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☆ China's hot EV market is no longer focused solely on lower sticker prices. Which stocks to watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Winning in China's electric car market is no longer just about having the cheapest price. Despite new U.S. tariffs , the Chinese electric car industry is already moving into a new phase of competition no longer centered on sticker prices alone, many in the industry say. Hong Kong-listed Fuyao, a major supplier of glass for cars, is one of JPMorgan's top picks to take advantage of China's growing electric car market. The Shenzhen-listed Chinese battery giant, Contemporary Amperex Technology , is one of JPMorgan's top Chinese electric car supply chain plays. Last week, Chinese electric car company Nio released a new car in a lower-priced range of just over 200,000 yuan.

Persons: Stephen Dyer, AlixPartners, BYD, Xiaomi, Tesla, Nio, William Li, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: JPMorgan, Greater, Greater China Business, Amperex, Li Auto, Tesla Locations: Hong Kong, China, Greater China, Asia, Beijing, Shenzhen

☆ Telcos are barely done rolling out 5G networks — and they're already talking about '5.5G'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

And yet bosses of major carriers are already talking about building something called "5.5G," or "5G Advanced." Carriers in China, South Korea, the United States, and Europe, properly got underway with launches of 5G networks in 2019. 5G Advanced, or the name for the next stage of 5G, is the next evolution of mobile networks. 5G advanced — 5G standalone, that's absolutely fine. Telcos haven't yet revealed how much more a 5G Advanced data plan will cost compared with 5G.

Persons: Angel Garcia, it's, GSMAi, Milind Kulkarni, Howard Watson, 5.5G, Watson, execs, Mats Granryd, Granryd, Karen Tso, Telcos, Philip Song Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, Spain — Telecom, Mobile, Congress, MWC, Deutsche Telekom, Telefonica, BT, Vodafone, Facebook, YouTube, Netflix, Apple, Apple Vision, Meta Quest, Telecommunications, 3GPP, CNBC, telco, Huawei, 5G, 5.5G Locations: BARCELONA, Spain, Barcelona, Orange, China, South Korea, United States, Europe, East, Asia Pacific, America

☆ After closed door OpenAI drama, open source AI backed by Nvidia, Eric Schmidt, could emerge winner
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Rebecca Fannin | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The Hugging Face website on a laptop arranged in New York, US, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. "We should encourage all companies to build on disruption-proof AI technology that only open source can offer." To be clear, big bets made on open source AI pre-date last Friday when news first broke of Sam Altman's removal as OpenAI CEO, and those bets include an open source AI model controlled by one dominant tech company, Meta Platforms ' Llama. Open source and AI governanceFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt is behind Mistral AI, another open source rival to OpenAI's ChatGPT. A third open source AI startup, Poolside AI, recently pulled in $126 million co-led by French telecom and internet billionaire Xavier Niel and U.S. VC firm Felicis Ventures.

Persons: Gabby Jones, Eric Schmidt, Sam Altman, Microsoft —, Mike Gualtieri, Forrester, Marc Benioff, Delip Rao, Sam Altman's, Thomas Wolf, We've, Wolf, Linus Torvalds, Paul Drews, OpenAI's, Arthur Mensch, Mistral, Xavier Niel Organizations: Nvidia, Bloomberg, Getty Images Tech, Salesforce, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Twitter, Google, Meta, IBM, Intel, Sequoia Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Mistral, alums, Lightspeed Venture Partners, French, . VC, Felicis Ventures Locations: New York, France

☆ Holiday shopping: Months-long sale season may dilute the impact of Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The day after Thanksgiving historically has marked the start of the holiday shopping rush. This matters because the November-December gift-buying months combined can account for about 20%, or a sizable chunk, of retailers’ sales for the full year. Retailers this year trotted out early Black Friday-like deals weeks ahead of the annual day-after-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza. “It is a lengthier shopping season because retailers were rolling out early Black Friday deals as early as October. Walmart’s first round of early Black Friday deals included a 50-inch TV house brand for $148.

