Just last week, Apple rolled out watchOS 8.4, bringing a bug fix which prevented some chargers from working properly. Pretty quickly, the company is now rolling out watchOS 8.4.1, which brings bug fixes for Apple Watch Series 4 and above.
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Apple has began the rollout of watchOS 8.4, bringing fixing a bug from the watchOS 8.3 update which prevented some chargers from working properly.
Verizon Business and Atos are teaming up to power intelligent IoT solutions with private 5G multi-access edge computing for businesses, government and communities worldwide.
Vodafone is offering customers a drink from Costa Coffee for £1, as part of its rewards scheme, VeryMe.
Verizon’s 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) network is now being used by Arizona State University (ASU) at a 5G Innovation Hub located at the university’s Learning Futures Collaboratory, Studios and Emporium.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are opening an investigation into Microsoft's acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance.
Samsung has have successfully demonstrated 5G standalone (SA) dual connectivity that aggregated mmWave and mid-band spectrum to reach speeds of 8.08Gbps.
The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) have teamed up to combat cyber threats
Touchcast has launched MCity, its enterprise-scale metaverse service, designed to enable companies to bring their operations into virtual spaces for meetings, conferences and everyday work.
Verizon has announced a 5G Edge computing partnership with Google Cloud and Ericsson.
Apple has began the rollout of watchOS 8.3, bringing support for the new Apple Music Voice Plan and App Privacy Report
Volvo Car UK is providing its customers with additional security and safety of their car with the introduction of Vodafone's new vehicle tracking accessory.
Derek Yu, president of Huawei Consumer Business for Central and Eastern Europe, Northern Canada and Turkey, has said that the company's self-developed operating system HarmonyOS is expected to land in Europe in 2022
Apple introduced SharePlay in iOS 15.1, a powerful set of features for shared experiences while on a FaceTime call.
Virgin Media O2 has unveiled the first of its new electric vehicles (EVs), as it works to transition its entire fleet to EVs by 2030.
Following a deal with CityFibre, Vodafone is set to become Britain’s largest full fibre broadband provider. Vodafone will offer full fibre to more homes than any other provider thanks to investing in partnerships with both Openreach and CityFibre.
Microsoft, has expanded its global payments relationship with Worldpay from FIS, where Worldpay will provide online credit and debit card processing for Microsoft online store fronts including, Xbox, Microsoft Advertising, Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft brands in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Apple opened its Apple Developer Academy in Detroit this week. welcoming the inaugural class of developer . The academy, which is Apple’s first in the US, will help prepare its students for jobs in the thriving iOS app economy.
Virgin Media and Spotify have created a unique tool allowing listeners to delve deeper into the musical history of their favourite tracks while discovering new music.
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GEM-TELCO is now using Armour Mobile within the organisation to secure its internal communications and sensitive business information on projects with its executive management team and its global agents.
BT and Toshiba are to build and trial the world’s first commercially available quantum-secured metro network.
Apple released iOS 15 last week and brought Apple Maps its biggest update ever with a city experience that offers rich details, driving routes with better navigation, immersive walking directions shown in augmented reality, and more.
BlackBerry has appointed John Giamatteo as President of the Cyber Security business unit. Giamatteo will join the company on October 4th and report to Executive Chairman and CEO John Chen. He will be responsible for business unit strategy, engineering, and go-to-market.
Apple began the rollout of watchOS 8 today, bringing new cycling and wellness features, fresh watch faces, more access with Wallet, and a redesigned Home app for Apple Watch users.
HONOR is expanding its strategic partnership, with both companies working closely together to develop ground-breaking AI and end devices and create forward-looking technology strategies.
BT is donating up to £7.5 million of outdoor advertising space to small businesses, as part of its roll-out of new Street Hub 2.0 units
Apple today unveiled the new iPad mini — with a larger 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display — in four gorgeous finishes. Featuring the brand new A15 Bionic chip, the new iPad mini delivers up to 80 percent faster performance than the previous generation.
China Mobile, China's largest service provider, and national cable TV operator China Broadcasting Network (CBN) will jointly build a national 5G network using CBN's 700MHz spectrum.
IntelePeer's omni-channel Atmosphere CPaaS solution is now available within IBM Watson Assistant to help businesses easily extend their AI-powered virtual assistants with voice capabilities, without the need for third-party integrations.
