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Worldwide ICT spending to reach $4.3 trillion in 2020

The latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that worldwide spending on information and communications technology (ICT) will reach around $4.3 trillion in 2020. This is an increase of 3.6% from 2019. Commercial and public sector spending on information technology (hardware, software and IT services), telecommunications services, and business services will account for […]

Spectrum, a catalytic component of the Middle East economy

The latest research by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), highlights that spectrum makes up 3.4% of GDP for the highest 20 ICT nations from a number of sources which include employment, non-oil revenue, technological adoption and investment deployment. The range of frequencies from 3 kilohertz (KHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz) that carries radio signals and […]

Can AI flag disease outbreaks faster than humans? Not quite

MATT O’BRIEN and CHRISTINA LARSON Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Did an artificial-intelligence system beat human doctors inwarning the world of a severe coronavirus outbreak in China? In a narrow sense, yes. But what the humans lacked in sheer speed, they more than made up in finesse. Early warnings of disease outbreaks can help people […]

3 Analytics Trends That Are Redefining The Business World

Our digital world is giving rise to new ways of aggregating and interpreting complex data. Whilst some businesses choose to utilize and leverage advancing technologies, others are falling behind. Inside Telecom presents 3 analytics trends that are redefining the business world in 2020. 1. Augmented Analytics Recognized as an important tool to optimize decision making […]

Tech-starved government seeks industry's best, brightest

By JAMES ANDERSON Associated Press Denver (AP) — In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists: I Still Want You. A Washington-based nerd strike force called the U.S. Digital Service is seeking private-sector coders, programmers and software engineers to make government user-friendly […]

Visual Search and how it became ‘a thing’

Visual Search and how it became a thing Keyword searches are the lifeline of E-commerce businesses but new technology is effecting how we search and prompting the industry to think outside of the written word – purely for the sake of efficiency. When looking for a smartphone or Roomba, a keyword is all that is […]

Verizon opens 5G lab and studio

Telecommunications company Verizon have opened a new 5G Lab and production studio in London. This is the company’s first 5G-ready facility outside the US and will serve as a support to the company’s international business and media customers.  Now open for business the lab is based at Verizons Mid City Place office in London and […]

Insider Q&A: Facebook VP of Messenger discusses privacy

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At Facebook, Stan Chudnovsky oversees the Messenger chat app that’s used by well over 1 billion people each month. He’s playing a key role in helping Facebook integrate that app with its other chat tools, WhatsApp and Instagram Direct. The massive project has already gotten […]

WhatsApp continues to dominate the world of messaging

OTT messaging giant WhatsApp, has reached over two billion users. The company announced the results on Wednesday stating the amount of subscribers was 1.5 billion at the end of 2017. The mobile messaging app was founded in 2009 and after much success, was finally acquired by Facebook in 2014. The deal was valued at $19 billion […]

Telco's introduce innovative services

It is home country of Spain, Telefonica has made a name for itself as a provider of digital home services and is now moving forward with improvements to its TV services in order to stay ahead of the game in an ever competitive digital era. It is considered by many to be a wise course […]