Persons: New York CNN —, “, ”, Marshal Cohen, Cohen, Yuki Iwamura, Adam Davis, Wells, they’ll, Cohen doesn’t, doorbusters, Julie Ramhold, ” Ramhold, Charlie Riedel, Walmart’s, “ I’m, Chromebooks Organizations: New, New York CNN, National Retail Federation, Getty, Retailers, “, ”, Shoppers, Apple, Valentine’s Locations: New York, AFP, Wells Fargo

☆ 4 ways an influx of IoT devices can create security concerns for 5G networks, and how to mitigate that risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Chris Stokel-Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The combination of 5G and IoT devices can be a boon for businesses. Here, experts advise how to tamp down the risks of integrating IoT devices into your 5G network. "IoT devices are appealing targets for cybercriminals because of their always-on nature," Steve Jacques, a consulting engineer at Juniper Networks, told Insider. IoT devices can integrate with the network — unless you segment them offAnother issue is that IoT devices integrate deeply with networks, passing data to and from your core network. Because of their consumer focus, many IoT devices are not designed with security in mind and may contain vulnerabilities or weak default configurations.

Persons: —, Steve Jacques, Jacques, Parm Sandhu, Sandhu, They're Organizations: Service, Trend Micro, Juniper Networks, NTT Ltd

☆ 5 steps businesses should take to build a secure 5G network
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Chris Stokel-Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Two experts in 5G technology and cybersecurity, Rahim Tafazolli and Alan Woodward of the University of Surrey, spoke to Insider about the key steps organizations should take to develop a secure 5G network. Understand your needs and hire the right staffThe first thing to check is whether you need a 5G network, and if so, how you should scope it. Evaluate public versus private 5G optionsIf you don't have the full complement of telecom skills required, it's much safer to rely on those who do to provide you with a secure 5G network. A public 5G network slice from a mobile operator may, in that instance, be better than a private, on-premise 5G network that you have to maintain in-house. Implement monitoring and automationOperating a 5G network requires extensive telecom expertise that many enterprises lack.

Persons: —, Rahim Tafazolli, Alan Woodward, Tafazolli, 5GIC, Woodward Organizations: Service, University of Surrey, Institute for Communication Systems, Surrey Centre, Cyber Security

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish media say the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may have announced the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry prematurely. Public broadcaster SVT said the academy sent a press release by mistake early Wednesday that contained the names of the winners. The press release said the prize went to three U.S.-based scientists for the “discovery and synthesis of quantum dots,” according to SVT. On Monday, Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. The chemistry prize means Nobel season has reached its halfway stage.

Persons: Eva Nevelius, Heiner Linke, Anne L’Huillier, Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, Karikó, Drew Weissman, Carolyn R, Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal Organizations: STOCKHOLM, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Public, SVT, Associated Press, Academy of Sciences, ” Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Swedish, Dagens Nyheter, COVID, Nobel Foundation Locations: Sweden, French, Swedish, Hungarian, Danish

“The electrons are very fast, and the electrons are really the workforce in everywhere,” Nobel Committee member Mats Larsson said. WHAT DISCOVERY WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS? “Let’s take one second, which is the time of a heartbeat,” Nobel Committee chair Eva Olsson said. “I was very concentrated, forgot about the Nobel Prize and tried to finish my lecture,” L'Huillier told the AP. The physics prize comes a day after two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Persons: Anne L’Huillier, Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, Mats Larsson, “, ” L’Huillier, ” L'Huillier, Eva Olsson, Mark Pearce, “ It's, that's, ” Krausz, Krausz, L'Huillier, ANNE L'HUILLIER, FERENC KRAUSZ, PIERRE AGOSTINI, L’Huillier, ”, wasn't, Agostini, it's, Max, Ludwig Maximilian, I'd, Wolf, Paul Corkum, Corkum, Alfred Nobel, ___ Borenstein, Mike Corder, Nicolas Garriga, Jan M, Olsen, Geir Moulson Organizations: STOCKHOLM, Lund University, Associated Press, “, Lund, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Ohio State University, Max Planck, Quantum Optics, Ludwig, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Ottawa, COVID Locations: French, Swedish, Hungarian, Sweden, Stockholm, “, Paris, Columbus, Washington, Leicester, The Hague, Netherlands, Copenhagen, Berlin

