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• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Telefónica Deutschland lands loan of €450m for 5G roll-out

  Spanish global telco’s German division seals deal to gain funding to prop up development of mobile network within Europe’s largest country, 4G for rural areas and 5G for urban environments

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  IoT network flaw left Philips Hue bulbs open to attack

  Vulnerabilities in the ZigBee internet of things networking protocol have left market-leading smart devices, including Philips Hue lightbulbs, open to exploitation

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  Commsworld claims dark fibre first in Scottish Borders

  Broadband provider says lighting Openreach’s Dark Fibre X with its own optical equipment will enable it to provide flexible connectivity speeds of up to 10Gbps

• February 05, 2020 05 Feb'20

  US ban unlikely to dent Huawei’s revenues any time soon, says analyst

  Crisis? What crisis? This is one analyst’s view of the potential effect on the bottom line of the infamous US trade ban on Huawei products and services in telecoms networks

• February 04, 2020 04 Feb'20

  EE retains top spot for UK mobile network performance

  UK mobile survey shows increasing user reliance on connectivity, with network operators needing to act now to ensure strong performance for consumer demands across work use cases

• February 04, 2020 04 Feb'20

  No 5G silver bullets on horizon but a third of UK consumers plan to buy 5G handset this year

  Research from Amdocs reveals that 5G marketing is working, but consumers still lack knowledge of the broader services it could enable

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  UK consumers demand greater reliability, not more speed, from mobile networks

  UK mobile users’ demands evolve as operators hit sweet sport for speed and consumers calling loud and clear for greater emphasis on network reliability

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  Nokia to launch cloud-native 5G network operations software

  Aiming to address operators’ challenges as 5G networks add new layers of technical complexity, Nokia announces automated and scalable management suite

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  Orange France contracts Nokia and Ericsson for 5G network technology

  Leading telco teams with Finish and Swedish comms tech giants as part of its ambition to realise a 5G network in France in 2020

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  BT to take half-billion pound hit on Huawei kit replacement

  Telco BT reveals the price to pay to meet the UK government’s new regulations around restricting ‘high-risk’ telecoms equipment suppliers in the nation’s 5G radio network

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  5G fixed wireless broadband CPE shipments set to pass two million in 2020

  With fibre-to-the-home penetration limited to less than a fifth of total global households, huge opportunity opens up for the whole 5G fixed wireless broadband market, including customer premises equipment

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Mobile trade-in programmes return over $2bn to US consumers in 2019

  Mobile device trade-in programmes give billions of dollars back to owners for seemingly old and unwanted devices, and could be key to sparking 5G device uptake

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Huawei, Samsung dominate global 5G device market

  Samsung and Huawei dominate the 5G device market in 2019, but analyst warns that expected and necessary competition could be curtailed by the current coronavirus outbreak

• January 28, 2020 28 Jan'20

  Huawei excluded from UK 5G core but retains place in radio network

  Local operators breathe huge sigh of relief as UK government allows potentially high-risk telecoms equipment suppliers continued ability to supply essential technology for 5G radio network

• January 28, 2020 28 Jan'20

  Cisco unveils business transformation suite for hyper-connected enterprise

  New tools claimed to help businesses push their boundaries by reimagining their applications, empowering their teams, securing their data and transforming their infrastructure

• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  UK in catch-22 decision over Huawei security

  The UK’s final decision on whether to permit mobile operators to use Huawei equipment is expected imminently, and its decision will have ramifications far beyond the technology sphere

• January 27, 2020 27 Jan'20

  RAN sharing and convergence juice up Orange for 2020

  Telco Orange’s roadmap for Europe in 2020 reveals the power of convergence and the need for ecosystem partnerships

• January 24, 2020 24 Jan'20

  Singapore’s StarHub and M1 team up in 5G licence bid

  The two telcos are working towards the 17 February 2020 closing date for 5G proposals

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Privafy claims ‘fundamentally new’ approach to mobile data security

  New company aims to address underlying security vulnerabilities to protect internet-reliant businesses

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Seven projects funded to explore CAV security

  The winners of the Cyber Securities Feasibility Studies contest, exploring cyber security for self-driving cars, have been revealed

• January 23, 2020 23 Jan'20

  Canonical offers scalable mobile Android apps in the cloud

  New Android technology allows enterprise users to offload compute, storage and energy-intensive applications from devices to the cloud

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  BT calls on fellow operators for investment fairness in rural UK network scheme

  BT wants its prior investments in UK mobile infrastructure to be recognised in formulating operators’ investment in Shared Rural Network

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  SK Telecom claims standalone 5G data session is world’s first

  South Korean telco proclaims 5G breakthrough that makes it set to be first to provide standalone 5G services in the first half of this year

• January 21, 2020 21 Jan'20

  Will 5G turn Langkawi into world’s first smart island?

