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Telco ambition put at risk by private cellular networks

The popularity of private cellular networks has increased among enterprises. There are now initiatives in 15 countries for businesses to deploy private networks according to the tech market advisory firm, ABI Research. This includes both arrangements for enterprises to obtain a spectrum from the regulator directly, as well as spectrum which is held by mobile […]

Twitter to label disputed COVID-19 tweets

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Twitter announced Monday it will start alerting users when a tweet makes disputed or misleading claims about the coronavirus. The new rule is the latest in a wave of stricter policies that tech companies are rolling out to confront an outbreak of virus-related misinformation on their sites. […]

Google affiliate scraps plan for Toronto smart-city project

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Google abandoned its smart-city development in Toronto on Thursday after more than two years of controversy over privacy concerns and amid economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic. A unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet had been proposing to turn a rundown part of Toronto’s waterfront into a […]

The GSMA pushes for a united front on Mobile Money

The GSMA’s mobile money team has called on operators to help drive in the next phase of growth in the sector by adopting its new generation of protocols to create a harmonized industry and also to aid integration with third parties. The GSMA Director of Inclusive Financial Technology, Bart-Jan Pors and API Architect for Inclusive […]

Is the pandemic driving remote work culture and digital change?

The Lockdown has forced a lot of organisations to contemplate on the degree of human and business transformation we might see after many people have spent weeks working in isolation. Will they come out of this blinking in the summer sunlight or, more likely, will they see a future work-at-home component as more increasingly inevitable […]

Czechia, US to cooperate on security of 5G networks

PRAGUE (AP) — Czechia and the United States have signed a joint declaration Wednesday for cooperating on security of 5G technology. The Czech government office said the document was signed remotely by Czechia Prime Minister Andrej Babis and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The signing comes amid a global battle between the U.S. and […]

CSPs may miss out on golden opportunity of 5G

CSPs (communication service providers) are putting all their hopes on driving revenue from 5G enterprise customers, however insights from market research company in India, suggests that they are in danger of missing out on their golden business-to-business 5G opportunity. This is potentially worth billions if not trillions of dollars in the coming decades, unless they […]

The potential of gigabit broadband

Gigabit speed broadband has the potential to add a possible $50 billion to the British economy over the course of the next 5 years. Despite the UK making steady progress over the last 5 years in its attempt to deliver full-fibre connectivity to homes around the country, it still falls behind other European leaders. Accessing […]

Amazon executive says he quit to protest employee firings

By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An Amazon executive said he quit his job at the online-retail giant to protest the firing of employees who spoke up about the conditions inside the company’s warehouses and its record on climate change. Tim Bray, a vice president at the company, wrote in a […]