☆ China's Huawei borrowed a trick from its rival Apple by designing its own processors for new superfast smartphone, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Huawei used its own chip designs for its new 5G smartphone, The FT reported. It's a sign that the Chinese firm can implement its own designs in the same way as Apple. Huawei's phone led to panic in Washington amid fears over the effectiveness of China's export controls. The findings suggest a significant step forward in technical capabilities for Huawei as it begins to implement its own chip designs in smartphones in much the same way Western smartphone makers such as Apple have done for years. There are questions, though, about how successful Huawei would be in scaling the production of smartphones with advanced chips.

Persons: Gina Raimondo Organizations: Huawei, FT, Apple, Service, ARM, Financial Times, US government's Commerce Department, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, Bloomberg, Reuters Locations: Washington, Wall, Silicon, China

☆ China is pulling every lever to kill Apple's iPhone 15
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The iPhone 15 will be a tough sell in China. And China's homegrown rival Huawei has a new, superfast phone out, the Mate 60. China is Apple's second-biggest single market by sales outside the US, and its third-biggest region behind the US and Europe. Another important metric: China grew faster by revenue than Europe, implying continued prospects for growth for Apple beyond saturated Western markets. The advanced chip inside the new Mate 60 was made by Chinese company SMIC, according to a teardown by Bloomberg.

Persons: isn't, Trump, Gina Raimondo, CGTN, Sanford C, Bernstein Organizations: Huawei, Service, Apple, Staff, Wall Street, ZTE, US, Weibo, Bloomberg, Sanford Locations: China, Beijing, Wall, Silicon, Cupertino, Europe

☆ iPhone 15 could have faster charging
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Apple’s fall product launch next month is all but certain to include a new iPhone, and rumors say it could include faster charging. According to 9to5Mac, a tech blog with a solid track record on Apple rumors, the next iPhone will switch from Apple’s Lightning charging port to the more widespread USB-C and at least some models will support faster charging speeds. The iPhone 15 could be compatible with a 35-watt charger, allowing the device to charge faster. Apple recommends iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max users avoid charging with any wired chargers over 27 watts, and iPhone 14 users limit their chargers to 20 watts. In March, 9to5Mac performed a battery tests on the S23 Ultra and the iPhone 14 Pro Max and found the latter won out.

Persons: New York CNN —, 9to5Mac, Max Organizations: New, New York CNN, Lightning, Apple, Pro Max, superfast Locations: New York

☆ Video-game experts say 5G is the key to next-level play, from high-definition mobile gaming to VR experiences
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Chris Stokel-Walker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The tech helps game development and playing, especially in the growing sector of cloud gaming. One of the biggest and longest-standing cloud-gaming platforms is Xbox Cloud Gaming, which was launched by Microsoft in 2019. Whatley said he believed that the success of Xbox Cloud Gaming was dependent on the rollout of 5G technology worldwide. Changes in gaming could trickle down to other industriesWhat happens in the games industry often trickles down to the wider world in time. Given that, Bharkhada said she believed that an increase in the quality of mobile and cloud gaming would also have positive effects on industries that borrowed elements from the gaming industry.

Persons: It's, Bharkhada, James Whatley, Whatley Organizations: AAA, 5G, Research, Ericsson, Cloud Gaming, Microsoft, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Apple Vision Locations: Ukie

☆ Superfast Starstreak Missile Makes a Comeback Amid Ukraine War
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Alistair Macdonald | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How India’s deadly train accident affected poorest passengers the most
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

On the Howrah they were the farthest from the engine, and were hit by the derailed Coromandel Express carriages. Graphic shows the sequence of coaches behind the engine on the Coromandel Express and Howrah Superfast Express. On the Coromandel Express, the engine is closely followed by non-air conditioned coaches, including three unreserved coaches. Deaths and injuries in Indian railway accidents Graphic shows the number of deaths and injuries in Indian railway accidents annually since 2001. Drone footage shows aftermath of train crash in the Indian state of Odisha Drone footage shows aftermath of train crash in the Indian state of Odisha | ReutersThe site of the accident is rural.

