By Jonathan Easton Entertainment tech company Xperi and set-top box maker TiVo have completed their merger to create a US$3 billion firm. The merger, initially announced at the end of 2019, will see the new company adopt the Xperi name, but continue to sell products under the TiVo branding while...

By Ifeoma Asika ZTE Corporation, a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the Mobile Internet, has  announced that the Guangdong branch of China Mobile and Migu, China Mobile’s entertainment and data service subsidiary, and ZTE have completed the industry’s first pre-commercial trial of 8K VR...

By Cyber Era Senior Correspondent A subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.,  at Augmented World Expo (AWE),  has celebrated the milestone of partnering with global operators, smartphone OEMs and XR viewer manufacturers to deliver XR viewers to consumers and enterprises within the next year. Since Qualcomm Technologies’ device category...

By Precious John West Africa’s premier connectivity and data center solution provider, MainOne has been entrusted by the State of Burkina Faso, backed by the World Bank, to provide bulk connectivity services to a consortium of operators through the PAV-Burkina Cooperative, for the next three (3) years. Following an international...

Mobile US partnered with Google to speed an expansion of rich communication services (RCS), allowing the former’s customers to use advanced capabilities when messaging Android users in other countries. To take advantage of the new feature, T-Mobile said its pre- and post-paid customers must use one of the nearly 40...

By Ifeoma Asika Nokia has announced that it has joined the Open RAN Policy Coalition to help enable a comprehensive and secure approach to 5G and future network generations. Alongside its customers and other industry stakeholders, Nokia will help shape policy choices that will impact how wireless networks are built,...

By Chinedu Nwosu The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Wilson Sporting Goods Co. announced a multiyear global partnership that will make Wilson the official game ball of the NBA, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League (BAL). The partnership will tip off...

Telefonica and Liberty Global agreed a blockbuster deal to merge UK mobile operator O2 with fixed provider Virgin Media and pump £10 billion(US$12.41billion) into the market over five years, drastically stepping-up competition to BT. The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to create synergies of £6.2 billion...

By Ifeoma Asika The African Energy Chamber has become a signatory to the Equal by 30 Campaign which calls for equal pay, equal leadership and equal opportunities for women in the clean energy sector by 2030. The Chamber has been joined in this initiative by a series of its partners,...

A group of 31 big name operators and technology companies sought to bolster technical work on open RAN by teaming to promote government programmes favouring research and adoption of the approach. The Open RAN Policy Coalition includes AT&T, Amazon Web Services, Facebook, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Rakuten Mobile, Samsung...