Steve McCaskill

Steve McCaskill is TechRadar Pro's resident mobile industry expert, covering all aspects of the UK and global news, from operators to service providers and everything in between. He is a former editor of Silicon UK and journalist with over a decade's experience in the technology industry, writing about technology, in particular, telecoms, mobile and sports tech, sports, video games and media. 

Articles by: Steve McCaskill

T-Mobile 5G

T-Mobile now offers voice calls over 5G in the US

By Steve McCaskill published

VoNR allows operators to reduce reliance on 4G and enhance the capability of standalone 5G.

Edge

EU could enforce a single phone charger within weeks

By Steve McCaskill published

EU 'finalises' plans for universal mobile phone charger based on USB-C.

BT

BT partners with Ericsson on private 5G

By Steve McCaskill published

Co-operation looks to bring private 5G to UK industry

Ericsson Ireland

Ericsson steps up R&D efforts with 250 new staff in Ireland

By Steve McCaskill published

Ericsson invests in workforce as 5G race continues.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 series of phones lying face down.

Samsung reportedly slashes smartphone production as slowdown continues

By Steve McCaskill published

Samsung's reported reductions are latest evidence of industry challenges.

Annoyed man with phone

US senators are trying to ban apps that use China's home-grown crypto

By Steve McCaskill published

Republican senators propose ban on apps from App Store and Google Play.

Mobile Security

Mobile Industry Extra: May 2022

By Steve McCaskill published

News in brief and job news from across the mobile industry

Cristiano Amon Qualcomm CEO

Qualcomm CEO doesn't think we'll stop buying high end smartphones any time soon

By Steve McCaskill published

Qualcomm CEO believes high end smartphone market immune from economic slowdown.

Ericsson

Ericsson trials wind and solar powered mobile sites in Germany

By Steve McCaskill published

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom test new site tech in Bavaria as power costs soar.

Quantum computing

BT tests quantum radio receivers that could boost 5G coverage

By Steve McCaskill published

Engineers trial atomic RF receivers using EE's commercial 5G spectrum.

Telefonica and OneWeb want to spread satellite broadband even further

By Steve McCaskill published

OneWeb satellites will provide conectivity and backhaul to Telefonica's businesses.

Vodafone

UAE telco Etisalat becomes Vodafone's largest shareholder

By Steve McCaskill published

Etisalat wants to become a global player in telecommunications.

Mast in Strathconon

EU believes Open RAN could improve 5G security

By Steve McCaskill published

EU report says there could be long-term benefits but short term risks are real.

5G

Ofcom turns to mmWave spectrum to boost UK 5G

By Steve McCaskill published

Ofcom paves way for mmWave spectrum to boost UK 5G.

Mast in Strathconon

Vodafone and Google Cloud look to boost Europe's 5G

By Steve McCaskill published

Vodafone's new cloud network platform crunches 8 billion data points to deliver better 5G.

Qualcomm

Qualcomm unveils its Wi-Fi 7 networking platform to boost network speeds everywhere

By Steve McCaskill published

Wi-Fi 7 will make smarter use of 6GHz to enhance speeds.

Samsung to supply Dish Network with Open RAN 5G kit

By Steve McCaskill published

Open RAN is critical to Dish's efforts to become a fourth major US operator.

5G

Nokia, Optus and Samsung's 'world first' feat paves way for more advanced 5G

By Steve McCaskill published

Carrier aggregation fuses spectrum bands to drive efficiency.

An ARM-Branded Processor

Boris Johnson joins efforts to convice Arm to list in London

By Steve McCaskill published

Government wants UK's most influential tech company to launch IPO in London.

Factory

Verizon, Oracle are experimenting with C-Band 5G

By Steve McCaskill published

Partners and customers will be able to test 5G innovations.

Nokia sign

Nokia reaps rewards of 5G demand but supply issues could have future impact

By Steve McCaskill published

Nokia shrugs off Russia charge but component supply could pose issue.

Network cable

This new technique could treble your janky broadband speeds

By Steve McCaskill published

New study uses higher frequency to enhance speeds.

Quantum Computer

BT tests quantum radio receivers that could boost 5G coverage

By Steve McCaskill published

Engineers trial atomic RF receivers using EE's commercial 5G spectrum

Undersea Cable

Billions of dollars to be invested in new submarine internet cables

By Steve McCaskill published

Cloud and telecoms traffic creates greater demand for bandwidth.

App store revenues 2019

Apple's latest App Store policy change has developers up in arms

By Steve McCaskill published

Apple wants to improve the quality of App Store software.

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