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Vismo has launched Vismo Notify, an easy to use and reliable platform for organisations to immediately notify all members of staff, which enables organisations to efficiently communicate with staff members
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Apple Changsha, the first Apple Store in Hunan province, will open on Saturday. Situated in the heart of the provincial capital city, Apple Changsha’s location provides easy access for customers across central China.
Vodafone has launched charities.connected, an initiative giving any charity in the UK the opportunity to apply for free connectivity to help the individuals and families it supports get online and improve its own digital capability.
Australian telco Optus, MediaTek and Ericsson have completed an Australia-first demonstration with the use of new radio dual connectivity (NR-DC) technology.
Celona and NTT are to power NTT’s Private 5G (P5G) service, in what both companies escribe as the first and only private 5G platform that is purpose-built for enterprise environments.
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VOXI by Vodafone is offering customers a free drink from Costa Coffee as part of its rewards scheme, VOXI Drop.
Three UK is offering three months of Google One storage for all consumer customers for free. Three customers can redeem this offer today and enjoy 100GB of expanded storage across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Photos.
Nokia has provided a private 4.9G/LTE wireless network to Western Power Distribution in the UK. The private LTE network will be used for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA*) testing, as well as other mission-critical systems such as voice services.
Samsung today unveiled their latest smartwatches, the Galaxy Watch4 and Galaxy Watch4 Classic. They are the first smartwatches to feature the new Wear OS Powered by Samsung, built jointly with Google.
Charlie Bell, one of the top executives in Amazon's cloud business, is leaving the company. Peter DeSantis, a senior vice president at Amazon Web Services who has worked on global infrastructure, will become the new leader for utility computing, which Bell was managing.
OpSec Security has launched OpSec Network Intelligence, a patent-pending advanced analytics tool that automatically identifies and reveals large and complex systems of highly sophisticated bad actor networks across multiple online channels.
Casa Systems has signed an exclusive agreement with Bell Canada to provide new 5G Sub-6 High-Gain Outdoor consumer premise equipment (CPE) for Bell’s Wireless Home Internet service.
Amazon has been issued with a fine of 746 million euros ($887 million) by a European privacy watchdog for breaching the bloc’s data protection laws.
Google are collaborating with Sparkle and others to build and operate two submarine cable systems linking the Middle East with southern Europe and Asia
Verizon and Samsung have completed an end-to-end fully virtualized 5G data session over C-band spectrum in a live network environment. The new milestone was reached in preparation for its upcoming 5G Ultra Wideband expansion using its newly acquired C Band spectrum.
China Mobile was invited to the 2021 Huawei User Group Meeting and delivered a keynote titled "Enable Industries and Build a Better World with Intelligent Connections." The talk discussed the development of China Mobile's IoT support system in the 5G era.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of Amazon EBS io2 Block Express volumes, delivering SAN capabilities in the cloud for the first time.
Celcom and HUAWEI have launched the world’s first large-scale commercial FDD Smart 8T8R network to meet rising data traffic and network congestion in major cities.
Vodafone and media and entertainment group Global are collaborating on a six-month campaign to raise awareness of digital exclusion and inspire the nation to get involved to help...
Vodafone Pay Monthly customers can now enjoy discovery+ Entertainment for six months at no extra cost, offering customers access to some of the world’s best real-life content all in one place, including exclusive discovery+ Originals and coverage of Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Vodafone has launched a commercial pilot of 5G Standalone service in London, Manchester and Cardiff, which will allow partners to test devices on the new infrastructure. 5G Standalone will act as a catalyst for the creation of a new wave of mobile applications not possible with existing networks.
Huawei's intelligent cloud-network solution passed the rigorous test administered by EANTC, an internationally recognized independent test centre. All test indicators showed industry-leading results, which means the solution is ready for commercial use.
Valid, a qualified and globally recognized vendor in the Identity, Telecom and Payment industries, has joined Google's new Android Ready SE Alliance - a collaboration between Google and Secure Element (SE) vendors to expand the utility of tamper resistant hardware backed security into the Android ecosystem.
A U.S. federal appeals court has Friday to hear Huawei's request to throw out a rule used to bar rural phone carriers on national security grounds from using government funds to purchase its equipment. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Federal Communications Commission was fully within its power and competence to issue the rule barring “Universal Service Fund” subsidies recipients from buying equipment or services from companies deemed national security risks.
