Digital Transformation Archives

B2B will be the next telco spin off

The techco model shift will close the gap with what B2B customers are demanding to enable them to harness all the latest technology shifts to drive their own digital transformations.

Telefónica Tech bolsters Microsoft relationship with BE-terna buy

Telefónica has high expectations this year for its acquisitive Tech division, and Microsoft looks set to play an important role in fulfilling them.

BT floats further into the cloud with new AWS deal

Ditching physical infrastructure will save UK telco group BT £2 billion a year and allow it to innovate more quickly, it claims.

The Telecoms.com Podcast: decentralization, deglobalization and Huawei

We’re delighted to welcome special guest Maria Lema of Weaver Labs this week. Maria’s company develops software designed to decentralize the whole process of accessing network services, using some of the principles and technologies associated with the evolution of Web3, which prompts lots of conversational tangents. They eventually get around to a couple of items from the week’s news, specifically the affect of the use of sanctions on globalization and Huawei’s recent annual report.

Telefónica Tech continues its shopping spree with Incremental addition

Spanish telecoms and IT group Telefónica is willing to splash the cash to become a major player in the UK IT services market.

Etiya highlights @MWC Barcelona 2022

As a software company that provides customer experience focused AI-driven digital transformation, Etiya was @MWC Barcelona, and we spoke to Apostolos Kallis CCO, Etiya. He underlined how they can help telcos to monetize their 5G investments and improve their transformation process by creating the best CX.

Accelerating Intelligent Operations: China Unicom and Huawei win GLOTEL Best Digital Transformation Project Award

China Unicom and Huawei accelerate digital operations transformation together, which brings automation and intelligence to every step of the daily operation and maintenance to deliver higher quality and efficiency, and helping operators move towards Zero Service Impact, Zero Touch NOC and Zero Code Development. The project was recognized with the Best Digital Transformation Project Award at the GLOTEL Awards.

Verizon and AWS team up over 5G powered 4K streaming

The ensemble of organisations with varying specialities have been working on way to broadcast 4K footage without satellites through networks and direct to 5G devices.

Millicom looks for investors in towers and mobile money biz

Millicom has announced plans to spin off its towers business as part of a new strategy that will also see it carve out its mobile money unit and spend billions of dollars on network expansion.

Young successful businessman win a lot of money.

Investors are apparently hot for 5G

Technology solutions provider World Wide Technology asked some big shot financial investors where the smart money is in relation to 5G speculation.

Telecommunication tower with 5G cellular network antenna

European telcos say big tech should help fund network infrastructure (again)

Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Orange have reiterated claims that big tech should help fund network infrastructure development, which they are apparently struggling to get ROI on.

BT poaches Vodafone smart tech execs

Former Vodafone exec Tom Guy and his team have jumped ship to oversee BT’s start-up accelerator programme.

Macquarie reportedly looking to drop £10 billion into UK infrastructure

Australian bank Macquarie is reportedly in talks with downing street to invest £10 billion into UK energy and digital infrastructure projects.

Amazon looks increasingly propped up by cloud services

Internet giant Amazon posted a mixed set of Q4 results, but its cloud division AWS clocked 40% growth.

Vodafone CEO hints at future M&A

UK operator group Vodafone indicated it was pleased with how things are going in its latest trading update and might even be tempted to splash the cash before long.

DT and Ericsson launch new 5G SA campus offering

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have partnered on a new standalone 5G private campus network offering, aimed at on-site business communication infrastructure.