Persons: Bahanaga, Sandeep Mathur, Long, Narendra Modi Organizations: Coromandel, Reuters, Indian Railways, Commission of Railway Safety, Railways, CRS, Superfast Express, Express, Railway Ministry Locations: Chennai, Odisha, Balasore, Indian, Kolkata, Bengaluru, India, Coromandel, Howrah, Bihar, Odisha’s Balasore

A second passenger train, heading in the opposite direction, then struck some of the dislocated cars. More than 2,200 passengers in all were onboard the passenger trains, according to railway officials, and at least 23 cars were derailed. The other passenger train was a Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast Express train, running from a commuter hub in the southern city of Bengaluru to Kolkata, the capital of the northeastern state of West Bengal. Site of the train crash An initial government report said that the Coromandel Express passenger train derailed while traveling at full speed. In 2016, 14 train cars derailed in India’s northeast in the middle of the night, killing more than 140 passengers and injuring 200 others.

Persons: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Vaishnaw, Derailments, Jitendra Prakash, Narendra Modi, Modi, Modi’s, Amit Dave, Suresh Prabhu, Mr, Mujib Mashal Organizations: Chennai Coromandel Express, South Eastern Railway, Express, Coromandel, INDIA, Economic, Disaster Management, Reuters Rail Locations: India, Balasore, Odisha State, Shalimar, Chennai Coromandel, India’s, Howrah, Bengaluru, Kolkata, West Bengal, Odisha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha’s, Bihar, Pukhrayan, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad

The other passenger train was a Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast Express train, running from a commuter hub in Bangalore to Kolkata, the capital of the eastern state of West Bengal. India’s railway minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that he had ordered an investigation into the cause and that those affected by the crash would receive compensation. Site of the train crash An initial government report said that the Coromandel Express passenger train derailed while traveling at full speed. Dozens of trains had been canceled but crews were rushing to restore service after pushing off the train cars involved in the crash off the tracks. In 2016, 14 train cars derailed in India’s northeast in the middle of the night, killing more than 140 passengers and injuring 200 others.

Persons: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Derailments, Jitendra Prakash, Narendra Modi, Modi, Modi’s, Amit Dave, Suresh Prabhu, Mr, Vaishnaw, Mujib Mashal Organizations: Chennai Coromandel Express, South Eastern Railway, Express, Coromandel, INDIA, Sunday, Economic, Disaster Management, Reuters Rail Locations: India, Balasore, Odisha State, Shalimar, Chennai Coromandel, India’s, Howrah, Bangalore, Kolkata, West Bengal, Bahanaga Bazar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha’s, Bihar, Pukhrayan, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad

