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European Telco Consolidation Inevitable As Is The Resulting Double Digit Price Hikes In Base Rate Plans

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February 28, 2024
CEO of Kellog Says People Should Eat Cereal For Dinner To Save Money… We Say Let Us Help You Get $40 to $100 / Month in tax free cash!

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January 04, 2024
Global Telecom Layoffs Accelerate

Telefonica is the latest operator to announce massive job cuts.

They are cutting 15% of the entire Spanish labour force with more cuts planned in 2026.

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March 07, 2023
64% Of Americans Living Paycheck To Paycheck In December Of 2022

It is truly shocking to see just how bad things are in the United States of America.

We believe the USA is not alone and we suspect in some other countries it is even worse.

Wha...

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March 06, 2023
H&R Block Canada Indicates That The Tax Man Will Focus On The Gig Economy & Confirms What We Have Been Saying For The Last 5 Years

Well better late than never is what we like to say.

We have been consistently ahead of the "experts" in a variety of different sectors.

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February 24, 2023
In 2016 31% Of US Labour Force Derived Some Or All Of Their Income From The Gig Economy

A very in depth report dating from Q3 2016 that speaks to where things were back then as a starting point for where things are today.

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February 23, 2023
In 2018 Forbes & Gallup Said 57 Million Americans Are In The Gig Economy

Based on the labour force participation rate at the time this represents 36% of the entire US labour force.

The key take away is that 57 million Americans derived some or all of their income ...

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February 22, 2023
Intuit Says In 2017 The Gig Economy Is 34% Of The Entire US Workforce

The maker of TurboTax is in a good position to understand who filed a Schedule C (Self Employment Income Declaration) in the United States.

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February 21, 2023
2.18 Million Canadians In 2018 Were In The Gig Economy According To Bank Of Montreal & The Segment Is Growing Fast

What is very interesting is to see how things have changed and grown since 2018.

Perhaps more interesting is who is saying what and who is correct?

Here is what we said in 2018 :

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February 20, 2023
Double Digit Price Hikes Throughout Europe For Wireless

It looks like the Telcos are now being forced to do what we said they needed to do years ago.

British Telecom (BT) and most UK Telecom Operators increased prices a few weeks ago by double...

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February 12, 2023
Canadian Employees Are Telling The Largest Employers To Get Lost When It Comes To "Returning To The Office"

Employees of some of the largest employers in the country are telling their employers "No I don't want to return to the office."


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February 03, 2023
Statistics Canada Thinks There Are 286,000 Gig Drivers In Canada

The title of the article that we use is intentional.... The key word is "thinks".

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January 31, 2023
Minnesota Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

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January 26, 2023
16,000 Employees Added To The CRA In 2022 & Employment Up 37% Since 2015

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January 22, 2023
Intuit Reported In 2017 That 34% Of The Entire US Labour Force Was In The Gig Economy & Expected To Be 43% By 2020

Some of the world's most prestigious companies that are domain experts in the field started to call out the importance of the Gig Economy to the US Economy as early as 2017.

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January 19, 2023
We Think 25% To 30% Of Canadian Labour Force Was In Gig Economy In Canada In 2016... Statistics Canada Thinks It Was 8% To 10%

According To Statistics Canada In 2016 8% to 10% Of Entire Canadian Labour Force Participated In The Gig Economy

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January 16, 2023
2023 Will See Massive Retail Telecom Layoffs - Death Of Telco Retail & Telecom Dealer Communities

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January 10, 2023
Oregon Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

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December 30, 2022
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December 29, 2022
Department Of Labour & IRS Sign A MOU To Cooperate On Worker Misclassification

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December 22, 2022
Global Telecom Executive Shakeup Continues Now With Orange Group

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December 19, 2022
Iowa Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

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December 12, 2022
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December 09, 2022
Kansas Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

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December 07, 2022
Daily Mail & Computer World Reporting British Government To Table Law Giving Employees The Right To Work From Home

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December 05, 2022
What Do The Executive Changes At Vodafone & Verizon Mean For The Global Telecom Industry As A Whole?​

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November 29, 2022
IRS Going After Nickles & Dimes By Lowering Reporting Threshold From $20,000 To $600

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October 31, 2022
The BYOD California Ruling In 2014 Was The Match That Started The Fire Of WFH Reimbursement

We accurately predicted in September of 2014 that the Supreme Court of California Ruling in Cochran v. Schwan's Home Service would go national and that Class Action Lawsuits would result.

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October 30, 2022
Nebraska Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

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October 27, 2022
UK Telco Regulator (OfCom) Urges Telcos To Resist Price Hikes

The UK Telecom ecosystem which includes : British Telecom (BT), Everything Everywhere (EE), Vodafone, Virgin, Three, and others are being “strongly encouraged” not to increase prices.

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October 25, 2022
1 In 4 Brits Are Skipping Meals To Due To Inflation & Recession

The impact inflation is having in the UK is no different than every country around the world.

The UK's problems are compounded by their decision a few years ago to lift price caps on energy b...

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October 22, 2022
Nearly half of Canadians on the brink of insolvency

What is going on in Canada echoes the challenges faced by the citizens of both the USA and the UK.

There are some vert interesting but shocking quotes in the article :

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October 20, 2022
250,000 UK Businesses Stopped Trading In The 1st 6 Months Of 2022

The cold hard reality is that things will get worse and not better over the next 18 to 36 months in the UK.


What the UK is going through from a bankruptcy perspective will be the same for...

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October 19, 2022
CRA Auditing Activity Of Businesses Has Dramatically Increased

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October 18, 2022
41% Of Americans Are Turning To Gig Economy & Side Hustling To Make Ends Meet

The market research that mobilityView has done on the topic has only got stronger as time has progressed.

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October 17, 2022
New Hampshire Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

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October 14, 2022
Amazon Loses Request To Dismiss Class Action Lawsuit For Failure To Reimburse For Work From Home Connectivity Costs

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October 12, 2022
We Are Predicting That European Companies Instruct Employers To Mandate Work From Home During The Winter

Our prediction is that the EU Commission and quite a few European Union Nation States including the UK will mandate a Work From Home Policy for Employers in their country in order to reduce energy ...

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October 11, 2022
Maine Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

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September 27, 2022
Montana Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

We previously reported that 24 US states representing 170 million Americans are required to be reimbursed for the Work From Home costs associated with Smartphones.

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September 21, 2022
5G Uses How Much Electricity? You Can’t Be Serious…. Wireless Rate Plan Prices To Increase Dramatically!

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September 19, 2022
80% Of New IRS Revenue Will Come From Small Businesses Earning Under $200,000

Here are some interesting direct quotes from the article :


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September 13, 2022
Vermont Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

Vermont joins the following states that we have previously announced :


1) California : https://lnkd.in/gS32C3hc

2) New York State : ...

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September 12, 2022
IRS To Hire 87,000 Auditors Targeting Self Employed & Small Business Owners

It has been well documented for years that auditing the wealthy is incredible difficult for any tax authority including the IRS. The cold hard reality is that the wealthy can afford to pay Tax Acco...

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September 07, 2022
Wyoming Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

We previously reported that 24 US states representing 170 million Americans are required to be reimbursed for the Work From Home costs associated with Smartphones.

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September 06, 2022
The Likelihood Of IRS Audit To Double For The Average American

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August 11, 2022
A Canadian Telecom Operator Secures A Global 1st With New Billing Innovation - Credit Card Payment Surcharge

It’s rare that a Canadian Telecom Operator is the 1st in the world to do something.

