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In a joint open letter, the executives of U.S. telecommunications companies Verizon and AT&T rejected the request from the federal government to delay their planned January 5 launch of 5G services for two weeks. The companies did, however, agree not to set up a 5G network near air-ports for a six-month period, but believe it would be irresponsible to delay the development of the global economy due to unfounded fears of the aviation industry.

Top ten most popular YouTubers globally earned, according to Forbes’ calculations, a staggering $300 million. It’s no wonder, then, that an increasing number of children want to become YouTubers or TikTokers, i.e. they dream of an occupation that most of their parents don’t really understand.

The rollout of 5G networks will bring about growth in telecom revenue, with most of industries’ revenue coming from next-generation network services. These are the findings of a new study by the reputable analyst house Juniper Research, which predicts that the revenue generated from 5G services will reach $600 billion by 2026, representing 77% of global operator revenue.

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.

New information on data traffic in Croatia shows an exceptional increase in GB consumption and use per average inhabitant in the last three years. Thus, in the third quarter, i.e. from July to the end of September, 40 GB of traffic was used per connection.

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.

T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon all announced they would shut down their 3G services this year, shifting the focus entirely to 4G (LTE) and 5G networks in 2022. The first to do so will be the U.S. carrier AT&T, who will discontinue the service in February.

Investments in the electronic communications market jumped by 16 percent in the first nine months of last year, compared to the same period in 2020 while the same period in the fixed-line network saw a 127% boost in investments in fiber access infrastructure, HAKOM reported.