A widespread cellular outage has affected large areas of the United States, disrupting services from major carriers including AT&T, Verizon, and T‑Mobile. Data from outage tracker Downdetector showed more than 32,000 AT&T incident reports around 4:30 a.m. Eastern Time. The outage impacted multiple metropolitan areas such as San Francisco, Houston, and Chicago, according to the … Read more

Citizens across the European Union have long supported the removal of roaming charges. Many travellers have come home from vacations or business trips surprised by modest usage that resulted in shockingly high bills. Thanks to the efforts of Neelie Kroes, former Vice President of the European Commission, mobile operators’ excessive roaming fees are scheduled to … Read more

To maintain its position as a global leader in key technology sectors, the European Union will invest €22 billion in research and innovation. This funding aims not only to advance critical industries but also to create and secure jobs for the future. The investment will concentrate primarily on five public-private partnerships in the areas of … Read more

The days of the digital SLR are far from over, but the landscape around them is changing rapidly. Some manufacturers are already exploring hybrid devices that combine traditional camera hardware with smartphone-style software, and it’s impossible to ignore how much mobile phone cameras have improved in recent years. As a recent buyer of a DSLR—a … Read more

It has not been a good week for Chinese telecoms giant ZTE. Alongside a significant drop in profits, reports suggest that as many as 12,000 employees could be laid off as part of a major cost-cutting program. A report from Marbridge Consulting, citing an internal source, states that ZTE has already conducted three rounds of … Read more

Liberty Global has completed the acquisition of Swiss operator Sunrise Communications. The telecoms group purchased Sunrise for 6.8 billion Swiss francs (approximately $7.4 billion), a move that positions Sunrise as a significantly stronger competitor to Swisscom in the Swiss market. Swisscom currently holds roughly 60% of Switzerland’s mobile market share, making this acquisition a strategic … Read more

After public outcry over many of America’s major tech companies being tied to the National Security Agency’s controversial PRISM program, several firms vowed to increase transparency about government data requests. Microsoft, in particular, committed to doing everything within the law to protect customers from intrusive government demands. In a TechNet blog post published today, Microsoft … Read more

EE has announced the launch of its 5G network and revealed plans to develop new experiences in partnership with Google and Niantic. The UK’s largest mobile operator will switch on 5G on May 30th in six initial cities: London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, and Manchester. Later in the year, the BT-owned network plans to expand … Read more

Sprint and T-Mobile have received approval from the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) for their proposed $26 billion merger. “Today marks an incredibly important step forward for the New T‑Mobile. We are ready to bring this supercharged Un‑carrier to consumers and businesses across the country, and this milestone brings us much closer to making that … Read more

Migrating the UK’s critical national infrastructure (CNI) from aging analogue networks to modern digital services could deliver a net economic benefit of more than £3 billion by 2040. A study by Assembly Research, published today by BT, highlights the significant financial, social and environmental benefits of this transition while warning about the rising cost of … Read more