DHAKA: The European Union (EU) will form a 5G Action Plan by the end of this year, in order to ensure it capitalizes on the opportunities of the new mobile technology and does not repeat the “failure” of 4G.European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society Gunther Oettinger

DHAKA: Country’s leading wedding photography company “Wedding Diary” is offering an attractive discount on wedding packages exclusively for Grameenphone (GP) STAR customers under a joint promotion with the telecom operator.Under this offer, GP STAR customers will be able to get a

DHAKA: The row between Apple and the FBI over access to a dead murderer’s phone should start a debate about government requests for data, says Bill Gates.The FBI wants Apple to unlock the iPhone of Syed Rizwan Farook who killed 14 people in December last year.Apple has resisted the

DHAKA: Facebook’s chief executive has said he is sympathetic to Apple’s position in its clash with the FBI.The FBI has ordered Apple to disable the security software on a dead murderer’s iPhone but the tech giant has refused.Mark Zuckerberg said he did not believe the authorities

DHAKA: Samsung's latest flagship phones restore a couple of popular features dropped from the previous generation.The Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge both accept MicroSD cards, allowing their storage to be expanded, and can also be submerged underwater.In addition, they feature new gaming

DHAKA: LG has announced a modular Android smartphone that can gain extra functions via add-on parts.Components are plugged in by pulling off the base of the G5 phone and swapping it for an alternative unit.Google is known to be working on a modular phone of its own, but the concept is far

DHAKA: Government has decided to reduce the rate of broadband internet package from February 21.Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) will lessen 35 percent prices of all packages of broadband internet service.The announcement was revealed on Saturday (February 20).BDST:

DHAKA: US presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a boycott of Apple until the tech giant helps unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers.Apple has clashed with the Justice Department (DoJ) over a court order forcing the company to help break the encryption on one

DHAKA: Google Translate has added support for 13 more languages, the team behind the tool announced on February 17, bringing the total number of tongues it supports to 103.Included in this latest update is support for Scots Gaelic; Kurdish; Amharic, the official working language of

DHAKA: The Indian smartphone manufacturer Ringing Bells has launched the world's cheapest smartphone ‘Freedom 251’ at Rs 251 (Tk 288) on Wednesday (February 17). The smartphone can be purchased from the company's website freedom251.com starting February 18, reports the Times of

DHAKA: A major computer security vulnerability has been discovered - with experts cautiously warning it could potentially affect hundreds of thousands of devices, apps and services.However, due to the nature of the bug, it is extremely difficult to know how serious the problem is."Many

DHAKA: An Indian smartphone manufacturer, Ringing Bells, is set to launch an affordable smartphone called the Freedom 251 on Wednesday (February 17) as part of its attempt to connect every Indian.The company will launch the phone set ‘with immense support from’ the India government,

DHAKA: Organized by the ICT Division, the second National High School Programming Contest is scheduled to start on March 6.Leading mobile phone operator Robi will sponsor the event and Bangladesh Open Source Network will work as the implementation associate of the event and Codemarshal

DHAKA: Organized by the ICT Division, the second National High School Programming Contest is scheduled to start on March 6.Leading mobile phone operator Robi will sponsor the event and Bangladesh Open Source Network will work as the implementation associate of the event and Codemarshal

DHAKA: Robi has partnered with Qubee to provide wi-fi service to its valued subscribers across the country.It is expected that Qubee’s technical support will help ensure the best customer experience with Robi’s super-fast internet service, said a press release.The wi-fi service will

DHAKA: State Minister for posts and telecommunications Tarana Halim wants to facilitate smartphone for the farmers in lower price and easy installment.The farmers and the root-level populace will get the chance to buy smartphones in Tk 25 to 30 per installment, she added. The state

DHAKA: Shares of Twitter fell in after-hours trading as the company’s quarterly results showed user growth faltering.Twitter reported a net loss of $90m for the last three months of 2015 versus a loss of $125m a year ago, reports the BBC.The social media site saw its user growth stall,

DHAKA: Mobile teams of posts and telecommunications ministry and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will monitor biometric system SIM registration to stop harassment of customers.Posts and telecommunications state minister Tarana Halim disclosed the matter while

DHAKA: The chief executive of Google, Sundar Pichai, has been awarded $199m in shares, a regulatory filing has revealed.It makes him the highest-paid chief executive in the US, reports the BBC.Pichai became chief executive of the search engine giant following the creation of its parent,

DHAKA: India’s telecoms regulator has blocked Facebook’s Free Basics internet service as part of a ruling in favor of net neutrality.The scheme offered free access to a limited number of websites.However, it was opposed by supporters of net neutrality who argued that data providers