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DTWS: Rakuten Group's CTO gives details of Symphony

TM Forum

Its aim is to build “a truly elastic software cloud architecture for mobile service providers, as well as government and private enterprises,” said Amin. ” (In August, Rakuten announced a partnership with Germany’s 1&1 to build a fully virtualized mobile network based on Open RAN.).

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T-Mobile is betting big on Google’s Android services: RCS, YouTube TV, Pixel, and more

The Verge

Google and T-Mobile are announcing a huge partnership today, with the carrier agreeing to showcase a suite of Google’s services on Android phones sold on the carrier’s network. T-Mobile and Google say the carrier has “the most Android smartphone customers in the US.” Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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What Sundar Pichai’s ‘long-term’ hardware commitment means for the Pixel

The Verge

Last week, I wrote about Google’s somewhat confounding hardware strategy in the wake of a report about internal conflict from The Information. Not to belabor the metaphor, but when it comes to Google’s hardware efforts, there’s a bit of a “darkest before the dawn” vibe. We absorbed the mobile division of HTC. Hardware is hard.

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Microsoft is bringing next-gen Xbox games to the Xbox One with xCloud

The Verge

That means the 2013 hardware will be able to play Xbox Series X exclusive games from 2021 — extending the lifecycle of what would normally soon be obsolete boxes. Microsoft originally announced Microsoft Flight Simulator as an Xbox One title, before quietly removing references to the Xbox One launch in December.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and S7 Plus review: hardware can’t carry it all

The Verge

A lot of that comes down to the software: last year’s Galaxy Tab S6 was beset with bugs, confusing software, and unfinished features that just ruined the experience, despite the S6’s impressive hardware. Hardware and Design. In terms of hardware, there’s very little to complain about with either model. The S7 Plus has a 12.4-inch

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Minimizing Jitter for VoIP calls

Spearline Testing

To most organizations, Voice Over Internet Protocol or VoIP mobile services are a perfect option. This makes for significant cost reductions and feature-packed services that don't require expensive hardware equipment. Hardware capacity on source/destination. This approach allows for more versatility than ever.

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What Is: Jitter

Spearline Testing

A cousin to latency, jitter refers to packet delay variation carrying voice or video data over a communications channel. Random : Also referred to as “Gaussian jitter”, this has unpredictable electronic timing noise; usually resulting from clock timing problems or random electronic timing noise. What are the different types of jitter?

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