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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp suffering major global outage

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are all suffering a major global outage, completely bombing shortly before 5pm. As they are all owned by Facebook and share the same infrastructure, this also means that apps like Facebook Messenger and Facebook Workplace are also down.

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·4 years ago

Apple Watch Series 7 pre-orders start October 8

Apple has announced that Apple Watch Series 7 will be available to order beginning Friday, October 8 and available in stores starting Friday, October 15.

SmartWatch Apple

·4 years ago

Ericsson and PowerLight demo world’s first wireless powered 5G base station

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.

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·4 years ago

Samsung launches digital car keys in South Korea

Samsung Galaxy users will be able to use their smartphone as a digital car key for the first time with the newly launched luxury EV, Genesis GV60. With Samsung Digital Key, powered by NFC and ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, users will be able to lock and unlock your car securely with your smartphone

Samsung Automotive

·4 years ago

Samsung and KDDI Bringing 5G vRAN to Japan

Samsung are to deploy its cloud-native fully virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) solutions for the mid-band spectrum in KDDI’s 5G network. Samsung and KDDI have been collaborating on advanced research on vRAN to drive 5G innovation for KDDI’s network

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·4 years ago

Ridecell brings AI-Powered Fleet Automation and NEMO ADAS Data to BlackBerry IVY

BlackBerry and Ridecell are teaming up to bring a next generation fleet operations and ADAS data platform to automotive OEMs via the BlackBerry IVY intelligent vehicle data platform.

BlackBerry Automotive

·4 years ago

Samsung Boosts Wi-Fi Connections in Subways using 5G mmWave

Samsung has successfully demonstrated improved Wi-Fi service in a fast-moving subway train using its 5G mmWave solution as a backhaul in Seoul, Korea.

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·4 years ago

Nokia and Telekom Slovenije bring 10Gb/s broadband to Slovenia

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.

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·4 years ago

IBM To Implement First-Ever Cloud-Native 5G Core Network Platform for Telefónica

IBM has signed a strategic multi-year agreement with Telefónica to use IBM intelligent automation software and services to implement UNICA Next – Telefónica's first-ever, cloud-native, 5G core network platform.

5G Connected O2

·4 years ago

BT and Oracle to bring 5G innovations to customers

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.

5G Connected UK BT Group

·4 years ago

Nokia to accelerate 5G rollout in New Zealand

Nokia has been selected by Spark, New Zealand’s largest telecommunications and digital services company, to support its accelerated 5G rollout, which will provide 5G coverage to approximately 90 percent of the population by the end of 2023

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·4 years ago

Babble acquires 8020 bringing a Scottish presence

Unified Comms, Contact Centre and Cyber Solutions provider, Babble, has acquired 8020, in a deal that provides scale to Babble while delivering a Scottish presence for the tech business as it continues its expansion.

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·4 years ago

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