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Survey: Security not key for connected device buyers

McAfee has published its third annual Most Hackable Holiday Gifts list to help consumers identify potential security risks associated with popular gifts this holiday season. The category of laptops, tablets and smartphones leads the list, followed by drones, digital assistants, connected toys, and connected appliances. In addition, McAfee conducted a survey to identify the habits […]

November 14, 2017

F1 chief targets millennial fans

Chase Carey, chairman and chief executive of Formula One, has suggested that online and linear broadcasting can enhance each other, with a large number of potential fans not currently connecting with the sport. Speaking to the Sunday Times, Carey said: “We have 400 million to 500 million fans around the world and don’t have a […]

November 13, 2017By Colin Mann

UK mobile data usage could grow seven-fold by 2021

The average UK mobile subscriber could consume as much as 18 GB of data per month in 2021, according to CCS Insight’s latest UK mobile operator forecast. With consumers’ appetite showing little sign of relenting, this would represent a massive seven-fold hike from today’s 2.5 GB average. Such a leap would require network operators to […]

November 9, 2017

Pokémon Go makers announce Harry Potter game

The makers of Pokémon Go have revealed it is working on a Harry Potter-themed follow-up that will also include AR features. Niantic said players would find and fight fantasy beasts in real-world neighbourhoods in the smartphone game, which has yet to get a release date. Pokémon Go reportedly had about 45 million daily players at […]

November 9, 2017

AMC to enter US home entertainment market

US-based cinema chain AMC is to enter the US home entertainment market, suggesting it has “strong studio support” to be participants in the business. Speaking on the company’s Q3 2017 Results Earnings Call, Adam Aron, Chief Executive Officer and President, described AMC as the largest player amongst exhibitors in the US movie industry ecosystem. “Twenty […]

November 8, 2017By Colin Mann

BBC content for Arqiva, Samsung 5G trial

UK communications infrastructure and media services provider Arqiva is now showing additional content from the UK’s national broadcaster, the BBC, in its 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) trial. Arqiva’s 5G FWA trial with Samsung was launched in July at Arqiva’s London offices. Thanks to the new agreement, content being shown in the demo suite at […]

November 8, 2017

Amazon Echo, Google Home in 55% US homes by 2022

A study from Juniper Research has found that smart speakers such as Amazon Echo, Google Home, and the Sonos One will be installed in over 70 million US households by 2022, reaching 55 per cent of all homes. Total installed devices will exceed 175 million. Juniper forecasts that Voice Assistant devices across all platforms – […]

November 8, 2017

US: 177m+ use 2nd screen device while watching TV

US consumers are spending more time with their digital devices than ever before, and that holds true while they’re already watching something else. eMarketer estimates 177.7 million adults will regularly use a second-screen device while watching TV this year, an increase of 5.1 per cent vs 2016. This is one one of the findings from […]

November 7, 2017

DOCOMO 5G connected car trial

A trial of 5G technologies for automobiles, conducted jointly by Japanese mobile telco NTT DOCOMO with Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), Ericsson and Intel Corporation (Intel), has achieved data speeds of up to 1 Gbps for 4K-resolution video communications with a vehicle traveling at 30 km/h. This initial multi-party trial conducted along Tokyo’s Odaiba waterfront on […]

November 7, 2017By Colin Mann

Africa: Mobile broadband subs to double in 5 years

Mobile data will be the main driver of growth in the African telecoms market, with the number of mobile broadband connections on the continent set to more than double over the coming five years, and rise from 419 million at end-2017, to 1.07 billion at end-2022, according to Ovum’s Forecaster data service. The growth of […]

November 7, 2017