Should zero-rating be part of the net neutrality debate?
AT&T recently had a moan about a new California net neutrality law and how it affects its ability to zero rate certain content.
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Biden set to appoint a big tech trustbuster to the FTC
Many reports reckon the fifth FTC Commissioner will be Lina Khan, who specializes in antitrust law and has a special focus on big tech.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: trade press, telco economics and Apple
This week’s pod features an unprecedented remote guest. Paul Nolan from CC Group joins Iain and Scott to talk about a new study his company has done that concluded telecoms trade press is great. They move on to examine the broader economic trends in the industry, with a focus on a wave of redundancies, before concluding with a look at the growing antitrust pressure faced by Apple.
Amazon opens its first UK bricks-and-mortar shop
The world’s dominant internet retailer has signaled its intent to do a similar job in the physical world by opening its first shop outside of the US.
Trade press best for creating vendor awareness – report
Tech PR agency CC Group chatted to 100 global telecoms tech buyers to see what gets them to splash the cash and it turns out trade press is right up there.
Dystopian Amazon ads kicked off Amazon-owned Twitch
Internet giant Amazon is trying to convince its warehouse workers not to unionize, but its disturbing ads run on Twitch break the streaming service’s rules so they’ve been taken down.
Biden follows Trump’s protectionist lead
The foreign policy of the Biden Presidency has a distinctly familiar feel to it, with a new executive order designed to boost domestic industry.
Verizon is the most valuable telecoms brand, Reliance Jio the strongest
Size matters in the latest iteration of Brand Finance’s 2021 ranking of the world’s most valuable telecoms brands.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: tech monopolies, cloud and Huawei
The guys are delighted to have a new Bribe of the Week to announce on this week’s pod, which helps the conversation flow. They start by reviewing the growing menace of US tech giants, who operate near monopolies in many markets. That leads them on to the state of the European tech industry, especially from a cloudy perspective, before a review of the latest shenanigans from Huawei.
Uber loses final UK appeal over driver employment status
Cheap taxi alternative app Uber has lost its final appeal over the classification of its drivers as ‘workers’, but it’s still not clear what the wider implications will be.
We need to talk about US internet monopolists
Barely a day goes by without some evidence being presented that one of Facebook, Apple, Amazon or Google has used their power to distort the market.
Corporate America vs China Inc: a halfway house?
The most likely future relationship between the two superpowers will neither go back to the hyper-globalised world nor revert to the earlier model of business conducted on national level entirely insulated from one another.
MTN teams up with Mastercard on mobile wallets
Africa’s leading mobile operator MTN has partnered with payment platform Mastercard to add online payment functions to its mobile wallet for user across its fintech footprint.
Parler shows the way forward by circumventing big tech
The social media platform that offers itself as an alternative to the dominant oligopoly has managed to restore itself a month after AWS cut it off.
Ex Vodafone CEO becomes Italy’s digital minister
When Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi held the first meeting of his new Council of Ministers there was a very familiar name on the list of attendees.
BT CEO contemplates moves into healthcare and drone sectors
In a recent interview BT CEO Philip Jansen offered some insights into his thinking about the near-term strategy for the UK telecoms group.
Corporate America vs China Inc: what the Biden years will mean for telecoms
With the Biden administration keen to turn back the clock on many policy fronts, it is worth examining what this may mean for the next episode of the USA China rivalry, especially in the technology domains.
Telstra hits the high street
Telstra is taking back control of its network of retail outlets, many of which are currently operated under licence by third parties.
UK government determined not to let a good digital identity crisis go to waste
There is apparently a trust problem around digital identities and no wonder, with talk of vaccine passports being required for previously unrestricted activities.
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.
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