Consumers aren’t flocking to buy mobile phones like they used to. This year it’s estimated that global shipments of mobile phones will decline by 68 million units, or 3.8%, compared to the preceding year, according to a report released Wednesday by Gartner. The research firm projects this as the worst decrease to date for smartphones. The …
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The US Justice Department is weighing in on Qualcomm’s appeal of a ruling that declared the chip giant to be a monopoly. And the government’s citing national security and 5G leadership as reasons for an appeals court to let Qualcomm delay renegotiating its licensing contracts. The Justice Department on Tuesday filed an amicus brief with the US Court of Appeals …
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Prime Day sales are in full bloom and have certainly attracted the attention of Amazon’s retail rivals. If you’re not an Amazon Prime member (or you’re protesting Amazon), then you shop competing sales at Walmart, eBay and Best Buy. Like Amazon’s Prime Day, Best Buy’s flash sale ends tomorrow. (Procrastinating night owls should know that Best Buy’s sale ends two hours sooner …
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5G buzz is everywhere. Billboards display the latest, fastest gadgets like Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G, TV ads tout the benefits of the fast speeds and carriers are jockeying for title of best 5G network. But with 5G networks in the US only a few months old, your 4G phone isn’t destined for the junk heap yet. In fact, the ramp-up …
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It’s one thing for wireless carriers like Verizon and Sprint to show off 5G speeds in this or that city. It’s another to test the same phone on two different networks in the same town for a taste of how 5G competition is heating up. That’s exactly what I did today in Chicago — testing peak and real-world 5G speeds …
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AT&T’s super speedy 5G network is coming to the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League in Las Vegas this month, the carrier said Wednesday. AT&T will work with the NBA to use 5G to stream video at games on July 10 and 11. 5G, the next-generation mobile technology, provides faster speeds, more capacity and lower latency (the time it takes a …
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The Federal Communications Commission has voted to free up another band of wireless spectrum for next-generation 5G wireless service. But the vote wasn’t without controversy. On Wednesday, the agency voted 3-2 to auction spectrum in the 2.5GHz band. This sliver of airwaves, known as the Educational Broadband Service, had been set aside for educational purposes during the 1960s. License holders …
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Until its appeal is heard, Qualcomm has asked for a delay to reforms ordered by a district court, including the requirement that the chipmaker must renegotiate licensing deals with phone makers. And it’s using the 5G race to help justify a reprieve. The company on Monday filed a motion with the US Appeals Court for the Ninth Circuit, asking the …
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When Apple announced on Thursday that Jony Ive was leaving the company, I immediately thought back to when David Letterman retired from his Late Show in May 2015. After walking away to spend more time with his family, Letterman launched another talk show three and a half years later called My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman. It …
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Qualcomm has to renegotiate licensing agreements with handset makers before its appeal is heard, a judge ruled Wednesday, dealing another blow to the chipmaker in the antitrust case that could upend its entire business model. The company, which in May lost an antitrust case and was found to be a monopoly in wireless chips, had asked US District Court Judge …
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