BT creates digital transformation unit, poaches Bharti Airtel exec to lead it
UK telecoms group BT reckons there might be something in this digital transformation thing, so it’s setting up a special silo to focus on it.
UK telecoms group BT reckons there might be something in this digital transformation thing, so it’s setting up a special silo to focus on it.
Orange has spun off its investment fund arm into a separate legal entity renamed as Orange Ventures with €350 million worth of start-up investments.
Location-based services company HERE Technologies has managed to entice the first telecoms client to its Marketplace in the form of A1 Telekom Austria Group.
In the final pod of a remarkable year the guys get straight into appropriately dystopian subject matter. They start by looking at plans for 6G to create a hive mind that anticipates your every need, before moving on to mulling how sensible it is to move all your technology into the public cloud and concluding with the US government’s absurd attempt to sue Facebook for being too successful.
While there’s no doubt that AWS and Toyota may enjoy some success going it alone, there are several reasons why telecoms service providers can play an integral role in the building of these mobility services platforms.
The Swiss Stock Exchange is buying into Custodigit, a digital assets storage facility set up by Swisscom and digital bank Sygnum a couple of years ago.
As social media platforms exercise increasing editorial control over their users, the protections granted to them in US become increasingly obsolete.
Analyst firm Analysys Mason reckons the telecoms industry will return to modest growth from 2021, but it will take three years for the industry revenue to come back to the pre-COVID-19 level.
Vows to avoid going off on too many tangents are soon broken when Ian and Scott discuss the digital economy and attempted state interventions in it. The move on to private networks and specifically whether that’s where the 5G ROI is to be found, before reflecting on China’s deteriorating relationship with the rest of the world.
As day follows night, what happens in the US usually happens a little bit later here in the UK. The latest example: increased regulatory scrutiny of Internet giants.
The largely superfluous second house of UK Parliament reckons journalists need more help than ever and has some bright ideas on what to do about it.
The European Commission seems to think that if it improves data sharing within the bloc, that might give it a better shot at taking on US big tech.
Departing US President Trump attempted to push back against selective censorship by social media platforms. They’re less likely to face such resistance from Biden.
Meandering US telco group Verizon has finally got rid of a media property it was always ill-suited to own.
After a decade of false starts Rich Communications Service has hit the mainstream with Google making it available to all Android users.
Gadget giant Apple takes 30% of everything spent on its app store, but it’s halving that rate for anyone who earns let than $1 million per year.
As the EU faces fresh calls to investigate Google for abusing its market dominance, the internet giant flexes its muscles once more by starting to charge for Google Photos.
While California may be resolutely Democrat when it comes to politics, its electorate has voted to keep the state out of the lives of rideshare drivers.
In what could be the last studio pod for a few weeks, Scott brings in a couple of bottles of wine to ensure the conversation with Iain flows nicely. They start with a review of Nokia’s quarterly earnings, which laid bare the challenge faced by its new CEO. They move on to a piece of US law called Section 230 that means internet platforms aren’t liable for the content they publish and conclude with a look at Ericsson’s first, tentative, foray into OpenRAN.
The European Digital Media Association wants its members to be given better legal protection when they act against illegal content in Europe.
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