Federal Communications Commissioner Geoffrey Starks is leading an effort to scrub US telecommunications networks of gear from companies such as Huawei that’re thought of as a threat to the country’s security. With US operators racing toward deploying gear to build the next generation of wireless, known as 5G, the Commerce Department has blacklisted Huawei and …
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Will Dish be the savior to T-Mobile and Sprint’s $26 billion merger? It depends on which report you want to believe. After recently being rumored to have interest in swooping up the assets T-Mobile and Sprint would divest, on Friday the New York Post reported that Dish CEO Charlie Ergen could be “months away” from completing the deal. By combining …
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Sprint’s 5G lineup is expanding. After launching its network in four cities last month, the nation’s fourth-largest carrier Friday became the third carrier to offer the Galaxy S10 5G. Currently only available in “5G areas,” Samsung’s 5G phone joins the LG V50 ThinQ 5G phone and HTC 5G Hub, a home hotspot, in the carrier’s 5G stable. Unlike AT&T, which this …
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An image of a Tesla edition of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is apparently fake, with a render being traced back to a YouTube creator. The YouTuber produced the picture as a theoretical concept of a Tesla-Samsung partnership, Tom’s Guide reported Friday. Weibo had earlier said the Tesla Galaxy Note 10 device would be launching in future. Samsung’s Galaxy …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere is stumping for his company’s merger with Sprint again, arguing that the combined entity would be the only carrier to bring 5G nationwide, because rivals AT&T and Verizon are “locked in a meaningless race just to claim they’re first.” In a blog post Thursday, Legere said the new T-Mobile would “fix the broken, arrogant wireless industry.” …
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Chinese mobile phone maker Huawei is set to lose $30 billion this year because of trade problems with the US and other countries around the world. But the company’s CEO, Ren Zhengfei, isn’t stressing out about it, he told CNBC in an interview on Wednesday. Huawei’s original forecast for this year was $130 billion, but at an event on Monday, …
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T-Mobile and Sprint are nearing a $6 billion payday for their assets in a move to gain regulatory approval for their $26.5 billion merger, with satellite TV provider Dish Network the buyer, a report says. The assets reportedly include the Boost Mobile prepaid wireless service and wireless spectrum. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai greenlit the merger in May, on …
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Samsung will show off its Galaxy Note 10 during a flashy Unpacked event on Aug. 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, according to people familiar with Samsung’s plans. The venue is the same place the South Korean technology giant launched the Note 9 last year. Now playing: Watch this: Samsung hits the brakes on Galaxy Fold release 4:56 Since …
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The Federal Communications Commission is set to decide whether to auction off 2.5GHz spectrum for 5G mobile use. The meeting on July 10 is part of the Facilitating America’s Superiority in 5G Technology (5G Fast) program, FCC Chair Ajit Pai said Tuesday. 5G, already launched in the US by Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, is the next-generation network being used by …
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Verizon has another 5G phone coming for customers ready to experience a faster mobile network. However, those folks with the new device will have to be in certain areas to notice the difference. LG’s V50 ThinQ 5G phone will go on sale Thursday for Verizon customers for $999 according to a press release Tuesday. This will be the third phone …
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