People are becoming more and more mobile, working flexibly, and also managing their life while on the move. 2018 was the first-ever year in which more calls were made by mobile phone than from landline connections. Yet life for many is unimaginable without the phone at home. And there are three prime reasons for that: more
5G has been on everyone’s lips for some time – which is no surprise, given that the German Federal Network Agency has been auctioning the frequencies for the new standard since March to Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefonica Deutschland and 1&1 Drillisch, who have kept on outbidding each other over many rounds. Investments running into the more
Gigaset is expanding its successful desktop phone series to include the new Maxwell 4, a high-end device that meets the requirements of companies that need to phone a lot. The high-quality desktop phone not only has a conventional keypad, but also an intuitive touchscreen with freely programmable display buttons and offers perfect HD voice quality. more
Whether it’s co-working spaces or hot-desking – the world of work is undergoing a transformation. Digitalization, globally operating companies and new technologies, as well as changes in what employees want as regards communication and collaboration, are reshaping conditions at work and the office. Technical innovations, such as intelligent surfaces, smart windows that can be dimmed more
A smartphone and the right app is enough to make life a little easier for allergy sufferers. Our blog post about “Husteblume”, the allergy app of the Techniker Krankenkasse, was very well received. And of course there are a number of other useful applications. To make orientation in the app jungle easier, we have compiled more
Films, series, sports offers, YouTube or media library content – the bandwidth of mobile video content for smartphones is huge. Gigaset wanted to know: Where do Germans use their smartphones for mobile video streaming? A representative study[1] commissioned by Gigaset and conducted by the opinion research institute forsa provides information. Holiday, bed and public transport more
Gigaset is the European pioneer of DECT. So it’s no surprise that Gigaset’s cordless phones also fare well in the stringent tests conducted by specialist media. The editors of PCtipp, Switzerland’s largest PC magazine, have just subjected the CL660HX to intense scrutiny. And the universal handset captured the rating “very good” for its ease of more
The annual HFO Telecom Roadshow has become a familiar event. This year it’s entitled “We. Where you are. – Business Beer Garden Tour 2019.” That’s because its individual ports of call this year are beer gardens. And HFO Telecom isn’t alone, but flanked by six prestigious partners from the telecommunications industry – foremost among them more
The first Wednesday of every April is devoted to the role of senior citizens in society. This day of action was inaugurated in 1968 at the initiative of the Kassel-based organization Lebensabendbewegung (LAB). The world has turned full circle since then. When are you now considered a senior citizen? When do you belong to this more
The issue of data security is as old as the Internet. As carefully as people handle some data, such as the four-digit PIN number for their EC card, some of us seem to be careless when surfing in the web. The risks to users grow inordinately in the age of the Internet of Things (IoT), more