EU Ponders Facial Recognition Ban
A potential temporary ban of the biometrics technology in public places The EU is considering a ban of facial recognition in public places for up to five years, including at…
VR and AR Market Is Heating Up
Latest CCS Insight forecast shows reasons for optimism Last week, we published our updated global market forecast for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) devices. Although the market has…
China Fires Starting Gun on 5G Scale Game
Operators switch on 5G services in China Last week, on 1 November, China’s three main mobile operators — China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom — switched on their 5G…
Steep Development for 5G Phones in 2020
Sales will rocket as prices tumble Commercial 5G networks are currently available in more than 20 countries in Western Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The big…
Bright Days ahead for Wearables Market
CCS Insight forecast has high hopes after a solid 2019 The smart wearables market is doing great in 2019, especially compared with its big brother, the smartphone market. Global shipments…
Fairphone Promotes Sustainable Smartphone
Aims to tackle environmental impact of smartphone consumption Fairphone is a Dutch smartphone company that few people have ever heard of, but it could be setting a commendable example for…
Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo Form Partnership
Phone-makers collaborate on a file-transfer system In an interesting move, three of China’s largest smartphone makers and ferocious rivals, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo, announced they’re working together to develop a…
Oppo Shows Off New Tricks
Demonstrates under-screen camera and communication technology This week at Mobile World Congress in Shanghai, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oppo unveiled several new technologies in its efforts to challenge other major Android…
China’s Coordinated 5G Sprint
Three operators prepare for October 2019 launches in 40 cities According to a senior official at ZTE, Mr Michael Gao Wenhao, deputy general manager of ZTE’s 5G industrial products business,…
High Hopes for 5G Despite Near-Term Doubts
In 2025, 5G will form 20% of all mobile connections Adoption of 5G cellular technology globally will happen faster than that of 4G, according to our new forecast, which was…