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AT&T extends Oracle cloud deal for another five years

US telco AT&T appears to be happy with how its cloud-based IT partnership with Oracle is proceeding.

• 1 day ago

Google Cloud expands Asia Pacific footprint

Fresh from announcing its latest US fibre push, Google has now also revealed some new cloud regions, albeit somewhat further afield.

• 2 days ago

Meeting unquenchable hyperscaler thirst for network capacity

Hyperscalers have set their sights on the telecoms market with ambitions to use their global reach as well as their global brand to support traditional operators but also challenge them for market share.

• 5 days ago

Dell’Oro tempers public telco cloud hype

Amid all the excitement about the role that hyperscalers can play in telco cloud, a new prediction from Dell’Oro this week should keep everyone’s feet firmly rooted to terra firma.

• 8 days ago

IDC forecasts a whopping $1.4 trillion in European ICT spending

European ICT spending will reach $1.1 trillion in 2022 and close to $1.4 trillion by 2026, driven by software investments, according to forecast by IDC, a telecoms market research firm.

• 02 Aug 2022

Apple and Amazon see revenue hikes in face of economic turmoil

In the midst of a global cost of living crisis both Amazon and Apple beat expectations, with revenue for iPhone sales up 3% to $40.7 billion and Amazon clocking a 7% YoY revenue jump to $121.1 billion.

• 29 Jul 2022

Microsoft and Google post solid growth but still miss expectations

Google’s Q2 2022 results registered 13% growth in revenue, while Microsoft enjoyed a 12% hike, but investor were apparently expecting more.

• 27 Jul 2022

Telstra gets deeper into the public cloud with boosted Microsoft deal

Australian operator group Telstra has increased its exposure to the public cloud by expanding its partnership with Microsoft.

• 26 Jul 2022

Ericsson completes $6.2 billion Vonage acquisition

Having got the green light from US authorities last week, Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has now successfully brought cloud and API specialist Vonage under its corporate wing.

• 22 Jul 2022

UK regulator gives nod to BT and Warner Bros merger

UK business regulator the Competitions and Markets Authority has opted not to block a deal between BT Group and Warner Bros Discovery to form a new UK sports Joint Venture.

• 22 Jul 2022

The public cloud wilts in the UK heatwave

Google and Oracle both confessed to data centre outages as temperatures hit 40C in the UK yesterday.

• 20 Jul 2022

FBI calls in Verizon to beef up its network

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation will dish out $400 million to US operator Verizon to modernize and expand its network infrastructure, data and voice solutions.

• 20 Jul 2022

Russia fines Google for not deleting content relating to its invasion of Ukraine

The World Court of the Tagansky District of Moscow has slapped a 21 billion ruble fine on Google, which comes out at around $380K.  

• 19 Jul 2022

The Telecoms.com Podcast: Ericsson, BT and Nothing

Pausing only to reflect on some Twitter banter with a former guest, the guys start by reflecting on Ericsson’s latest earnings and the market reaction to them, which they agree seemed a bit harsh. They move on to examine BT’s decision to become a bit less British, at least when it comes to its hiring decisions, before concluding with a look at the new phone launched by supposedly disruptive brand Nothing.

• 18 Jul 2022

AWS launches its bid for cloud WAN supremacy

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a cloud-based wide-area networking (WAN) service that leverages its vast scale to help maintain enterprise networks.

• 14 Jul 2022

DT signs even more of itself over to Google Cloud

German operator group Deutsche Telekom seems to have decided the future is Google after handing over its network transformation to the US hyperscaler.

• 12 Jul 2022

American Tower brings Stonepeak in to $10.5 billion data centre business

American Tower has agreed a multi-billion-dollar deal for a sizeable chunk of its nascent data centre business in the US, bringing in investment firm Stonepeak to help finance future growth.

• 12 Jul 2022

The Telecoms.com Podcast: cloud, TIM and censorship

No guest but a refurbished studio this week as Iain bravely overcomes the effects of a long sesh the previous day. They start by reflecting on a few recent telecoms cloud stories, including the ongoing AI partnership between Vodafone and Google, and consider the pros and cons of such things. Italian operator group TIM keeps trying to reinvent itself, so they review that process, before concluding with a look at the latest attempts at digital censorship by the UK state.

• 11 Jul 2022

UK regulator to investigate Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard

The Competitions and Markets authority in the UK is having a look at the proposed purchase of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft, which at $68.7 billion would be the biggest deal in the history of gaming.

• 06 Jul 2022

Network-as-a-service could be worth $75bn to telcos but the clock is ticking

Telcos must adapt to avoid being squeezed out of the burgeoning network-as-a-service (NaaS) market, claims a new report.

• 06 Jul 2022