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Deutsche Telekom on Monday showcased a futuristic smartphone concept that relies on artificial intelligence rather than applications (apps) to handle users' specific needs.Smartphones today typically use apps for everything from messaging and social media to video games and banking.The German company said the concept, which it is showcasing on its "T-phone" device, will have an app-free user interface developed in collaboration with partners Qualcomm and Brain."I can tell you that in 5-10 years from now, nobody from us…

When ChatGPT debuted in late 2022, many saw the conversational AI product as a direct threat to Google Search. That explains Google’s big pivot to AI last year, culminating with Google Gemini AI. The early AI war made it seem like Google Search wasn’t going to go down without a fight, despite the dawn of ChatGPT and AI-based online search alternatives like Perplexity. But what if AI replaces Android on future smartphones? That hasn’t initially been a concern. However, the arrival of ChatGPT programs also fueled…

Deutsche Telekom released a rather interesting press release. The company seems to have developed a new concept smartphone. Deutsche Telekom says that it developed an app-free, AI-focused smartphone, essentially. Deutsche Telekom is bringing an AI-focused, app-free concept phone to MWC 2024 We will get to see this device at MWC 2024 in Barcelona later this month. The device has been developed in collaboration with Qualcomm and Brain.ai. An AI assistant is meant to replace apps on the phone, basically. Based on Deutsche…

Deutsche Telekom now owns a 50.2% majority stake in T-Mobile US. The news was confirmed by CEO Timotheus Höttges at DT’s 2023 annual shareholder meeting in Bonn, Germany yesterday. The new deal was reportedly valued at $1 billion and comes after years of Deutsche Telekom increasing its ownership stake in T-Mobile. The US carrier is DT’s most profitable unit with a $178 billion market cap with a reported 110 million customers. Timotheus Höttges at Deutsche Telekom 2023 annual shareholder meeting T-Mobile…

Deutsche Telekom said on Monday it had successfully tested an aerial base station in the earth's stratosphere, an innovation it hopes will bring mobile coverage to remote areas that are hard for ground-based networks to reach.The German telecoms group and its partner, British startup Stratospheric Platforms, said a pilotless aircraft flying at 14,000 metres (45,000 feet) had succeeded in connecting with its terrestrial 4G network from an on-board antenna.The airborne base station, which can cover an area 100 km (62 miles)…

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners BIP -0.24% LP and DigitalBridge Group Inc. DBRG 0.20% have agreed to buy a stake in Deutsche Telekom AG’s DTEGY 0.10% tower business for roughly 6.6 billion euros, equivalent to $6.64 billion, raising their bet on a telecommunications sector that has seen a flurry of deal making in recent years. The…

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom are harnessing the power of the wind and the sun at an energy-hungry 5G mobile site in Germany in an effort to guard against soaring electricity costs.With already high bills only rising further, energy-intensive European companies are looking for innovative ways to secure reliable, low-carbon energy.Telecom operators have extra motivation to cut costs as they also need to channel $872 billion (roughly Rs. 67,59,700 crore) globally into the rollout of next-generation 5G networks until 2030,…