Forget pounds, dollars, euros and the many other national currencies — a new form of money has arrived: virtual currencies that live online and in digital wallets. The latest entrant is Amazon Coins, a digital currency used for app, game and in-app purchases in Amazon’s Appstore. The primary advantage for consumers is typically lower cost. … Read more

Content delivery network Akamai has announced plans to throttle game downloads in order to reduce internet congestion. As many people stay at home to help “flatten the curve” of the coronavirus pandemic, online games have become an important way to socialize and maintain a sense of normalcy. But with millions globally downloading games and playing … Read more

Mobile forensics and data-transfer firm Cellebrite has unveiled a multi-channel diagnostics tool it says is the first of its kind in the wireless retail industry. Introduced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cellebrite estimates the new solution can shorten the phone repair and return process by as much as 60%. The diagnostic system runs a … Read more

Bharti Enterprises has announced plans to acquire a majority stake in BT Group, the United Kingdom’s leading broadband and mobile operator. Bharti will purchase about 24.5% of BT Group from its current largest shareholder, Altice. The acquisition will be executed via Bharti Global, the international investment arm of Bharti Enterprises. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and … Read more

(Image Credit: iStockPhoto/aradaphotography) The European Union has ruled that network-level blocking of content, including pornography, violates BEREC guidelines—even when intended to prevent exposure to minors. Opt-out content filters—services offered by internet service providers (ISPs) such as Sky and BT in the UK to reduce the likelihood that children encounter adult material—are now considered inconsistent with … Read more

Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri remains optimistic about the company’s role in the global 5G market despite ongoing financial challenges. Addressing shareholders at Nokia’s annual general meeting, Suri emphasized that the company’s broad portfolio gives it a competitive edge: “We offer wider portfolio elements that our competitors cannot match.” He argued that Nokia’s end-to-end capabilities position … Read more

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally approved the proposed merger between Vodafone and Three, subject to legally binding commitments and safeguards for consumers. Industry analysts say the CMA’s provisional approval represents a major step forward for the transaction. Kester Mann, Director of Consumer & Connectivity at CCS Insight, commented that Vodafone and Three … Read more

Meta has announced Project Waterworth, an unprecedented subsea cable infrastructure initiative intended to reshape global connectivity. When complete, the network will span more than 50,000 kilometres—longer than the circumference of the Earth—making it the largest subsea cable deployment ever undertaken. The plan is to connect multiple continents, including North America, South America, Asia and Africa, … Read more

A team of researchers has identified nearly a dozen vulnerabilities in 5G, demonstrating that the latest generation of mobile networks may not yet deliver the security improvements many expected. Researchers from the University of Iowa and Purdue University were able to carry out a variety of troubling attacks against 5G implementations. Examples of the attacks … Read more

The O-RAN Alliance, a global community advancing the open radio access network (O-RAN) ecosystem, has published a technical report evaluating several spectrum aggregation approaches. Led and initiated by Mavenir, the report examines the technical challenges and solutions for interconnecting Open Distributed Units (O-DUs) to enable carrier aggregation across multi-vendor deployments. A primary conclusion is the … Read more