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The Telecoms.com Podcast: Communications, Vodafone and radios

The pod is delighted to welcome a guest this week – Elena Davidson, CEO of Liberty Communications. Accordingly they start by talking about PR and comms, including the apparent evaporation of entertainment budgets, before analysing a recent attempt by Facebook to communicate with the outside world. They move on to reflect on recent conversations with Vodafone UK’s head of networks before concluding with a look at the radio weight arms race.

• 1 day ago

A conversation with Andrea Dona, Chief Network Officer at Vodafone UK

We caught up with Andrea Dona, Chief Network Officer at Vodafone UK, after his keynote at 5G World 2021 to ask what he means when he talks about the intersection of technologies driving the telecoms sector. We also spoke about the prospects for 5G and what new things it will eventually enable us to do.

• 5 days ago

Telcos lack agility in investment planning – study

Telecoms operators are falling short when it comes to capital investment in the post-pandemic world, according to a new study published this week.

• 5 days ago

Automotive demand drives Intel to mull €80 billion investment in Europe

Pat Gelsinger, CEO of US chip giant Intel, sees massive growth in the automotive chip market and wants to invest heavily in Europe to meet it.

• 08 Sep 2021

Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone both claim eSIM first with BMW

BMW is adding a personal eSIM to the BMW iX and both DT and Vodafone are claiming to be first to market with the add-on that makes it work.

• 03 Sep 2021

Chinese telco fundraising drive leads China Unicom to float connected cars unit

China Unicom has shared plans to spin off and list its majority-owned SMART Connection technology business in mainland China.

• 19 Aug 2021

Qualcomm launches a 5G drone platform

US mobile chip giant Qualcomm has made its bid to dominate drones as it already does smartphones with the launch of the Flight Platform.

• 17 Aug 2021

Eurobites: Netmore plans LoRaWAN IoT network in UK

Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Nokia lands core gig at United Group; Arm sees sales soar; Community Fibre takes majority stake in Box Broadband.

• 11 Aug 2021

Eurobites: Ethiopia to re-open bidding on second operator licence

Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: MTN warns of H1 earnings fall; Orange combines with SSE Networks for improved maritime connectivity; Brussels looks into latest Facebook acquisition.

• 03 Aug 2021

Smart homes are back on the agenda in the UK

Consumers in the UK are once again starting to see the appeal of smart home-related technology and it’s not just about smart TVs.

• 16 Jul 2021

IoT is failing to live up to its promise…or is it?

IoT is failing to live up to expectations in the UK and in the US, or at least that is what the creators of a new report would have us believe.

• 09 Jul 2021

Nokia takes aim at 5G IoT with iSIM management software

Finland’s finest has launched new software designed to help operators get to grips with cellular IoT device provisioning and subscription management.

• 06 Jul 2021

Capgemini tempers expectations for industrial 5G deployment

It is all too easy to get caught up in the hype about 5G and how it’s revolutionising every facet of human life, so it is a refreshing change once in a while to hear a more sober perspective.

• 22 Jun 2021

AWS takes Vodafone to the edge

The trend of operators outsourcing as much of their infrastructure as possible to public cloud giants continued with the launch of Vodafone’s first European multi-access Edge computing services.

• 17 Jun 2021

Nokia, Qualcomm and UScellular manage to get mmWave to go 10 km

Millimetre wave might not be so rubbish after all, with a group of intrepid telecoms boffins managing to set a new range record.

• 09 Jun 2021

Vodafone starts field trials of connected car platform

A new system designed to improve road safety is being tried out on actual roads in the UK.

• 04 Jun 2021

Ericsson and Volvo claim first cross-border 5G network vehicular handover

Connected cars aren’t much good if they stop being connected as soon as you cross a border, so Ericsson and Volvo are on the case.

• 20 May 2021

Partner ecosystems are key to untangling CSPs’ IoT trilemma

CSPs’ IoT leaders lack the knowledge, resources, and avenues to engage with the IoT opportunity. Ultimately, it’s a challenge of three parts, an IoT trilemma.

• 13 May 2021

Partner ecosystems are key to untangling CSPs’ IoT trilemma

CSPs’ IoT leaders lack the knowledge, resources, and avenues to engage with the IoT opportunity. Ultimately, it’s a challenge of three parts, an IoT trilemma.

• 13 May 2021

Getting the IT right for the ‘IoT’ revolution

With IoT destined to become the way of the future in our homes and businesses, it’s important that providers build a strong infrastructure on the back end, because most devices in our world are not connected.

• 10 May 2021