Nokia is to collaborate with HMD Global using Nokia’s Worldwide IoT Network Grid (WING) to enable seamless global IoT connectivity for HMD’s IoT solution for enterprises. The collaboration will allow enterprise customers of the HMD Connect Pro service to track and manage connected devices around the world.
Samsung has been selected as a leading OpenRAN vendor for Vodafone to bring virtualised Radio Access Network (vRAN) to the UK, as well as its latest 4G and 5G solutions, including its Massive MIMO and other radios.
Nokia and AT&T have successfully completed the first call on AT&T’s network utilizing C-Band spectrum, which was awarded just three months ago. The call was made using a 5G smartphone form factor mobile test device powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System using the Nokia AirScale baseband and 5G massive MIMO (mMIMO) 64T64R C-Band radio.
Lebara has extended their MVNO partnership with Vodafone UK, in a new three-and-a-half-year exclusive deal. Lebara Mobile customers will now be able to access Vodafone’s 5G service and customers will continue to be able to use Vodafone’s 4G network, with new features such as 4G Calling being launched this year.
Apple today previewed new privacy protections in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey, and watchOS 8, to help users better control and manage access to their data. Apple says that these features represent the latest innovations in Apple’s legacy of privacy leadership, as the company has continually expanded its commitment to privacy and encouraged change across the industry with features like App Tracking Transparency and Privacy Nutrition Labels on the App Store.
Apple today previewed watchOS 8, bringing new features for users to stay healthy, active, and connected. Updates to the Wallet and Home apps extend Apple Watch as an increasingly useful tool for convenient access across the car and places users live, work, and visit. A reimagined Breathe app and new Tai Chi and Pilates workout types help users lead a fit and healthy life and support mental well-being, while a new Portraits watch face and enhancements to Messages and the Photos app make staying connected to loved ones even easier.
Apple today revealed that the App Store ecosystem facilitated $643 billion in billings and sales during 2020, a 24 percent year-over-year increase.
An independent study by economists from the Analysis Group found that developers selling goods and services across many categories grew their businesses while reaching customers around the world.
EE is deploying Nokia’s Self-Organizing Network (SON) software solution to enhance network reliability and service in its 4G and 5G networks, as part of a new vendor deal. With Nokia SON, EE can overcome network complexity to create flexible solutions that better manage its network, as well as automating operations across diverse eco-systems to minimize and address network issues more cost-efficiently.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, Telia Company and Vodafone have teamed up to update and launch a new pan-industry Eco Rating labelling scheme that will help consumers identify and compare the most sustainable mobile phones and encourage suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of their devices.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has approved the proposed £31bn merger between Virgin Media and O2 following an extensive investigation focusing on wholesale services.
Italy's competition regulator, the Competition and Market Authority (AGCM), has fined Google €102 million for excluding Enel’s e-mobility app, JuicePass, from its Android system, arguing that the company has leveraged its dominant market position unfairly.
The UK Government has today published its draft Online Safety Bill, granting Ofcom new responsibilities that will help to keep people safe when they are online.
Under the draft bill, search services, social media platforms, and other online services that enable user-generated content to be shared between users must mitigate the risk of harm arising from illegal content.
BT is planning to develop a brand new, multi-million pound contact centre in Dundee which will become the new home to around 1,000 employees. The new office will be at West Marketgait in the heart of the city centre, close to the waterfront and part of a £1bn regeneration area.
Vodafone Business is to host #ThoseWhoDare, a week-long online event for SMEs featuring exclusive discussions with over 30 of the most dynamic and game-changing entrepreneurs operating today.
Apple has named Stella Low, chief communications officer at Cisco., as the company’s head of communications, filling a role that has been empty since 2019.
Amazon is partnering with Tile and Level to use those devices to enhance its tracking network based on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology. On 8 June 2021, Amazon is activating Sidewalk support for most Echo speakers. Ring products, Tile Bluetooth trackers, and Level's smart locks
Vodafone UK and Accenture have launched Vodafone Managed Security Services – a new portfolio of enterprise-grade cybersecurity services to help SMEs detect, react to, and recover from cyber-attacks.
ITC Secure will be offering the Centraleyes integrated risk management platform as an integral part of its existing portfolio of cyber security solutions. The partnership with ITC Secure is another huge step forward in Centraleyes’s strategic expansion goals, plan
The European Commission has issued a Statement of Objections saying Apple has "distorted competition in the music streaming market as it abused its dominant position for the distribution of music streaming apps through its App Store."
