Spectrum shortage is killing African digital ambitions
Telcos complaining about government regulation and policies is not unique to the African continent, though they never seem to get along here.
Telcos complaining about government regulation and policies is not unique to the African continent, though they never seem to get along here.
At the recent Telecoms.com LIVE event we spoke to Openet Director of 5G Solutions and Strategy, David Hovey, about the crucial juncture the telecoms industry finds itself in with the advent of 5G.
Scott and Iain from Light Reading are joined by returning special guest, telecoms analyst William Webb this week. They start by looking at the latest coverage aspirations for the UK market, move on to look at how much progress the industry is making towards monetizing 5G now that it has been launched and conclude with an analysis of Nokia’s latest earnings announcement.
Verizon has released its third-quarter financials with the mobile business growing, broadband middling and media dropping.
5G represents a paradigm shift not only in the deployment, management, and operation of networks, but also the services that can be delivered and the experiences customers can have. For 5G networks to deliver value for the operators, through both improved efficiency and top line growth, artificial intelligence (AI) has important roles to play.
US operator group Verizon is thinking of offloading the crown jewel in its media portfolio according to a report.
It might be dominating the headlines, demanding the lion’s share of CAPEX and a fresh opportunity to show some sort of innovation, but BT has reiterated the message that the future is more than just 5G.
It’s that time of the year when Telecoms.com once again conducts the signature Annual Industry Survey. Answering it will not only let us know what you think, but will benefit the telecoms industry as a whole, and in turn, yourselves too.
Verizon has announced the acquisition of Jaunt XR, adding augmented and virtual reality smarts to its media division.
Despite the promises made by politicians, few in the telco, technology or media industry would believe politics is designed to help, but ETNO think the tides are turning.
In this special podcast shot on location in a Dublin pub, Scott and Jamie welcome special guest Niall Norton, CEO of Openet. They focus on discussing the prospects for telcos to become ‘digital service providers’ thus taking on the likes of Google, Netflix, etc in the battle for digital revenues. They do manage to sneak in a bit of Brexit talk at the end as well as taking care of a couple of pints of Guinness each over the course of the pod.
There are still naysayers about the benefits of convergence, but those who ignore this trend will fast find themselves sleep-walking the path to utilitisation and irrelevance.
BSS vendor Openet has published some new research that suggests consumers have a better perception of operators as digital brands than had been feared.
How can operators leverage the emerging opportunities that increased connectivity providers in order to avoid becoming a mere ‘dumb pipe’?
Telecoms group Veon has increased its EBITDA guidance for FY 2019 and is looking beyond connectivity for future growth.
Apple has struggled to gain any sort of traction in the Indian markets to date, but new Government rules could perhaps open the door a crack.
With more authorities demonstrating they cannot be trusted to act responsibly or transparently, the European Commission is reportedly on the verge of putting the reigns on facial recognition.
Huawei might be suffering in today’s political climate, but every action gets a positive and negative reaction and could Xiaomi be benefitting from its rival’s misery?
UK telco group BT is reportedly flogging £100 million of infrastructure assets in The Netherlands as its new CEO strives to make it a leaner operation.
Business consulting giant Accenture has decided this is a good time to raise its telecoms game and is doing so by snapping up specialist firm Northstream.
Consolidation in the B2B CSP market with Ribbon and ECI set to merge https://t.co/pPP545noqB #Cloud #Corporate
14 November 2019 @ 16:58:32 UTC
Motorola resurrects the Razr as a foldy smartphone https://t.co/Fdd8N8LDAd #HandsetsDevices #featured
14 November 2019 @ 11:57:05 UTC
Bringing Internet to the Other Half of the World https://t.co/vBoVx2ps9W #4GLTE #5G
14 November 2019 @ 10:31:03 UTC
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