Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., the lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, stands next to a United States flag July 20, 1969 during an Apollo 11 Extravehicular Activity (EVA) on the surface of the Moon. NASA | Newsmakers | Hulton Archive | Getty Images If we were to fall asleep today and … Read more
An EE mobile phone store, operated by BT Group, in Reading, U.K. in 2020. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images BARCELONA, Spain — British telecommunications giant BT says it expects to launch its first so-called stand-alone 5G network in 2024. Howard Watson, BT’s chief technology officer, told CNBC that the telco group plans to … Read more
A worker climbs on a cellular communication tower in Oakland, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A cellular outage early on Thursday hit thousands of AT&T users in the United States, disrupting calls and text messages as well as emergency services in major cities including San Francisco. About 58,000 incidents were reported around noon ET, … Read more
The Grinch Source: Universal Studios It’s human nature for a new year to bring optimism and hope. For executives, investors and employees in the entertainment and telecommunications industries, 2024 is set to disappoint. Maybe that’s too grinchy. Some things will get better. The actors’ and writers’ strikes are over. The 2024 U.S. presidential election should … Read more
Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani attends the Rakuren Expo 2022 at Grand Prince Hotel Shintakanawa on July 21, 2022 in Tokyo, Japan. Jun Sato | Wireimage | Getty Images Rakuten and German telco 1&1 on Friday launched a mobile network based on a new type of architecture as the Japanese giant looks to boost its loss-making … Read more
A Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra smartphone. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg via Getty Images Smartphones with displays capable of repairing themselves could start appearing on the market by 2028, according to analyst firm CCS Insight. In its roundup of top tech predictions for 2024 and beyond, CCS Insight said that it expects smartphone makers to begin … Read more
The BT Group emblem is displayed on a smartphone. Sopa Photographs | Lightrocket | Getty Photographs LONDON — Britain’s largest cellular and broadband provider BT Group on Monday appointed Allison Kirkby to succeed Philip Jansen as chief govt, saying the change would happen towards the top of January 2024 on the newest. Kirkby has beforehand … Read more
An indication outdoors a Vodafone Group Plc cell phone retailer in London, U.Ok. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Photos Vodafone and CK Hutchison, which owns the Three UK cell community, agreed to merge their U.Ok. companies, following talks which have been ongoing since final yr, the businesses stated Wednesday. Vodafone will personal 51% of … Read more