  Malaysia telco TM is set to transform Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago with a 5G testbed that will pave the way for 5G services across the country

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  Ericsson to ramp European 5G with new R&D site in France

  New facility will provide access to a competence pool and foster industry and academic collaborations on 5G, says company

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  Samsung unveils new enterprise-ready smartphone

  Business-focused phone aimed at in-the-field or on-site use in industries such as retail, manufacturing, healthcare and logistics

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  App developers sue Facebook over ‘anti-competitive conduct’

  Lawsuit is based on leaked internal Facebook documents obtained and published by Computer Weekly and NBC last year

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  O2 goes O-RAN to improve network service

  Telefónica UK subsidiary announces open radio access network project to help customers better utilise its network, addressing issues such as densification of coverage and enabling faster uptake of 5G-based services in autonomous vehicles

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  Sky comes to the UK 5G party

  Telco, broadband and pay-TV provider switches on 5G services in 20 leading UK towns and cities with packaged based on Samsung devices

• January 17, 2020 17 Jan'20

  Australian wildfires take toll on telco networks

  Major telco networks in Australia were disrupted by power cuts resulting from devastating bushfires, raising questions about the resilience of the country’s communications infrastructure

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  Ericsson launches eSIM

  Swedish comms tech giant aims to drive communication service providers’ top line and improve consumer experience

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  Consumers download 1.7 billion mobile business apps in 2019, spending over $500m

  Mobile app sector fuelling digital transformation, and businesses with a robust mobile-first strategy and engaging apps are enjoying much success

• January 16, 2020 16 Jan'20

  Four-fifths of SIM-swap fraud attempts successful

  Researchers from Princeton University find that despite advances in technology, SIM-swap fraud continues to be difficult to detect and prevent, as fraudsters adapt attack techniques

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Spry cancels out P&J Arena dead zones with multi-operator 4G coverage

  Tech supplier installs smart mobile signal booster in Aberdeen to ensure high-speed data connectivity for live video streaming and social media activities

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  LGBTQ+ social app Grindr accused of breaching GDPR

  Norwegian Consumer Council files complaints about LGBTQ+ social networking app, alleging it is in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Gates Foundation mobile money projects in developing world to go live this year

  Mobile money projects aim to give millions of the world’s poorest people access to financial services

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Cerence, LG drive into AI-powered connected car platform

  Artificial intelligence will enhance in-car experiences through voice commands to allow drivers and passengers to have far more control over car functions

• January 15, 2020 15 Jan'20

  Threat landscape grew in complexity in 2019, no respite in sight

  Check Point’s annual state of security report shares some 2019 trends and looks ahead to 2020

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Global used smartphone market set to grow 17.6% year-on-year

  Questions may be asked of the longevity of steep growth in the new smartphone arena, but research finds no signs of slowing down across the used market

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Vodafone extends UK 5G reach and introduces 5G roaming to Ireland

  Leading UK mobile operator claims 5G tech first and broadens 5G reach across UK and into the Republic of Ireland

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Maxis and Huawei team up on 5G as Malaysia outlines spectrum allocation plan

  Maxis's partnership with Huawei to develop 5G use cases and services comes on the heels of Malaysia's recently announced spectrum allocation plan

• January 14, 2020 14 Jan'20

  Extreme Networks claims Wi-Fi 6 a game changer for US sports stadiums

  Cloud-driven networking technology and services company rolls out Wi-Fi 6 technology for Tennessee Titans, Houston Dynamo and Dash, Leeds Beckett University and West Texas A&M

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  Sextortion campaign hits Nest home security cameras

  Owners of Google’s Nest home security cameras are being targeted in a sextortion scam by criminals playing on fears over IoT security

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  US, South Korea to drive 5G to reach 1.5 billion users by 2025

  Aggressive pricing strategies and extensive device support, especially in the US and Korea, set to drive an explosion in 5G uptake over the next five years

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  TIM becomes first European operator to break 2Gbps 5G barrier

  Italian operator takes advantage of acquired spectrum to break 5G network speed barrier using technology from Ericsson and Qualcomm

• January 10, 2020 10 Jan'20

  ‘Meaningful’ supplier, tech competition to drive down 5G smartphone prices throughout 2020

  Analyst Ovum believes that healthy rivalry between brand manufacturers and multiple modem sources will likely provide a spur to drive down retail price of 5G-compatible products

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  5G roll-out no guarantee of smartphone upgrade bonanza

  5G’s network success more or less guaranteed, but same can’t be said for 5G smartphones in short term as study finds only 30-40% of those in major markets such as the US, Europe and Australia likely to result in upgrade, while over 50% likely to do ...

• January 07, 2020 07 Jan'20

  Etisalat unveils MENA’s first OpenRAN network and launches UCC suite

  Leading MENA telco makes key move in transforming its network to software-based solution hub and introduces a collaboration suite to aid small businesses in the region with digital transformation journey

• January 06, 2020 06 Jan'20

  Qualcomm and ZTE claim 5G landmark with voice-over-NR call

  Successful 5G VoNR calls sees tech companies declare an important step towards the commercial use of 5G voice experiences

• January 02, 2020 02 Jan'20

  Xiaomi makes big bet on 5G, IoT and partners to advance wireless file transfer

  Leading Chinese device manufacturer Xiaomi builds on strong end to 2019 and starts decade with wireless alliance and ambition to cement leadership in 5G, the internet of things and artificial intelligence