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August 10, 2022
North Dakota Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

mobilityview previously reported that 24 US states representing 170m Americans are required to be reimbursed for Work From Home costs associated with Smartphones.

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August 03, 2022
Expect To See Major Price Hikes In Rate Plans For Wireless & Home Internet Due To Chord Cutting

The next shoe to fall that is going to hit Telco and CableCo revenues hard is Cord Cutting.

How are these industries likely to respond?

Price increases on what they have left = Wire...

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August 02, 2022
It Is Getting Incredibly Difficult For Employees Around The World To Cover Their Monthly Costs

The US has officially entered into the historic text book definition of recession.

As the United States of Americas goes, so goes the rest of the world economically.


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July 15, 2022
South Dakota Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

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So...

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July 13, 2022
All 3 US Telco's Raise Prices ... The Continuation Of An Accelerating Global Trend

If you pay close attention to a number of major Telecom operators globally (outside of North America) you will see that they started to see “Service Revenue” increase at an accelerated pace in thei...

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July 11, 2022
The Dutch Parliament Has Passed New Labour Law Legislation Mandating The Employee Right To Work From Home

mobilityView continues to be ahead of the curve on all things Work From Home related and we are way ahead of those companies that are providing strategy consulting services on this topic.

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July 07, 2022
Ericsson's Q2 2022 Mobility Report Confirm What mobilityView Was Saying Years Ago

Ericsson's Q2 2022 state of the mobile industry has been released and the link can be found below.

The trends that they have documented and are forecast to unfold speak to what we said in 201...

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July 05, 2022
Samsung To Raise Chip Prices By 20% : Handset Costs To Soar

We’ve written extensively on the two components of a Smartphone/Handset : Electronic Bill of Materials (EBOM) and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM).

Our CEO was the former Director of Bus...

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July 01, 2022
Washington DC Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

mobilityview previously reported that 24 US states representing 170m Americans are required to be reimbursed for Work From Home costs associated with Smartphones


California : Read more


June 09, 2022
75% Of Workers Want Some Form Of Work From Home & 59% Of 18 to 34 Years Old Will Quit Employer If No Hybrid Offered According To McKinsey

We predicted all of this (starting in 2019 and continuing to present day) as a result of extensive research done on LinkedIn.

You’ll see evidence of this as follows starting with our 4 pa...

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June 03, 2022
Lower Handset Sales For The Remainder Of 2022 & 2023 Means Big Trouble For Telco

We are predicting a Q1 2023 recession as measured in Real GDP growth and the probability of stagflation (no growth with inflation) is quite high.

Has anyone not taken a look at the Real G...

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May 17, 2022
Vodafone Poll Indicates 91% Of Employees Do Not Want To Go Back To The Office Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

Vodafone did an interesting poll in November of 2021 and we predicted all of this in December of 2020.

Some interesting Market Research that mobilityView has done :

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May 06, 2022
Just 4% Of Employers Are Making Everyone Return To The Office Full-Time, Survey Finds

Forbes Extract :

A new survey of employers from the Conference Board finds that just 4% said they had required all employees to return to the workplace full-time.

“We were all p...

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April 14, 2022
Did you Work From Home In 2021? How About Now? Want A Tax Refund For The Business Use Of Your Personal IT?

Do You Pay Taxes In Canada?

Did You Work From Home At Any Time In The Last 3 Years

Did You Use Your Personal Smartphone For Business Purposes Any Time In The Last 6 Years?

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April 12, 2022
Class Action Lawsuits Exploding In The USA For Failure To Reimburse For BYOD & Will Explode Globally

Summary of article :

  1. A rise in employee lawsuits demanding reimbursement for expenses incurred while working from home during the pandemic.
  2. Home expenses such as ...

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February 15, 2022
Why Are The Canadian & Global Tax Authorities So Focused On Tax Consequences Of Cellphones

Why Are The Canadian & Global Tax Authorities So Focused On Tax Consequences Of Cellphones

Very simply the vast majority of usage is personal and they know it.

For those that re...

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February 11, 2022
Canada's Top Tax Writer Just Lost His Detailed Audit For Cellphone Tax Deduction

The CRA also asked for a copy of my T777, along with receipts and documents to support the expenses claimed for office supplies and other things such as employment use of a cellphone.

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January 18, 2022
CRA Updates Taxable Benefit Guidelines For Company Provided Smartphones For The 4th Time

Yesterday during a live customer presentation, they were incredulous that a company provided Smartphone is viewed as a taxable benefit by the CRA.

We showed them we were featured by Forbe...

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January 11, 2022
Roaming Charges To Increase In EU & UK

The UK operators have stated point blank that they are instituting roaming charges for EU countries at the rates that they have quoted.

What will also occur is the reverse… When people fr...

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December 16, 2021
Residents Of The State Of Maine Are Required To Be Reimbursed For Smartphone Costs Associated With Work From Home

The Government of Maine has passed new legislation mandating that if you are a Work From Home employee in the state; you are required to be reimbursed for the business usage of your Smartphone and ...

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December 15, 2021
The Canadian Government Confirms That Work From Home Will Be The Norm In 2022

The Canadian Government in yesterday’s budget release confirm that mobilityView’s prediction that we won’t be returning to a pre-pandemic office setting in Canada in 2022.

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December 14, 2021
Google Delays Indefinitely Return To The Office & Other Big Employers Are Following

Ford Motor, Uber, Lyft all have delayed a return to the office indefinitely due to the new variant according to the WSJ.

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November 19, 2021
Apple Pushes Back Return To The Office Until February 2022 (It Won’t Be Earlier Than April 1st)

Cook said employees will be asked to come in one to two days a week for the first month. In March, it will implement its hybrid work plan, in which the majority of workers will be asked to come in ...

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November 10, 2021
Australian Tax Authorities Warn Gig Workers For The 2nd Time In 3 Months On Need To Separate Business vs. Personal For Smartphones

They continue to say the following :

“Expenses incurred from a side hustle can be claimed as deductions upon providing receipts. However, only the work-related part of expenses can be cl...

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November 09, 2021
Employees Are Quitting Instead of Giving Up Working From Home

mobilityView believes that no more than 30% of the workforce will return to an office Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.

We’ve done extensive polling over the course of the pandemic on the topi...

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November 08, 2021
mobilityView Once Again Ahead Of The Curve On 5G & Cost Structure For Wireless Operators

The decline in OIBDA stemmed from the impact of higher energy costs and an unfavourable comparison with lower content costs in Q3 last year.

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October 28, 2021
State Of California Mandates Work From Home Reimbursement For Smartphones

mobilityview previously reported that 24 US states representing 170m Americans are required to be reimbursed for Work From Home costs associated with Smartphones : https://www.linkedin.com/feed/upd...

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October 12, 2021
Canada Has The Highest Cellular Phone Costs In The World

The report tracked more than 40 countries to find the minimum cost needed to acquire a 4G cellphone plan with at least 100 gigabytes of mobile data per month.

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September 29, 2021
Two Of The USA’s Largest Tax Preparation Companies Confirm Gig Workers Must Separate Business vs. Personal Usage & Cost On Their Smartphones

Direct quote from Intuit/Turbo Tax on their tax advisory note dated July 1st, 2021 :

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September 16, 2021
Expect All Large Canadian Employers To Follow Toronto Dominion Bank (TD Bank) Example & Push Back Return To Office To 2022

Toronto-Dominion Bank expects most of its staff will continue to work remotely until 2022, pushing back plans for a broader return to offices as the Delta variant of COVID-19 creates new public hea...

