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4 days ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Amiya Johar
Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as US operators Verizon and AT&T addressed tariff tensions, Ericsson planned to expand its production in India to support local 5G rollouts, and OpenAI set its sights on a Chrome acquisition.
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5 days ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Amiya Johar
The European Commission (EC) fined Apple €570 million and Meta €228 million for breaching the Digital Markets Act (DMA), marking the first penalties issued under the regulation aimed at curbing the market dominance of big tech players. The fines follow investigations into Apple’s App Store policies and Meta’s advertising model, both found to violate DMA obligations aimed at ensuring fair digital competition.
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5 days ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Amiya Johar
Operator Rakuten Mobile and AST SpaceMobile claimed to complete Japan’s first video call between unmodified smartphones using a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite. During the test, a signal was sent from Rakuten Mobile’s gateway earth station in Fukushima to a BlueBird satellite, which relayed it to a standard smartphone in Tokyo using a standard communications app.
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6 days ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Amiya Johar
OpenAI reportedly opened the door to a potential acquisition of Google’s Chrome browser to bolster its ChatGPT platform, as the internet giant continues to face pressure from lawmakers about its alleged dominance in the online search market. Nick Turley, head of product for ChatGPT, made the comments during the US Department of Justice’s (DoJ) high-profile antitrust trial against Google, Reuters reported.
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6 days ago | 
flipboard.com | Amiya Johar
NowApple’s Chrome Warning—400 Million iPhone Users Must Now ActApple’s video warning for iPhone users to stop using Google Chrome doesn’t mention Google Chrome — it doesn’t need to. It plays on the browser’s reputation for tracking and privacy infractions, which just took another hit. But it also hides a clever message that makes its warning clear. Hundreds of …Is this $49 Flipboard tool worth it?
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6 days ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Amiya Johar
Indian operator Bharti Airtel and its subsidiary Bharti Hexacom agreed to acquire spectrum from Adani Data Networks, as the telecoms giant continues to bolster its 5G capabilities across the country. In a statement, Airtel confirmed it had entered into definitive agreements with the Adani Enterprises subsidiary to purchase rights to use 400MHz of high-frequency spectrum in the 26GHz band across six areas of the country.
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1 week ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Amiya Johar
The UAE unveiled plans to use AI to help draft, amend and review laws, marking a world-first approach to integrating the technology into its legislative process. Announced by Dubai ruler and UAE VP Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the initiative will utilise AI to speed up lawmaking by up to 70 per cent, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The Regulatory Intelligence Office, a newly formed government unit approved last week, will oversee the rollout.
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1 week ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Mike Robuck |Joseph Waring |Amiya Johar
In an interview at the WinWin Live studio, iFLYTEK vice president of cloud business unit Zhou Chuanfu and Chen Haiyong, president of CS&IMS Domain, Cloud Core Network Product Line at Huawei, provided a glimpse into how AI is already helping operators open the way for innovative consumer experiences through New Calling technology.
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1 week ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Michael Carroll |Mike Robuck |Amiya Johar |Chris Donkin
Multinational electrical engineering specialist ABB Group detailed plans to better capitalise on global automation trends by spinning off its robotics unit, a strategy management hopes to implement by mid-2026. Chair Peter Voser explained bosses believe spinning ABB Robotics off will boost its ability to attract the right personnel, grow and add customer value. There are also benefits in terms of governance to be had for what would be the separated businesses, he said.
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1 week ago | 
mobileworldlive.com | Joseph Waring |Michael Carroll |Hana Anandira |Amiya Johar
A deal between private equity company I Squared and DigitalBridge over the sale of the latter’s towers in Southeast Asia was held up by an impasse over the valuation of the assets, Bloomberg reported. The news agency suggested DigitalBridge is looking at various options, including still working out an agreement with I Squared.
