Google makes ludicrous amounts of money from advertising and cloud sales
Alphabet, as it’s technically called, recorded a measly $75.3 billion in revenue for Q4 2021 – a 32% year on year jump.
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US turns up the heat on Google over alleged dodgy data dealings
Four US states have launched action against Google for allegedly deceiving users over location tracking – asserting that basically you can’t turn it off.
Telefonica and Alava launch 5G, IoT and AI smart industry platform
Spanish telco Telefonica Tech has teamed up with Engineering company Grupo Alava to produce a predictive maintenance solution based on IoT, 5G and machine learning installations.
Facebook is being sued for £2.3 billion for ‘exploiting users’
A class action law suit claims social media giant Meta abused its dominant position and exploited the data of 44 million UK Facebook users.
Vodafone partners with Proximie for 5G and IoT powered healthcare
Health technology platform Proximie has partnered with Vodafone Business to digitise operating rooms with 5G, IoT and edge computing installations.
BT hires doctors to bolster smart healthcare offering
BT will create a ‘Clinical Advisory Board’ to drive the growth of new connected healthcare technology.
Telefonica Tech and Ecoembes unveil the bin of the future
Digital transformation firm Telefonica Tech and environmental organisation Ecoembes have teamed up to produce a series of 5G enabled ‘smart bins’ in Spain.
Life360 reportedly sells precise, identifiable location data
Self-styled “family safety platform”, Life360, is alleged to have sold the precise location data of its users to many data brokers, which then sell it on to all kinds of customers.
Eurobites: Musk sets up Isle of Man beachhead for UK broadband assault
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: UK government updates on Project Gigabit; Telecom Italia makes quantum leap; O2 turns on 5G street light in Frankfurt.
Telefónica hedges its bets on data centres
Telefónica has brokered a deal that will see it offload four more data centres but pick up a stake in the company acquiring them.
The Telecoms Data Imperative – The COVID Effect on the Pace of Change to Digital Transformation
While many things slowed down for businesses during the pandemic, digital transformation was not one of them. A McKinsey Global Survey of executives finds, for example, that companies accelerated the digitization of their customer and supply-chain interactions by three to four years and the share of digital or digitally enabled products by an astonishing seven years.
Chinese authorities launch antitrust investigation against Alibaba
China’s competition watchdog is investigating the world’s largest e-commerce company Alibaba on accusations of monopoly behaviours towards merchants.
EU gives go-ahead to Google’s Fitbit deal, with strings attached
The European Commission has approved Google’s plan to acquire Fitbit after deeming the search giant’s commitments have satisfied competition and consumer protection requirements.
Telecoms industry has weathered the 2020 storm – survey
The industry professionals participating in Telecoms.com’s annual industry survey have shown plenty of resilience and optimism in a year overshadowed by COVID-19.
UK and Aussie privacy watchdogs to investigate Clearview AI
Privacy authorities in the UK and Australia have announced a joint investigation into Clearview AI, a US firm which provides facial recognition technologies.
Abu Dhabi investment fund buys 1.85% Jio Platforms stake
Reliance Industries have found a fifth investor to purchase a handsome stake in Jio Platforms, its digital business unit, with Mubadala signing a $1.2 billion cheque for 1.85%.
Google to face $5bn privacy lawsuit as consumer craving for secrecy increases
Law firm Boies Schiller Flexner has filed a $5 billion class action lawsuit against Google in the Northern District of California for continuing to collect data while privacy mode is activated.
China leads the way as mobile network core market proves resilient
With the difficulties presented by COVID-19, the 5G roadmap might not have progressed as planned, but growth has remained steady for mobile core deployments.
Making Sense of the Telco Cloud
In recent years the cloudification of communication networks, or “telco cloud” has become a byword for telecom modernisation. This Telecoms.com Intelligence Monthly Briefing aims to analyse what telcos’ transition to cloud means to the stakeholders in the telecom and cloud ecosystems. Before exploring the nooks and crannies of telco cloud, however, it is worthwhile first […]
US consumers don’t feel there are benefits to data-sharing economy – Cujo AI
Only 7.6% of US consumers feel they get the benefits of user tracking behavioural data, as research demonstrates pessimism towards the digital economy.
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