As the wireless telecommunications companies ramp up their 5G rollouts, they are beginning to pull the plug on their 3G networks. 2022 is the end of the line for the venerable cellphone service.
The FAA raised concerns that new, full-speed 5G cellphone services near airports could interfere with aircraft operations.
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Airplanes use radio waves to determine how far off the ground they are. New 5G cellphone services come close to the same frequencies the airplanes use. Here’s how that can be a problem.
The decision by Warner fuels a popular fallacy that studios simply react to what customers want.
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Industry experts see the shift away from theatrical releases as a sign that Hollywood studios are embracing the inevitable future. But is it as simple as that?
Apple TV Plus has focused on recruiting big names for its shows.
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A scholar of the media business tries to make sense of the flurry of merger news lately, and why the contested tie-up between AT&T and Time Warner will profoundly reshape the American media landscape.
Larry Fink, right, shared a stage with several of the CEOs he urged to spend more time doing good.
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A multibillion-dollar effort is just beginning to build an all-new nationwide wireless broadband network for emergency responders. How will it work, why do we need it and how will it last 25 years?
Poul Henningsen’s Artichoke Lamp, viewed from below at London’s Park Plaza Hotel.
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Richard Lachmann, University at Albany, State University of New York
AT&T’s planned merger would add to a growing list of mega deals that have not only harmed consumers and exacerbated inequality but also undermined our democracy.