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August 23, 2021
What Does Google, Apple, Amazon & Facebook Know About The Pandemic & Delta Variant That We Don’t?

Apple Inc. joined a growing number of major companies pushing back their return to the office until 2022 because of the latest Covid-19 surge across the nation.

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August 16, 2021
Canada’s Foremost Tax Writer For Canada’s Largest Business Newspaper Writes Two Articles Warning Canadians To Keep WFH Receipts & Cellphones Are Under Increased Scrutiny

The following are direct quotes from both articles :

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July 15, 2021
170m Americans Now Are Required To Be Reimbursed For Work From Usage Of Smartphone Hardware & Wireless Plan

On March 19th we previously reported that 80m Americans in 10 US States were required to be reimbursed for Work From Home Smartphone expenses : https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:...

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July 13, 2021
US Government Joins Canada & Australia In Their Crack Down On Gig & Sharing Economy Workers

https://fee.org/articles/democrats-just-snuck-a-1-billion-tax-hike-on-workers-into-their-covid-bill/

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June 17, 2021
Australian Tax Authorities (Like Canada) Are Going After Gig & Sharing Economy Workers

If you’re making a little extra cash delivering food for UberEats or renting a spare room out on Airbnb, listen up — the Australian Tax Office is coming for your side hustle.

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May 20, 2021
Most Conservative Pro-Business Think Tank Is Advocating For Increased Enforcement Of Existing Tax LegislationMost Conservative Pro-Business Think Tank Is Advocating For Increased Enforcement Of Existing Tax Legislation

Canada should do more to close the “tax gap” that costs the federal government billions of dollars in annual revenue, but even additional resources and compliance measures won’t raise enough to cov...

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May 10, 2021
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) To Target Gig Economy Workers & Sharing Economy Revenue

CRA has identified four different “platform economies” that it’s focusing on….

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April 19, 2021
Affordable Smartphone Options Rapidly Shrinking In The US With Banning Of Xiaomi

Xiaomi was blacklisted by the US government in January of 2021.

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April 09, 2021
LG's Exit From Smartphone Space Means Higher Prices

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc will wind down its loss-making mobile division after failing to find a buyer, a move that is set to make it the first major smartphone brand to co...

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March 19, 2021
80m Americans Now Are Required To Be Reimbursed For Work From Usage Of Smartphone Hardware & Wireless Plan

10 US states have passed identical legislation to what is happening globally around Work From Home Labour Law changes on Smartphones.

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March 18, 2021
Labour Laws Changing Dramatically In Multiple EU Countries Mandating WFH Reimbursement For Smartphones

Germany’s biggest union, IG Metall, said last month that its research showed most people wanted to be able to choose when to work from home and when to work in the office, but they also wanted clea...

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March 06, 2021
COVID Forcing Home Internet Upgrades Due To Work From Home

Parks found that in September 2020 9% of U.S. broadband households upgraded their home broadband service and 80% of those said that the Covid-19 crisis was the reason for the upgrade.

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February 28, 2021
Samsung Increases Device Security To 4 Years

Samsung has announced that it’ll be extending the amount of time that its Galaxy smartphones and tablets will be getting security updates. Now, devices released from 2019 and onward will receove at...

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February 22, 2021
59m Americans Working In The Gig Economy (36% Of The Entire Workforce) & 30% Of The EU Workforce Of Are Gig Economy Workers

A collection of Gig Economy stats from some great sources and highlights include :

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February 19, 2021
Legacy 4G Network Infrastructure Sharing On The Increase

Vodafone customers in rural communities across the UK are set to receive stronger 4G coverage following a co-operation agreement with O2 and Three in the next stage of the £1bn Shared Rural Network...

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February 12, 2021
1 in 6 Small Business Owners Considering Closing Permanently

Businesses in the hospitality and arts and recreation sectors are most at risk, with roughly one in three actively considering closing. This includes restaurants, hotels, caterers, gyms and arts ve...

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January 11, 2021
Pricing Rationality Is Starting To Return In Hyper Competitive Markets

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal believes India will be an important player in cutting-edge 5G technology but wants pricing to be investor-friendly. In a conversation with Business Standard, Mit...

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January 06, 2021
We Aren’t Going Back To The Office In 2021 – 4 To 1 Ratio Of Workplace vs. Public Place Infection Rate

As of Monday, 6,242 cases of COVID-19 have been traced back to workplaces since the beginning of the pandemic.

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December 21, 2020
Does Google Know Something We Don't - Google Pushing Back Return To Work To September 2021

In March, Google was one of the first companies to tell employees to start working from home before other corporations had a grasp on the risks of working together in enclosed offices. It has repea...

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December 14, 2020
Millions Of Small Businesses Will Go Bankrupt In 2021 Due To Phase 2 Of COVID

Prior to the second wave of infections, the CFIB estimated 160,000 businesses in Canada would fail before the pandemic ends. Kelly raised that number to 225,000, or more than one-in-seven.

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November 27, 2020
Three Of The Largest Banks In The World Push Back Return To Work To April Of Next Year

Three of Canada’s largest banks are planning to keep most of their employees working remotely until the spring, pushing back plans to get back to offices amid a spike in cases of the novel coronavi...

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November 20, 2020
WFH Blowing Up Wireless 4G Networks & Causing Massive Unplanned CAPEX

O2 increases capacity in 33,000 postcodes across London*

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November 16, 2020
B2B App Usage Is Rapidly Shifting Away From Apple to Google

B2B App Usage Is Rapidly Shifting Away From Apple to Google

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November 12, 2020
BYOE (Bring Your Own Everything) Trend Accelerating w/ Microsoft & Apple Results

OEM non-Pro (consumer/retail) revenue for the quarter was up 31% from the year-ago quarter. As Microsoft officials noted last quarter, this is due to a combination of more people buying PCs for hom...

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November 09, 2020
Huawei Continues To Get Hammered Globally… What Is The Impact For The Telco Industry & 5G?

Huawei’s financials take a beating as President Trump’s sanctions come home to roost :

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November 06, 2020
40% of video hours come from mobile

The market research firm Parks Associates recently found that 40% of all video consumption hours among Gen Z heads of U.S. broadband households are watched on either a smartphone or tablet.

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November 02, 2020
US Tax Authorities Stepping Up Enforcement Of Cellphone Taxable Benefit & Tax Deduction Eligibility

Direct quote from the tax article :

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August 28, 2020
What Do The Large Spikes In COVID19 Cases In Europe, USA, Canada & India Mean For Return To Work?

Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota all reported record one-day increases in the number of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.

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August 24, 2020
Consequences Of A Huawei Smartphone Ban Will Translate Into Higher Prices For Devices

China’s role in the global economy over the last 20 years as an outsourced manufacturer has meant that there has been a global deflationary impact on prices.

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August 18, 2020
Smartphone Shipments Nose-Dived 20% During Q1 What Is The Impact To Telecom Operators?

Smartphone shipments have been slashed across the industry during the first three months of 2020, though Xiaomi managed to post some year-on-year growth.

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August 12, 2020
How Much Does Mobile Data Cost Around the World?

Our latest visualization takes a deep dive into the price of mobile internet around the world. The data we used comes from Cable.co.uk and includes information from 230 countries and territories. T...

