Samsung might have given us another look at its upcoming foldable phone in a leaked teaser for an event later this month. The company’s Vietnam branch posted a video meant for its Feb. 20 Samsung Unpacked event on YouTube, XDA reported Thursday. The foldable phone video has since been deleted from their channel (but not …
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Wireless carriers have spent millions of dollars and years for preparing for one day. Which makes sense when that single day is the 2019 Super Bowl. The carriers have installed hundreds of new antennas and small cells (think mini cellular towers) in and around Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to increase the capacity of the network for the more than 1 …
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Sprint can’t wait to team up with T-Mobile. And yet it’s already been a long, long wait. The smallest nationwide carrier on Thursday posted a fiscal third-quarter loss of $141 million, or 3 cents a share, compared with a year-ago profit of $7.16 billion, or $1.79 a share, which had the advantage of a huge bump from the 2018 tax …
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In hindsight, AT&T’s Time Warner acquisition looks pretty good. The business, now renamed WarnerMedia, gave AT&T a few things to crow about in its fourth-quarter earnings released Wednesday. They include WarnerMedia’s operating income growth of 33.2 percent, a popular slate of films like the blockbuster Aquaman and strong digital subscriber growth for HBO. Offsetting that positive news, however, were continued …
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Apple’s not the only tech giant being hurt by a slowdown in the smartphone market. Samsung on Wednesday reported a steep drop in revenue and profits, just as it had warned earlier this month. Most of its businesses, from chips to displays, felt the effects of stronger competition and weaker demand in the handset sector. Its smartphone sales declined, memory chips …
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Australia: It’s time to gird your loins for the arrival of 5G. The next generation of mobile connectivity is hitting milestone after milestone as it rolls out across the world, ready to bring super fast speeds, low ping times and ubiquitous connectivity to devices around the world. The latest milestone comes from Optus, which on Thursday announced its big plans …
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Qualcomm may be facing fire for its licensing practices, but it managed to reach an interim agreement with one previously resistant handset maker. The company on Wednesday said Huawei, the world’s second-biggest smartphone company, has signed a short-term licensing agreement with Qualcomm. The deal, reached in Qualcomm’s fiscal first quarter that ended Dec. 30, runs through the company’s fiscal third …
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There’s a reason Verizon can’t stop talking about 5G. The next-generation cellular technology promises a massive speed boost, as well as a network that’s smart and responsive enough to connect thousands of different devices around us — so it’s a sexy topic. What’s not sexy? Verizon’s fourth-quarter results. The mixed bag, with slightly better earnings and slightly disappointing revenue amid …
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The US Department of Justice on Monday charged Huawei with theft of trade secrets, wire fraud and obstruction of justice. A 10-count indictment alleges that China’s Huawei stole trade secrets from US carrier T-Mobile beginning in 2012. Huawei also allegedly offered bonuses to employees who stole confidential information from companies. In addition, a 13-count indictment charged four defendants, including Huawei …
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T-Mobile and Sprint executives are headed back to Washington, DC, next month to defend their planned $26 billion merger, as Democrats in the House of Representatives scrutinize the deal. T-Mobile CEO John Legere and Sprint Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure have agreed to testify on Feb. 13 in a joint hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House …
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