The Year Of The Monkey has come to an end (and not a moment too soon for many people), and the Year Of The Rooster kicks off tomorrow. Which means two days holiday for the Lunar New Read more…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese banks are hiring blockchain experts as the government pushes use of the technology behind bitcoin to increase transparency and combat fraud in its financial sector. Lenders have struggled for years with Read more…
I think Qualcomm will best serve its shareholders by fighting tooth and nail to halt the fall of royalty rates that has been going on for the last nine years. The fight between Apple and Read more…
Ericsson performed what it says is the first live 5G end-to-end demonstration in Thailand as the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) pledged to release 380 MHz worth of new spectrum by 2020, although only Read more…
Optus has launched native Voice over Wi-Fi – a.k.a. Wi-Fi calling – which allows customers to easily make and receive calls, SMS and MMS where there is limited mobile coverage but an accessible Wi-Fi service, Read more…
China’s VR industry is expected to expand more than four-fold in 2017 as more major players enter the industry and new and exciting content drives growth, IDC forecasts. The virtual reality industry in China experienced a Read more…
BEIJING (Reuters) – As millions in China head home to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday with their families, 24-year-old Luoluo is busy answering messages on a mobile app from desperate men looking to hire Read more…
(Reuters) – Ant Financial Services Group, the world’s largest financial technology company, said on Thursday that it would acquire US money-transfer company MoneyGram International for about $880 million in a deal that is expected to Read more…
REUTERS – Facebook has hired Hugo Barra, the most prominent global executive at Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, to lead its virtual reality business including the Oculus unit, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said. The 32-year-old Facebook Read more…
Bad news for apps developers: over half of smartphone users spend no money on smartphone apps (including paid-for downloads and in-app transactions), according to a new survey by Gartner. The good news: end-user spending on Read more…
Ciena says it has added analytics to its Blue Planet portfolio, along with a new app, Network Health Predictor (NHP), that leverages that analytics capability to helps operators anticipate network failures and eliminates service disruptions. Read more…
Will the Apple lawsuit against Qualcomm really signal the end of the intellectual property licensing norms which have, by and large, governed the cellular industry since the dawn of GSM? Qualcomm epitomizes that system, and Read more…
Smart homes may enable unprecedented levels of connectivity, but that “connected lifestyle” paradigm is also impacting and reshaping the dynamics of family relationships and behaviors – and not always for the better. That’s the overall Read more…
(Reuters) – Qualcomm reported a lower-than-expected 3.9% rise in quarterly revenue on Wednesday, and defended its licensing model in the face of multiple legal challenges over its alleged “anticompetitive” tactics. The company’s shares were down Read more…
Globe Telecom has signed an agreement with the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines (LVGP) to facilitate the deployment of vital ICT infrastructure, particularly in unserved and underserved communities in the country, by rationalizing Read more…
Recent surveys into how kids go online, and how frequently, produce one result that is common. Whether they live in Poland, the UK or India, they use their smartphone more than other devices. To an astonishing Read more…
Ericsson, China Mobile Shanghai and bike-sharing service Mobike have joined forces to trial cellular IoT technologies on a live network to provide a more convenient and enhanced bike-sharing experience to Mobike users. Carried out on Read more…
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnair will become the first airline to allow travelers to pay for in-flight shopping and services with Chinese online payment app Alipay, the company said on Wednesday. The airline, which uses its Read more…
The stakes have changed for network and security teams now that the threat landscape has been transformed by the emergence of IoT botnets being used for DDoS attacks. As IoT devices proliferate across networks, bringing Read more…
ITEM: Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection is planning a radical overhaul of the country’s airports, with the goal of leveraging biometrics and big data analytics to let travelers waltz through immigration and customs Read more…
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