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Mobile Industry

Renewed enthusiasm for 5G infrastructure at MWC 2023

Why it matters: While there hasn't been a whole lot of groundbreaking 5G news on the consumer front for some time, it's clear there's a whole lot of work and innovation happening in another part of the 5G ecosystem: infrastructure. There's growing activity from traditional "compute" industry vendors eager to make an impact on the telco world. Everyone from chip companies like AMD, to server hardware manufacturers such as Dell, to software houses like Red Hat are doubling down on their efforts to help disrupt the market.

Full story By Bob O’Donnell, February 23, 2023, 10:33 AM

Tech Culture The Web

Facebook in the Metaverse of Madness

The technology is just not there yet, and the entire concept might not be either

By Jonathan Goldberg, November 7, 2022, 11:10 AM 17 comments

Apple Hardware

Apple's homegrown 5G modem won't be ready for 2023 iPhones after all

Qualcomm will supply most of the 5G chips in next year's iPhone

By Shawn Knight, November 3, 2022, 11:32 AM

Mobile

Some 5G users think the technology has been overhyped, fail to notice speed improvements

Are you apathetic about 5G?

By Rob Thubron, October 27, 2022, 6:58 AM 33 comments

Mobile

AT&T walks back promise to support 3.45GHz on older phones

Support for 3.5GHz on AT&T narrows

By Shawn Knight, September 16, 2022, 11:37 AM 8 comments

Great Phones For Less Than $500: Affordable Choices, Excellent Value

FEATURE By Humza Aamir, July 18, 2022, 6:05 AM TechSpot Mobile

You won't get the latest SoC, camera tech, and a few other bells and whistles with our great value choices, however, these phones are capable of handling almost everything you can throw at them.

Mobile Industry

Private 5G networks: new study highlights opportunities and challenges ahead

Real-world benefits of private 5G are more nuanced than initially believed

By Bob O’Donnell, July 12, 2022, 9:42 AM

Mobile Industry

5G subscriptions to top 1 billion by the end of 2022

5G is the fastest-deployed mobile technology generation ever

By Shawn Knight, June 22, 2022, 2:38 PM

Mobile

OnePlus expands Nord budget lineup with the $282 N20 5G

Latest entry gets a cleaner design, drops the 90Hz LCD of the older model for a slower AMOLED panel

By Humza Aamir, April 20, 2022, 8:08 AM

Mobile

Samsung refreshes the Galaxy A series with three new 5G phones

The new phones feature four rear cameras, Super AMOLED displays and 5,000mAh batteries

By Joao Silva, March 18, 2022, 3:14 PM 8 comments

Mobile Hardware

Global 5G phone sales surpassed those of 4G handsets for the first time in January 2022

Thanks in no small part to Apple's 5G iPhones

By Adrian Potoroaca, March 17, 2022, 2:23 PM 10 comments

Apple Hardware

Watch Apple reveal the new 5G iPhone SE right here at 10am PT / 1pm ET

A new iPad Air, Mac mini, and other devices could also be unveiled

By Rob Thubron, March 8, 2022, 6:51 AM

Industry Electronics

Wi-Fi 7 ready: Qualcomm demos future of connectivity with new chipsets

A recent study by Comcast found that nearly half of US respondents viewed Wi-Fi as more important than reliable transportation in their daily lives

By Bob O’Donnell, March 3, 2022, 7:33 AM

Apple Hardware

Apple will host the 'Peek Performance' event on March 8

New 5G iPhone SE, new iPad Air, possible new colorful Mac

By Adrian Potoroaca, March 2, 2022, 3:57 PM

Mobile Hardware

Snapdragon X70 5G modem packs an AI processor to improve signal strength and power efficiency

Qualcomm's next-gen 5G modem

By Shawn Knight, February 28, 2022, 11:13 AM

Mobile Industry

The status of 5G edge computing as we see challenges remain

It's still early days

By Bob O’Donnell, February 25, 2022, 5:34 AM

Mobile The Web

AT&T's 3G shutdown won't just affect old phones

Alarm and car emergency systems still need to upgrade

By Daniel Sims, February 18, 2022, 4:59 PM 10 comments

The Web Industry

The 5G market in the U.S. just got much more interesting

The spectrum-grab has a few years in the making

By Bob O’Donnell, January 21, 2022, 7:18 AM

Mobile

AT&T's C-Band 5G rollout gets going in eight metro areas

Wireless carriers are not happy with the FFA's response to the deployment

By Shawn Knight, January 20, 2022, 1:08 PM

Mobile The Web

Airlines warn of flight chaos following tomorrow's 5G deployment

Will thousands of Americans really be stranded overseas?

By Rob Thubron, January 18, 2022, 7:49 AM 25 comments

Industry The Web

Private 5G networks are becoming a thing, and Amazon's AWS wants to have a say on it

AWS means to rewrite the rules for private 5G

By Bob O'Donnell, December 8, 2021, 8:48 AM

Apple Mobile

Apple commissions TSMC to build custom 5G modem for iPhone

Apple wants to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm

By Shawn Knight, November 24, 2021, 12:44 PM

Hardware Industry

Qualcomm sets forth ambitious roadmap that includes car tech design wins and powerful PC chips

Qualcomm expands its view to the connected edge

By Bob O’Donnell, November 17, 2021, 10:28 AM

Industry Mobile

Cricket drops 8Mbps speed cap and adds 5G access to all rate plans

Cricket rolls out 5G access to all subscribers

By Shawn Knight, October 29, 2021, 11:13 AM 9 comments

Mobile

Nokia introduces new ultra-affordable 5G smartphone, the G300

The Nokia G300 will be priced at $200 and is coming out on October 19th

By Joao Silva, October 12, 2021, 11:19 AM