Bouygues Telecom claims customer COVID benefit in 1H
Bouygues Telecom has published a solid set of numbers for the first half of the year and claims its customer growth has accelerated in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdown.
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5G accounted for 15% of global mobile core network revenues in Q2 2020
The latest numbers from telecoms market tracker Dell’Oro Group reveal a healthy contribution from 5G to the core network market.
Huawei and Apple fare best in declining global smartphone market
Gartner’s belated shipment numbers tally with prompter ones to show a global smartphone market that declined by 20% in Q2 2020.
China’s 5G market is not as big as it seems
China’s telecoms operators are reporting impressive growth in 5G customer additions, but they are not all true 5G users.
China Mobile already has 70 million 5G subscribers
The world’s biggest mobile operator has revealed its latest quarterly numbers and inevitably they’re all huge.
Cisco shares down 7% on weak outlook
US networking giant Cisco delivered a slightly downbeat earnings announcement, but saw reasons to be cheerful in the mid-term future.
SoftBank group back in black after investment rebound
Shareholders in Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank are having to come to terms with the fact that it’s now effectively an investment fund.
Telefonica reveals damage dealt by COVID-19 to financials
Most telecoms operators would have felt the pinch of the coronavirus pandemic, but it appears Telefonica is wearing bigger bruises than the majority.
Intel shares dive on continued manufacturing woes
US chip giant Intel reported strong revenues for Q2 2020, but a downbeat outlook compounded by its continued struggles with the 7nm process drove its share price down by 12%.
Ericsson shares spike on improved profitability
Despite paying a heavy price for its involvement in the Chinese 5G market, Ericsson’s profitability is headed in the right direction, as is its share price.
Ericsson reveals cost of doing business in China with €100 million write-down
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson is writing-down the value of its Chinese inventory by around a billion krona in Q2 2020.
Xiaomi grows in Q1, but Q2 is where the danger lies
Xiaomi has reported revenue and profit rises through to March 31, but let’s not forget this does not include the period of extensive lockdowns in European markets.
T-Mobile bags 452k subs as 5G starts to roll
An additional 452,000 branded postpaid subscriptions and churn of 0.86% should be enough to put a smile on the face of T-Mobile investors as share price soars 9%.
Orange, Proximus and KPN feature in a tsunami of financial results
Today has seen an avalanche of financials fall on the industry, as Orange, Proximus, Millicom, Ooredoo, Swisscom, Telenet and KPN all release earnings statements.
Diversification helps Google ride the waves of coronavirus turbulence
Alphabet-owned Google certainly felt the pinch of COVID-19 over the last few weeks of the quarter, but CEO Sundar Pichai identified diversification as key to managing the crisis.
Netflix reports surge in subscriptions and revenues thanks to COVID-19
As expected, Netflix has experienced a material benefit from many societies being placed under lockdown thanks to the on-going coronavirus pandemic.
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