GSMA explains its strategy for network API standards
We caught up with the GSMA who today launched the Open Gateway Initiative at MWC, which is supposed to offer a unified platform for network API developers.
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Meta follows Twitter down the blue check rabbit hole
Facebook parent Meta wants a piece of the premium social-networking action.
UK M&A watchdog opposes Microsoft’s Activision deal
Gamers will face higher prices, fewer choices and less innovation if Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision is allowed to go through, says the CMA.
Apple, Amazon and Google feel the heat in Q4
Three of Silicon Valley’s juggernauts posted some less than celebratory Q4 2022 results, revealing a gear shift from the boom times many aspects of Big Tech experienced during the pandemic.
Now app stores are in Biden’s sights
The US government is calling for changes to the way Apple and Google host and promote apps.
ChatGPT and other AI apps are going to create new winners and losers in the job market
Advanced AI services may be coming for content creators’ jobs, but they will also be free to busy themselves with art or other ‘more human pursuits’, says CEO of conversational AI firm Gupshup Beerud Sheth.
European telcos prep advertising JV
Some of the biggest operators in Europe are getting together to offer ad-targeting tools to marketers.
Orange to sell off its content businesses
Vivendi subsidiary Canal+ Group is set to purchase the OCS pay TV unit and Orange Studio from the French operator for an undisclosed sum.
Smart home gizmo highlights from CES 2023
From fridges that turn your kitchen into a rave to devices that analyse your urine, CES 2023 had a smorgasbord of smart home tech on display.
VMO2 mobile traffic was up 36% in 2022
Telco group VMO2 had its biggest year for data use on both its broadband and mobile networks, and has served up a bunch of stats on consumer habits for the year.
BT taps up Nokia for AI network monitoring software
UK telco group BT has brought in Finnish kit vendor Nokia to provide it with AVA Analytics software, which it will use to monitor its fixed networks with AI tools.
US lawmakers look to ban ‘digital fentanyl’ TikTok with new bill
A group of politicians in the US have put together a bill that would ban social media app TikTok, over fears its parent company ByteDance could make its data available to the Chinese Communist Party.
UK government asks app firms to volunteer for new rules
The UK government is asking the app industry to sign up to a new voluntary code of practice which is supposed to bolster security and privacy requirements on all apps and app stores available in the UK.
Nokia launches app store for broadband networks
Kit vendor Nokia’s new Altiplano Application Marketplace will host its own apps as well as third party and operator built apps.
Vodafone launches apprentice pilot scheme as part of software engineer drive
UK operator Vodafone has drafted training firm Multiverse to skill up apprentices within 15 months, as part of its drive to add 7000 software engineers to its workforce.
UK Parliament closes TikTok account as MPs warn over security
The UK parliament has closed its TikTok account one week after opening it as MPs raised security concerns over China in an urgent letter.
Events
Future Enterprise Networks: Private 5G and Edge
- 15-15 June 2023
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NGON
- 21-22 June 2023
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Bringing value to private networks – Digital Symposium
- 13-13 September 2023
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