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August 03, 2020
HMRC (UK Tax Authority) Requires Separation Of Business vs. Personal For Work From Home Reimbursement

Working from home looks set to be a part of many people’s lives for some time to come. At the beginning of lockdown in March, employees would have been forgiven for thinking that their office movin...

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July 22, 2020
CRA & Global Tax Authorities Increasing Enforcement Capabilities On Existing Tax Legislation

If you own U.S. real estate, whether for personal use or for investment purposes, now may be a good time to ensure that you’re fully compliant with your Canadian tax filing obligations, as it appea...

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July 19, 2020
Vodafone & Shaw B2B Telco Sales Are Getting Hammered Particularly in SMB

Shaw also increased its provision for bad debt by $5-million owing to rising unemployment levels and impacts on its business customers, as some companies – especially those in the hospitality and r...

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July 12, 2020
4G & 5G Costs For Customers To Skyrocket As Huawei Rip & Replace Going Global

He explained the logistics involved in bringing in cranes and shutting off streets to replace masts, base stations and other Huawei equipment meant that the only way to meet the timespan would be t...

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July 06, 2020
5G Rate Plans To Skyrocket Due To Global Governmental Crackdown On Huawei

Officials are drawing up proposals to stop installing new Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] equipment in the 5G network in as little as six months, and to speed up the removal of technology that is alre...

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July 03, 2020
Taxes To Spike Globally & Enforcement Of Existing Cellphone Tax Legislation Will Geometrically Increase

Brace yourself! Massive financial support and unconstrained spending to counter an economic shutdown will lead to painful tax hikes.

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June 08, 2020
So You Don’t Think The CRA Is Going After Personal Value Of A Business Paid For Expense…. Think Again

The Tax Court had set the business portion of the trip at 10 per cent, or $4.2 million, which means that the remaining 90 per cent of the trip ($37.6 million) represented the amount that is a taxab...

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May 22, 2020
The Largest Employers In The World Are All Telling Their Employees Work From Home! What Are The Technology & Monetization Implications

With Facebook’s adoption of permanent remote work on Thursday, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has untethered one of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies from the place that incubated it.

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May 11, 2020
What Happens To A Wireless Operator P&L When Device Shipments Tank?

The latest smartphone shipment numbers from Strategy Analytics reveal an unprecedented drop that can only be due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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April 12, 2020
63% Of Businesses Surveyed Intend To Cut Staff! What Is A Wireless Telecom Operator & Their B2B Teams To Do?

The latest survey from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business is not a surprise, but it’s still unsettling.

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April 09, 2020
5G Costs For Telecom Operators Will Require Plan Price Increases

Carriers have been looking at energy efficiency for a few years now, but 5G will bring this to top of mind because it’s going to use more energy than 4G. Telcos spend on average 5% to 6% of their o...

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April 06, 2020
Telecom Operators Under Severe Strain & Regulators Need A Rethink

A collection of articles that speak to the explosion of network traffic from a variety of sources.

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April 03, 2020
Netflix will reduce its European network traffic by 25 percent to manage surge

Netflix will take new actions to reduce bit rates of streams in Europe following a conversation between the European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and CEO Reed Hastings, the company announced o...

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April 01, 2020
How To Economically Address The Work From Home Reality

As more states mandate that people stay home for all but their essential needs, offices around the country will finally have to confront their squeamishness about remote work.

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March 25, 2020
The Future Of Mobile Retailing – A Broader Assortment Of Products & Services

It’s (yet another) sad day for the UK high street, after Dixons Carphone confirmed it will close all 531 standalone Carphone Warehouse stores, with an expected 2,900 roles made redundant.

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March 02, 2020
Confirmation – Apple Is Opening Up Its’ Ecosystem

Apple Weighs Loosening Restrictions

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January 31, 2020
Network Sharing Blocked - 4G & 5G Costs To Sky Rocket

Belgium’s competition regulator has ordered Proximus and Orange to suspend the implementation of their planned network-sharing initiative following a complaint from rival Telenet, but will allow th...

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January 27, 2020
High Speed Internet Prices Will Increase 3x Rate Of Inflation Due To Smartphone/Tablet Traffic

OpenVault Q3 2019 OVBI shows usage acceleration, creating new revenue opportunities

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January 17, 2020
5G Adoption Will Not Be Fast Due To Cost Of 5G Hardware & 5G Plans – Reducing Costs w/o Reducing Price Key!

US and European consumers cautious on move to 5G devices - China and South Korea lead early adoption

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January 13, 2020
Taxable Benefit Trends Continue To Get Worse – Australia Going After Free Parking At Your Office & Cellphones Next

Fringe benefits tax: Car parking benefits

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January 06, 2020
5G Is Currently Being Priced At A 20% Premium Globally

Ericsson has just published the results of its latest Mobility Report mobile industry forecast. The usual big numbers are there - 5G subscriptions are expected to total 13 million by the end of the...

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January 03, 2020
5G Phones To Be 40%+ More Expensive Than 4G - Strategy Analytics Confirms mobilityView’s 2018 Prediction

According to the latest Strategy Analytics PriceTRAX 5G smartphone pricing report, almost all 5G devices that have launched so far are in the ultra-premium price tier, meaning that they retail for ...

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November 22, 2019
Ericsson Mobility Report November 2019

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October 17, 2019
O2 UK gets down to business with 5G

5G is a serious business, as the hype has led us to believe, and so it’s no surprise that business services and enterprise partners featured prominently in O2 UK’s 5G network switch-on announcement.

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October 03, 2019
Want to Get Sued for Millions? There’s an App for That! — The Legal Risks of Digital Workplace Apps

Imagine a single app that could manage scheduling, timekeeping, shift swapping, task management, and new policy rollouts. Imagine that same app could provide links to training videos, push out comp...

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September 20, 2019
Business, immigration, guns: A running list of election promises announced by each party so far

This may shock you, but not all will be kept

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September 09, 2019
SK Telecom and Samsung reckon we need 8K TV over 5G

Korean tech giant Samsung has teamed up with compatriot operator SK Telecoms to develop what they claim will be the world’s first 5G 8K TV.

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July 13, 2019
iPhone sales drop and Apple is looking to services (sound familiar?)

Apple yesterday announced what were expected to be slightly underwhelming financial results for its fiscal 2019 third quarter. In the usual way of measuring these things, they were. Apple has long ...

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June 20, 2019
Wireless data use in U.S. nearly doubled in 2018: report

Demand for mobile data across nearly all metrics was up in 2018, according to CTIA’s 2019 Annual Wireless Industry Survey.

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June 12, 2019
Huawei asks Verizon to pay for over 200 patents - WSJ

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has told Verizon Communications Inc that the U.S. carrier should pay licensing fees for more than 200 of the Chinese telecoms equipment maker’s patents, the Wall Street J...

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June 11, 2019
Free parking is a nice workplace perk, but the taxman still wants his cut

Free parking is generally considered a taxable employment benefit

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June 11, 2019
Ericsson predicts 5G will grow faster than expected

Ericsson has revised upward its mobile 5G growth predictions as adoption of 5G has accelerated more quickly than the company anticipated.

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June 11, 2019
Google Stadia might give operators the jitters

Far from only shaking up the video game industry, Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service looks likely to ruffle a few feathers in the telco sector too.

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June 06, 2019
Google’s cloud gaming service, Stadia, launches in November for $10/month

Google today announced that its upcoming cloud gaming service, Stadia, will launch in November and will be priced at $9.99 per month.

