In a statement Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 said, it will partner with Nokia for the deployment of its core 5G network in Sweden and in the Baltics. The new core infrastructure will support both 4G and 5G connectivity, thus allowing higher speeds with lower latencies in the network. “We are proud to be expanding on…
According to a report from South Korean media house IT News, Hyundai Motor and Apple Inc will be signing a partnership deal in the coming weeks on autonomous electric cars. A deal could be on the cards to start their production in the United States sometime in 2024. Earlier last week, another report had said,…
Uber Technologies is in advanced talks to sell “Uber Elevate”, its air taxi business, to aerospace firm Joby Aviation said sources familiar with the matter at hand. Uber did not immediately respond to requests for comments. With the news reaching the market, Uber’s shares rose by more than 6%. Earlier this year in January Hyundai…
According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Comcast and Walmart Inc are in collaborative talks to develop and distribute smart TVs. Under the terms of discussion, Walmart will promote TV sets running Comcast software and in return get a share of recurring revenues from Comcast. Comcast is competing with Apple TV+ and Netflix…
Following Tesla’s unveiling of its plans to produce its own batteries in order to trim costs, shares of its two battery suppliers fell on Wednesday. Shares of South Korea’s LG Chem and Japan’s Panasonic have fallen with the news reaching the market. After initially opening higher, LG Chem’s shares was trading down by 3.1% while…
According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, TikTok’s owner, ByteDance has abandoned the sale of TikTok in the U.S. and is instead pursuing a partnership with Oracle Corp in the hope of avoiding a ban and at the same time appease the Chinese government. The development comes in the wake of U.S. officials…
On Thursday, Finland’s Nokia Oyj stated, it has entered into partnership with Intel to speed up the shift to 5G. The announcement comes a day after a similar deal was made with Marvell Technology. Nokia has struggled to speed up the development of its Reefshark system on chips (SoC), which has been slower-than-expected; Nokia’s Reefshark…
On Wednesday, Japanese news daily the Nikkei reported that Tesla and Panasonic are ending their partnership to produce solar cells following the Japanese electronics company ramping up efforts to divest unprofitable businesses. The development comes in the wake of Tesla diversifying away from Panasonic as its sole battery supplier for electronic vehicles after it brought…
In a statement, Facebook’s Libra Association said, Britain’s Vodafone Group PLC has left its global digital currency initiative. In recent months, Facebook’s digital currency has seen an exodus of its backers midst increased regulatory scrutiny, including financial companies such as Mastercard Inc and Paypal Holdings Inc. In June 2019, Facebook had announced a plan to…
In a statement, D-Wave Systems, a Canadian quantum computer firm which has the backing of Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos, as well as Goldman Sachs and others, said NEC Corp has invested in the company in its latest funding round. According to Dan Cohrs, D-Wave’s chief financial officer, NEC has committed to investing $10 million in…
