Ban on Chinese telecoms vendors would add $62bn to Europe’s 5G bill June 7, 2019 A ban on buying telecoms equipment from Chinese vendors would add $62bn (£48bn) to the cost of 5G networks in Europe, according to an industry analysis. The Trump administration blacklisted purchases Huawei in May as part of a long-running dispute with the company. The United States alleges that Huawei is too close to the Chinese [...]
Samsung cuts output at its last Chinese smartphone factory June 5, 2019 Samsung will cut production at its last remaining smartphone factory in China, as its loses ground on domestic rivals. Read more: Trump: US and UK will reach an agreement on Huawei The reduction comes just six months after the South Korean firm announced the closure of its factory in Tianjin. Another factory in Shenzhen closed [...]
Words, psychology, and marketing – why Verbalisation founder Sven Hughes wants to know how you talk June 3, 2019 I’ve never been psychoanalysed before. But upon entering the conference room with Sven Hughes, founder of strategic communications consultancy Verbalisation, he presents me with a handful of my recent articles, points out how all the introductions share similar traits, and explains what this supposedly says about me. For instance, early in each intro, I use [...]
Welcome to the future: EE 5G lands in London and five other UK cities May 30, 2019 EE’s 5G network went live in six cities today, bringing the new technology to the UK for the first time. Read more: EE and Vodafone ditch Huawei devices from summer 5G rollout London, Birmingham, Manchester, Cardiff and Belfast are the first locations to benefit from the new mobile network, which will offer users data speeds [...]
Prosecutors look to arrest Samsung Biologics chief executive amid accounting probe May 22, 2019 Prosecutors in South Korea have asked a court to grant an arrest warrant against the chief executive of Samsung Biologics after an accounting scandal shook the business, Korean news agency Yonhap has reported. Prosecutors suspect that chief executive Kim Tae-han ordered employees to destroy evidence around accounting fraud at the company, Yonhap reported, citing the Seoul Central [...]
Chipmaker Infineon suspends shipments to Huawei May 20, 2019 German chipmaker Infineon has reportedly suspended shipments to Huawei, becoming the latest firm to cut ties with the Chinese telecoms giant. Infineon’s decision to stop deliveries comes after the Trump administration blacklisted Huawei, which is the world’s second largest smartphone maker after Samsung, and Google restricted the company from some updates to the Android operating [...]
OnePlus 7 Pro review: OnePlus went all out on its first super-premium phone, and created something incredible May 15, 2019 OnePlus takes the war on bezels very seriously. Having valiantly whittled down the notch of last year’s OnePlus 6T to a single-lens nipple-nubbin, zealous OnePlus engineers have obliterated it completely in the newly launched OnePlus 7 Pro. Announced this week, the company’s very first premium, no-holds-barred flagship is nothin’ but screen – top to bottom, [...]
Here’s a closer look at Google’s new budget Pixel phones, the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL May 7, 2019 Google has just announced two new additions to its lineup of Pixel phones at its annual Google I/O event in California. The Pixel 3a and the Pixel 3a XL will start at the relatively piddling sum of £399 (compared to £739 for the Pixel 3) and are positioned as a pair of wallet-friendly, value-for-money alternatives [...]
London startup Checkout.com raises $230m in Europe’s largest ever fintech series A May 2, 2019 London-based fintech firm Checkout.com has raised $230m (£176.6m) from investors Insight Partners and DST Global, marking the largest European early-stage fintech raise to date. It is also the largest series A fintech fundraise globally of all time. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, Blossom Capital, Endeavor Catalyst and other strategic investors also participated in the round. With [...]
Game of phones: Apple predicts iPhone rebound as Samsung tanks April 30, 2019 Apple beat Wall Street estimates on both revenue and profit last night, as the tech giant forecast a comeback in iPhone sales later this year. The move followed rival Samsung reporting its worst profit drop in two years, falling 63 per cent year-on-year to 6.2 trillion won (£4bn). Smartphone companies worldwide have been hurt by [...]