2Africa submarine cable lands in Eastern Cape region
The 2Africa subsea cable, apparently the largest in the world, has been plugged into the Vodacom network facility in Gqeberha, South Africa.
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World Economic Forum holds first metaverse meeting
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is actually having two meetings this week, one taking place in-person in Davos, the other in the metaverse.
BT explains why it’s hiking broadband prices by 14.4%
BT has confirmed what we already knew: that many of its broadband customers will face hefty price hikes in the next couple of months.
Microsoft CEO says tech sector is ‘unforgiving’ in culling 10,000 staff
Employees at Microsoft this week learned a harsh lesson from CEO Satya Nadella about the fickle nature of the tech industry.
Spotify and friends complain to the EU about Apple again
A group of European digital economy stakeholders have written to the European Commission, urging it to belatedly act on claimed anticompetitive practices by Apple.
DT named most valuable brand in Europe
German operator group Deutsche Telekom is celebrating moving to the top of the European league in a new brand value study.
Smartphone shipments fell to a 10-year low in 2022
Preliminary stats from Canalys suggest the global smartphone market had a year to forget in 2022.
Singtel and SK Telecom host metaverse meet-up, but the jury’s still out
2023 looks set to be another year of ups and downs for the metaverse.
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.
Global PC shipments slump 30% in Q4 2022
The PC market had a downright dismal end to 2022, and there could be worse to come in 2023.
US telcos blame lack of funding for failure to rip out Huawei kit
US telecoms operators have apparently not made a great deal of progress in their efforts to replace Chinese-made equipment in their networks, citing a lack of cash as their number one challenge.
Ericsson sets aside $220m for potential US fine
Swedish kit maker Ericsson is preparing for another slap on the wrist from the US Department Justice (DoJ).
Ericsson board shake-up set to give Cevian a bigger say
Ronnie Leten, chairman of Swedish kit maker Ericsson, won’t seek re-election at this year’s AGM.
Cellnex CEO quits in the wake of strategy overhaul
Cellnex chief executive Tobias Martinez is not keen on leading the company through its conservative organic growth phase and as such has tendered his resignation.
Lynk: ‘We are years ahead of everybody else’
Satellite base-station company Lynk has sent two more of its ‘cell-towers-in-space’ into orbit, and boasts it is the OG of the satellite-direct-to-phone game.
European telcos prep advertising JV
Some of the biggest operators in Europe are getting together to offer ad-targeting tools to marketers.
Virgin Orbit’s mission to launch first satellites from the UK ends in failure
The first attempt to launch satellites from British soil last night ultimately failed after the rocket experienced an ‘anomaly.’
Used smartphone market expected to boom
IDC estimates suggest buying used or refurbished phones as opposed to a brand new unit is proving increasingly attractive to many.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: CES, Qualcomm and Open RAN
New year, same old train strikes, so the first pod of 2023 is another Zoom one, unfortunately, but it’s still great. Telecoms.com Deputy Editor Andrew Wooden joins to offer an overview of the major themes from the Consumer Electronics Show. They move on to a couple of Qualcomm announcements from the show before concluding with a look at a major European Open RAN development.
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.
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