Amdocs accelerates in the Americas
Telecoms software and services vendor Amdocs has added to strong North American revenues with a couple of major Latin American deal wins.
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Smartphone shipments down 6% in North America
According to Canalys 35.4 million smartphones shipped in North America during Q2 2022, down 6.4% year-on-year amid ongoing global economic strife.
North American smartphone shipments are a lot healthier than China’s
Smartphone shipments in North America clocked in at 39 million units in Q1 2022, contrasting with Chinese figures which have taken a nosedive.
Global slowdown gives China a chance to leapfrog US and Europe in 5G race
Much has been made about the ‘Race to 5G’, and while most of it is little more than posturing, there are certainly economic and political benefits to accelerated deployments.
Microsoft praises facial recognition regulation progress
Brad Smith, the President of Microsoft, has praised steps taken in Washington State to regulate controversial facial recognition technologies, but the landscape still remains incredibly fragmented.
Verizon plugs healthcare in the never ending search for 5G ROI
Delivering 5G is the easy bit, figuring out how the telcos are going to make any real financial gains from it is the piece of the puzzle which is missing.
Ericsson shares drop on disappointing North America numbers
Sales at kit vendor Ericsson barely grew in Q4 2019, with most of the blame being pinned on the protracted merger of T-Mobile US and Sprint.
New York Governor proposes localised net neutrality rules
New York state will join the likes of Washington and California in creating localised net neutrality rules.
New Orleans declares State of Emergency after cyber-attack
Servers were powered down and devices unplugged, as New Orleans suffered a cyber-attack comprehensive enough to force Mayor LaToya Cantrell to declare a State of Emergency.
Net neutrality argument reappears with another court appeal
A coalition of consumer interest groups are attempting to reinvigorate the dying embers of the net neutrality debate with a petition filed with US courts.
Verizon unveils mixed bag as media continues downward spiral
Verizon has released its third-quarter financials with the mobile business growing, broadband middling and media dropping.
AT&T in talks to appease Elliott: sources
Reports have emerged to suggest the AT&T management team is attempting to reduce pressure from activist investor Elliott Management.
AT&T takes another step towards the global IOT dream
AT&T has signed a partnership agreement with Canadian telco Rogers, to extend LTE-M coverage for IoT customers of both companies, throughout Canada and the US.
FCC moves to kill off all exposure to Huawei in rural networks
FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks has stuck the knife into Huawei at an industry conference, suggesting rural telcos will be given financial assistance to cleanse their networks of the vendor.
AT&T sued for massaging DirecTV figures
If there is a headache in the shape of activist investor Elliott Management already, AT&T executives will be reaching for the aspirin once again as investors sue over suspect figures.
US wearables market surges to $2bn in Q2
After years of letting the industry down, the wearables segment has seemingly finally got its act together, with sales totalling $2 billion in the second quarter of 2019.
HTC debuts eye-tracking with enterprise VR launch
HTC has announced it is bringing its enterprise VR product to North America, after teasing executives at CES in January.
SpaceX hits the skies with the launch of another comms satellite
Elon Musk’s SpaceX completed another successful launch this weekend, delivering the 7,000 kg Telstar 19 Vantage satellite from Cape Canaveral to offer connectivity across the Americas.
Soon there will be another cable populating the subsea superhighway
China Telecom, China Unicom, Facebook, Tata Communications, and Telstra have all teamed up to sign a turnkey contract for the deployment of the Hong Kong-Americas (HKA) submarine cable network.
Ericsson loses head of Cisco partnership Rima Qureshi
Rima Qureshi, former Head of Ericsson North America and Chief Strategy Officer, has left the company to pursue another unspecified opportunity in the industry.
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