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News & Views Most Popular Judge Rules Against Qualcomm in Antitrust Case By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/22/2019 A federal judge has ruled in favor of the FTC in its case claiming that Qualcomm harmed competition in two markets for modem chips through a combination of high royalty fees and predatory licensing practices. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: EE Gets to 5G First, Drops Huawei 5G Phones By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/22/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom's honeypots highlight hacker horrorshow; Ericsson sets up 5G hub in Moscow. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Can Huawei Survive Trump? By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/20/2019 The Chinese vendor's survival as an international force is now at stake following the latest moves by the US administration and tech companies. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Google & Tech Giants Cut Huawei Adrift By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/20/2019 The Chinese equipment giant is sent packing by a host of the world's biggest technology companies and faces a huge threat to its consumer business after Google holds back some Android goodies. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: US Huawei Ban Hits European Chipmakers By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/20/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: France resists US pressure to play hardball with Huawei; lampposts row threatens UK's 5G rollout; ADVA lands Openreach cell site gateway gig. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Here's How One Tiny Wireless Carrier Is Prepping for 5G By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/20/2019 Carolina West Wireless counts 300 towers and roughly 90,000 customers, and is still using a circuit-switched core network. But that's not stopping the operator from preparing for 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Android App Developers Get '5G Mode' By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/17/2019 A new API from Qualcomm promises to give Android Q app developers information about how fast users' 5G phones will go. But don't expect a 5G 'killer app' anytime soon. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: pave_lmachala The statement about bandwidth APIs seems to be an incorrect one as Google has... Advertisement Sprint's First 5G Devices Available May 31 By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 5/16/2019 Sprint will kick off preorders for the LG V50 ThinQ and the HTC 5G Hub on May 17. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Verizon Ramps Up 5G Advertising Alongside Galaxy S10 5G Launch By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/16/2019 Verizon launched the nation's first device with integrated 5G capability, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, and the company's CEO highlighted the operator's open approach to 5G partnerships. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G in the USA: More Mobile Steps By Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, 5/14/2019 Sprint perks up with first 5G launches and Verizon picks up another 20 5G mobile cities. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Here Are All the 5G Networks & Devices Around the World – Today By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/14/2019 As the 5G market gains momentum, new figures from the GSA and Ookla help highlight exactly where the global industry sits in terms of network rollouts and devices launched. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Podcast: The Big 5G Event & Big 5G Questions By Phil Harvey, US Bureau Chief, 5/13/2019 Light Reading's Ray Le Maistre and Phil Harvey were joined by two guests -- Light Reading's Mike Dano and US Ignite's Mari Silbey -- to sum up the state of 5G, why US cities are closely watching 5G deployments and what we can look forward to as 2019 rolls on. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Public Safety Agencies Don't See a Clear Path to 5G By Paul Kapustka, 5/10/2019 5G technology offers promise and potential to public safety agencies, but a long road ahead looms for implementation, according to panelists at the Big 5G Event. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Customers Flee Ahead of Sprint's Imminent 5G Launch By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/8/2019 Sprint said it will launch mobile 5G service in four major US cities in the next few weeks, but, in the meantime, tens of thousands of customers are discontinuing their Sprint service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Your 5G Icon Is Virtually Meaningless By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/6/2019 The GSMA recently recommended that phones show a 5G icon even when they can't find 5G NR coverage. Thus, it's clear that the relative simplicity of today's mostly ubiquitous '4G LTE' status icon is not going to carry over into the 5G future. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Open Fiber, Fastweb Extend Fiber Network in Italy By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 5/3/2019 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Pompeo heads for London to sound the Huawei alarm (again); Proximus revenue down in Q1; big-buttoned phones still rockin' it for Doro. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Qualcomm Eager for a 5G Christmas This Year By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/2/2019 Even a forecast of a summer smartphone slump can't dampen investors' enthusiasm for Qualcomm, which is on track to receive at least $4.5 billion from Apple as it rides into a 'material' 5G opportunity next year. Post a Comment \| Read (0) What Disney, Telcos & China's Social Credit System Have in Common By Iain Morris, News Editor, 5/2/2019 Big data is guiding your everyday decisions and the decisions that affect your life. It's no wonder that governments and corporations want in. