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Following the approval of the Croatian Competition Agency, Telemach Croatia has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Optima Telekom. By taking over the package owned by Hrvat-ski Telekom (HT), Telemach now holds 54.31 percent of Optima Telekom shares, of which 36.9 percent used to belong to the Zaba bank and 17.41 percent to HT Holding, a company completely owned by HT.

BMW has unveiled the first car that changes body color at the global trade show CES 2022 in Las Vegas. Although it is fun to have a color-changing car, BMW decided to develop in this direction not only to delight the customers, but also because of energy efficiency, as changing the color in certain weather conditions can affect the comfort of using a car as well as energy consumption.

According to a new study by the reputable analyst house Juniper Research, Croatia’s first domestic unicorn, the company Infobip, can look forward to stable business operations in the next five years, and even room for growth. Thus, they suggest that the SMS will not only still be here in five years’ time but also remain very much relevant and popular as a communication tool, particularly in business communication with users.

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.

At the end of 2021, the Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) authorized the first phase of the merger of Telemach Croatia and OT-Optima Telekom under the Competition Act. Optima was previously under the management of Hrvatski Telekom (HT).

Croatian telecom services provider Odašiljači i veze (Transmitters and Communications), aka OIV, and car parts maker AD Plastik have started the new year with the launch of the OIV 5G PrivateN-et network. This is a trial operation of a network that does not use the resources of the public mobile communications network. OIV says that this is not an upgrade on the existing 4G network, and Nokia has provided the equipment.

U.S. operators AT&T and Verizon will launch their 5G network on January 19 after the federal government forced them to postpone the deployment of fifth-generation network for two weeks at the insistence of the aviation industry.

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.