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Huawei expects to release 6G in 2030

Just days before the one-year anniversary of the U.S. blacklisting on China’s chip industry, Huawei’s chairman Eric Xu Zhiju announced that the Chinese vendor hopes to launch its 6G network and products in 2030, according to Global Times. It is not a recent declaration that Huawei is actively working on its sixth generation of wireless network, […]

Beijing’s aim to divide AliPay rocks Chinese tech stocks

Amidst Beijing’s latest regulatory wave to impose dominion on its tech sector, China’s Big Tech shares drastically dropped on Monday as the country’s watchdogs intend to break down Ant Group Co.’s Alipay, at a speed the U.S. and the European Union cannot fathom or dare to indulge in.  Following a Financial Times report stating that Beijing is […]

KT acquires Epsilon for $145 million for global data market shift

South Korea’s largest telco KT Corp announced on Friday its acquisition of Epsilon for $145 million from Malaysian conglomerate Kuok Group, framing the South Korean operator to be the dominant stakeholder in the Singapore-based communication firm. The acquisition’s terms gave KT’s partnership with Daishin Private Equity a 100 percent stake in Epsilon from Kuok Group. […]

Global Internet Speed marks a shift in power

Speedtest issued on Wednesday its most recent Global Index report exploring speeds from July 2019 till July 2021, revealing that download speeds have globally escalated in the past year regarding mobile and fixed broadband, and 200 percent faster than 2017. A drastic change has occurred in the world’s internet performance as it witnessed a 59.5 […]

Crushed by pandemic, conventions mount a cautious return

In pre-COVID times, business events _ from small academic conferences to giant trade shows like CES _ routinely attracted more than 1 billion participants each year. The pandemic brought those global gatherings to a sudden halt, emptying convention centers and shuttering hotels. More than a year later, in-person meetings are on the rebound. In late […]

US-built databases a potential tool of Taliban repression

Over two decades, the United States and its allies spent hundreds of millions of dollars building databases for the Afghan people. The nobly stated goal: Promote law and order and government accountability and modernize a war-ravaged land. But in the Taliban’s lightning seizure of power, most of that digital apparatus — including biometrics for verifying […]

UAE urged to replace Huawei’s 5G to secure U.S. F-35 jets deal

Under U.S. pretense that the Chinese telecom vendor Huawei could expose the Gulf to national security threats, United Arab Emirates (UAE) telco firms are urged by U.S. Lockheed Martin’s F-35 jets and drones’ sales deal to push Huawei from its 5G infrastructure contracts. The UAE has always held a fierce stance concerning its strong mobile […]

South Korea bans Google, Apple payment monopolies

South Korea’s National Assembly approved legislation on Tuesday that bans app store operators such as Google and Apple from forcing developers to use their in-app payment systems. South Korea is reportedly the first country in the world to pass such a bill, which becomes law when it is signed by the president, whose party has […]

Ericson's CEO warns from Chinese influence on cellular networks

Ericsson CEO, Borje Ekholm, expressed deep concerns over the U.S.-China tech war, arguing that the west might get deprived of accessing China’s R&D if global mobile standards are torn between both China’s and the West’s 6G efforts, reaching 5G network’s final stages.  Swedish telecoms vendor Ericsson continuously demonstrated its unbiased stance regarding the geopolitical aspect of […]