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T-Mobile Adds 5G To 2K More Communities
August 04, 2020

The residents of Lisbon, North Dakota, might have been surprised Monday night (Aug. 3) when the skies lit up letting people in the small town know “5G is here.” To celebrate the milestone in hundreds of small towns across the United States, T-Mobile said in...

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Google Takes On Apple With New Pixel 4a Smartphone
August 03, 2020

Move over, Apple – there’s a new smartphone from Google on the way. On Monday (August 3), Google unveiled its new Android phone, the Pixel 4a. At a cost of just under $350, Google’s new Pixel will go head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone SE, which the...

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AT&T 5G Goes Nationwide
July 23, 2020

AT&T Communications’ 5G network has gone live nationwide, the company announced Thursday (July 23). “Just as our lives have shifted in the past few months, so has our expectation of wireless technology,” said AT&T Communications CEO Jeff McElfresh in a statement. “With AT&T 5G reaching...

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France To Outlaw Huawei 5G Equipment Within 8 Years
July 22, 2020

France is kicking Huawei to the curb. The Chinese technology company, one of the early entrants into the 5G era with a $600 million investment in the latest standard for cellular networks, will be out of business in France in eight years.  French authorities have informed telecom operators...

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Nokia Launches Private 5G For Businesses
July 22, 2020

Industrial clients of Nokia will now have access to industrial-grade 5G standalone (SA) private wireless network solutions, according to a press release. The solution will help clients meet the needs of their most demanding industrial and manufacturing use cases, the release says. According to Nokia...

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Smartphone Demand Plummets In China By 16 Pct
July 13, 2020

As China’s economy rebounds from COVID-19, smartphone sales have not been part of the recovery. Shipments of the devices in China fell 16 percent in June compared to the same month one year earlier, according to government data, a sign that handset demand in the...

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Data: Americans Were On The Road Again Over Holiday Weekend
July 12, 2020

United States citizens took to the road to travel for the 4th of July weekend, the surging coronavirus not deterring them, CNN reported, citing cell phone data. Hospitalizations from the highly infectious virus have risen in around a dozen states since Memorial Day weekend, CNN...

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Apple’s New ‘App Clips’ Feature Aims To Change How Consumers Use Apps
June 23, 2020

Consumers have something of a complicated relationship with their app collections, with a handful of favorites they engage with often and for long periods of time. But getting into that elite winner’s circle of favored apps can be something of a challenge, since the average consumer doesn’t...

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Samsung Rolls Out New Economy-Priced 5G Phone
June 19, 2020

Samsung Electronics‘ new Galaxy A71 5G smartphone hit U.S. retail channels today (June 19) at a price considerably below most 5G handsets. Without a trade-in, the phone is priced at $599 at AT&T (for pre-order), T-Mobile, Sprint and Samsung’s retail website. Verizon will offer the...