Category: Networking

September 13, 2019

The founder and chief executive of Huawei has offered to sell on the company’s 5G technology to a Western firm. In the latest attempt to prove that his company is not engaging in covert spying or surveillance, Ren Zhengfei has […]

September 12, 2019

It’s official: the iPhone 11 does not support 5G connectivity. Is that okay and doesn’t it mean that Apple is behind the pack? There are two ways to look at this: yes, it’s okay because 5G is available in very, […]

September 10, 2019

The global smartphone market had a really bad year in 2018, with overall shipments estimated at “only” 1.4 billion units by the International Data Corporation, representing a substantial decline of around 4 percent from the 2017 result approximated by the […]

August 27, 2019

The government has detailed a package of funding and measures designed to ensure the benefits of 5G reach rural areas and not just major cities. A consultation on network deployment regulations will be launched, aimed at easing mobile operators’ most […]

August 1, 2019

The fate of T-Mobile and Sprint’s $26.5 billion merger may hinge on whether a federal judge sees satellite TV provider Dish Network as a viable fourth competitor in the US wireless market. But there isn’t an easy answer — especially […]

August 1, 2019

Verizon has added more wireless customers than analysts expected as it ramps up deployment of its next-generation 5G network. The largest US wireless carrier added a total of 245,000 phone subscribers during the second quarter of 2019. Analysts had expected […]

July 26, 2019

Three will offer 5G connectivity to its customers at no extra cost, and without speed caps on the mobile data services, the mobile network provider has announced. Three will start rolling-out its 5G network in August, initially in London, before […]

July 16, 2019

A bipartisan bill is calling for greater US investment in 5G technology in order to combat China’s current dominance of the technology. Specifically, it calls for US companies to have a greater say in setting standards for the 5G network, […]

July 12, 2019

Sprint launched its True 5G Network at the end of May 2019 and because it uses mid-band spectrum as the underlying technology for the network, it has been able to offer the widest 5G coverage of all US carriers at […]

July 10, 2019

5G—the next-gen wireless data technology that will allow you to download full-length movies in a matter of seconds—is finally here. Well, it’s here and there, but definitely not everywhere. As is the case with every emerging technology, the deployment of […]