Take a bird’s eye view of the global smartphone market 

The global smartphone market is continuing to make steady progress following the COVID induced slowdown of 2020, even showing positive signs of buoyancy. As the new roaring twenties gathers pace,

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Global smartphone shipments fall 9% in Q2 2022 as economic headwinds blow

Worldwide smartphone shipments fell 9% year on year in Q2 2022. Demand has started to wane following economic headwinds and regional uncertainty. Samsung took first place with a 21% market share

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Biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments to reach US$1.2trn globally by 2027

Basingstoke, UK. 8 June 2022 – A new study from Juniper Research has found that the value of biometrically authenticated remote mobile payments will reach $1.2 trillion (€1.12 trillion) globally

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eSIM support comes to Vodafone UK smartphones

Vodafone UK now supports eSIMs in smartphones on its Pay Monthly plans, a convenient new technology supported by few other mobile network operators in the UK.

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Regulators are slowing mobile consolidation

Mobile operators realise that consolidation in most mature markets in inevitable, it’s just a shame that the regulatory regime has a habit of slowing things down. Business technology journalist, Antony

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A bird’s eye view of today’s global smartphone market

The global smartphone market is continuing to make steady progress following the COVID induced slowdown of 2020, even showing positive signs of buoyancy. As the new ‘Roaring Twenties’ gathers pace,

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What is your phone telling the police?

It used to be the prerogative of God to know more about me than I knew about myself. Now it seems that Facebook, Amazon and Apple have usurped that role,

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Lessons from the iPhone revolution for open 5G disruption

“One more thing” was the way Steve Jobs famously teased the launch of new Apple products, including the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. That “thing” turned out to be one of

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Kicked around by governments but Chinese player proves worth on R&D

Only Google now spends more than Huawei on global research & development (R&D), with both companies’ investments helping to greatly stimulate international markets and generate jobs. Business technology journalist, Antony

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Bridging the geographical digital divide

Access to the internet is still an issue for many people across the globe the most recent data collected by DataReportal revealed that just over 40% of the world’s total population don’t

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