New York City announced earlier this week the deployment of a new COVID-19 passport built on IBM’s blockchain-based health pass technology, as businesses in the U.S. are starting to request proof of vaccination or negative PCR for entry. The COVID-19 passport app, called Excelsior Pass, is a free and voluntary platform developed in partnership with […]
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Games based on established franchises (IP-based games) are on the rise. As we predicted in our Global Mobile Market Report, this rise is now especially apparent on the mobile—owing to the platform’s lower barriers to entry (compared to console and PC). There’s a reason why 2.7 million people play on mobile. In this article, we’ll […]
Most workers surveyed would expect work to continue partly remote after the pandemic ends. Nearly 90 percent of global workforce polled expect their jobs to partly remain remote, a workforce study shows. In fact, the preference to occasionally work from home is nearly universal, according to a study of 209,000 workers in 190 countries by […]
ANALITICO is a newly established ICT company offering customized solutions for the telecoms and IT sector and providing full Digital Transformation services. Inside Telecom sat down with the VP of ANALITICO Raghid Charara, and the company’s VP of Business Development Khaled Chatila for a closer look into their work and the prospects offered by the […]
April Fool’s Day is National Burrito Day and Chipotle is giving away $100,000 of the Tex-Mex delicacy or $100,00 in Bitcoin if customers guess a six-digit code. The brand is teaming up with Stefan Thomas, the tech founder who notoriously lost his Bitcoin login worth $387 million earlier this year and calling upon fans to […]
The number of eSIMs installed in connected devices globally will increase from 1.2 billion to 3.4 billion in 2025, representing a growth of 180 percent, mainly driven by adoption from tech powerhouses such as Apple and Google, reported a new study by UK-based market research company Juniper Research. According to the forecast, independently assessed eSIM […]
2020 was a record year for the global wind power industry, but a new report published by GWEC warns that the world needs to install new wind power capacity three times faster over the next decade to achieve global climate targets. Last year was a high point in history for the global wind industry with […]
Many were initially skeptical of the prospects offered by cloud gaming; the ability to stream the latest AAA games at their highest quality on any given hardware with just a solid Internet connection is a rhapsody in and of itself. The gaming industry’s dabble in cloud technology was certainly packing huge potential, but with many […]
Chile is looking to accelerate an ambitious mobile 5G rollout plan across most of the country within the scope of two years, Telecommunications Undersecretary Pamela Gidi told Reuters earlier this week, noting the importance of tightly overseeing cybersecurity in the process. As the world looks tentatively to the U.S. and China’s trade, cybersecurity, and data […]
Swedish telecom kit provider Ericsson was awarded on Monday the Best 5G Core Technology (Vendor) category for its dual mode 5G Core technology at the 5G Middle East and North Africa (MENA) 2021 Digital Symposium virtual awards ceremony. The award recognizes the best core network solution that is enabling network transformation or a new service […]