The latest research by Strategy Analytics shows that global smartphone shipments surged to 340 million in the first three months of 2021, up by 24 percent year-over year and the highest growth since 2015.

The security of payments via mobile wallets is growing from year to year, so it is predicted that this will be one of the most propulsive industries in the near future.

According to analysts, the renewed US–Japan alliance to take on China’s dominance in 5G is an unrealistic illusion that is doomed to fail, given Chinese development of 5G infrastructure and their huge domestic application market.

At the height of his career, Nikola Tesla became obsessed with the idea of long-distance transmission of electricity through the air via strategically positioned towers. However, the era in which he lived did not offer the wireless transmission capabilities he had dreamed of.

5G network technology is becoming a reality, the standards have been set, the first pilot networks are being installed in urban and rural areas in Croatia (Samobor, Krk), and by the end of 2021, this technology is expected to become commercially available to both legal and physical users.

The fifth-generation mobile network will soon become part of our everyday lives. So far, the United States, China, Australia, Japan, and Canada have come the furthest in its implementation.

The pandemic has done its thing, so even the biggest annual tech fair, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), did not take place in the physical world this year, meaning that it was its first online edition in history. Attractive showrooms in Las Vegas were replaced by online video presentations, lectures and panels.

Samsung has just unveiled its cheapest 5G phone to date – the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G. It will be available in Europe from February 12, and the starting price should be around HRK 2,000 for the 64 GB version, but for just HRK 200 more you can get 128 GB of storage space.

Hrvatski Telekom started the month of March by testing the 5G network on the 3.5 GHz frequency band. Testing is currently being carried out to a limited extent on a part of commercial users in Zagreb, and soon in Osijek.

The company Qualcomm has officially confirmed the development of technology that will allow for significantly cheaper 5G mobile phones. Namely, the company has officially announced the development of the Snapdragon 480 5G, the latest processor with 5G support.