Asia Pacific Devices June 11, 2020 China smartphone vendors hit by India woes Chinese smartphone vendors faced increased costs in India as factory closures caused by Covid-19 (coronavirus) resulted in an increase in imports into the country, Reuters reported. By Manny Pham
Mavenir Network Tech North America June 11, 2020 Mavenir, Altiostar offer open RAN kit for US Software vendors Mavenir and Altiostar partnered to develop new open RAN kit for the US market, aiming to capitalise on political opposition to Chinese vendors. By Diana Goovaerts
Apple Devices Greater China June 11, 2020 Apple purges podcast from China App Store Podcast player app Pocket Casts appeared to fall victim to Chinese censorship, with Apple dropping it from the App Store in the country following a request by the internet regulator. By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva
Europe Operators June 11, 2020 Telecom Italia homes in on Ardian tower deal Telecom Italia was tipped to be close to finalising another debt-reduction step with a deal to sell a stake in its tower joint venture Inwit to a consortium led by Ardian Infrastructure, Reuters reported. By Manny Pham
Big Tech Devices Google June 11, 2020 Google tackles privacy in Android 11 beta launch Google released the beta version of its latest mobile operating system a week later than originally planned, with improvements focused on privacy, communication and connectivity management. By Yanitsa Boyadzhieva
June 11, 2020 US Cellular joins peers on open RAN lobby group US Cellular became the latest operator to back pressure group Open RAN Policy Coalition, citing the opportunity to educate legislators with a view to helping accelerate deployments of new technologies in rural areas. By Chris Donkin
Europe Operators June 11, 2020 Iliad targets cash injection for infrastructure rollouts Iliad completed a bond issuance worth €650 million, as it looks to raise cash to support its operations in France and Italy, and fund continued fibre and mobile infrastructure rollouts. By Kavit Majithia