Online shopping is on the rise in Croatia, according to the current Shopper’s Mind 2021 survey. Croatians mostly buy clothing and footwear, electronics and cosmetics online, and the average value of a purchase is as high as HRK 630.

The next-generation network has been welcomed with open arms by more than half of the population of the developed world, which is familiar with the advantages of 5G. Europe has thus implemented the new technology and launched 5G networks without a hitch, and it is also widely used in the East, especially in China, where 5G is widely accepted.

The music entertainment company Warner Music Group announced it’s partnering with the virtual metaverse game The Sandbox. As part of the collaboration, the musicians represented by WMG will hold concerts in the virtual world, and it’s projected that fans will be very interested in this kind of musical experience.

Seven of the ten manufacturing enterprises said they plan to deploy five or more production tools enabled by the 5G network over the next five years, according to the study conducted by Ericsson in 22 countries at companies with around 145 million employees.

Microsoft said Tuesday that it would buy Activision Blizzard, one of the major players in the gaming industry, in an all-cash transaction valued at $68.9 billion. This could be the largest acquisition in the world in 2022.

The world’s ten richest people earned a whopping $402 billion last year, foremost among them the wealthy owners of IT companies. The net worth of Tesla CEO Elon Musk increased by $121 billion in 2021, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Global smartphone sales fell by six percent in the third quarter in relation to the same period last year, but rose at the same rate compared to the second quarter. A total of 342 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in the three months from July to the end of September.

Xiaomi will release the new Xiaomi 12 phone in China on December 28, TechRadar reports. It has not yet been confirmed how many models the new series from the Chinese manufacturer will have, but the company is expected to launch Xiaomi 12, Xiaomi 12X, and Xiaomi 12 Pro immediately, while Xiaomi 12 Ultra and Xiaomi 12 mini will arrive on the market in just a few months.

Huawei is still the global leader in the telecom equipment industry, which includes all telecommunications infrastructure, from broadband access, mobile core and RAN, SP routers, etc. These were the findings of Dell’Oro Group for the third quarter of 2021.

The speed of the construction of 5G infrastructure will largely depend on local units and the agility of local authorities to boost investments and provide building permits. Although the digitalization and implementation of the next-generation network is the goal supported by the plans of three line ministries, it will be difficult to realize without the cities’ help.