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AT&T adds 5G to its legacy unlimited data plans
AT&T has enabled 5G for its legacy unlimited data plans, saving you from having to switch just to get improved performance.
Apple to invest over $1 billion in new Munich silicon facility
Apple is investing a billion euros over the next three years in a German research and development project that will see it build a European Silicon Design Center for 5G tech in Munich.
Dish is buying Republic Wireless and its 200,000 subscribers
Dish plans to buy another mobile virtual network operator. This time it's Republic Wireless.
Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile spent $78 billion on C-band spectrum for 5G
Verizon spent $45.4 billion, more than every other participant combined, to secure 3,511 individual 20Mhz blocks of spectrum across the country.
T-Mobile's Magenta Max plan comes with true unlimited data
T-Mobile's latest plan almost entirely does away with throttling.
Qualcomm unveils the first 10-gigabit 5G modem
Qualcomm has unveiled the first 10-gigabit 5G modem, the X65 — although finding a place to take advantage of that speed is another story.
Verizon's latest prepaid service offers mmWave 5G for $75 per month
You can now access Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband service with a prepaid plan. The company has launched Verizon Prepaid Unlimited, a $75 per month option that includes access to its mmWave network. If you need a refresher, Verizon effectively offers two forms of 5G — basic 5G Nationwide, which is only slightly faster than 4G/LTE, and mmWave, which is harder to find but offers dramatically higher speeds.
Verizon CEO pitches 5G as a 'platform' for services like drone delivery
Verizon's higher-speed 5G UWB connection is coming to more NFL stadiums and Live Nation venues.
Motorola's latest batch of budget phones includes a cheap 5G model
Rounding out Motorola’s line is the $170 Moto G Play, which returns to firm up Motorola’s presence in the budget smartphone arena.
Qualcomm's Snapdragon 480 brings 5G to even cheaper phones
Starting this year, you’re likely to see 5G support make its way to a greater number of budget phones thanks to the introduction of Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 480 chipset and its built-in X51 modem.
A new update makes it easier to move apps between the LG Wing's displays
Verizon has released a new update that builds out the LG Wing’s unique functionality and should make it easier to use.
Report: MediaTek takes over as world's largest smartphone chipset vendor
Move over, Qualcomm: According to a new report from research firm Counterpoint, MediaTek has overtaken the San Diego-based chipmaker to become the world’s biggest vendor of smartphone chipsets by market share. While Qualcomm (understandably) held onto its title as the biggest purveyor of 5G-friendly chipsets, Counterpoint’s data suggests that more than 100 million MediaTek-powered smartphones were sold in Q3 2020 — a roughly five percent increase compared to this time last year. Counterpoint’s report added some valuable context to MediaTek’s most recent earnings release, in which it reported revenues of NT$97,275 million — a boost of nearly 50 percent over the year-ago quarter.
AT&T hosted a live Axel Mansoor concert in AR using only 5G phones
AT&T and Ericsson held a concert in augmented reality where Axel Mansoor and his fans needed only 5G smartphones to have an intimate gig.
Baidu approved for fully driverless road tests in Beijing
It's the first time China's capital city has granted such permits.
The Snapdragon 888 is Qualcomm's latest premium CPU for smartphones
The company is announcing today that its latest premium mobile chipset is the Snapdragon 888, and it’ll be in Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi 11 flagship. Other companies like LG, OnePlus, Motorola, ASUS, Lenovo and Oppo have “provided their support for Snapdragon 888,” Qualcomm said.
UK bans installation of Huawei 5G equipment starting September 2021
UK cellular operators will be banned from installing Huawei 5G equipment after September 2021, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has announced.
MediaTek's latest Chromebook chipsets balance battery life and power
The company also announced an addition to its lineup of mobile 5G CPUs.
Nokia's first big HMD-made phone in the US is an 8.3 5G for Verizon
HMD Global has unveiled its first big US carrier deal. It's launching the Nokia 8 V 5G UW, a Verizon exclusive phone with a big screen and clever cameras.
Huawei reportedly bets on Shanghai chip plant to overcome US trade ban
Huawei is reportedly counting on a chip plant in Shanghai to keep its core telecom business alive despite the US trade ban.
LG joins the cheap 5G phone race with the K92
Case in point: LG just announced its new K92 smartphone, which promises 5G support for AT&T and US Cellular for just under $400. The fact that LG managed to churn out such a cheap 5G phone is all thanks to Qualcomm -- it revealed its budget-friendly Snapdragon 690 5G chipset over the summer, and it’s now slowly making its way into new devices. Apart from that chipset, the K92 also packs a 6.7-inch FHD+ screen with a hole-punch to accommodate a 16-megapixel front-facing camera, along with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.