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June 05, 2019
Mobile price rises in India to be dwarfed by cost of 5G

India’s mobile operators are set to part with a sizeable amount of cash before the end of this year.

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June 03, 2019
Aperture Tuning for 5G Smartphones

Antenna efficiency plays a critical role in overall smartphone RF performance. However, current broad trends in RF requirements – especially the forthcoming transition to 5G – and in smartphone ind...

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June 03, 2019
Canalys: Smartphone shipment forecast cut to 1.35 billion for 2019 as uncertainty prevails

Canalys released its updated global smartphone forecasts on 28 May 2019. The latest numbers show that smartphone shipments will reach 1.35 billion units in 2019, a year-on-year decline of 3.1%. Due...

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May 29, 2019
5G to be put through its paces at Vodafone esports tournament

5G faces a stern test of its high-bandwidth, low-latency credentials later this year, as Vodafone plans to host an esports tournament on its network in Milan

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May 24, 2019
A lawyer who makes $1.70/hour? Tax court wasn't buying it, either

Employees are extremely limited in their ability to deduct expenses against their income, needing their employer to certify, in writing, that the employee was required to pay such expenses and was ...

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May 22, 2019
Average Monthly Broadband Usage Up 27% in Q1, Driven By Internet-Only Subs: OpenVault

More 1 TB “power users” and an increasing number of internet-only subscribers helped drive average monthly broadband consumption up 27 percent in the first quarter of 2019, according to data from O...

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May 20, 2019
U.S. Plans Temporary Exemptions to Huawei Blacklist

Reprieve, which could ease U.S.-China tensions, would ensure operations of existing networks

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April 25, 2019
Verizon expands 5G to 20 more cities; pre-order open for Samsung S10 5G phones

Following the launch of 5G services in Chicago and Minneapolis, Verizon announced 20 new cities where it will turn on its 5G Ultra Wideband network this year. Verizon previously said it will launch...

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April 12, 2019
Cloud gaming could account for half of 5G traffic

Video traffic management outfit Openwave Mobility chatted to some operators and they reckon cloud gaming will account for 25-50% of 5G traffic.

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April 09, 2019
Best Buy removes carrier-branded ‘stores-within-stores’ at some locations

Best Buy has removed its carrier-branded stores-within-stores, displays and desks at some locations, according to the latest postpaid report from Wave7 Research.

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April 09, 2019
Shaw’s Freedom Mobile sees Q2 revenue fall due to lower hardware sales

CALGARY - Freedom Mobile’s revenue was down in the second quarter, mostly due to reduced sales of Apple devices, but the regional carrier also faced more aggressive pricing from its rivals, Shaw Co...

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April 09, 2019
The IMF cut Canada's growth outlook — but Deloitte says its forecast is still too optimistic

Despite the short-term slowdown, Canada is poised to benefit from the trade dispute between the world’s two most powerful economies

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April 07, 2019
Shockingly Good Smartphones You Can Get for $350 or Less

It’s become an unwritten but unbreakable rule: Great phones cost $1,000. A few years ago, when we were paying $200 with a two-year contract, that seemed preposterous. Now you’re either renting an i...

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April 05, 2019
Accountant buys $6-million in Apple iPhones and iPads on company credit cards and nobody notices for five years

All of the Apple electronics — along with other personal goods and services — were charged to her company Amex

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March 22, 2019
Three Denmark pushes carrier billing as value add

Cutting through the competitive chaos can be a difficult task, and while Three UK is focusing on convergence and broadband, Three Denmark is making a play to manage the consumers wallet.

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March 21, 2019
Opening street furniture: another option for small cell cost-sharing

The UK’s current concessions model for small cell siting, is a barrier to 4G and future 5G investments. An alternative ‘open access’ model will hand back street furniture to local authorities. That...

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March 13, 2019
AT&T CFO backs enterprise to lead 5G charge

AT&T CFO John Stephens (pictured) pinned the operator’s 5G hopes on enterprise, after revealing its consumer handset upgrade rate continued to slow in the first weeks of 2019.

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March 05, 2019
IR35 contractor tax reforms crawl closer to UK private sector with second consultation

HMRC: How about a client-led dispute resolution process?

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March 04, 2019
What To Know About Taxes If You're A Contractor Or A Freelancer

The traditional, permanent full-time job is dying a slow death in Canada, and precarious work in the new “gig economy” is taking its place.

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March 04, 2019
Apple's Siri partners with new apps to take on Alexa and Google Assistant

Apple’s (AAPL) Siri is one of the most ubiquitous smart assistants on the market, available on 500 million devices and answering 10 billion requests per month.

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February 20, 2019
Samsung announces folding phone with 5G at nearly $2,000

SAN FRANCISCO/LONDON (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday unveiled a nearly $2,000 folding smartphone in a bid to top the technology of Apple Inc and Chinese rivals and reignite cons...

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February 13, 2019
LinkedIn adding live video streaming with assist from Microsoft

After finally adding native video to its platform back in 2017, LinkedIn is following up with the beta launch of LinkedIn Live, a live video broadcast service.

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February 08, 2019
UK users face potential return of EU roaming fees

The UK government confirmed citizens could face high roaming charges when using their mobile phones across Europe if the country fails to reach a formal agreement to leave the European Union (EU).

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February 02, 2019
Why do so many believe profitable 5G will come from private enterprises rather than consumer services?

The Great Telco Debate brings together some of the world’s leading thinkers and players in the telecoms ecosystem to debate the challenges and opportunities facing the telcos, suppliers, regulators...

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January 22, 2019
Most European CSPs expect more enterprise revenue opportunities from 5G

A new survey conducted by IDC, commissioned by Amdocs, has found that almost 80% of European CSPs anticipate increased enterprise revenue opportunities from 5G.

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January 18, 2019
Your personal business better be real if you are using it to claim expenses for tax purposes

Jamie Golombek: If you’re running a business as a way to justify writing off some otherwise ‘personal’ expenses, watch out

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January 15, 2019
CEOs Say Recession Is Top Worry for 2019

The possibility of a global recession ranks as the top concern on the minds of corporate leaders as they head into 2019, according to a new survey of chief executives from the Conference Board, a b...

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January 13, 2019
BOOST MOBILE SETS END OF LIFE DATE FOR 3G DEVICE ACTIVATIONS

Recently, a Boost Mobile customer shared a message he received from the MVNO that shows that the network will no longer support 3G devices after April 30, 2019. After this date, Boost Mobile will n...

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January 08, 2019
Samsung, LG report lower-than-expected sales on heels of Apple’s guidance miss

Apple isn’t the only smartphone maker struggling to maintain growth. Two of its largest competitors, Samsung and LG, have reported lower-than-expected sales for the same period ending in December 2...

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January 07, 2019
iChief’s Samsung tie up is long overdue

The first (proper) week in January always promises a deluge of stories from CES and one opening gambit is a content-based partnership between Samsung and Apple, which should probably have happened ...

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January 04, 2019
The HTC fall from grace is quite remarkable

In years gone, HTC was one of the most successful and sought-after smartphone brands worldwide, but time has not been kind for the Taiwanese firm as financials for 2018 emerge.

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January 02, 2019
Missouri to Tax Prepaid Cellphone Service to Fund 911 Calls

The cost of prepaid cellphone service in Missouri slightly increased on Tuesday as the state joined most of the rest of the country in charging a tax to fund 911 emergency call centers.

