FCC nets $66.4 billion in 5G sale
Hurry up guys there is a lot of corona virus to spread
The Federal Communications Commission's ongoing sale of wireless licences has fetched more than $66.4 billion after three weeks of bidding, a record sum that could alter mobile carriers' prospects for the next decade.
We are closer to a quantum internet
It is potentially dead and alive
Boffins have emerged from their labs smeared with the bodies of dead cats, to announce that they have successfully teleported qubits of photons across approximately 27 miles of fibre-optic cable.
Norse banks wrestle with spaghetti
Worse than Grendel’s mother
While banks in the Nordic region are ahead of the curve in adopting new technologies, some large banks there are running legacy “spaghetti” IT systems after acquiring competitors.
5G mobile subscriptions will be 220 million by end of the year
Faster than expected uptake in China
Sweden’s Ericsson raised its global forecast for 5G mobile subscriptions to 220 million by the end of this year, citing faster than expected uptake in China.
UK spends $333 million on Trump conspiracy theory
Safe money
The UK is to spend $333 million to diversify its sources of 5G wireless equipment after banning China's Huawei from supplying the next-generation technology.