Bahanaga Bahanaga Bazar rail station Site of initial impact Coromandel Express passenger train Freight train carrying iron ore Bahanaga Bahanaga Bazar rail station Site of initial impact Coromandel Express passenger train Freight train carrying iron ore Bahanaga Bahanaga Bazar rail station Site of initial impact Freight train carrying iron ore Coromandel Express passenger train The New York Times; aerial drone image via ReutersInvestigators of the deadly multi-train crash in India have focused on the possibility that it was caused by an electronic signal system failure. 1 Two passenger trains approach◀ South to Chennai North to Kolkata ▶ Other freight train Second passenger train Coromandel Express Freight train with iron ore ◀ South to Chennai North to Kolkata ▶ Other freight train Second passenger train Coromandel Express Freight train with iron oreAt around 7 p.m. local time, the Coromandel Express passenger train approached from the north at a speed of about 80 miles per hour. 2 Coromandel Express veers onto occupied trackOther freight train Second passenger train (exact position unknown) Possible signal system failure Coromandel Express Freight train with iron ore Second passenger train (exact position unknown) Other freight train Coromandel Express Possible signal system failure Freight train with iron oreThe Coromandel Express veered onto an adjacent track occupied by an idled freight train that was loaded with iron ore. An Indian Railways official said that a problem with the signal system was most likely the overall cause of the crash, though investigations were still underway. 3 First passenger train collides with freight trainOther freight train Second passenger train (exact position unknown) Coromandel Express Freight train with iron ore Collision Second passenger train (exact position unknown) Other freight train Coromandel Express Freight train with Iron ore CollisionThe Coromandel Express collides with the freight train. 4 Second passenger train is hitOther freight train Second passenger train Freight train with iron ore Derailed cars strike second passenger train Coromandel Express Other freight train Freight train with Iron ore Derailed cars strike second passenger trainThe derailed cars from the Coromandel Express strike the second passenger train as it passes, causing two cars at the end of the second passenger train to derail.

Organizations: New York Times, Reuters Investigators, Coromandel, Indian Railways, Coromandel Express Locations: India, Chennai North, Kolkata, Howrah, Coromandel

June 3 (Reuters) - At least 233 people were killed and 900 were injured when two passenger trains collided in India's Odisha state, a government official said on Saturday, making the rail accident the country's deadliest in more than a decade. The death toll from Friday's crash is expected to rise, the state's Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena said on Twitter. Early on Saturday morning, Reuters video footage showed police officials moving bodies covered in white cloths off the railway tracks. [1/5] A drone view shows derailed coaches after two passenger trains collided in Balasore district in the eastern state of Odisha, India, June 3, 2023. Although Chief Secretary Jena and some media reports have suggested a freight train was also involved in the crash, railway authorities have yet to comment on that possibility.

Persons: Pradeep Jena, sobbed, Naveen Patnaik, Abinaya Vijayaraghavan, Akriti Sharma, Jatindra, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Twitter, Reuters, REUTERS, Stringer Authorities, Ministry of Railways, Jena, Force, Indian Railways, Thomson Locations: India's Odisha, Balasore, Howrah, Bangalore, Howrah , West Bengal, Kolkata, Chennai, Balasore district, Odisha, India, Odisha's, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar

☆ India Train Crash Live Updates: Relatives Identify Crash Victims as Modi Visits Derailment Site
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Sameer Yasir | Mujib Mashal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

The other passenger train was a Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast Express train, running from a commuter hub in Bangalore to Kolkata, the capital of the eastern state of West Bengal. India’s railway minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that he had ordered an investigation into the cause and that those affected by the crash would receive compensation. Site of the train crash An initial government report said that the Coromandel Express passenger train derailed while traveling at full speed. In 2016, 14 train cars derailed in India’s northeast in the middle of the night, killing more than 140 passengers and injuring 200 others. Within hours of Friday’s disaster, some opposition politicians were already calling for the resignation of Mr. Vaishnaw, India’s railway minister.

Persons: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Derailments, Jitendra Prakash, Narendra Modi, Modi, Modi’s, Amit Dave, Suresh Prabhu, Mr, Vaishnaw, Mujib Mashal Organizations: Chennai Coromandel Express, South Eastern Railway, Express, Coromandel, INDIA, Economic, Disaster Management, Reuters Rail Locations: India, Balasore, Odisha State, Shalimar, Chennai Coromandel, India’s, Howrah, Bangalore, Kolkata, West Bengal, Bahanaga Bazar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha’s, Odisha, Bihar, Pukhrayan, Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad

☆ At least 50 dead, 350 injured in train crash in eastern India, media report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA June 2 (Reuters) - At least 50 people were killed and 350 injured when two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha on Friday, Indian media reported. The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, collided with another passenger train, the Howrah Superfast Express, railway officials said. The Howrah Superfast Express derailed and became entangled with the Coromandel Express, South Eastern Railway authorities said in a statement. Media reports had earlier said that the crash was between the Coromandel Express and a goods train. Media reports said at least 50 people had died.

