Vodafone creates 7,000 new software jobs in bid for IT autonomy
Operator group Vodafone is aiming to improve its in-house IT competence by adding thousands of new software engineers to its European workforce.
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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.
Digital transformation costs jobs at Vodafone
Vodafone Spain is cutting around 12% of its workforce, shedding staff that do not fit with its digital transformation push.
NEC and AWS expand partnership to drag 5G even further into the cloud
The two tech heavyweights are expanding their existing collaboration to deliver cloud native 5G, enhanced digital government solutions, as well as hybrid cloud.
Vodafone hikes capex for connectivity and new growth platforms
Vodafone spooked the market on Tuesday with the announcement that it will hike spending levels in the coming year.
Vodafone relies on Google Cloud for next phase of digital transformation
UK-based Vodafone has been a busy operator recently and its latest move is a strategic partnership with Google to do all kinds of cloudy stuff.
Rakuten receives a $2 billion capital injection
The Japanese digital heavyweight Rakuten has sold 13% share, worth $2.2 billion to new investors to bolster its balance sheet and to finance more aggressive mobile rollout.
IoT puts companies ahead as supply chain digitalisation accelerates
The most profound change in global supply chains in the coming years will be digitalisation, and as such companies that embrace IoT solutions will find themselves ahead of the competition.
BT creates digital transformation unit, poaches Bharti Airtel exec to lead it
UK telecoms group BT reckons there might be something in this digital transformation thing, so it’s setting up a special silo to focus on it.
Digital transformation spending forecast to skyrocket to $6.8 trillion
Global spending on digital transformation (DX) between 2020 and 2023 is expected to total a whopping $6.8 trillion, as business adapts to ‘the new normal’.
Telecoms industry has weathered the 2020 storm – survey
The industry professionals participating in Telecoms.com’s annual industry survey have shown plenty of resilience and optimism in a year overshadowed by COVID-19.
TM Forum and MEF lead by example on collaboration
Two major telecoms industry associations have decided to align their API standards to ensure they remain open and widely interoperable.
The Sunrise has got its Red Hat on
Swiss MNO Sunrise has picked open-source software specialist Red Hat to build a hybrid cloud-ready platform, to make sure it’s nice and agile.
Peace breaks out as Amdocs acquires Openet for €180 million
Two years after they concluded their bitterly fought litigation, telecoms software firm Amdocs has buried the hatchet with BSS vendor Openet by buying it.
Google chucks more money at India
Less than a year after its last major commitment to the country, internet giant Google has announced it will invest a further $10 billion in over the next few years.
A look back at this week’s biggest stories
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention.
TM Forum gets a bunch of operators to sign up to its Open Digital Architecture
BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Telenor are among 11 new signatories to a scheme designed to cloudify BSS and OSS and provide standardized, open software components.
Microsoft fleshes out its mission to combat COVID-19 impact
Microsoft has not been shy regarding its work to ensure customers can continue to operate through this unforeseen period, and now it has offered more detail.
Data forecasts indicate 4G is far from dead and buried
With 5G euphoria reaching fever pitch at times, the on-going importance of 4G networks is often overlooked.
Omdia crowns South Korea as global 5G leader
And unfortunately for everyone else, it doesn’t even look to be that close a race…
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