ManTech and Google Cloud are to provide cloud and analytics services to the U.S. federal government. The partnership represents a strategic focus to jointly serve the mission needs of the federal government.
Armour Comms has been awarded a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2021. The award was made for outstanding short term growth in overseas sales over the last three years.
Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2021 second quarter ended March 27, 2021, posting a March quarter record revenue of $89.6 billion, up 54 percent year over year, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $1.40. International sales accounted for 67 percent of the quarter’s revenue.
BT has connected 70 grassroots football clubs across the UK with broadband (Wi-Fi) and digital skills training, as clubs and their communities look to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.
Telefonica Spain has selected Nokia to bring 5G and Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) connectivity to more people in Spain by upgrading the operator’s IP network. This hardware and services deal is the final piece in a long-term architecture project
Nokia is partnering with Claro Chile to equip the new Gold Fields Salares Norte mine with a high-performance private wireless network. The solution will support the automation of mining operations by using different applications, such as remote-controlled trucks, excavators, drills and, in the future, drones.
Apple today unveiled an all-new iMac featuring a much more compact and thin design, enabled by the M1 chip. The new iMac offers powerful performance in a design that’s just 11.5 millimetres thin, with a striking side profile that practically disappears.
Apple today unveiled the next generation of Apple TV 4K, delivering high frame rate HDR with Dolby Vision and connecting customers to their favourite content with the highest quality.
Huawei, has expanded its advertising business in Europe with the roll-out of the Huawei Ads platform and partnership program for agencies and app publishers.
Retro Message Studio is bringing a new twist to mobile video messaging with the launch of Retro Message for iOS. With its vast collection of vintage films, Retro Message lets users send messages superimposed on vintage black-and-white movie clips
A judge in Australia has ruled that Google broke Australian law by misleading users about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices.
Apple Fitness+ is introducing even more ways to make fitness welcoming and inclusive to all with brand new workouts geared specifically toward pregnancy and older adults, as well as several new Yoga, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), and Strength workouts for beginners.
Apple has launched a first-of-its-kind carbon removal initiative — called the Restore Fund — that will make investments in forestry projects to remove carbon from the atmosphere while generating a financial return for investors.
David Hennessy has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). David has been CTO for Three Ireland since 2008 and will now lead a dual role in the Technology and Operations functions across both businesses, responsible for the network and IT systems.
Oppo has successfully collaborated with Ericsson, Qualcomm and Vodafone, commercialising Europe’s first low-latency, high-speed 5G standalone (SA) network in Germany. The network will be accessible on the flagship Oppo Find X3 Pro.
Microsoft and Nuance Communications have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire Nuance for $56.00 per share, implying a 23% premium to the closing price of Nuance on Friday, April 9, in an all-cash transaction valued at $19.7 billion, inclusive of Nuance’s net debt.
Huawei said it has reached an agreement with HSBC in Hong Kong to obtain documents that its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou hopes will help prevent her extradition to the US.
Nokia has deployed its cloud-native convergent charging solution on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate communications service providers (CSPs) migration of business-critical, high frequency charging applications to the public cloud, and to deliver the benefits of the cloud for 5G.
Samsung has developed a new 5G wideband radio technology that expands bandwidth support for its next generation radios, including Massive MIMO radios, to help operators drive more flexible and cost-effective 5G deployments.
Nokia has completed a narrowband ‘Internet of Things’ (NB-IoT) network deployment in L 800 band as part of its strategic partnership with Mobily.
Huawei has obtained a Chinese nonbanking payment license, giving the company a foothold in a fintech sector dominated by Tencent and Ant Group as those firms grapple with regulators.
Apple’s Independent Repair Provider program will soon be available in more than 200 countries, nearly every country where Apple products are sold.
Ireland’s first real-time acoustic monitoring project of cetacean species (whales, dolphins and porpoise) was launched this week off the South Coast of Ireland, with the goal of creating a near real-time detection model
Recent research suggested that around 60% of Brits are currently working from home, and 26% are expected to continue to do so after lockdown. With connectivity in the home still playing a vital role.
Vodafone has acquired 40MHz of spectrum in the 3.6GHz band for next-generation 5G mobile services in Ofcom’s auction at a cost of £176.4 million (€205.97 million).
