While many expect finance or healthcare to be next on the list of global serial disruptors, small players have cooked up the ingredients that could well marginalize today’s prevailing telco business models globally.
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What President Trump Doesn’t Know About ZTE
David Kline Contributor David Kline is a journalist, author and intellectual property strategist. More posts by this contributor A new (old) way for product makers to defeat patent roadblocks After meeting with Chinese Vice Premiere Liu He this week, President Trump is still considering easing penalties on Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE over its violation of […]
View More What President Trump Doesn’t Know About ZTEParticle brings an LTE cellular model to market for networked devices working off of 2G and 3G
Particle, a developer of networking hardware and software for connected devices, has released an LTE-enabled module for product developers. The new device specifically targets folks whose devices were reliant on retiring 2G and 3G networks, according to the company, and includes built-in cloud and SIM support. Even as big telecom companies and vendors move ahead […]
View More Particle brings an LTE cellular model to market for networked devices working off of 2G and 3GRussia starts blocking Telegram for failing to turn over encryption keys
The Russian state telecommunication regulator has began blocking Telegram as expected. This comes after the messaging company refused to give Russian security services encryption keys. The service is expected to be blocked within the coming hours. According to several reports Telegram is still operational in the country though several service providers have started blocking the […]
View More Russia starts blocking Telegram for failing to turn over encryption keysVerizon will start locking its phones right when you buy them
The days of buying unlocked phones are over.
Verizon is joining other phone carriers in the practice of keeping phones locked for a certain time period after purchase. That means you can’t buy a Verizon phone and start using it on a different network…
The T-Mobile and Sprint merger is off — again
T-Mobile and Sprint won’t be joining forces after all.
The two companies ended a months-long negotiation to merge after failing “to find mutually agreeable terms,” they said in a joint statement released early Sunday. The move marks the second time i…