Four Australian carriers secure 5G spectrum in the 3.6 GHz band

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Four Australian carriers secure 5G spectrum in the 3.6 GHz band  Telecom regulator ACMA said Australia raised over $615 million during the process   Four mobile carriers have won 5G spectrum in the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA)’s latest spectrum auction in the 3.6 GHz band. The regulator said it raised approximately AUD 853 […]

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China issues spectrum for nationwide 5G trials

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China issues spectrum for nationwide 5G trials  The Chinese government said that the new licenses will be valid until 2020 China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has issued nationwide 5G trial licenses to the country’s three mobile operators. China Unicom said it has been approved to use the 3.5 GHz to 3.6 GHz […]

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FCC to investigate Mobility Fund coverage mapping

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FCC to investigate Mobility Fund coverage mappingWith more than $4.5 billion at stake over the next decade, the Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into the accuracy of maps representing national carriers’ LTE coverage in rural areas that would potentially qualify for federal subsidies. The accuracy of those maps in representing in granular detail […]

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Verizon CEO sees home broadband as a ‘big opportunity’

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Verizon CEO sees home broadband as a ‘big opportunity’5G is one network, multiple use cases, Verizon CEO says Last week at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg touted the carrier’s 5G home residential broadband service as complementing its wired Fios offering while extending the ability to provide a wireless alternative […]

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Qualcomm looks to bring 5G to PCs in 2019

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Qualcomm looks to bring 5G to PCs in 2019Always-connected PCs to get boost with Snapdragon 8cx While Qualcomm is best known for powering smartphones, the chip vendor has been fine-tuning its approach to what it calls “always-connected” PCs, and last week announced a new compute platform it sees providing an evolutionary path to 5G-connected PCs […]

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Book review: Not All Dead White Men, by Donna Zuckerberg

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Book review: Not All Dead White Men, by Donna ZuckerbergIt’s hard to deny that Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age (Harvard University Press, £20, ISBN 9780674975552) is made just that bit more interesting given that it comes from the pen of the sole Zuckerberg sibling not to have worked in tech. Zuckerberg […]

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Books: Get the lowdown on how artificial intelligence could affect your life

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Books: Get the lowdown on how artificial intelligence could affect your lifeWarnings of how vulnerable different professions are to automation have become a popular theme during 2018. From the most low-skill tasks to sophisticated jobs like medical diagnostics, who wouldn’t want to know what the prospects are of a robot or clever piece of software […]

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