5G Networks Coming As U.S. Priority Beat The Odds: $26 Billion Mega-Merger, U.S.-China Tensions, Delayed 5G SmartPhones And COVID-19 Lockdowns

5G networks are coming as a priority to the U.S. and its allies globally despite it all: the $26 Billion T-Mobile US (NASDAQ: TMUS)-Sprint merger with Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH), delayed Apple [...]

Blockchain Is Disrupting International Global Payout Processing, With iQSTEL Inc.’s itsBchain LLC Subsidiary Delivering Speed, Transparency

Companies such as American Express (NYSE: AXP), Visa (NYSE: V), Discover (NYSE: DFS), MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and other financial institutions are increasingly relying on blockchain for their [...]

iQSTEL, Inc.’s QGlobal SMS Subsidiary Enters Into Preliminary Acquisition Agreement For SMSDirectos, Telecommunications Provider In Colombia

iQSTEL, Inc. (OTC: IQST) today (April 28, 2020) announces that its Miami-based QGlobal SMS subsidiary has entered into a preliminary acquisition agreement for 100% of the capital stock of Alcyon [...]

iQSTEL’s itsBchain Subsidiary’s New Number Portability App Well Positioned For Apple, Verizon 5G Phones And Networks

iQSTEL’s (OTC: IQST) itsBchain subsidiary’s new Mobile Number Portability App (MNPA) is  well positioned for the push this year by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) into 5G iPhones [...]

Flight Reductions, Suspended Mail Services By Countries Reinforce Need For iQSTEL’s Inter-national Payment Settlement Blockchain Platform Using iQSTEL ‘Tokens’

The COVID-19 coronavirus has reduced international flights, causing disruption to mail, as some nations have suspended hard copy mail service internationally altogether. That reinforces the need [...]

Slowdown In Huawei Sales In Q1 Creates An Opportunity For Other 5G Telecommunications Companies, SmartPhone Marketers

Telecomm equipment supplier, 5G network provider and SmartPhone marketer Huawei reported only a 1.4% increase in Q1 sales to $25.8 billion — compared to a 39% sales jump in Q1 last year — after [...]

U.S. Legislators Reaffirm Need For Fast-Speed Internet As Crucial To Nation’s Recovery, Great News For 5G

As online school activity, telemedicine and other computer programs excel in the coronavirus order stay-at-home period, U.S. legislators from both parties are proponents of major broadband [...]

Goldman Sachs Predicted SmartPhone Boom In 2020, Now Sees ‘Lockdown’ Drop, But 5G SmartPhone Sales Will Take Larger Share Of Mobile Phone Market

A Goldman Sachs analyst downgraded Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) because he sees a drop in SmartPhone demand due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, negatively impacting 2020 iPhone sales. But analysts at [...]

iQSTEL Inc. And Subsidiary itsBchain Announce The Next Development Phase Of Mobile Number Portability Application (MNPA) App Is Underway

iQSTEL Inc. (OTC: IQST) and its 75% owned itsBchain subsidiary today (April 22, 2020) announce the next phase of development for its Mobile Number Portability App (MNPA). The blockchain-driven [...]