In what is being described as an “exciting collaboration”, leading MENA region subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service Starzplay has inked a strategic partnership with Middle East, Turkey and Africa payments provider TPAY.
In a project that the partners say highlighted the efficiency and ease of use of 5G with IP-bonding, Sky Deutschland and LiveU have revealed their work on a 5G multi-cam and cloud production proof-of-concept (PoC) at the recent Special Olympics World Games.
Hot on the heels of announcing it was the first UK telco to test such infrastructures for public use, UK mobile operator Vodafone now says that it has become the first company in the UK to offer customers a 5G Standalone service to be known as 5G Ultra.
Mobile platform provider Qualcomm Technologies is to extend its collaboration with CE giant Sony which will see its Snapdragon platform powering future smartphones, agreeing to work on the next generations of premium, high- and mid-tier devices.