News
Malaysia apologises after telling women to avoid nagging their husbands
Malaysia apologises after telling women to speak with a cartoon cat voice and avoid nagging their husbands during coronavirus lockdowns. Read more…
Month: March 2020
Off the Wire
HKBN reinvents Barter & Bundle for enterprise customers
Barter & Bundle plan allows merchants to offset part of their payments for HKBN’s telecom solutions with their own products or services. Read more…
Off the Wire
ZTE’s optical network market share increased the most in 2019
ZTE has announced that it grew the optical network market share in 2019 by 2.482%, with its market share increase ranking No.1 globally. Read more…
Views
Where the hell is artificial intelligence or AI when we need it most?
I have been reading and reporting about the benefits of artificial intelligence or AI for so long now that I actually started believing in it Read more…
Videos
Deep Dive with Angus Ward – are operators grasping the 5G opportunities?
Angus Ward is CEO of BearingPoint//Beyond. We caught up with him to get some further insights into a survey on 5G opportunities for operators Read more…
News
Internet restrictions hampering coronavirus fight in Kashmir, India
Doctors in Kashmir invited to an online training session on managing ventilators were unable to attend because of curbs on the internet. Read more…
News
CovCT platform launched to track Malaysian Covid-19 hot zones
CovCT, an independent contact tracing platform that hopes to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Malaysia has been launched. Read more…
News
Germany plans launch of Singapore-style coronavirus app in weeks
Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore. Read more…
Views
Is the fate of digital advertising a sign of things to come?
The fate of digital advertising seems to be sealed, at least for now. There were always questions about its effectiveness, always questions about the industry itself and always questions about the companies that used it and make their fortunes from it. Read more…
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IoT perspective from five years ago – has anything changed?
Yes, I know, one should not predict the future from history. But I recently came across a Forbes article with an interesting IoT perspective from five years ago and thought that as we take stock Read more…
News
FraudWatch actively targeting and taking down online COVID-19 scams
FraudWatch is encouraging the reporting of possible COVID-19 scams for assessment and possible take-down via its website or by email. Read more…
News
India’s lockdown disrupting e-commerce companies Amazon and Flipkart
India’s coronavirus lockdown is disrupting e-commerce companies including Amazon and Flipkart, despite government assurances it would not Read more…
Features
Networks to lose over $25bn in roaming revenue over the next 9 months
Research assumes that over half of all roaming revenue for the year will be affected by coronavirus, amounting to $25 billion in lost revenue Read more…
News
Ireland to roll out voluntary phone-tracking app for COVID-19
Ireland’s government is to roll out a voluntary phone-tracking app to alert users if someone they have been in contact with develops COVID-19 Read more…
Off the Wire
Singtel owned HOOQ Digital video streaming files for liquidation
HOOQ Digital, a video streaming service majority owned by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel), is filing for liquidation. Read more…
Features
Friday Futures: a squid can edit its genome, COVID-19 solutions
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: a squid can edit its genome; shorter days; cameras that can see round corners; COVID-19 Read more…
Views
5G news may be overshadowed right now – but it’s good!
Just a month ago you would be considered brave just to suggest that #5G news would be overshadowed by, well, anything. #COVID-19 Read more…
Features
Supply chains suffering severe disruption from coronavirus pandemic
Disruption to supply chains from the coronavirus pandemic could cause around a $42 billion revenue gap for smart device vendors. Read more…
Features
International OTT voice traffic more than double traditional carriers
International OTT voice traffic reached 1 trillion minutes in 2019, compared to just 432 billion minutes of international carrier traffic. Read more…
News
Australia’s NBN increases capacity to meet demands from home workers
NBN Co increases capacity to support the anticipated higher volumes of traffic as people work from home and conduct schooling remotely. Read more…