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5G drives Chinese mobile service to rise at 3.1% in 2026

Chinese mobile service revenues are expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate CAGR of 3.1 percent from $131.3 billion in 2021 to $152.7 billion in 2026, according to a study published on Thursday.   London-based data analytics company, GlobalData published a study showing that the mobile data revenues will witness a rise in its CAGR reaching 6.8 percent due to the growing adoption of 5G services, followed by the rise […]

Uber shares drop as Softbank plans to sell 45 million in stakes

Uber shares tumbled on Wednesday with more than 4.5 percent in extended trading, following a report stating that SoftBank is selling around $2 billion worth of shares, in a definitive attempt to recover from lost bets on Didi and other investments. Japanese telecommunications and technology multinational conglomerate Softbank is selling a whopping 44 million shares […]

PS5 sales reaches 10 million units, as Sony reaches milestone

Almost nine months after its launch, and the PlayStation 5 has become Sony’s fastest-selling console in the company’s history.  The PS5 has officially surpassed its PS4 predecessor, as more than 10 million PS5 have already been sold. Back in April, Sony revealed that the PS5 sold 7.8 million units, which means it racked up more than 2 million in sales since then.  Even though the Japanese multinational entertainment business is grappling with […]

From Big Tech to Ed Tech: Chinese regulations target education sector

Late on Wednesday, Xinhua News Agency reported that China’s latest regulations against tutoring for profit and Big Tech is beneficial to the country’s growth as it stiffens its commitment to expand its capital market, leading to a share plunge in education firms. China’s latest attempt to ease financial pressure on families that support low birth […]

Asia stocks advance, tech giants rally after Fed report

Asian stocks mostly rose Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept its accommodative monetary policies and signaled that economic recovery was on track. Chinese technology giants led the way, as authorities moved to soothe jitters over anti-monopoly and data security enforcement against the industry. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.4% to 27,687.28, while the Kospi in South […]

Didi’s shares drop as more penalties loom

Chinese ride-hailing titan Didi plunged by more than 11 percent in New York shares on Thursday, following whispers of impending new penalties by Beijing on the company. The ride-hailing giant is once more exposed to further pressure from the Chinese government leading to harmful impact on its revenues after trustbusters ordered it to be removed […]

Chinese kids banned from playing video games after curfew

Tencent, the Chinese tech-company labeled as the biggest around the globe, has officially launched facial recognition technology that will be utilized to scan many Chinese kids’ faces every single night. The system will operate for the purpose of catching minors breaking the gaming curfew set by the Chinese government.  This may seem like one intense episode of […]

Bharti Airtel, Intel collaborate to accelerate 5G rollout in India

Indian telco Bharati Airtel and U.S.- based chipmaker Intel announced on Wednesday a collaboration to develop 5G network by leveraging virtualized radio access network (vRAN) and open radio access network (O-RAN) technologies in India.  According to Intel’s statement this collaboration will evolve communications networks from fixed-function equipment to virtualized cloud-native deployments and enable edge-to-cloud communications to power hyperconnected world.  The Indian telco will deploy Intel’s latest 3rd gen Xeon Scalable […]

More than half of global population to use digital banking by 2026

The pandemic has placed a spotlight on all things seamless; from restaurant menus, hotel check-ins, and even trickling down to FinTech and digital banking services. This focus has accelerated coming of a digital economy that looks to harness the technological advancements that the world has witnessed since the start of the COVID-19 health crisis, which […]

Telstra offers $2 billion for Digicel’s Pacific operation

Australian telecom giant Telstra announced on Monday that it is currently in talks to acquire Jamaican telco Digicel’s operations in the South Pacific for a rumored bid of $1.5 billion, various media reports highlighted. The Australian offer has been backed up from the government which will support the acquisition not only financially but also in […]