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Mobile apps and software

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  Smartphone industry roars back in Q4 2020 as iPhone propels Apple to new heights

  The past 12 months as a whole may have been challenging for the smartphone industry, but the industry enjoyed an end-of-year renaissance driven by a staggering $66bn worth of iPhone sales

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  JP Morgan Chase hires for UK digital bank launch

  US banking giant hires in the UK in preparation for digital consumer bank launch

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  Contactless payment limit could rise to £100 as FCA seeks industry views

  UK financial services regulator is considering raising the contactless card payment limit to £100

• January 28, 2021 28 Jan'21

  UK government reviews law on access to land for digital infrastructure

  Reacting to reports that agreements have been slow to conclude, holding up the roll-out of better mobile and broadband connectivity, UK government consults on changes to the legal framework for agreements on access to land for digital infrastructure

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  UK broadband customers count cost of quietly expired contracts

  Almost three million UK high-speed broadband customers – a third of those whose deal ended in the past year – say they were not informed when their contract ended, as mandated by the UK comms regulator, costing around £90 per household

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  O2, Three, Vodafone team to enhance rural mobile coverage

  Three of the UK’s leading mobile operators announce plan to build and share infrastructure to boost 4G rural coverage in the first part of a national scheme to improve mobile connectivity in hard-to-reach places

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  Grindr complaint results in €9.6m GDPR fine

  Norway’s data protection authority plans to apply a fine totalling 10% of LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr’s revenues over its data sharing practices

• January 27, 2021 27 Jan'21

  Global VPN downloads surge in 2020

  Repressive regimes’ regulatory demands and remote working see virtual private network usage rocket over the past 12 months

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Virtualisation, automation and network slicing increasing operators’ focus

  Research reveals added pressure on networks in the post Covid-19 world, with access network performance as the primary factor that most impacts subscriber experience

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Barratt enlists UK network leaders to install full-fibre broadband across all new homes

  At a time when the country has never been so dependent on fast and reliable home broadband, leading house builder has teamed with UK broadband leaders to ensure new builds are in the digital fast lane

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Telia takes Ericsson 5G to transform industrial inspection as Project Reindeer runs

  New partnership will benefit Swedish industry by performing livestream industrial inspections via drones, while more details are released on Ericsson’s EU-funded 6G initiative

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Virgin to enter UK 5G fray but regulator delays 5G spectrum auction

  UK operator marks ‘milestone’ moment in its history with 5G offer to add to gigabit broadband, but Ofcom puts on hold the process to gain mid-band frequencies

• January 26, 2021 26 Jan'21

  Wireless Broadband Alliance rolls out roadmap for 5G, Wi-Fi 6 convergence

  New industry guidelines highlight critical role next-generation wireless technology will play in the long-term success of 5G, outlining convergence opportunities for optimising business innovation and customer experience

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  NEC announces 3x MIMO capacity gain for mmWave 5G CPE

  Aiming to contribute to the development of mmWave 5G mobile access networks and building ecosystems among operators and suppliers, tech giant claims landmark achievement

• January 25, 2021 25 Jan'21

  GSMA: mmWave 5G showing signs of market readiness

  With 5G roll-outs and adoption progressing quickly and with the mmWave ecosystem showing signs of readiness, the main question the mobile industry faces is where and when mmWave systems can be cost-effective

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Vodafone unveils ‘instant’ Wi-Fi

  Telco targets digital households and small businesses with new mobile router for use cases including support for video calling, streaming and online learning

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  BT connects Dutch diplomatic missions

  New software-defined network services designed to enable secure collaboration and support digital transformation of network supporting Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• January 22, 2021 22 Jan'21

  Nine out of 10 UK card payments in 2020 were contactless

  Contactless cards payments accounted for around 90% of card payments in the UK in 2020

• January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21

  Optus taps Nokia for 5G tech to enhance stadium experiences

  With crowds slowly returning to outdoor venues in Australia after lockdown, comms tech provider and leading local operator deliver gigabit wireless in-stadium connectivity

• January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21

  Nokia, Mobily unveil world’s first sliced FWA deployment

  Global comms tech provider teams with Saudi Arabian telco to pilot world’s first 4G and 5G fixed wireless access network slicing on a live commercial network

• January 21, 2021 21 Jan'21

  European telecoms big guns team up to drive Open RAN deployments

  Major regional operators embark upon collaboration to provide a framework for the creation of an interoperable market for Open RAN

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  Few workers see employers as ready for new normal

  Study finds vast majority of workers feel employers are not fully prepared to support the longer-term move to a hybrid workforce, prompting a need for organisations to plan their ‘future workplace’ better

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  HSBC closing more branches as customers turn to digital channel

  Bank announces branch closures as it reshapes its network for the digital age

• January 20, 2021 20 Jan'21

  Broadcast, media sector presents telcos with digital transformation opportunities

  Analyst sets out potential winning strategy for telcos in entertainment sector with 5G, multi-access edge computing and network slicing, as well as virtualisation and cloud

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  Mavenir, VIAVI enter into collaboration to validate 5G RAN options for US market

  Partnership will focus on lab testing of cloud-native radio access systems for major US mobile network operators

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  Legacy security architectures threaten to disrupt remote working

  Annual survey of IT leaders finds network security is of prime concern as most companies continue with work-from-home policies

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  Click fraud levels reach new heights in pandemic

