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Bridging the digital divide: How a coalition is tackling smartphone affordability

Dashveenjit Kaur — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:46:21 +0000

The digital divide, a chasm that has long separated billions from the opportunities of the internet age, may soon begin to narrow. This week, the GSM Association (GSMA) announced the formation of the “Handset Affordability Coalition,” a pioneering alliance of mobile operators, device manufacturers, international organisations, and financial institutions. This global initiative aims to revolutionise... Read more »

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IBM and Airspan Networks target increased European adoption of 5G-enabled Open RAN

Ryan Daws — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 10:59:18 +0000

IBM has partnered with Airspan Networks in a bid to accelerate the adoption of 5G-enabled Open RAN technologies across Europe. Open RAN delivers hardware and software that are based on interoperable and open standards—delivering greater choice and lower costs for operators while preventing vendor lock-in and enabling innovative new players to break the market hold... Read more »

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ITU and Vodafone launch initiative to connect 3.4B unconnected

Ryan Daws — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:39:45 +0000

United Nations agency International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has partnered with Vodafone to launch an initiative to connect 3.4 billion people. An internet connection is increasingly vital in the modern world to unlock opportunities. Faster connections can mean even greater opportunity, but any connection is better than none. According to research (PDF) by the ITU last... Read more »

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Huawei CEO wants global experts to figure out 6G in Shanghai campus

Ryan Daws — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:56:29 +0000

Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei wants to attract global experts to the company’s Shanghai campus to get an early lead in 6G. Speaking during an internal company meeting, Ren said that its Qingpu, Shanghai campus is “beautiful and suitable for foreigners”. Furthermore, he said: “If there are 700 or 800 foreign scientists working here, they will... Read more »

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Google’s subsea cable Grace Hopper delivers a ‘new generation’ of transatlantic connectivity

Ryan Daws — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:31:19 +0000

Google has announced that its subsea cable Grace Hopper has landed in the UK, bringing with it a “new generation” of transatlantic connectivity. The new subsea cable is one of the first to be connected between the US and UK since 2003 and stretches from New York, US to Bude, UK and Bilbao, Spain. With... Read more »

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The key to complete online independence is through crowdsourced VPNs

Avi Raz Cohen — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:33:38 +0000

Geolocation is a key pillar of how the internet functions. Previously founded on the egalitarian principle of complete transparency and total openness is now routinely altered by geolocation services. Simply put, this means that users can access various sets of websites based on where they are surfing the web from. This results in online information... Read more »

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Ookla posts analysis of UK 5G performance in H1 2021

Ryan Daws — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:23:50 +0000

An Ookla analysis covering H1 2021 has found that 5G networks in the UK are getting faster and boosting consumer sentiment. Early in the deployment of any new mobile network generation, it’s not clear to the wider public of the benefits. This is especially true as go-to metrics like download speeds aren’t initially as pronounced... Read more »

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LightBox releases a US broadband map while the FCC fixes its own

Ryan Daws — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 11:13:04 +0000

The FCC’s more accurate US national broadband map is expected to be a year away, but LightBox is providing one in the meantime. A previous map of broadband availability used by the FCC was criticised as being inaccurate and greatly overestimating both the coverage and speeds available to Americans. The inaccuracies – hindering critical decisions... Read more »

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Deutsche Telekom and Tele2 sell T-Mobile Netherlands for €5.1B

Ryan Daws — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 10:11:29 +0000

Deutsche Telekom and Tele2 are selling T-Mobile Netherlands to WP/AP Telecom Holdings, a consortium jointly controlled by Apax and Warburg Pincus. A strategic review of T-Mobile NL was launched by Deutsche Telekom in May. The deal, worth an enterprise value of €5.1 billion, marks the completion of the review. Deutsche Telekom believes that it’s leaving... Read more »

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Qualcomm will reportedly continue helping Huawei to skirt US sanctions with 5G-less chips

Ryan Daws — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 10:49:50 +0000

A tipster claims that Qualcomm will offer more 5G-less versions of its chips that enable Huawei to skirt US sanctions. Huawei is among the Chinese companies sanctioned by the US. The sanctions predominately stop Huawei from accessing American products relating to 5G and limit the company’s ability to make its own Kirin silicon. Qualcomm’s latest... Read more »

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