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TSB eyes up the future of mobile banking with iris authentication

British bank TSB has made a bold step forward by introducing iris recognition to its mobile banking app as an authentication feature.

• 20 Jul 2017

DevOps to answer the call for rapid innovation

Providing enhanced services and an improved customer experience requires the continual delivery of new and improved applications.

• 17 Jul 2017

Is the UK going to be ready for EU GDPR?

With just under 12 months to go until the European Union imposes new data protection regulations, there seems to be a growing sense of unpreparedness throughout the industry.

• 07 Jun 2017

Softbank said to buy into Nvidia – who’s next?

SoftBank has continued its betting spree in the artificial intelligence arena as reports emerge the giant has a $4 billion stake in graphics chipmaker Nvidia.

• 24 May 2017

How culture can impact digital transformation

It is often said that digital transformation requires a cultural shift as well as a technological one, but what does this mean in practice?

• 23 May 2017

SoftBank finally wows with $93bn investment fund

SoftBank has announced its first major close with $93 billion of committed capital, and the promise to hit $100 billion within six months.

• 22 May 2017

Orange wants to fork out €62.5 million for science geeks

Orange Business Services has announced it has entered negotiations to acquire a controlling stake in data and digital services specialists Business & Decision.

• 19 May 2017

Partnership on AI expands but still snubs telcos

The worst named lobby group in the telco and tech space, Partnership on AI, has announced a host of new member, but the telcos still haven’t been invited.

• 17 May 2017

The 15 May Recap

A recap of the week’s telecoms news. Softbank has reported a surge in profits, while also announcing a new collaboration with Qualcomm, and finally spraying the cash from its incubator. Over in the UK, BT has been chopping jobs and Gavin ‘Hasselhoff’ Patterson has decided not to take a bonus this year. Finally, there has been continued shape shifting in Ericsson as another executive jumps ship.

• 15 May 2017

Nokia backs the bot revolution

Nokia has introduced a number of new artificial intelligence-driven offerings, taking another incremental step towards network automation and the widespread use of bots in customer services.

• 15 May 2017

Apple’s $200m acquisition wants to shed light on dark-data

Apple has reportedly made another sly move into the world of artificial intelligence through the $200 million acquisition of dark-data firm Lattice.

• 15 May 2017

Your identity could be under threat in the VR world – Ericsson

VR is coming whether you like it or not, and according to Ericsson identity theft could take on an entirely new twist in the virtual world.

• 15 May 2017

Telcos shouldn’t be afraid of being viewed as utilities

The role of telcos in the digital economy has been hotly debated in recent months, but is commoditization a bad thing? Maybe not.

• 12 May 2017

Digital transformation is a journey – just don’t count on ever finishing

It’s a question which has plagued the industry, but Frost & Sullivan’s Karl Whitelock has had a crack at defining the buzziest of buzzwords, digital transformation.

• 11 May 2017

Ericsson launches Dynamic Orchestration for all your virtualization needs

Ericsson says the launch of its new Dynamic Orchestration solution is also a strategic milestone in its quest to become a digital transformation player.

• 09 May 2017

The State of Digital Transformation in Telecommunications

We conducted a survey of telecom operators to better understand which aspects of digital transformation are most important to them and where they are placing their investment “bets”. We asked them about the degree to which their organizations had already adopted technology and practices such as DevOps, Cloud and NFV. And we asked how they planned to address the OTT threat including aspects such as user data monetization (taking a leaf out of Facebook and Google’s book). In this report we present the results.

• 08 May 2017

Orange Bank finally unveiled but initially only for France

It’s been a secret which was never really a secret, but Orange has finally taken the plunge, meandering into the world of mobile finance.

• 20 Apr 2017

Delivering Superior Customer Experience at Teléfonica Deutschland

A key element in Teléfonica Deutschland Digital Transformation Journey Executive Summary Teléfonica has made customer experience a brand differentiator, with an ambition to grow the Teléfonica and O2 brands by delivering superior customer experiences that subscribers will not find elsewhere. However, despite spending millions on probing systems, the advent of encrypted Over-The-Top (OTT) aps has […]

• 20 Apr 2017

Huawei is top of the world, and now its aiming for the clouds

Huawei has unveiled its new strategy to take over the world focusing on ICT infrastructure, smart devices, artificial intelligence and digital transformation.

• 11 Apr 2017

Sunrise renews and expands Huawei services partnership

Swiss telco Sunrise has renewed its managed services partnership with Huawei, aiming to eliminate network defects and extend the scope into IT.

• 15 Mar 2017