Neowin News Feed for: Telecommunications

EE 5G Plus launch boosts network speeds for areas covering 50 million people

Paul Hill — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:32:01 +0000

EE is quietly reallocating spectrum across thousands of sites to fix indoor coverage and peak-time lag. See if your city is on the list for this massive connectivity upgrade. Read more...

AT&T is selling its remaining stake in DirecTV to focus on its core business

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 12:10:01 +0000

AT&T is selling its remaining stake of 70% in DirecTV to TPG and exiting fully from the entertainment industry. Read more...

Canonical sees 240% YoY growth in its channel partner program bolstering business products

Paul Hill — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 23:42:02 +0000

Canonical has revealed that it saw 240% growth year-over-year in its channel partner program. It said it has been working more closely with existing partners and building bridges with new partners. Read more...

California net neutrality laws survive legal attack from ISPs, perhaps setting national precedent

Alap Naik Desai — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:32:01 +0000

California's net neutrality laws are here to stay ruled an Appeal's court, delivering a severe blow to leading telcos and Internet Service Providers that had been strongly opposing them. Read more...

European tel firms want big tech platforms to bear some of the costs for 5G and fiber rollout

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:40:02 +0000

European telecommunications firms have put out a joint statement calling out big tech platforms to contribute to network investments and planning such as fiber and 5G rollout across the continent. Read more...

178 terabits per second is the new world record for internet speed

Garg Ankit — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 08:26:02 +0000

A team of engineers at the University College London have developed new technologies based on the existing fiber optics network of cables to achieve a record breaking speed of 178Tbps. Read more...

Nokia's sum of declared 5G patents crosses 2000 mark globally

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:20:01 +0000

Nokia Corporation announced today that the company has managed to declare upwards of 2,000 patents detailing inventions relating to 5G in compliance with the authoritative bodies around the world. Read more...

Huawei to help phone carriers develop 5G networks in the UK

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 15:12:01 +0000

A new report suggests that Chinese phone-maker Huawei is going to partner up with four of the UK's largest mobile phone carriers to develop 5G networks and technology in the nation. Read more...

T-Mobile and Sprint may need to set up a new carrier to win DOJ's approval

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 30 May 2019 14:50:01 +0000

The Department of Justice reportedly wants T-Mobile and Sprint to create a new carrier using their own network as part of the tradeoffs the companies need to make to win its approval for their merger. Read more...

Japan restricts foreign ownership of high-tech firms

Stergios Georgopoulos — Tue, 28 May 2019 01:36:02 +0000

The Japanese government announced that a new rule will come into effect in August that will prevent foreign companies from owning Japanese firms in IT, communications and other high-tech industries. Read more...

Vodafone's 5G network to go live for some customers across the UK on July 3

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 14 May 2019 13:56:01 +0000

Vodafone is planning to launch its 5G network across seven cities in the UK from July 3 before rolling it out to 12 more locations later this year. The first 5G phone will also go on sale next week. Read more...

Sprint and AT&T reach settlement over the latter's fake 5G branding

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 01:44:01 +0000

Sprint and AT&T have settled a lawsuit filed in February of this year over the latter's use of fake 5G branding on its mobile device offerings, a marketing stunt that was criticized by rivals. Read more...

Verizon's upgrade and activation fees drop to $20 in-app or online, to cost $40 in store

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:50:01 +0000

Starting on Thursday, Verizon will be charging customers $20 for a phone upgrade and line activation online or via its app. Either service will cost $40 in-store or via a phone call, though. Read more...

Both the U.S. and South Korea claim to have rolled out the first public 5G network

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 10:18:01 +0000

The U.S. and South Korea are now battling for the title of the first 5G network as Verizon launched its service in two cities a few hours after South Korea rolled out 5G access to six celebrities. Read more...

President Trump may sign an executive order banning Huawei and ZTE in the U.S.

Rich Woods — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:52:01 +0000

According to a new report, President Donald Trump might be issuing an executive order banning telecommunications equipment, such as 5G equipment, from Huawei and ZTE in the United States. Read more...

Huawei pledges $2 billion to address UK security fears

Paul Hill — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 18:44:01 +0000

Huawei has said it will pledge $2 billion to rectify security issues which were identified by the UK's GCHQ spy agency. The news was leaked by sources after Huawei met UK officials. Read more...

Nokia announces organizational overhaul as part of its 5G push

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:44:01 +0000

Nokia has announced today its new division called Access Networks, consisting of the Mobile and Fixed Networks business groups. It also named a new president of its Mobile Networks. Read more...

Nokia partners with Australian university to build skills for upcoming 5G technologies

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:02:01 +0000

Nokia and the University of Technology Sydney have announced the Nokia 5G Skills Accelerator to help student gain skills needed for the future. It hopes to attract 1,000 students in 2019. Read more...

Comcast acquires Sky for $40 billion, edging out Twenty-First Century Fox

Jay Bonggolto — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:20:01 +0000

Comcast has finally outbid 21st Century Fox in a long acquisition battle for British broadcaster Sky, after it raised its offer to £17.28 per share. The auction puts Sky's value at $40 billion. Read more...

The FCC is slapping AT&T with a $100 million fine for misleading unlimited data customers

Camden Krupala — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 09:40:01 +0000

The FCC is fining AT&T after an investigation concluded they misled millions of unlimited data customers by throttling their data and failing to adequately notify users of their plan's limitations. Read more...

NBN Co to own Telstra's and Optus' copper and HFC networks

Jerry Grey — Sun, 14 Dec 2014 11:40:01 +0000

NBN Co has renegotiated its deal with Telstra and Optus allowing it to take ownership of the current copper and HFC networks during its roll out of the National Broadband Network in Australia. Read more...

Nokia agrees to buy out Siemens' stake in joint venture

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 04:51:39 +0000

Nokia has agreed to buy out Siemens' stake in the telecommunications equipment joint venture between the two companies for $2.2 billion, the Lumia manufacturer has announced. Read more...

T-Mobile and MetroPCS announce merger agreement

Anthony Tosie — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:03:53 +0000

T-Mobile and MetroPCS have entered a merger agreement just one day after the companies announced they were considering a potential merger. The deal is worth $1.5 billion Read more...

Skype hits new record for active users

Matthew Jones — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:01:07 +0000

It appears last month's global outage did little to slow the growth of communications service Skype, with the service having hit a record 27 million simultaneous users yesterday. Gigaom spotted a tweet from Skype's official account... Read more...

The advantages of 4G infrastructure

Tzvi Friedman — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:40:01 +0000

We've heard a lot about Sprint's foray into the magical world of 4G communication, with its wondrous speeds (up to four times faster than 3G networks) and limited coverage areas. While it may be a... Read more...

British Telecommunications claims to own the Hyperlink Patent

Tue, 12 Feb 2002 16:33:29 +0000

Watch out, beacause they are claiming they should be paid for every Hyperlink used by millions of websites. /sigh "A British company claimed in federal court Monday that it owns the patent on... Read more...