Millicom completes its exit from Africa
Luxembourg-based operator group Millicom has flogged its Tanzania operations to complete its strategy of focusing solely on Latin America.
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Global smartphone revenues forecast for fastest growth in six years
Strategy Analytics forecasts that the global smartphone wholesale revenues will increase by 13% in 2021, driven primarily by pent-up demand during the pandemic and increased device price.
US escalates its anti-Big Tech crusade
The US House of Representatives has given the thumbs-up to a report that recommends a raft of legal measures designed to curb the power of Big Tech.
Jeff Bezos signs off with aplomb
In his final letter to shareholders as CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos looked back on the achievements during his tenure, laid out visions on multiple fronts for the company, and defended its track record in labour relations.
Romania goes ahead with Huawei 5G ban
Despite the best efforts of Huawei’s lawyers, Romania is the latest country to bar Chinese vendors from its 5G networks.
Huawei is even struggling in its domestic smartphone market
New data from research firm Counterpoint reveals Vivo and Oppo are scrapping it out for the top smartphone spot in China, with Huawei now a distant third.
EE and AT&T are winning the early 5G performance races
Two reports analysing operators’ 5G performances in the US and the UK have put EE and AT&T slightly ahead of their peers respectively, but there are no sweeping winners.
SK Telecom to spin off its non-telecoms companies
Korean ICT group SKT has decided it’s too diversified, so will be creating a new company to house stuff like SK Hynix and ADT Caps.
American telcos have sounded another death knell for RCS
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile have pulled the plug on Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI), the telcos’ joint initiative to develop an RCS-based cross-carrier rich messaging solution.
Spot the dystopia as robot dogs patrol New York streets
The internet has been driven mad by footage of Digidog, one of the first real-life implementations of a Boston Dynamics robot.
CMA gives Virgin/O2 merger the green light
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally cleared the proposed merger of Virgin Media and O2 UK.
NEC teams up with Red Hat to deliver cloud native 5G solutions
The Japanese telecoms vendor NEC has brought its partnership with IBM-owned open source software solutions provider Red Hat up to date to deliver multicloud capable 5G solutions.
Orange sticks to its guns on Belgium as Polygon labours Picasso metaphor
Orange on Tuesday reiterated that €22-per-share is its final offer to minority shareholders of Orange Belgium, a figure that some insist does not reflect a fair valuation of the company.
Mavenir and Xilinx team up to make an OpenRAN mMIMO portfolio
The OpenRAN movement continues its steady progress with the launch of a compatible set of massive MIMO kit from two companies keen to disrupt the networking space.
Italy baulks at Cellnex’s €10bn Hutchison towers buy
Cellnex’s mega-deal to acquire CK Hutchison’s telecoms towers has come up against a regulatory hurdle in Italy.
UK vendor diversity task force calls for more vendor diversity
A task force commissioned by the UK government to look into telecoms vendor diversity has shocked everyone by concluding we need some.
Liberty Global rolls out electric charging points in London
Liberty Global has announced the completion of the first phase of its UK electric vehicle charging initiative in the London borough of Waltham Forest.
US Senator proposes clumsy law that would punish all large companies
Republican Senator Josh Hawley has got carried away by his desire to curtail the influence of the US tech giants.
Vodafone launches standalone 5G that’s ‘as fast as the human nervous system’
Vodafone has announced the launch of standalone 5G services in Germany and is keen to tell the world how it has cast aside the ‘training wheels’ of LTE to offer super-fast mobile speeds.
Towers specialists buy more sites, raise more money
The towers specialists are at it again. The past few days have brought news of a sizeable telecoms towers deal in Latin America, while a smaller acquisition is underway in Europe.
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