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January 02, 2019
Apple plunges on guidance as iPhone sales disappoint

Apple (AAPL) unexpectedly slashed its revenue forecast for the fiscal first quarter of 2019, citing weakness in its key market in China and lower-than-anticipated iPhone revenue.

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December 28, 2018
Canadians paid more than $1.2 billion in wireless data overage fees last year

Eighty-three per cent of Canadians had a data plan as of 2017

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December 18, 2018
Martin Pelletier: The Bank of Canada is still underestimating the risks to the economy

86% of Canadian CFOs believe their country will be in recession no later than the end of 2019

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December 13, 2018
Celebrate the holidays by singing The 12 Claims for Taxes

We all know the seasonal favourite The Twelve Days of Christmas. Only slightly less popular is the song The 12 Claims for Taxes – which is sung to the same tune. The words to the latter are below, ...

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December 11, 2018
5G: The new network arrives

Although it will take years for 5G to replicate 4G’s marketplace dominance, its speed, capacity, latency, and penetration make 5G an opportunity many telecommunications operators can’t—and won’t—re...

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December 10, 2018
Qualcomm Differentiates Itself And Smartphone Partners From Apple And Huawei With The Snapdragon 855

I spent last week in Maui attending Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Technology Summit with my colleague and analyst, Anshel Sag. It was a tough assignment in Hawaii, but someone had to do it. I attend...

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December 06, 2018
New Intel Survey Finds People Are Excited about the Future 5G Enables Despite Knowledge Gap

What’s New: Americans are excited about the future of 5G-enabled entertainment and are willing to pay more, but there is still much the industry needs to do to create anticipation and close the 5G ...

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December 06, 2018
Telkom of South Africa Mulls Making Another Bid for Cell C

The former landline monopoly is seeking management control of the Johannesburg-based carrier, said the people, who asked not to be named as the plans are private. Pretoria-based Telkom hasn’t made ...

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December 05, 2018
BT to cut Huawei out of the mobile mix

BT has confirmed it will be stripping Huawei equipment from its core 4G network, while it will also face a ban from any DWDM optical transport network and mobile edge compute rollout.

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December 05, 2018
Poll: Smartphones are winning the internet

Nearly 8 out of 10 smartphone users in the U.S. use their phones to access the internet at home more than or as much as a computer, according to an Axios/SurveyMonkey poll.

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December 04, 2018
Verizon’s Dunne discusses the 5G handset upgrade conundrum

Verizon’s Ronan Dunne is facing a 5G challenge, and he knows it. His problem—one shared by other wireless providers across the world—is that he’s getting ready to start selling new 5G smartphones, ...

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December 03, 2018
Ericsson Mobility Report November 2018

After years of research and development, 5G commercial launches have started, bringing new opportunities to businesses and consumers.

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November 28, 2018
Has Vestager thrown Dutch consumers under the bus for political gain?

Late on Tuesday, the European Commission cleared T-Mobile Netherlands’ €190 million acquisition of smaller local rival Tele2, without imposing a single remedy, despite the fact that it will reduce ...

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November 24, 2018
Over a third of online Black Friday purchases came from phones

Mobile shopping has rarely been this influential

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November 15, 2018
Stability in EMEA Smartphone Market Masks Regional Disparities, Says IDC

LONDON, November 15, 2018 — Volumes dropped by nearly 5% in the EMEA smartphone market in the third quarter compared with the same quarter in 2017, but market value was up more than 10% over the ye...

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November 12, 2018
WELCOME TO THE AGE OF THE HOUR-LONG YOUTUBE VIDEO

ONE MONTH AGO, a dog I have never met died. His owners are YouTubers Simon and Martina, a Canadian couple who make videos about the delicious food they eat in Tokyo, where they live. After their ex...

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November 08, 2018
In news that will shock absolutely no one, America's cellphone networks throttle vids, strangle rival Skype

Net neutrality probe finds it’s not the end of the world, though

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October 31, 2018
5 Reasons Why BYOD Is Not Dead (Yet)

BYOD Is Alive And Kicking

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October 29, 2018
Upgrade? No Thanks. Americans Are Sticking With Their Old Phones

Contract changes, pricier smartphones lead consumers to keep their devices longer

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October 19, 2018
New Euro Android charges could be $40 per device

Google announced earlier this week that it was going to start charging Android smartphone makers for its apps but didn’t say how much.

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October 18, 2018
Strategy Analytics: The 5G Hype Cycle is About to Run into a Hard Truth: Subsidies Needed!

5G Device Prices Limit Adoption in Short Term but top Vendors face disruption.

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October 10, 2018
Apple plans to give away original content for free to device owners as part of new digital TV strategy

Apple is planning to mix free original content with subscription “channels” to existing digital video services on its “TV” application.

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October 10, 2018
Snapchat unveils new original shows to lure back users

New York (CNN Business)Snapchat is hoping its new original content will help bring back former users and appeal to existing ones.

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October 04, 2018
Huawei makes a Beeline for Russian 5G

Holographic calls have become the hot 5G use-case so Huawei teamed up with Beeline to do one in Russia.

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October 03, 2018
Smartphone-only internet users grow from 12% in 2016 to 20% this year

A growing number of U.S. households are exclusively accessing the internet via smartphones, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center.

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October 03, 2018
Hopper Announces US $100 Million in Series D Funding Led by OMERS Ventures

Travel booking app will accelerate international expansion and further AI efforts

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September 27, 2018
Only one in four businesses are ready for digital era – Vodafone

Despite dawn breaking on the digital economy, Vodafone claims only 24% of businesses globally could reasonably call themselves cyber ready, but those who are should prepare themselves for a cash bo...

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September 25, 2018
Canadian Employees Using Company-Issued Devices for Fun

Almost two thirds of the instant messages sent during work hours are not related to work.

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September 14, 2018
Digital World and Physical Networks Join Forces to Speed Up Intent-Driven Network Innovation

With increasing user demand for emerging services such as 4K/8K, ultra HD video, and VR, the data traffic on the entire communication network is increasing 10 times every five years. The emergence ...

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September 09, 2018
Mobile Device Failures Are Literally Making Your Workers Sick

Device Malfunctions Are Costing Billions Of Dollars Each Year In Employee Sick Leave

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August 14, 2018
Apple is delaying group FaceTime calls, one of the most-anticipated features in the next iOS

The latest beta of iOS 12 doesn’t include one of the banner features Apple promised for the iPhone and iPad earlier this summer: Group FaceTime.

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August 09, 2018
Samsung’s Galaxy Note9 drops with big price tag but lots of carrier deals

Samsung sprung its new Galaxy Note9 today with a big 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display and a massive $1,000 price tag to match.

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August 07, 2018
AT&T’s CFO promises 5G will grow wireless revenues

AT&T’s CFO said that the carrier’s move to 5G network technology will create opportunities for the company to generate new revenues. The statements are noteworthy considering AT&T has raise...

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August 06, 2018
China Smartphone Units Drop by 6% YoY while Average Selling Prices Grow by 15% in 2Q18, IDC Reports

BEIJING, Aug 7th, 2018 – According to preliminary data of the IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, the Chinese smartphone market shipped 105 million units during the second quarter of 2018, resultin...

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August 01, 2018
Huawei displaces Apple in global smartphone chart

In a falling global market, China-based Huawei boosted smartphone shipments 41 per cent in Q2 to give it a 15.5 per cent market share, pushing it well ahead of Apple as the world’s second-largest s...

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August 01, 2018
Watershed moment: should mobile operators be worried we talk less?

