Startup unicorn Reliance Jio, India’s largest mobile operator, is confronting the harsh reality of active users falling off despite a growing number of total subscribers, according to a Financial Times report on Thursday (Oct. 8). Chairman of Reliance Industries and owner of Reliance Jio Mukesh...
Apple has announced a new product launch on Oct. 13, where the tech giant is expected to roll out the new iPhone 12, CNBC reports. The invitation for the event contains the verbiage “Hi, Speed,” which CNBC posits could refer to 5G capabilities, the next-generation...
Samsung, until recently a laggard in the telecom equipment sector, has emerged as a top player in the race to deploy 5G around the world as it challenges front-runner Huawei. Better known for its chips and smartphones, the South Korean international conglomerate recently placed a...
AT&T is warning against too much optimism over the rollout of new Apple 5G iPhone technology supposedly slated for October, CNBC reported. AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh said he’d “always tried to soften folks’ expectations around 5G,” according to CNBC. This comes after Apple predicted...
AT&T is considering new phone plans in which the customer could get a discount for letting the company put ads on their smartphone, Reuters reported. CEO John Stankey said the new plans, which could allow for a $5 or $10 reduction in their bill, could...
Huawei – which is contending with a Trump administration ban preventing U.S. companies, including Google, from supplying it with technology unless the companies obtain special licenses – is developing a smartphone that won’t use Google’s Android operating systems, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday...
In the race to embrace 5G, Spain just took a big leap forward. Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica on Tuesday (Sept. 1) flipped the switch on its new, national 5G network. The next generation in mobile technology, 5G will be available to 75 percent of Spain’s...
Smartphone sales around the world dropped 20.4 percent in the second quarter, research and advisory firm Gartner said in a Tuesday (Aug. 25) press release. Global sales to end users arrived at 295 million units as the pandemic kept affecting the worldwide mobile phone sector....
Microsoft and Facebook are grumbling publicly about fellow tech giant Apple‘s policies restricting access to coveted slots in its App Store, as well as the access given to iPhone and iPad users. On Sept. 15, Microsoft plans to release Project xCloud, a streaming service that...
