Digital transformation is one of the core buzzwords used in the telecoms industry and beyond, right up there with 5G, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. What sets digital transformation apart from the others is the sheer number of different things it can stand for.
Roaming platform provider BICS has revealed that 4G roaming traffic around the world doubled for the third year running in 2019.
Whilst several Gulf states are among the first in the world to launch commercial 5G services, elsewhere in the region there are still a significant number of people with little or even no access to basic communications services.
Telcos are scrapping and scraping around to fuel the 5G euphoria which has gripped the industry, and any option to do it more cost effectively would be lovingly embraced.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel might ask German lawmakers to wait until the conclusion of the March EU Summit before making a Huawei decision, reports suggest.
The US government is putting pressure on other NATO countries to shun Huawei, causing Britain’s PM Boris Johnson to cry out ‘but what are the alternatives?’
Iain, Jamie and Scott start this week’s pod by talking about the Open RAN initiative, which they insist is more exciting than it sounds. They move on to Europe and its adoption of an increasingly provocative stance towards the US over 5G and conclude by congratulating US operator Verizon on finally getting the convergence memo.
Liquid Telecom has said it plans to launch a 5G wholesale network in all major South African cities in early 2020.
Korean operator SK Telecom says it has managed the world’s first standalone 5G data session on a multi-vendor commercial 5G network.
The CEOs of BT, Philip Jansen, and Vodafone, Nick Read, are working on a letter they will sent to the UK Prime Minister, begging him not to ban Huawei.
EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan doesn’t reckon US President Trump will follow through on threats to suspend intelligence cooperation with the UK.
O2 is the latest telco to join the increasingly popular OpenRAN cause, suggesting the technology could better serve customers in the hard to reach and heavily-populated areas.
América Móvil, KT Corp., Rogers, Telstra, Verizon and Vodafone have formed a new gang called the 5G Future Forum.
The Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia has announced that up to 180 jobs will be reduced in Finland, as part of its on-going cost-saving programme.
A new ad campaign by Chinese operator China Telecom promotes the enhanced snitching capabilities that 5G will bring.
Tom Tugendhat, the MP for Tonbridge and Malling, has become on of the few UK politicians to publicly state an opinion on Huawei, condemning the firm though tweets and interviews.
PCs are often seen as the forgotten child of the technology family, though new estimates suggest there is life left in the segment.
UK operator Vodafone wants everyone to know how much it’s ramping 5G, but the big news was the hard launch of 5G RAN sharing.
In among the trade war rhetoric, 5G launch announcements, privacy scandals and smartphone rumours, the UK is also supposed to be making a decision on the fate of Huawei.
The core podding crew return after a scandalous month of inactivity, refreshed by festive jaunts around southern Britain. They start by looking at such telecoms news as there was from CES, move on to the latest developments regarding the political football that is Huawei and conclude with an obscure dispute between telcos and Northern Irish farmers.
Netherlands named as Europe's meanest GDPR henchman https://t.co/TfSqEPADIb #DigitalEconomy #dataprivacy
21 January 2020 @ 16:53:32 UTC
Trump's tariff belligerence pays off once more as France capitulates over tech tax https://t.co/FsMqozLy3T #DigitalEconomy #France
21 January 2020 @ 16:53:32 UTC
What we talk about when we talk about digital transformation https://t.co/Mnp2BqHfOO #5G #BSSOSS
21 January 2020 @ 14:29:32 UTC
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