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw Good article Iain. In defense of technology, the average life expectancy of... iPhone Apathy Bites Apple By Iain Morris, International Editor, 5/1/2019 Smartphone giant suffers a double-digit percentage fall in profit amid weak demand for the latest devices. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Orange Q1 Sales Dip in France Amid Tough Competition By Iain Morris, International Editor, 4/30/2019 The French telecom incumbent sees revenues fall at home for the first time in two years but still manages to grow earnings. Post a Comment \| Read (0) More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Android App Developers Get '5G Mode' By Mike Dano, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies, 5/17/2019 A new API from Qualcomm promises to give Android Q app developers information about how fast users' 5G phones will go. But don't expect a 5G 'killer app' anytime soon. Post a Comment \| Read (2 comments) Latest Comment: pave_lmachala The statement about bandwidth APIs seems to be an incorrect one as Google has... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards lily882, 5/22/2019 3:16:48 AM Huawei Has Billions Riding on Claim to Be 5G Patents Powerhouse Re: 5G era The situation is not so clear now. It is not just the technology. There are many eyes are on it. pave_lmachala, 5/19/2019 10:53:10 PM Android App Developers Get '5G Mode' Re: Incorrect statement about bandwidth API The statement about bandwidth APIs seems to be an incorrect one as Google has opened the issue in bug tracker: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/132461546 MikeP688, 5/18/2019 3:39:48 PM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Re: Fascinating Times.... Thanks for the thought--what is interesting iw how Verizon has now pretty much "zero'd out" this play--hasn't it? Cheers... jonsnow1221, 5/18/2019 12:37:53 AM Verizon's $4.4B AOL Buy a Digital Media Play Re: Re: Fascinating Times.... By the post, we get to know how the Verizon is doing many changes in the field of technology and the thing is that I have also tried the application related to the 5g services. Epson error code e-01 MindCommerce, 5/17/2019 12:08:25 PM Android App Developers Get '5G Mode' Re: Use Case for this Capability? Testing? Is the use case for this capability only testing? Any other purpose? MindCommerce, 5/8/2019 4:23:38 PM Huawei Has Billions Riding on Claim to Be 5G Patents Powerhouse Re: No Doubt the 5G Patent Wars are Coming... However, it may be a while before anyone seeks to file complaints because everyone is trying to determine ROI for many use cases, which translates into damages from a dispute perspective. Look for enterprise and industrial... James_B_Crawshaw, 5/2/2019 5:33:36 PM What Disney, Telcos & China's Social Credit System Have in Common Re: I, for one, welcome our robot overlords Good article Iain. In defense of technology, the average life expectancy of humans has gone up a lot in the last 200 years. And although we can't measure it, I believe that happiness levels have risen too. Forster, Orwell,... josephkarl, 4/18/2019 6:18:01 AM Apple, Qualcomm Truce May Pave the Way for 5G iPhone Re: 5g mobile By the post, we can see how the companies are making their products accessible to 5g service. I have once got a new device when the 4g service has come but at that time I got outlook 0x8004010f because the connectivity... sinan7, 4/16/2019 10:13:12 PM Apple, Qualcomm Truce May Pave the Way for 5G iPhone Re: Intel's April 16 Announcemnt Right on cue ... https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/intel-modem-statement/#gs.63jwwb SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 16, 2019 – Intel Corporation today announced its intention to exit the 5G smartphone modem... Phil Harvey, 4/16/2019 6:09:04 PM DoJ Staffers Signal Early Checkout for Sprint, T-Mobile Merger Re: Legere calls WSJ story "untrue" UPDATED at 6:09 PM ET to include Legere's denial, via Twitter. -ph DanAthkins, 4/16/2019 9:21:11 AM MWC 2018 Threatens to Be 5G New Radio Bore Re: Where to buy supreme for cheap We often want to buy something for cheap but the quality is low. Doesn't matter what it is: food or cloth. If we are speaking about supreme essay - there is no doubts about quality if you buy if from us! tamdavid0210, 4/12/2019 6:29:13 AM Can Telecom Ward Off Robocall Regs? Re: Thanks Thank you! iainmorris, 4/10/2019 12:10:16 PM Putting a Sigfox in Canada's IoT Henhouse Re: Update to pricing information in the original version of this story, the pricing details were mistakenly said to be "annual" rates, based on information provided by Sigfox Canada. They should actually have referred to monthly rates, Light Reading has... iotman, 4/9/2019 7:18:18 PM Putting a Sigfox in Canada's IoT Henhouse Re: Its Dead.... dead I tells you I hope our Canadian friends do their research first. The technology is great for a proof of concept or trial, but they would be crazy to think that NB-IOT wont follow CAT-M and be available from every base station in the... Davidgille, 4/5/2019 2:12:32 AM Eurobites: ARM Eyes $600M Data Analytics Deal – Report Re: report on Eurobites The post offers a report on Eurobites: ARM Eyes $600M Data Analytics Deal. It says that in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom starts next stage of "super vectoring" squash; BT gives a boost to cyber security... More Message Boards		Security Now Suppliers Cut Off Huawei Larry Loeb, Author, 5/22/2019 If Android is to 'fork' following Huawei's isolation, the enterprise needs to ... (3 comments) Does 'Client Hints' Leave Fingerprints? Larry Loeb, Author, 5/21/2019 New web standard allows third-party services to obtain in-depth details about ... (5 comments) GO TO Security Now Broadband World News BBWN Bites: ARM & BT Guard Against Huawei Ban Alison Diana, Editor, Broadband World News, 5/22/2019 British heavyweights ARM and BT opt to shut out Huawei: BT will not include the ... 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