Category: <span>Mobile</span>

Global smartphone shipments fell 6 per cent YoY to 272 million units in Q3 2026, according to data from Omdia. This follows the front-loaded demand seen in Q1 2026 which gave way to the adjustment phase of the memory cost cycle. Persistently high memory prices disrupted supply, increased component costs and forced vendors to rethink...

Virgin Media O2 has reported that Q2 revenue fell 7.9 per cent year-on-year on an adjusted basis to £2.4 billion (€2.8bn), while total service revenue was down 3.9 per cent to £2.04 billion. Consumer revenue was down 5 per cent, with consumer fixed service revenue falling 6.2 per cent and consumer mobile service revenue down...

LG Display, the world’s leading innovator of display technologies, announced its participation in K-Display 2026 at Seoul’s COEX for three days from July 22, as the company seeks to accelerate its market differentiation based on next-generation OLED technologies. Now in its 25th year, K-Display 2026 is Korea’s largest display exhibition, hosted by the Korea Display...

YouTube has become one of the world’s most powerful advertising ecosystems, now competing directly with linear TV for living-room attention. It has around 2.6 billion monthly users and annual revenue exceeding $60 billion (€52.3bn) in 2025, of which more than $40 billion is attributed to advertising, according to WARC Media. However, the platform’s ad business growth...

Telegram on Friday lost its bid to ​overturn an Indian government order temporarily banning the messaging app, with a New Delhi court ruling that ‌the government’s actions, aimed at preserving the integrity of a key med school exam, were legal and reasonable. The ban of the app from June 16 to June 22 has stirred an intense...

Truecaller Ads announced the global launch of Call-to-Cart, an AI-backed intelligent commerce solution that transforms everyday communication moments into seamless commerce experiences. A first-of-its-kind full funnel solution built exclusively for direct advertisers that enables moving consumers from discovery to checkout in just two steps, powered by AI-driven relevance and deep commerce integrations! Every additional click...

TikTok plans to invest 1 ‌billion euros ($1.16 billion) to build a second data centre in Finland in less than a year as it moves data storage for European users to the continent, company officials said on Wednesday. The announcement comes as TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance ​in January avoided a U.S. ban over data protection concerns and...

Netflix has increased prices on all its plans in the U.S., as the streaming giant ​pushes into new programming formats such as ‌video podcasts and live sporting events. The company’s ad-supported tier will now cost $8.99 a month, compared with $7.99 earlier, while ​prices for its standard plan rose $2 per ​month to $19.99, according to...

Smartphone For All, a business committed to digital inclusion, has won the 2025 Pinnacle Awards (Telecoms and Wireless Category) Digital Inclusion & Accessibility Champion and the 2026 Merit Award (Telecoms and Wireless) Digital Divide. The Pinnacle Awards is a reputable global program honoring innovation and excellence across industries. According to Katie Lang, Executive Director of...

March 2026 – Huawei will release the Agentic Core solution at MWC2026 Barcelona. This solution will leverage three engines—NE intelligence, network intelligence, and service intelligence—to address key challenges in the AI era, such as the sharp increase in traffic, differentiated network requirements, and new service monetization for operators, and promote the large-scale commercial use of...