  Small companies risk losing £10,000 a year, and enterprises as much as £520,000, to cyber criminals as click fraud volumes spike

• January 19, 2021 19 Jan'21

  AE Aerospace claims 5G landmark in transforming manufacturing productivity

  Leading UK manufacturing business and partners trial 5G to pioneer productivity improvements and drive recovery in key sector hit hard by Covid

• January 18, 2021 18 Jan'21

  Three UK, Tata team to accelerate 5G network roll-out

  IT services, consulting and business solutions provider employed to help UK operator configure and maintain its next-generation mobile network and ensure first time right network operations

• January 15, 2021 15 Jan'21

  Private LTE/5G market set to reach £4.2bn in 2024

  Research firm predicts sales of private LTE/5G infrastructure to show 43% CAGR from 2019 to 2024, potentially worth an estimated $5.7bn (£4.2bn)

• January 15, 2021 15 Jan'21

  Google Cloud, Nokia accelerate readiness for cloud-native enterprise 5G solutions

  Cloud platform provider and comms tech supplier announce plans to jointly develop cloud-native 5G core solutions for communications service providers and enterprise customers with cloud capabilities to the network edge to accelerate enterprise ...

• January 15, 2021 15 Jan'21

  Coalition proposes secure standard model for Covid-19 passports

  Vaccination Credential Initiative is working to ensure that people vaccinated against Covid-19 can access their records in a secure, verifiable and privacy-preserving way

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  BT cries foul on rivals’ coverage claims as O2, EE extend UK 5G nets

  Two of the UK’s mobile giants make significant additions to next-gen networks, but BT consumer CEO warns that rivals are not giving customers meaningful levels of coverage and quality in their 5G offers

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  Port of Felixstowe lands funding for UK government 5G trial

  UK’s largest and busiest container port to test the potential of 5G across two use cases: enabling remotely controlled cranes and optimising predictive maintenance though IoT and AI

• January 14, 2021 14 Jan'21

  Zoom reveals phone product spike, public offer price

  Strong service performance, reliability and enterprise-grade features drive uptake of Zoom Phone as still rapidly growing conferencing firm announces $1.75bn share offering

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  Yearly expectations smashed with £105bn spent on mobile apps in 2020

  With the world of work changed forever due to the Covid-19 pandemic, mobile apps cash in, with consumer spend increasing 20% annually with business apps showing particular spike in usage

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  EE 5G to deliver BBC Green Planet augmented reality experience

  Increased 5G network capacity will enable AR experience for landmark BBC series using holographic video to explore the world from the perspective of plants

• January 13, 2021 13 Jan'21

  Covid-19 immunity passport tests to begin in UK

  A Covid-19 immunity and vaccination passport developed by two UK firms and backed by Innovate UK has entered the live testing phase

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  Virgin Media aims for in-home connectivity transformation with Intelligent WiFi Plus

  As it ramps up gigabit network development in locations across the UK, cableco launches Wi-Fi access devices to work with new access system to bring up to three times faster in-home wireless speeds

• January 12, 2021 12 Jan'21

  Covid-19 has led to a 25% increase in health app downloads, research shows

  The pandemic has led to a huge increase in health apps downloads, particularly mental health apps, where downloads have increased 200%, as people struggle to cope during the crisis, according to Orcha

• January 11, 2021 11 Jan'21

  BT removes mobile data charges for BBC Bitesize educational content

  As part of a broader partnership between the UK’s public broadcaster and its incumbent telco, hugely popular and award-winning BBC Bitesize programming slot is to be zero rate for all EE, BT Mobile and PlusNet Mobile customers

• January 11, 2021 11 Jan'21

  Used smartphone sales to dial in near double-digit growth in 2020

  Research shows refurbished and used devices continue to provide cost-effective alternatives for businesses looking to save money when buying a smartphone

• January 08, 2021 08 Jan'21

  BT offers unlimited data for remote learning

  UK incumbent telco joins campaign to make sure disadvantaged children can get connected as Covid-19 lockdown closes schools and other educational establishments

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  Nordic digital innovation offers a proactive approach to mental health

  Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to support people suffering mental health issues – and digital technology can help

• January 07, 2021 07 Jan'21

  Jeremy Darroch steps down as Sky Group chief executive

  Exec who transformed former satellite TV provider into Europe’s largest multi-platform communications provider with mobile, telephony and FTTH steps down after 13 years

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  Qualcomm appoints new CEO

  Claiming validation of its business model and leadership in 5G, the communications chip giant appoints successor to retiring chief executive with brief to drive value

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  Viasat checks in with Delta to boost in-air connectivity

  US airline adds next-generation Ka-band satellite technology to mainline fleet to help modernise how passengers stay connected and enjoy content during travel

• January 06, 2021 06 Jan'21

  Operators join UK government’s kids’ mobile access scheme

  UK mobile operators join scheme to help families that need access to connectivity to support their child’s learning needs during the latest lockdown, while BCS calls for free mobile access to education sites

• January 05, 2021 05 Jan'21

  Banking trade body calls for increased contactless payment limit

  UK Finance proposes an increase in the limit on spending using contactless cards

• January 05, 2021 05 Jan'21

  Ooredoo Group expands Ericsson 5G tech agreement

  New agreement promises new functionalities with faster time-to-market and enhancements to the digital experience for people, enterprises and industries across operating companies in 10 countries