Jio closes the gap as Indian market continues growth
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released its monthly update on telco subscribers across the country, and Jio is continuing to erode the gap with its rivals. On the whole, the Indian telco...
View ArticleNet neutrality refuses to die; is it some form of genetically-modified...
With a coalition of 23 Attorney Generals (AGs) asking Federal judges to reinstate net neutrality rules, you have to wonder what experiments have been conducted on net neutrality; how many lives does it...
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Ookla says Telenor is the world’s fastest mobile operator
Telenor Norway registered an average download speed of 72 Mbps in Q2 2018 according to measurement service Ookla. In a blog post Ookla, which has Telenor as an enterprise client, was able to shed some...
View ArticleGoogle rebrands payments app ahead of international assault
Google has announced it will rebrand its Indian digital payments app, Tez, to Google Pay as the team readies a launch into new international markets. Only two years ago many would have considered India...
View ArticleMerged Vodafone Australia and TPG plan to raise convergence game
Competition and convergence are the key words as Vodafone Australia and TPG announce merger plans to lodge a challenge to market leaders Telstra and Optus. Although the pair have stated there would no...
View ArticleCiena is doing well and is only going to get better – Jefferies
Off the back of its quarterly results, investment bank Jefferies is confident business at Ciena is only going to get better. With the last three months looking very positive for the business, Jefferies...
View ArticleCalifornia defies FCC and Trump by passing tough net neutrality laws
The state versus federal argument looks like it is heading towards full-throttle as California passes what it describes as the toughest net neutrality laws in the country. The FCC and President Trump’s...
View ArticleIliad share price continues to tumble as competition heats up
The share price of French telecoms wild-child Iliad has continued to tumble as lukewarm results fail to impress investors looking for a spark in the broadband business. Since the turn of the year, the...
View ArticleUK operators want local authorities to be more helpful on infrastructure
Mobile UK has very courteously pointed the finger at local authorities as a bottle-neck in the rollout of infrastructure which will fuel the digital economy. In a new report, released as part of the...
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Belfast tops the UK charts for mobile connectivity
Rootmetrics has crowned Belfast the best city in the UK for mobile connectivity across the first six months of 2018. Sneaking just ahead of Edinburgh and Sheffield, Belfast scored 96.3 overall, while...
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Teens feel they’re being manipulated by tech giants
A new report from US youth-advisory NPO Common Sense claims 72% of US teens feel they are being manipulated to spending more time on their smartphones. The report, which covers a wide range of topics...
View ArticleEE breaks out the tractor for 2019 5G launch
EE has confirmed it will re-farm 3G mobile services in 2100 MHz spectrum band to boost 4G experience and lay the foundations to hit the 5G on-switch next year. While it has generally been accepted the...
View ArticleAussies telcos given yellow card for foul-play in ‘unlimited’ advertising
UK consumers might find some comfort that lying to misleading the masses isn’t a speciality of telcos here; everyone around the world is up to no good. The Australian Competition and Consumer...
View ArticleDarker days forcing Vodafone CEO towards tower unit sale
The doom and gloom outlook at Vodafone seems to be strangling the glint out of the eyes of designate CEO Nick Read, as the incoming boss ponders selling off the tower business. According to the...
View ArticleJio leapfrogs Idea and Vodafone for second place in India
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has unveiled the monthly growth statistics for July and India is still the market which keeps giving. Looking at the wireless segments to start with,...
View ArticleHome Office to delay 4G emergency service network by another three years
The Home Office has announced its cumbersome project to overhaul the Emergency Services Network (ESN) with a 4G network has been set back by another few years. After negotiating a month-by-month...
View ArticleQualcomm points the industrial espionage finger at Apple
The long-running legal battle between Qualcomm and Apple has been stepped up a level as the chipmaker effectively accuses the iLeader of industrial espionage. After Apple released the iPhone XS without...
View ArticleFacebook unveils latest attempt to take VR mainstream
Facebook has had a fair few cracks at creating the perfect VR headset, but the Oculus Quest looks like a product which could take Virtual Reality (VR) into the mainstream market. This has been the...
View ArticleThree and O2 put positive spin on sh*t connectivity
Three and O2 have signed a deal with SSE Enterprise which will enable the pair to access its fibre ring, part of which is located in the Thames Water waste water network, to improve connectivity...
View ArticleSprint asks under-threat employees to support redundancies
In a move which perhaps indicates the Sprint/T-Mobile team is starting to get nervous, Sprint CEO Michel Combes is rousing employee support for the very merger which could potentially make them...
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