A new report from Ofcom claims users in the UK spoke 2.5 billion minutes less on their mobile phones, down by 1.7% in 2017, the first such decline in history.

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July 31, 2018
Workplace 2020

It is largely agreed that the rise of the new generation of connected workers, empowered by collaborative and mobile solutions, will radically alter the shape of the future workforce and workplace....

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July 30, 2018
Canada's gig economy 'growing at a phenomenal rate': BMO

The growth of the gig economy is leaving Canadians with more flexibility than ever before, but at a cost to their financial security, according to a new study.

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July 25, 2018
Vodafone blames accountants and currency for revenue slump

Vodafone has pointed the finger at new accounting rules and fluctuating FX as the reason for a 4.9% decline in revenues over the last three months.

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July 14, 2018
Your phone's unlimited data plan isn't really unlimited — this is what you really get

Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint all offer “unlimited” data plans that suggest you can use as much high-speed data as you want each month.

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July 13, 2018
As cellphone bills rise, Americans aren’t buying new phones

New research from NPD Connected Intelligence shows that Americans on average are holding on to their smartphones for 32 months, which is a significant increase from the 25 months that the firm reco...

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July 02, 2018
Confirmed: Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile to slow video streams, hotspot connection speed

Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile announced it will begin throttling all of its users’ video streams to 480p resolution and its unlimited customers’ personal hotspot speeds to 600 Kbps. The operator added t...

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June 29, 2018
Analyst: Increase in AT&T 'Administrative Fee' Expected to Bring in $800M

AT&T stands to make hundreds of millions from an increased fee on its wireless bills, an industry analyst reported this week.

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June 29, 2018
AT&T, Sprint Boost Customer Fees

The administrative increases will bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in additional revenue for the companies

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June 28, 2018
Why IT departments are at a crisis point

IT departments are at a crisis point when it comes to digital transformation and application development, reveals OutSystems’ fifth annual research report on the state of application development an...

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June 27, 2018
Almost half of millennials say they would rather give up shampooing for a week than stop using their phones

A survey conducted by an app-based phone service Visible asked 1,180 millennials a series of “Would you rather?” questions, to find out what they would be willing to give up for their smartphones.

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June 19, 2018
Verizon to grow wireless service revenues for first time in 4 years

Things are finally starting to look up for Verizon, at least according to some Wall Street analysts. Specifically, the analysts at Deutsche Bank Research forecast that in the second quarter the nat...

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June 19, 2018
Ericsson Mobility Report June 2018

2018 is the year of the first 5G commercial launches and large-scale deployments of the cellular Internet of Things (IoT).

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June 15, 2018
The end of roaming in Europe: Progress report, one year on

In accordance with the European Regulation, Europeans have been able to “roam like at home” since 15 June 2017, i.e. to use their mobile phones under the same conditions as they do at home when tra...

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June 01, 2018
Ottawa should beware the unintended consequences of taxing workplace health plans

A decision to tax health benefits would ripple through the whole tax system, affecting everything from child benefits to old age security

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May 30, 2018
Worldwide Smartphone Volumes Will Remain Down in 2018 Before Returning to Growth in 2019 and Beyond, According to IDC

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. May 30, 2018 – After declining 0.3% in 2017, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to contract again in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019 and beyond. According to the ...

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May 28, 2018
The gig economy is coming for your office job — here's how it works for companies doing it already

LONDON — The gig economy will be mainstream in the office within the next five years and life for employees is set to “fundamentally change,” a CEO who works with 30% of the Fortune 100 told Busine...

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May 24, 2018
A Majority of Canadians are OK with Sharing their Personal Data – According to a New Global Research Study

Millennials are overwhelmingly comfortable with data-sharing

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May 22, 2018
When repaying debt, mobile phones come before cars

NEW YORK—U.S. consumers are more devoted to their mobile phones than their automobiles.

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May 21, 2018
The reality of augmented reality: strong growth in unexpected places

It’s been a slow burn, but the concept of adding digitally generated text and imagery onto a digital field of view (on a smartphone screen, on or through smart glasses) is finally starting to pop u...

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May 16, 2018
‘I Lost It’: The Boss Who Banned Phones, and What Came Next

Employers limit cellphone use to regain attentiveness. Workers use watches and laptops instead.

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May 09, 2018
mobilityView invited as a VIP to Elite Vodafone Event In Luxembourg

mobilityView is starting to get the attention of some large global subject matter experts.

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May 08, 2018
Canada's wireless prices justified even if high by world standards, think tank says

Canada’s telecom industry is now competitive enough that there’s no need for regulatory attempts to force down consumer prices, study says.

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April 29, 2018
How much data does music streaming use? (2018 edition)

This is quite possibly a necessary practice, due to a mix of using different codecs and various audio bitrates, where larger numbers can sometimes erroneously be associated with better quality.

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April 23, 2018
Streaming approaches half of all music industry revenues

It might not be anywhere as near as data intensive as video, but the growing influence of music streaming is another part of the network congestion question which needs to be factored in.

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April 19, 2018
Netflix launches 30-second preview videos on mobile

Netflix is introducing its own take on Snapchat and Instagram stories after it began to roll out 30-second preview videos for mobile viewers.

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April 17, 2018
In wireless, BOGOs and ETF buyouts quietly disappearing

The U.S. wireless industry in recent years has been awash in promotions that seemed too good to be true.

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March 30, 2018
mobilityView’s MCM platform (Mobile Cost Management) can control mobile voice, data and SMS consumption of every smartphone in the companies fleet

mobilityView’s MCM platform (Mobile Cost Management) can control mobile voice, data and SMS consumption of every smartphone in the companies fleet, differentiate business and personal usage and hel...

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March 30, 2018
mobilityView Media Tour in the Dominican Republic

mobilityView’s media tour in the Dominican Republic with Thom Damstra – CEO - to present our MCM platform (Mobile Cost Management) with which B2B customers can save up to 70% of the cost of their m...

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March 29, 2018
IT leaders plan to ‘consumerize’ employee access to cloud services

The proliferation of cloud applications and use of a disparate range of devices within businesses has led to nearly two-thirds (64%) of IT leaders admitting that their security teams are considerin...

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March 15, 2018
Why You Shouldn't Buy Samsung's Galaxy S9

Do not buy the Galaxy S9. Despite some genuinely smart upgrades, new data shows there is an irrefutable reason why no-one should buy Samsung’s new smartphone when it launches…

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March 12, 2018
Blog: 5G business case still far from clear

Since the 3GPP released the 5G New Radio (NR) specification for non-standalone (NSA) operation in late December 2017, the mobile industry experienced a flood of 5G announcements by vendors and oper...

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March 09, 2018
Facebook Signs Exclusive Deal to Stream 25 MLB Games

Facebook Inc. reached a deal with Major League Baseball for exclusive rights to stream 25 afternoon games on the social network in the U.S.

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March 09, 2018
Ofcom probe into alleged network throttling by Vodafone and Three

Ofcom to examine alleged breaches of net neutrality over Three’s tethering rules and Vodafone’s Video Pass.

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March 08, 2018
Finnish average mobile data use reaches 26 GB in H2

Finnish communications regulator Ficora said that in the second half of 2017, average consumption of data on the mobile network was almost 26 GB per Finn. For mobile subscriptions, usage averaged o...

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March 08, 2018
The Latest on BYOD in Business

Bring your own device (BYOD) solutions have become commonplace within the enterprise, and there are no signs of things slowing down anytime soon. Despite common concerns about internal governance, ...