Persons: Pradeep Jena, Naveen Patnaik, Narendra Modi, Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, Abinaya, Jatindra, Nag Choudhury, Shubhendu Satish Deshmukh, Andrew Heavens, David Holmes, Frances Kerry Organizations: Eastern Railway, Media, Coromandel, Reuters, REUTERS, Railways, Force, Thomson Locations: BHUBANESWAR, KOLKATA, Odisha, Kolkata, Chennai, Howrah, Balasore district, Balasore, India, Odisha's Bhubaneswar, West Bengal, Bengaluru

☆ Ferrari profit jumps 24% as demand pushes waiting list into 2025
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( John Rosevear | In Jrosevear | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Here are the key numbers from Ferrari's first-quarter earnings report, compared with Wall Street analysts' consensus expectations as reported by Refinitiv:Earnings per share: 1.63 euros, vs. 1.48 euros expected. 1.63 euros, vs. 1.48 euros expected. Revenue: 1.43 billion euros, vs. 1.39 billion euros expected. Revenue increased 20% year over year, to 1.43 billion euros from 1.19 billion euros in the first quarter of 2022. It still expects revenue of about 5.7 billion euros in 2023, with adjusted earnings per share between 6 euros and 6.20 euros.

☆ A sustainable planet is possible with the help of cloud tech. Here's how an Asian partnership is working toward the future.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Insider Studios With Tata Communications | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Alibaba Cloud, in partnership with Tata Communications, is developing digital solutions for a sustainable future. Alibaba Cloud's partnership with Tata Communications is built on a mutual understanding of the critical importance of sustainability for everyone. The partnership between Alibaba Cloud and Tata Communications has helped build a robust and elastic cloud infrastructure. "Seamless and intelligent hyperconnected ecosystems are how we power cloud giants like Alibaba Cloud to do what they do best." Together, Alibaba Cloud and Tata Communications are creating a futuristic vision for how businesses and people can live, work, and communicate.

☆ What Will It Take to Connect the Arctic? $1.2 Billion, 10,000 Miles of Fiber-Optic Cable and Patience
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Isabelle Bousquette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Utqiagvik, ALASKA—Nestled between the whalebone-marked graves of long-dead whaling captains, an arctic fox den and a snow-covered beach, a series of satellite dishes point at the horizon from this northern Alaskan town. Far from the superfast fiber-optic cables that provide internet connectivity to other parts of the world, Arctic towns like Utqiagvik have typically relied on more limited, less reliable satellite connections. It means that students can rarely stream educational videos, hospitals spend hours uploading medical scans and scientists sometimes struggle to simply open emails.

☆ Next-gen mobile internet — 6G — will launch in 2030, telecom bosses say, even as 5G adoption remains low
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"We have not completed the deployment of 5G yet," Ha Min Yong, chief development officer of SK Telecom , told CNBC last week. However, after hundreds of billions of dollars of investment into 5G networks, carriers have struggled to see the return. I don't see any use cases today that we can't do with 5G or its immediate evolutions," Watson told CNBC last week. Many of the current 5G networks are built on top of equipment and technology from 4G. There will also be more software that powers 5G networks helping with efficiency such as the management of data traffic.

☆ Retailers Turning to Specific-Day Delivery Over Speediest Shipping
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Liz Young | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

Retailers this holiday season are focusing on delivering packages to customers on specific dates, rather than competing on speed of delivery. With inflation-conscious consumers now dialing back their online shopping, many retailers are focused on restraining the high costs of fulfillment and last-mile delivery. In 2019, the e-commerce giant also gave its Prime members the option to pick a specific delivery date. The feature refines the retailer’s previous three- to five-day shipping window, said Shivi Shankaran, the company’s chief operating officer. “Sometimes they want it really, really fast, or they want it really, really scheduled,” Mr. Gorlin said.

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