Microsoft and IBM find joy in the cloud
Cloud computing has hit the headlines for Microsoft as the technology giant reported a year-on-year rise of 116% for Azure, while IBM continued to move in a cloudy direction.
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ZTE finds its VOICE in the connected economy
Alongside healthy growth figures for the first six months of 2016, ZTE has outlined the five pillars it will base its business around through to 2020 to stimulate development.
Rural China kick starts global smartphone growth – GfK
After a stagnant start to the year the global smartphone market has stuttered back into growth, thanks mainly to demand from rural China, according to market tracker GfK.
Cisco to cut 5,500 jobs in order to refocus on IoT and the cloud
US networking gear giant Cisco has announced it will be cutting 5,500 jobs in order to reinvest the consequent savings on strategic growth areas like IoT, cloud, datacenters and collaboration.
China Mobile credits 4G gains for strong 1H numbers
China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile operator by a considerable margin, performed above expectations in the first half of this year thanks mainly to ongoing strength in the 4G market.
Samsung rides the Galaxy S7 wave in Q2 2016
The global smartphone market just about dragged itself back to growth on the second quarter, according to Strategy Analytics, and now that the dust has settled here are the full collated vendor numbers.
Smartphone market takes another swipe at HTC but VR offers glimmer of hope
HTC has delivered another quarter of negative performance as the company reported a y-o-y decline of roughly 44% on quarterly revenues of $598 million, though virtual reality is making a positive impact in its early days.
Strong Asia performance continues as Indonesia Telkom and KT report double-digit growth
Indonesia Telkom and KT have continued positive performances for operators in the Asia markets, both reporting healthy growth.
SK Telecom outlines IoT strategy and plays up IPTV performance
SK Telecoms has outlined its IoT strategy focusing on energy, public services, manufacturing, autonomous vehicles and the connected home.
Sony backs off smartphones and posts a profit
Sony has released its quarterly results reporting a profit of $205 million on revenues of $15.6 billion, in a quarter which proved to be of mixed fortunes.
AWS earnings confirm breaking the $10 billion barrier is a very realistic possibility
AWS has continued its promising progress towards breaking the $10 billion barrier, after reporting revenues of $5.4 billion for the first six months of 2016, a boost of 60% from the same period last year.
Fibre and autonomous cars cost Google, but ad biz runs riot
Google has reported its Q2 numbers, continuing a strong run of performances within the technology industry, though efforts to diversify its overall business are not paying off just yet.
S7 series leads charge as Samsung reports profits of $7.22 billion
Samsung has announced its strongest profits for two years, reported profit of $7.22 billion, up 18% year-on-year, largely due to a strong performance from the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge across the period.
Facebook bigs itself up as a conversation platform – watch out Twitter
Facebook has reported healthy growth in advertising revenues over the last quarter, and also outlined its ambitions to take on Twitter and traditional search engines.
T-Mobile US reports another quarter of growth and takes swipe at competitors
T-Mobile US has reported another quarter of positive growth, and took the opportunity to have a swipe at the lesser fortunes of competitors.
Twitter backs video and live-broadcasting for future ad growth
Twitter has stated it will prioritize video and live-broadcasting in an effort to achieve re-acceleration in the advertising business. While team demonstrated healthy year-on-year growth for advertising revenues, totalling $535 million, an increase of 18% across the quarter, demand for the solutions has slowed. This is due in part to the success of the company […]
Half year earnings backup Verizon’s move into mobile media
Verizon has released its half year earnings reporting a larger than expected decline, as the business continues its efforts to diversify its proposition.
EE sale props up $3.5bn profits at Orange
Orange has released financials for the first half of 2016 where the team reported profits of $3.48 billion, largely due to the $12.5 billion sale of EE to BT, which was completed in late January.
Huawei posts 40% revenue growth for H1 as smartphone biz gathers momentum
Huawei has released financials for the first half of 2016 demonstrating a 40% revenue boost to $37 billion, partly owing to a healthy performance in the consumer business unit.
Vodafone Q2 beats expectations despite ongoing UK issues
UK operator group Vodafone served up solid Q2 2016 numbers that exceeded analyst expectations in spite of ongoing domestic problems caused by its new billing system.
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