Wary of scams and tired of picking up what turn out to be robocalls, consumers are missing important calls due to their reluctance to answer the phone. This impacts businesses as well as consumers since they may be trying to reach a customer with information...
Mobile operators in the European Union are urging regulators to prohibit Apple’s new iCloud Private Relay, reports The Telegraph. The feature, a new internet privacy service from Apple, allows users with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, or macOS Monterey on their devices and an iCloud+ subscription,...
The high speed and low latency of 5G will be enable more appliances that are used every day to deliver the capabilities people now expect from smartphones — they’ll be connected, customizable and always up to date. Products being displayed or announced this week at...
U.K.-based broadband provider Truespeed announced Tuesday (Jan. 4) that it has secured a 100 million pound ($135.2 million) capital injection from global asset management company Aviva Investors to connect more people in underserved locations in the United Kingdom to ultrafast broadband. The fresh funding, which...
One day after AT&T and Verizon rejected the U.S. government’s request to postpone 5G rollout over aviation concerns, the telecommunications giants have reversed course. In a U-turn late Monday, the rival telecommunications giants agreed to delay the activation of 5G services near airports until Wednesday,...
Verizon and AT&T customers won’t face any delays when it comes to the rollout of next-generation wireless technology. The rival telecommunication giants rejected a request by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Federal Aviation Administration Chief Steve Dickson to further delay the implementation of 5G technology. The new services are set to launch...
Berlin’s phone-as-a-service (PaaS) startup Everphone is readying for its launch in the U.S. with headquarters in Miami, Florida, one of the country’s fastest-growing technology hubs, according to a press release on Friday (Dec. 17). For a monthly subscription price, Everphone supplies, repairs, replaces and recycles...
In the first applications of Google’s Android digital car key, compatible BMW cars can now be unlocked, locked and started with select Android smartphones. With this launch, the BMW Digital Key, which is already available for the iPhone, is now available for the Android-equipped Samsung Galaxy S21 Series, Google Pixel 6 and Google Pixel 6 Pro, BMW...
Mobile carrier Verizon this week announced a connected healthcare project, an “ultra-secure” 5G setup for the Department of Defense and 5G features aimed at public safety professionals that showcase the new wireless technology’s capabilities for making communications faster — and more secure. Overcoming Healthcare Hurdles...