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March 01, 2018
Enterprise AR apps call for strong use cases, requirements

Developers, hone your AR app pitches with these tips on building use cases and requirements. Get ready, because augmented tools are ready for enterprise prime time.

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February 07, 2018
Canadian Trade Commission selects mobilityView to Join Its Accelerator Program

Last week, the Canadian Trade Commissioners Service formally selected mobilityView for its very successful Canadian Technology Accelerators program. This program is designed to help high potential ...

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January 23, 2018
With huge 1.2M customer gains, Verizon shrugs off lack of video service bundled with wireless

Although all of its major competitors are pushing bundles of video services with their respective wireless offerings, Verizon’s management argued the company is doing just fine without such subscri...

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January 23, 2018
Deutsche Tel scale scuppered Orange merger talks

Deutsche Telekom (DT) and Orange held discussions about a possible merger in 2017, but talks eventually fizzled out after the two companies were unable to come to an agreement.

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January 15, 2018
Blog: AR finds a home in enterprise

You would be forgiven for envisioning a floating Pidgey or a wandering Pikachu at the mere mention of augmented reality (AR), given 2016’s gaming phenomenon Pokemon Go is still arguably the technol...

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January 13, 2018
US shoppers abandon PC makers in hour of need

Global sales fall for 13th straight quarter.

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January 03, 2018
‘Alarming’ unlimited data usage: 31.4 GB per month and rising

According to two new reports, the embrace of unlimited data pricing plans in the United States and elsewhere is pushing dramatic increases in the amount of data traveling over operator networks. In...

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January 01, 2018
THE TAX COST OF NOT KEEPING A VEHICLE KILOMETRE LOG BOOK

Without a log book for mileage to track business versus personal use, the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) could deny many tax deductions and claims you have for vehicle usage and result in you paying h...

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December 05, 2017
Phablets will become the most popular smartphone type by 2019

Phablets — smartphones with a screen size between 5.5 and 7 inches — are on track to lead the global smartphone market in terms of shipments by 2019, according to a forecast by IDC.

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December 04, 2017
San Diego sees diminishing tax revenues due to cord-cutting trend

San Diego, the eighth most populous city in the United States, is the largest to report that the small but accelerating cord-cutting trend has had a noticeable effect on tax revenues.

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November 29, 2017
Smartphone shipments will fall to phablets by 2019: IDC

Phablets, which have screens between 5.5 and 7 inches, are projected to outpace total market growth to reach one billion shipped units through 2021.

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November 29, 2017
HD streaming takes up 38% of wireless traffic, says study

As consumers turn to their mobile phones to access OTT video content, the growing availability of high definition (HD) quality content is taking a more prominent role in overall mobile video traffic.

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November 27, 2017
Pokémon GO caused hundreds of deaths, increased crashes

Pokémon GO killed at least two people and spiked rates of car accidents and injuries, according to a study of the game’s impact on just one United States city.

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October 24, 2017
Average smartphone prices reach record high – GfK

Market tracker GfK has released its latest global smartphone numbers and they reveal that prices are increasing at a significant rate.

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October 13, 2017
Sprint launches new iPhone campaign amid surprisingly quiet market

Sprint launched a series of new lease offers for the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus in an aggressive move to woo customers in a surprisingly quiet market.

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October 10, 2017
Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 3.6 Percent in Third Quarter of 2017

Traditional Promotions, Such as Back-to-School Sales, No Longer an Effective Growth Driver.

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September 26, 2017
It Just Got More Expensive to Build an iPhone

Apple Inc.’s latest smartphones, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus, have more expensive parts, but the company will still make significant profits because it raised prices for the devices, according t...

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September 25, 2017
How Major League Baseball is using Apple’s ARKit to increase fan engagement

Last week, I slipped away from Disrupt for a couple of hours to watch a Giants game at nearby AT&T park — or, more precisely, watch a Giants game through an iPad. It was a small gathering hoste...

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September 25, 2017
Google and Levi’s ‘connected’ jacket that lets you answer calls, use maps and more is going on sale

Over a year after Google showed off its “connected” jean jacket designed for bike commuters at last year’s Google I/O developer conference, the company today is unveiling the final product, which ...

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September 22, 2017
Mobile business devices enjoy 'buoyant' Q2, but outlook remains volatile: Strategy Analytics

Samsung gained significant ground against Apple in the battle of business-centric mobile devices during a “buoyant” second quarter of 2017, according to fresh data from Strategy Analytics.

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September 14, 2017
Enterprise appetites for cloud-based financial apps on the rise, Gartner research suggests

Research into corporate appetites for cloud-based financial apps suggest demand is growing faster than expected, claims Gartner.

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August 25, 2017
Vodafone won't pay employee expenses for cups of coffee

Travelling far and wide in the UK? Feed yourself out of your own pocket, says telco.

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August 22, 2017
Verizon jumps on video throttling bandwagon

Verizon Wireless will begin throttling video streams delivered over its mobile network, arguing there is “no visible difference in quality on a smartphone or tablet when video is shown at higher re...

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August 18, 2017
Samsung leads US, LatAm smartphone markets

Samsung topped smartphone shipments in the US and Latin America (LatAm) in Q2, fending off Apple in the former and achieving a record high market share in the latter, Counterpoint Research announced.

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August 17, 2017
50.4% of Consumers Use Their Personal Smartphones to Conduct Business, Finds Strategy Analytics

By Analyzing Combinations of Mobile Applications, a Profile of Business Users Can Be Formulated For Business-to-Business Opportunities

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July 20, 2017
‘Revenge of the cable business’: Rogers CEO insists future is bright

Rogers CEO Joe Natale believes changes in video consumption and advancements in digital homes will reinvigorate the cable business.

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July 09, 2017
Rogers, Bell hike overage fees at time when customers thirst for wireless data

Each additional GB now costs between $10 and $20 more a month.

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July 05, 2017
Rogers increases data overage rate by $20 per gigabyte

In a move that could cause a domino effect, Canada’s largest carrier has increased its data overage fees. According to an updated version of its website, Rogers is increasing its data overage fees ...

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June 23, 2017
YouTube has 1.5 billion logged-in monthly users watching a ton of mobile video

This year at VidCon, YouTube shared some new metrics that really drive home how much it’s dominating mobile video usage and how quickly its service is gaining viewers on TVs.

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June 13, 2017
Ericsson: North Americans to use 26 GB per month by 2022, up from 6.9 GB in 2017

It’s fairly well-known that mobile data traffic is skyrocketing and that mobile video traffic now accounts for more than half of all mobile data traffic.

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May 11, 2017
The Rise Of The Mobile Web And App Domination

According to Pew Research Center, “In 2020… there will be a widespread belief that the World Wide Web is less important and useful than in the past and apps are the dominant factor in people’s lives.”

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December 08, 2016
Devil's in the data when it comes to writing off your cellphone bill as an employment expense

If you’re hoping for a shiny, new Apple iPhone 7 this holiday season, you’re not alone. But if you’re planning to write off your cellphone plan as a business expense, you might want to read this.

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November 29, 2016
Gartner Survey Shows That Mobile Device Adoption in the Workplace Is Not Yet Mature

Desktop PCs Are Still the Most Popular Corporate Device in Businesses

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August 13, 2015
Intuit Forecast: 7.6 Million People in On-Demand Economy by 2020

QuickBooks Survey Reveals New Era of Entrepreneurship

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