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The Telecoms.com Podcast: Communications, Vodafone and radios

The pod is delighted to welcome a guest this week – Elena Davidson, CEO of Liberty Communications. Accordingly they start by talking about PR and comms, including the apparent evaporation of entertainment budgets, before analysing a recent attempt by Facebook to communicate with the outside world. They move on to reflect on recent conversations with Vodafone UK’s head of networks before concluding with a look at the radio weight arms race.

• 1 day ago

Ericsson adjusts its vision

Swedish kit vendor Ericsson made the mistake of giving its marketing people free rein and now it has a new purpose.

• 1 day ago

US attempt to extradite Huawei CFO ends in defeat

For almost three years the US has attempted to extradite Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou on the back of allegations of fraud but it eventually threw in the towel.

• 1 day ago

The Telecoms.com Podcast: 6G, OpenRAN and big tech

No guest this week which just means more stream-of-consciousness dribble from the regulars. They start by discussing Huawei’s decision to publish a book on 6G and what the underlying message may be. They move on to discuss the difficulties faced by the O-RAN Alliance when some of its members aren’t allowed to hang out with each other and conclude with a look at the increasing overlap between big tech and big politics.

• 8 days ago

Facebook attempts to play the victim after WSJ revelations

US social media giant Facebook has published its official response to reports in the Wall Street Journal calling into question the integrity of its moderation activities.

• 8 days ago

Vodafone, ITU do a lot of talking on smartphone access

Vodafone is working with the ITU and a handful of other partners with a view to extending Internet access to 3.4 billion people by the end of the decade.

• 8 days ago

Apple and Google forced to delete Russian opposition app ahead of election

An app created by Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been removed from the Apple and Google apps stores after they were threatened by the government.

• 17 Sep 2021

BT pushes on with plan to disguise advertising as altruism

BT has switched on the first of its new generation of street hubs in London, which essentially offer free connectivity in exchange for advertising.

• 16 Sep 2021

Amazon launches an Alexa telly

Unperturbed by its questionable track record in the device market, Amazon has decided to launch an own-brand TV.

• 09 Sep 2021

NEC and AWS expand partnership to drag 5G even further into the cloud

The two tech heavyweights are expanding their existing collaboration to deliver cloud native 5G, enhanced digital government solutions, as well as hybrid cloud.

• 08 Sep 2021

ProtonMail and WhatsApp under pressure over user privacy failings

A couple of investigations have revealed that some services that pride themselves on user privacy might not be nearly as secure as they claim.

• 07 Sep 2021

AWS reportedly planning to increase platform censorship

Dominant public cloud platform AWS is reportedly forming a censorship team that will help it remove more content that violates its policies.

• 03 Sep 2021

EU court rules against Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone on net neutrality

Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone have found themselves on the wrong end of a European court decision in a years-long dispute over certain content offerings.

• 02 Sep 2021

Apple placates Japan Fair Trade Commission with token app store concession

A five-year Japanese investigation into Apple’s app store practices has been resolved with a superficial tweak.

• 02 Sep 2021

South Korea demands Apple and Google open app stores to 3rd-party payments

A bill voted through by Korea’s parliamentarians demands application store operators like Apple and Google to allow customers to choose alternative payment methods when buying apps and content.

• 31 Aug 2021

Extent of EU corruption by big tech lobbying revealed

According to a new study technology is the biggest lobby sector to the European Union and that spend is dominated by US tech giants.

• 31 Aug 2021

Apple opens its purse to settle developer class-action suit

Apple has agreed to loosen its grip on how mobile apps can be distributed and promised more transparency on app approval processes in a package to settle a class-action suit brought by app developers.

• 27 Aug 2021

These 3 kings will rule the future of streaming

The streaming ecosystem is in a high stakes transition. How it shakes out will impact media, entertainment, and technology industries across the world.

• 26 Aug 2021

SKT launches its own subscription platform

Korean telco SKT has decided the time is right to launch a suite of subscription services for its customers.

• 26 Aug 2021

OnlyFans blames banks for content policy change – UPDATED

The founder of Social subscriber platform OnlyFans has pinned the blame on banks refusing to process transactions connected to the company.

• 25 Aug 2021