Paying for Keeps
36-Month Plans Further Dampen Smartphone Volumes In 2013, T-Mobile US sparked its "Uncarrier" reputation by launching what it branded the Simple Choice plan.
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Chinese Phone-Makers Ditch Ports and Buttons It takes a lot to stand out in the smartphone business these days. And sometimes, a lot less.
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Chinese Mobile App Puts Deadbeats on Radar The Chinese have already embraced a whole range of private and government systems that gather, aggregate and distribute records of digital and offline behaviour.
View ArticleNetflix Stays at Hilton
Streaming Giant Partners with Hotel Chain for Seamless Viewing Last week, Netflix revealed that it's teaming up with hotel group Hilton to offer its streaming service on TVs found in Hilton hotel rooms.
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Nokia Brand Gets a Foot in the US Door The US handset market continues to be dominated by the top wireless carriers, and if a handset brand doesn't make it into carrier channels, it's unlikely to make...
View ArticleWelcome to the Tera Era
Samsung Announces 1 TB Flash Storage for Smartphones This week, Samsung announced the first 1 TB embedded Universal Flash Storage for smartphones, with mass production already underway.
View ArticleJapan's IoT Security Stress Test
Government to Beef Up Cybersecurity for 2020 Olympics Last week, Japan approved a project that will see the government try to hack into Internet of things (IoT) devices to survey the number of gadgets...
View ArticleCan 5G Revive LG?
Phone-Maker Struggles to Beat Smartphone Blues The fourth quarter of 2018 has been a difficult one for several of the world's top smartphone brands.
View ArticleIntel Scores a Touchdown
Dazzles at the Super Bowl with Drone Light Show This past Sunday, at Super Bowl LIII held in Atlanta, Intel teamed up with the NFL to create the first live drone light show for the event's halftime...
View ArticlePolitical War Games
Let's Hope Innovation Isn't the Victim We're living in strange times. Strange times politically and economically, and it's beginning to have a profound impact on the technology industry.
View ArticleBuilding Blocks
Jenga-Playing Robot Highlights Uses in Manufacturing Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a robot that plays Jenga using technology that could be used to...
View ArticleMaking a Mesh of Things
Eero Gives Amazon Stronger Position in the Smart Home On Monday, Amazon announced that it has agreed to acquire Eero, one of the leading innovators in the market for home mesh Wi-Fi router systems.
View Article5Jio
Reliance Jio Readies Plan to Disrupt with 5G Reliance Jio, an Indian mobile provider owned by Reliance Industries, is the sixth largest wireless operator in the world with about 280 million subscriptions.
View ArticleSpace Patrol
SpaceX to Fast-Track Satellite Broadband Service Satellite broadband initiatives have had a mixed track record.
View ArticleExpectations for MWC19
CCS Insight Tips 5G to Steal the Limelight in Barcelona Next week on Monday 25 February, the technology industry will swarm into Barcelona as the city once again becomes a platform for companies...
View ArticleThree Bolsters Wholesale Strategy
UK Operator Banks on Partnerships to Fuel New Growth Since launching in 2003, Three UK has largely focussed on selling into the consumer market.
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