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Huawei’s first foldable feels like a distant memory. Announced in 2019, the company went back to the drawing board prior to release, as Samsung ran into its own much publicized issues with the innovative form factor. The Mate X was well-received among journalists — I had the opportunity to spend some time with it at […]

Huawei launches its next foldable in China

This entry was posted in 5g huawei Mobile smartphones on February 22, 2021 by Brian Heater

The Atlanta area is getting a new incubator for startups working with 5G technology courtesy of T-Mobile and Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), the companies announced today. It’s an expansion of the T-Mobile Accelerator program and part of the big carrier’s efforts to boost 5G innovation. Located in the Atlanta-adjacent exurb of Peachtree […]

Atlanta area gets a 5G incubator courtesy of T-Mobile and ...

This entry was posted in 5g Mobile TC on February 17, 2021 by Jonathan Shieber

Atlanta area gets a 5G incubator courtesy of T-Mobile and ...

This entry was posted in 5g Mobile TC on February 17, 2021 by Jonathan Shieber

Like countless other industries, mobile phone sales got hit hard in 2020. The industry hit a 10.5% decline for the year, as Covid-19 first decimated the supply and later consumer demand for devices. It was the latest in a rough couple of years for manufacturers, but 2020 hit significantly harder than most. New numbers from […]

Global smartphone shipments expected to rebound 11% this year

This entry was posted in 5g hardware Mobile smartphones and tagged apple samsung on February 3, 2021 by Brian Heater

This was going to be the year of 5G. It was going to be the year the next-generation wireless technology helped reverse some troubling macro trends for the industry — or at the very least helped stem the bleeding some. But the best laid plans, and all that. With about a week left in the […]

Not even 5G could rescue smartphone sales in 2020

This entry was posted in 5g Mobile and tagged iphone on December 24, 2020 by Brian Heater

Reliance’s Jio Platforms, the largest telecom operator in India, plans to roll out a 5G network in the country in the second half of 2021, top executive Mukesh Ambani announced on Tuesday. “India is today among the best digitally connected nations in the world. In order to maintain this lead, policy steps are needed to […]

Reliance’s Jio Platforms says it will roll out 5G in ...

This entry was posted in 5g Asia Government india Mobile on December 8, 2020 by Manish Singh

Reliance’s Jio Platforms says it will roll out 5G in ...

This entry was posted in 5g Asia Government india Mobile on December 8, 2020 by Manish Singh

The UK government has squeezed the timetable for domestic telcos to stop installing 5G kit from Chinese suppliers, per the BBC, which reports that the deadline for installation of kit from so-called ‘high risk’ vendors is now September. It had already announced a ban on telcos buying kit from Huawei et al by the end […]

UK shrinks timetable for telcos to stop installing 5G kit ...

This entry was posted in 5g China Europe huawei Mobile national security Policy Security on November 30, 2020 by Natasha Lomas

Apple and Verizon today announced a new partnership that will make it easier for their business partners to go all-in on 5G. Fleet Swap, as the program is called, allows businesses to trade in their entire fleet of smartphones — no matter whether they are currently a Verizon customer or not — and move to […]