forum, Edward Deng, President of Huawei's Wireless Solution, unveiled Huawei's latest 5G full-series solution.
Sunrise and Huawei have jointly announced 5G indoor deployments in multiple venues including Sunrise shops, hotels and an exhibition hall. This is the first batch of commercial 5G indoor networks in Switzerland and Europe using Huawei 5G LampSite solution.
Samsung today announced that in partnership with Mobeewave, the company will deploy NFC-enabled contactless payment acceptance on mobile devices worldwide starting October 15, 2019.
Sunrise and Huawei have opened the first 5G Joint Innovation Center in Europe, where Sunrise and Huawei will work together to research and develop 5G applications for both the private and business sectors.
PayPal announced Friday that it will no longer be part of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project. The company said that while it is quitting the Libra Association it remains "supportive of Libra's aspirations," and that the firm will continue to work with Facebook in the future.
The Indian government has allowed Huawei to participate in the 5G use case demos during the India Mobile Congress (IMC) that begins next week (October 14 and October 16).
Huawei has achieved a top speed of 3.67Gbps downlink with multiple 5G smartphones in one 5G cell in Zürich. The feat was achieved across multiple 5G smartphones connected to a single 5G cell on Swiss carrier Sunrise’s live commercial network, which is to say that the transfer speed isn’t theoretical or coming from a lab environment.
PayPal announced Friday that it will no longer be part of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project. The company said that while it is quitting the Libra Association it remains "supportive of Libra's aspirations," and that the firm will continue to work with Facebook in the future.
Apple has released iOS 13.1.2, bringing bug fixes to iCloud Backup, Camera fix, Flashlight not activating at times, Bluetooth bugs and a couple of other minor issues.
Huawei has unveiled an industry-first fully containerised 5G core network at the 5G Core Summit in Madrid. The network aims to apply container technology to all network functions (NFs) to make network deployment more agile and provide more rapid service rollout, which helps carriers empower new businesses and operations across industries and digitally transform them.
HUAWEI CLOUD has announced a series of 2019 strategic investments to expand its global footprint in response to growing demand for its intelligent, secure and stable cloud platform.
Huawei unveiled its own open-source software ecosystem Friday with the goal of attracting global developers and players to use its system.
Estonia is set to restrict the use of equipment and technology from Huawei in its government sector, after officials voted to restrict the use of Huawei’s 5G technology, citing political concerns.