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After “rigorous” lab and field tests, Samsung and Orange France have completed a pilot test marking the first 4G and 5G calls on Orange France’s virtualised radio access network (vRAN) and Open RAN network around the Lyons region in southwestern France. The collaboration follows the two firms achieving the industry’s “first 2G vRAN call in…

With the arrival of Rich Communication Services (RCS) on iPhone last year, the experience of texting from iOS to Android improved dramatically. As Apple says on its website, RCS supports delivery receipts, read receipts, and typing indicators on messages from non-Apple devices. It’s a step in the right direction, but there is always room for…

Dassault Systèmes has acquired the Ascon Qube technology from software-defined automation systems firm Ascon Systems Holding, taking a major step toward smarter, more agile manufacturing in automation-heavy industries to model, simulate and optimise entire production systems at the machine level. A single platform for next-generation industrial automation, Ascon Qube is an edge-to-cloud platform designed to…

There’s no question about it, the back of the Nothing Phone 3 is easily one of the ugliest designs we’ve seen in recent years, or maybe ever. I say that as someone who has repeatedly told you that the camera bump on the iPhone, Galaxy S, or Pixel doesn’t matter as long as we get…

Open Cosmos has acquired Connected, a Portuguese startup dedicated to offering “pioneering” affordable, standardised internet of things (IoT) connectivity from space. Open Cosmos stated that the move will strengthen Europe’s technological autonomy as well as fast-track its connectivity capabilities and anchor long-term industrial growth in Portugal. Claiming to be one of Europe’s fastest-growing space infrastructure…

iOS 18 is Apple‘s current operating system for iPhone models, including the new iPhone 16. Previewed during the WWDC 2024 keynote, this software update offers a Home Screen redesign, more privacy features, and Apple Intelligence.BGR has a guide highlighting the upcoming iOS 26, set to be released later this fall. Release DateiOS 18 has been…

In a project targeting industry use cases for enterprises that use Open Gateway technology, leading comms operator Telstra has forged a collaboration with Nokia to give developers secure access to network application programming interfaces (APIs) to help build smarter applications and integrate them into advanced use cases for enterprises and industries. The main focus of…

Pure Storage has launched Enterprise Data Cloud (EDC), which knits together several existing elements in its offering to provide enhanced visibility of data storage and simpler policy-based management-oriented outcomes for the business. It has also announced new high-performance flash arrays and the availability this year of a 300TB (terabyte) Direct FlashModule, including a solid-state drive…

Samsung is about to launch the seventh generation of its foldable Galaxy devices, with the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7 set to star in an Unpacked press conference next Wednesday. Almost every other big player in the smartphone business has released at least one foldable phone since Samsung’s first Fold device. Apple is…

A poll of major businesses from the Capgemini Research Institute has found that while using artificial intelligence (AI) for automating repetitive business tasks offers significant savings, the tasks being improved are relatively simple. A significant number of the business leaders surveyed also say they prefer proprietary AI implementations over open source alternatives. According to the…