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Nokia doubles down on ESG

Finnish kit vendor Nokia has announced a new initiative designed to demonstrate how virtuous it is.

• 08 Feb 2023

AT&T launches $6 million digital literacy initiative in US

The US telecoms operator AT&T will contribute up to $6 million towards an initiative to drive digital literacy across the nation aimed at more than 65,000 people.

• 17 Aug 2022

Nokia wins Ethisphere ‘honor’ yet again

Finnish kit vendor Nokia has once more been declared one of the world’s most ethical companies.

• 16 Mar 2022

Orange invests €30 million in worthy start-ups

Orange Ventures has set up a new investment vehicle to back what could probably best be described as ‘worthy cause’ start-ups, giving it €30 million of funding to dole out.

• 28 May 2021

Vodafone and Nokia show off their green cards

It’s no good ticking a few green boxes if nobody knows about it. Thankfully there’s a company that can help you with that.

• 08 Dec 2020

Corporate virtue-signalling starts to hit Facebook’s revenues

A coalition of political pressure groups has called for a companies to suspend advertising on all Facebook platforms, in protest over it hosting political messages they don’t like.

• 22 Jun 2020

Ericsson highlights the telco industry’s green problem

Ericsson has unveiled a new report to promote itself with a green twist, but also highlighting the potential damage new 5G networks could have on the environment.

• 12 Mar 2020

Vodafone joins the EU in announcing major diversity initiative

Operator group Vodafone has decided to speak for the whole industry on diversity, while the EU is seeking to impose gender balance quotas on the whole bloc.

• 06 Mar 2020

Is the telco industry taking our smartphone obsession seriously?

With Tencent’s Honour of Kings set to hit app stores across the US and Europe, should we be asking more of the telecoms industry in managing our smartphone addiction?

• 11 Jul 2017

Qualcomm snaps up Bluetooth pioneer CSR to capitalise on IoT

Qualcomm has announced it will purchase UK-based chip maker and Bluetooth innovator CSR for approximately $2.5 billion in a bid to capitalise on the Internet of Things (IoT). The chip giant said the acquisition will strengthen its product offering and add channels and customers in the IoT and automotive infotainment markets.

• 15 Oct 2014

Samsung looks to cut out chipmakers with CSR acquisition

Handset giant Samsung has acquired UK chipmaker CSR’s handset technology development business in a deal worth $310m. The acquisition is part of Samsung’s “complete platform strategy”, according to analysts, as the Korean vendor looks to cut its dependency on external silicon suppliers.

• 17 Jul 2012

Bluetooth lines up V2.1

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association responsible for advancing Bluetooth wireless technology, announced the adoption of Core Specification Version 2.1+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) on Monday. Key enhancements in Bluetooth Core Version 2.1 +EDR include improved pairing between devices, security enhancements, support for NFC technology that would allow a user to hold two […]

• 06 Aug 2007

CSR touts cheap as chips Bluetooth/GPS

UK-based Bluetooth chip specialist CSR has acquired two location specialists for an initial $75m and is pledging to reduce the cost of its GPS chipset to under $1. CSR is paying $40m for Sweden’s NordNav, although this figure could rise to $75m if the GPS specialist meets certain performance targets. The second firm named in […]

• 16 Jan 2007