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Physical experience, digital convenience: The future of retail

CIO Business Intelligence

The future of retail is “phygital,” as every retail and ecommerce publication on the internet is screaming right now. If you’ve never heard the term before, it’s a portmanteau of “physical” and “digital” – and represents the merging of the two forms of retail and shopping. How do they do that? With data of course.

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T-Mobile introduces a credit check-free version of its 5G home internet

The Verge

T-Mobile has announced a new plan for its 5G home internet service, which won’t require applicants to undergo a credit check. The prepaid service will carry T-Mobile’s Metro branding , and customers will be able to sign up for it at Metro retail locations. T-Mobile’s 5G home internet certainly has its detractors.

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10 Benefits of Using Mobile-Based Content Delivery Platform

Kitaboo

In the present scenario, the most viable and feasible option is to use a mobile-based content delivery platform. The obvious reason being, today almost everyone carries a mobile device. Mobile devices have become an indispensable part of the learning and development domain. And this number will only increase in the coming years.

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T-Mobile will lay off 5,000 employees, 7% of workforce — read CEO’s memo

GeekWire

T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert. GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) T-Mobile is laying off close to 5,000 employees, mostly in corporate roles, as it looks to streamline its operating model and structure. Retail and consumer care jobs are not affected. T-Mobile stock was down 1% on Thursday. based T-Mobile reported $19.2

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What CIOs everywhere can learn from Canada’s nationwide internet outage

CIO Business Intelligence

On July 8, 2022, a botched maintenance update on the Rogers ISP network in Canada crashed internet access across the country for at least 12 hours, with some customers experiencing problems for days afterward. The nationwide outage affected phone and internet service for about 12.2 The impact was profound.

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Report: Increase in mobile devices is a top driver of 5G adoption for retailers

Venture Beast

As consumers demand their in-store and online experiences to be seamlessly connected, retailers are deploying 5G and tech to bridge this gap. Read More.

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How to improve delivery of 5G services and applications – without changing core infrastructure

TM Forum

To properly support delivery of these and remain competitive, CSPs need to provide simple but high-performance connectivity for optimal latency and throughput across mobile, IP transport and cloud/MEC technologies. This is achieved via a gateway for translation and a controller for managing the mobile user plane.