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Report: UK 5G usage overtakes 3G

Findings from UK mobile telco Three’s report, Mobile Britain 2022, showing how Brits have been swiping, sharing and connecting, reveals a 5G boom in the last year, with usage increasing by 385 per cent on Three’s superfast network. 5G data carried on Three’s network is now more than double that of 3G – overtaking it […]

April 13, 2022

Vegas hotel buys trio of gaming companies

The group behind the Las Vegas Sands hotel (the world’s largest operator of fully integrated resorts) has agreed to acquire three video game companies – Doppio, Oktagon, and Metagame Studio – via Fortis, a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal is said to be another step in Las Vegas Sands’ core mission to become an accessible […]

April 8, 2022By Chris Forrester

The Voice highlightson Avakin Life

Avakin Life, the mobile metaverse created by British metaverse games developer and publisher Lockwood Publishing, will this week showcase the top highlights from its one-of-a-kind partnership with ITV hit show The Voice. The month-long ‘The Voice of Avakin’ partnership event, which took place at the end of 2021, welcomed almost 2million singers from around the […]

April 5, 2022

Report: UK ‘Brand risk’ lowered by move away from cookies

Integral Ad Science (IAS), a global player in digital media quality, has released The Media Quality Report – 16th Edition. The report, based on the analysis of billions of data events worldwide, provides transparency into the performance and quality of UK digital media and advertising placements in the second half of 2021, alongside worldwide comparisons. […]

March 30, 2022

Sky Mobile launches Ukraine data donations

Sky Mobile has announced its pledge to donate £100,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), who are providing invaluable support to those in need in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. Sky Mobile customers can choose to donate their spare data, which Sky Mobile will then turn into a monetary donation to support the DEC. Customers can […]

March 29, 2022

Netflix acquires Boss Fight Entertainment

Netflix has announced the acquisition of Boss Fight Entertainment, the mobile game development studio responsible for the popular Dungeon Boss game. “Boss Fight Entertainment was founded in 2013 by David Rippy (CEO), Bill Jackson (CCO), and Scott Winsett (COO), whose work I’ve long admired. This studio’s extensive experience building hit games across genres will help […]

March 25, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Clear-Com keeps Corvette Racing Team on right course

Endurance car racing puts drivers and crews to the test, and also highlights the importance of quality communications. That’s why the Corvette Racing team has invested in the latest IP intercom technologies from Clear-Com including the Eclipse HX Digital Matrix, FreeSpeak II Digital Wireless systems and the Agent-IC Mobile App. The Corvette Racing team designs […]

March 23, 2022

Report: Most bought video ads are mobile

PubMatic, an independent technology company maximising customer value by delivering digital advertising’s supply chain of the future, in partnership with IAB Europe, hasreleased an industry report titled The State of Online Video Advertising in Europe. The report highlights media buyers’ appetite to continue to increase investment in video advertising, in particular connected TV (CTV). Over […]

March 17, 2022

No Russian Pavilion at MWC

The GSMA has announced that it will no longer host a Russian Pavilion at the Mobile World Congress 2022 event. In a statement, they said: “The GSMA strongly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The situation is fast-moving, and we understand that various governments are considering broader sanctions against Russia. In light of this emerging […]

February 25, 2022

Research: Smartphone market recovers in 2021

After a significant drop in revenue in 2020, the global market for smartphones recorded a growth in revenue of 13.4 per cent in 2021 to a total of $365.5 billion (€324.6bn). GfK experts also forecast a further recovery for 2022. 2021 started off positively for the smartphone industry: In the first and second quarters, the […]

February 25, 2022