Global eSIM Store eSIM.net has launched the first local UK eSIM service in the form of the O2 UK eSIM. The new service is focused on offering UK residents lower tariffs on the O2 network and all the benefits of eSIM technology while at home in the United Kingdom.
O2 has joined a consortium, led by drone logistics operator Skyfarer, created to enhance the pathology network in the UK by potentially speeding up patient response and sample turnaround times and make drone delivery of blood for lifesaving transfusions a reality.
Nokia and Google Cloud are to develop new, cloud-based 5G radio solutions. The two companies will collaborate on joint solutions combining Nokia’s Radio Access Network (RAN), Open RAN, Cloud RAN (vRAN) and edge cloud technologies
Samsung has been appointed as the sole vendor to supply SaskTel with its 4G/5G Radio Access Network (RAN) and Core. Samsung will supply all hardware, software and associated expertise to ensure the successful deployment of an end-to-end 5G solution.
Small and medium enterprise (SME) community network, Entrepreneurial Britain, has teamed up with Vodafone to provide expert cybersecurity guidance to its SME members.
Ofcom has appointed Elizabeth Partyka as the new Chair of its Advisory Committee for Scotland, and Gerry Crawley as a new member. Ofcom’s Advisory Committee for Scotland provides advice to Ofcom about the interests and opinions of people living in Scotland on all communications matters.
Huawei has launched a program designed to support and empower aspiring female developers. The Huawei Women Developers (HWD) program aims to encourage more women to join the technology industry.
Samsung has achieved a breakthrough in 5G data speeds using E-UTRAN New Radio Dual Connectivity (EN-DC) technology. EN-DC technology enables mobile operators to boost 5G speeds and coverage by leveraging a 4G network.
Cirrus' full omnichannel offering is now available as a native application within Microsoft Teams, enabling contact centre agents to deliver a consistent experience regardless of channel or location.
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Pegasystems has released an update, bringing new features to Pega Mobile that help make it even faster and easier to develop seamless mobile apps from any Pega desktop application.
Drones are transporting key medical supplies, such as COVID-19 testing samples and kits, in the remote Argyll & Bute region of Scotland as part of a three-month trial.
Microsoft has joined an informal coalition with four European publisher lobbying groups to draft and propose regulations that "mandate payment" for news content by "gatekeepers that have dominant market power,".
Samsung Galaxy devices will now receive regular security updates for a minimum of four years after the initial phone release. By extending support for security updates delivered on a monthly or quarterly basis, Samsung says it is giving users peace of mind knowing their data is protected for as long as they use their Galaxy device.
Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Tab S7 and Galaxy Tab S7+ in a new Mystic Navy colour. The Galaxy Tab S7 and flagship Tab S7+ both feature Super AMOLED displays
A federal judge has tentatively declined a Robinhood app user’s bid to block the online brokerage firm from restricting purchases of certain stocks and from manipulating the price of shares.
Ericsson and T-Systems are offering fully integrated campus network solutions to partners worldwide. Based on Ericsson's Campus Network infrastructure and T-Systems' Edge Computing capabilities.
Vodafone and Nokia have demonstrated a prototype 100Gbps (gigabits per second) broadband connection that is 100 times faster than today’s full fibre home broadband connections.
Google and Ford have signed a six year deal under which Android will be installed in most of the US carmaker’s vehicles in the latest sign of technology companies’ interest in the automotive sector.
Nokia will publish fourth-quarter and full-year 2020 report on 4 February 2021 at approximately 8 a.m. Finnish time (EET). The financial report will be made available on the Nokia website immediately after publication.
Square has launched its latest hardware offering, Square Register, a fully integrated countertop point-of-sale (POS) solution, designed to give UK businesses with complex needs the versatility they need to manage sophisticated operations.
Apple has officially released iOS 14.4, bringing some important bug fixes and security updates. Smaller QR codes can now be recognised by Camera and there is an option to classify Bluetooth device type in Settings for correct identification of headphones for audio notifications.
The UK competition regulator, the CMA, is to investigate whether Virgin Media’s proposed £31bn tie-up with telecoms operator O2 could lead to higher prices for mobile and broadband customers or poorer 5G connectivity for rival operators.
Apple today announced a set of major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI) to help dismantle systemic barriers to opportunity and combat injustices faced by communities of colour.
