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5G

In telecommunications, 5G is the fifth generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks, which cellular phone companies began deploying worldwide in 2019, and is the planned successor to the 4G networks which provide connectivity to most current cellphones.

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5G Faces Growing Resistance To Deployments
5G Faces Growing Resistance To Deployments
August 26, 2019  |  Mobile

Everyone in retail and payments is – or should be – getting ready for 5G mobile network technology. More potential and real 5G use cases...

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More Than Pretty Pictures: Visual Commerce’s Rise Boosts Retail
More Than Pretty Pictures: Visual Commerce’s Rise Boosts Retail
August 13, 2019  |  Innovation

For fans of retail or marketing history — or just fans of how people communicated in the past — reading old magazine and newspaper advertisement...

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Deep Dive: Online Gaming Struggles With Subscription Competition
Deep Dive: Online Gaming Struggles With Subscription Competition
August 02, 2019  |  Subscription Commerce

The video game market was one of the first to move into the subscription economy, even before gaming went online. Companies like GameFly cropped up...

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Samsung Looks To 5G Retail As Revenue Declines
Samsung Looks To 5G Retail As Revenue Declines
July 31, 2019  |  Earnings

Smartphone shipments for Samsung increased in the second quarter of 2019, the company said in its latest earnings report, thanks to retail sales of its...

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All 2020 iPhone Models To Support 5G Technology
All 2020 iPhone Models To Support 5G Technology
July 29, 2019  |  Apple

Apple won’t be the first major vendor offering a 5G smartphone, but all three iPhones scheduled for release in 2020 will accommodate the new cellular...

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Toyota Backs China’s Didi With $600M To Expand Services
Toyota Backs China’s Didi With $600M To Expand Services
July 25, 2019  |  Ridesharing

In a move to develop new car technologies in China, Toyota Motor Corp. is planning to invest $600 million in ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing.  Toyota...

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New Mobile Healthcare Efforts Point To Wider Payment Trends
New Mobile Healthcare Efforts Point To Wider Payment Trends
July 23, 2019  |  Healthcare

Slowly but steadily, healthcare is becoming more mobile about payments, and that trend – a very long time in coming – appears to have picked...

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Apple Rumored To Buy Intel’s Chip Business
Apple Rumored To Buy Intel’s Chip Business
July 23, 2019  |  Apple

Apple is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire chipmaker Intel Corp’s smartphone-modem chip business. The deal, valued at $1 billion or more, could be reached...

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Microsoft And AT&T Announce $2B Digital Tie-Up
Microsoft And AT&T Announce $2B Digital Tie-Up
July 17, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

AT&T and Microsoft have announced a partnership worth billions that would let the communications giant use Microsoft’s Azure cloud system for its computing purposes, according...

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