Author: Kavit Majithia

Vodafone Group and partner AST SpaceMobile asserted they had got a jump on rivals in the space connectivity race after conducting what they stated is the world’s first video call using a smartphone and satellites in an area with no mobile coverage.

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Orange took the wraps-off a new satellite project in partnership with SES which aims to replace existing space-based infrastructure and bolster connectivity in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm pointed to a stabilising RAN market, momentum around programmable networks and growth in the US as reasons for optimism, as the company rounded off 2024 with a strong final quarter.

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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority opened separate investigations into Apple and Google to assess both companies' mobile ecosystems, taking aim at OSes, app stores and browsers.

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Google struck a deal to acquire a part of HTC’s extended reality unit for $250 million, adding to a $1.1 billion purchase of a portion of the Taiwanese company’s smartphone business in 2017.

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The UK government unveiled plans to launch a mobile wallet offering access to official documents including driving licences, part of an ongoing push to transform operations through technology.

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TikTok resumed service yesterday (20 January) after the social media platform stopped working for US users for a brief period over the weekend, as President-elect Donald Trump vowed to save it at a rally ahead of his inauguration later today.

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Smartphone maker Honor announced CEO George Zhao resigned at a time when the company continues to prepare for a long-awaited IPO.

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Operator 3 UK agreed a deal with Ericsson for the vendor to deliver a next-generation cloud-native packet core network which it believes will be the largest in Europe, as it bids to respond to huge recent increases in data usage.

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Ericsson and Nokia made an urgent call to Europe’s industry and policymakers to take certain steps to secure the continent’s digital future, as part of a summit organised by the vendor giants.

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