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6.0KInnovation5G Starts To Power Better Robots
So much starts with coffee – mornings, political ads, artistic movements, advances in QSR retail – and that dictum could hold true...
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4.5KMobileSamsung Aims To Cash In On Huawei’s Struggles
Samsung Electronics is looking to take advantage of the United States’ recent ban on Huawei Technologies. While Samsung has been struggling in...
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3.7KRetailCommerce Gets More Visual As Retailers Embrace 3D
As brick-and-mortar retailers work to survive in this digital age, they are looking to another digital tool in that ongoing effort: 3D mapping....
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5.2KInnovationFacial Recognition Biometrics Finds A Friend In 5G
As 5G deployments start, retailers and other companies and organizations around the world are striving to find what works. One of the...
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3.2KNewsPayday Lending, P2P And Innovation Topped The Week’s News
Were you able to keep up with all the news that happened this week? We at PYMNTS are here to make sure...
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12.8KInternet of ThingsVodafone: How 5G Will Impact IoT’s Future
There is a tendency when talking about the Internet of Things (IoT) — and all the miraculous things it will power in...
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5.1KSecurity & FraudGlobal Security Officials Meet To Discuss 5G Security
Representatives from a number of countries around the world – excluding Russia, China and representatives from technology giant Huawei – met to...
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2.2KEarningsSamsung Touts 5G As Q1 Profit Plummets
Early 5G mobile network technology deployments put positive pressure on first quarter 2019 earnings for Samsung, but the firm still took a...
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7.7KMobileHow 5G Could Be Rocket Fuel To Retail
The race to 5G retail is on. The new, faster mobile network technology is a big part of the plans for many...
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9.9KMobile CommerceWhite House And FCC Prioritize 5G Spend On Rural Broadband
The White House and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have announced they will prioritize 5G to make sure America is at the...
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5.8KSizzle/FizzleB2B Payments Sizzle As Checks Face A Looming Fizzle
Might the check be going the way of the dodo? The way of not-so-fond memory, while trees breathe a silent sigh of...
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9.5KRetailVirtual Reality: 5G Retailers’ Secret Sauce?
Out of the haze of uncertainty emerged a new mobile network, and from the new mobile network came new retail applications and...
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6.4KInnovationBarclays: 5G Could Mean $20B A Year For Economy
The rollout of 5G technology could be a boon to the U.K. economy if a new forecast by Barclays proves true. According...
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6.2KInnovationUS Now First In Global 5G Readiness
The United States, with quick moves by government officials and telecommunications carriers, has moved to the front of the global 5G race,...
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7.3KMobileVerizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes
Score one for the Midwest: Verizon said this week (March 13) it will launch its 5G network in Chicago and Minneapolis on...
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5.9KInnovation5G, Biometrics Lead The Way At Mobile World Congress
The next glimpse of the future of mobile commerce – and all its offshoots – took place this past week in Barcelona, where the...
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4.0KMobileLG Announces 5G Dual-Screen Smartphone, Advanced Biometrics
LG Electronics revealed its new 5G smartphone, which boasts a dual screen that will allow users to watch a film on one...
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4.3Kdata enablersFCC: US Poised To Win 5G Race
With 5G wireless coming, the U.S. is in a good position to dominate the market, said Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr....
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7.0KInnovationVerizon Plans Rollout Of 5G In 30 U.S. Cities In 2019
Verizon will be bringing its 5G technology to 30 U.S. cities by the end of the year, according to reports. The wireless...
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3.0KMobileQualcomm Debuts Second Chip In Run-Up To 5G
Qualcomm, the largest maker of smartphone chips, is prepping for 5G with the launch of a new chip. The offering is designed...
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4.5KInternationalEurope Considers Restricting Huawei, Could Hamper 5G Advancement
The U.K. and other European nations are considering whether to impose restrictions on Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei, but the issue is complicated...
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4.9KMobileWhat’s The Reward For Early 5G Deployment? Asia Will Soon Find Out
South Korea is taking an early lead in deployment of 5G, with three of the country’s telecoms recently deploying the service. That...
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5.3KSecurity & FraudEuropean Union Wary Of Chinese Tech
The European Union wants tougher examination of potential risks associated with Chinese tech companies, amid growing fears of cybercrimes linked to Beijing...
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7.7KInnovationHow Will CES Set The 2019 Payments And Commerce Agenda?
Let’s move past the metaphors and low-level poetic imagery when it comes to the International Consumer Electronics Show, that annual conference and...
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Will 5G Be Secure Enough During Early Deployments?
As retailers, payments providers and consumers prepare for the coming 5G world, there remain concerns about how well that mobile network technology...
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14.3KMobileHow Will 5G Shake Up Banking And FinTech?
Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to work more closely with...
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3.2KMobileAT&T Jumps On The 5G Bandwagon
AT&T has announced that it will be offering a 5G smartphone from Samsung in the first half of 2019. “5G is going...
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4.4KNewsFive At Five: Apple’s 5G Delaying Plan
Welcome to the Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the latest on...
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6.4KRetailVerizon And Samsung Target 2019 For U.S. Release Of 5G Smartphones
Verizon and Samsung announced on Monday (Dec. 3) that they would launch U.S. 5G phones in the first half of 2019, according...
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Apple Puts 5G Plans On Hold Until At Least 2020
Apple is reportedly putting on hold any plans to roll out an iPhone that works with 5G until 2020, and possibly even...
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9.3KHealthcare5G To Give Healthcare Payments A Boost
As the world — and the world of payment and commerce — ready themselves for the deployment of 5G mobile technology, the...
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5G Retail Possibilities Expand As Mobile Tech Gets Ready To Roll
This is not one of those annoying algebra problems, we promise. But imagine two long trains, those massive mechanical snakes, each of...
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4.7KPartnerships / AcquisitionsSamsung Buys Analytics Startup With 5G In Mind
Samsung Electronics has announced that it has acquired Zhilabs to further enhance its 5G capabilities. Zhilabs is known for its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based...
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6.1KMobileAs The Dawn Of 5G Nears, Will It Be All That?
5G is coming. Now if we can just figure out what it’s good for. That’s a little bit unfair, but it does...
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3.8KRetailFive At Five: Amazon’s Christmas Plan — And Its New Challenge From eBay
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look as the day’s payments and commerce news. Coverage includes Amazon’s new holiday and grocery...
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4.9KPartnerships / AcquisitionsNokia And Tencent Team Up For Research On 5G
Nokia and Tencent, one of China’s leading providers of internet services, announced Thursday (July 5) that they inked an agreement to carry...
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6.6KInternet of ThingsAT&T’s 5G Push To Power Tomorrow’s Smart Cities
The world is becoming an increasingly urban place. In the year 1950, only about 30 percent of the human population lived in...
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12.4KMobile CommerceWithout Wow Factor, Smartphone Sales Expected To Be Flat In 2018
Smartphone growth last year was just 2.7 percent — and while market research firm Garner is projecting that sales of smartphones will...
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Is 5G The Oxygen Connected Cars Need To Ignite?
The world is becoming an increasingly connected place such that internet connections aren’t just for phones and computers anymore – appliances, household...
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5.8KRetailConnected Car Tracker: Who’s On First?
A few notable developments popped in the connected car and car commerce space this week. While nothing much of note occurred in...
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5.3KInnovationWhite House To Invest $400 Million In 5G Buildout
Attempting to hold onto its leadership position in wireless broadband, the White House announced late last week that it’s investing $400 million to...
