Rakuten Mobile signs roaming deal with KDDI
As part of a new roaming agreement, KDDI will provide roaming services to competing Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile for the next three years.
As part of a new roaming agreement, KDDI will provide roaming services to competing Japanese mobile operator Rakuten Mobile for the next three years.
Belgian telco BICS and French engineering giant Thales are working together to smooth out some of the pain points associated with eSIM technology in IoT devices.
Global communications platform BICS has signed an agreement with satellite-direct-to-phone specialist Lynk to help it cover remote areas.
UK operator O2 has published the data it captured from its customers over the summer to paint a picture of where, if anywhere, they went on their holidays.
US mobile operators Dish and T-Mobile have settled their differences with a major new roaming agreement.
UK mobile operator Three reckons its 5G network now covers 54% of the population, which is a bit better than EE.
As the rest of the world scrambles for the correct response to the Ukraine crisis, telcos and tech companies have come under the spotlight.
Virgin Media O2 has confirmed it won’t be in introducing EU roaming charges, making it the only one of the four UK MNOs to do so.
Having announced they will start charging their customers for roaming in the EU, Vodafone and EE seem to be hesitating now that the time has come.
UK mobile network operator Three has decided to abandon one of its major selling points by reintroducing charges for roaming.
Operating loss incurred at Japan’s challenger operator increased by 85% in Q2 to reach $900 million, which the company attributed to aggressive investment in network rollout and rising roaming cost.
Also in today’s EMEA regional roundup: former Royal Mail boss in line for BT chairman role; Nokia wins at Delta Fiber; Brexit’s roaming ramifications.
Revenue at the UK-based operator increased 5% in the first six months of the year, but prepaid customer growth and roaming remain areas of concern.
Dish has inked a mobile network services deal with AT&T that is worth in excess of US$5 billion over the next decade.
Mobile industry body the GSMA has announced that a private telecoms industry blockchain network designed to simplify wholesale roaming is ready for commercial use.
UK mobile operator EE has announced it will start charging £2 per day for new and upgrading customers to use their data in Europe.
Telefonica and 1&1 Drillisch appear to have finally made friends in Germany, sorting out the finer details of a deal that should end their dispute on the cost of national roaming.
Swedish operator group Telia has made its big IoT move in the form of a bundle of technologies designed to take the hassle out of global implementation.
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched a consultation to identify the pros and cons of a more collaborative approach in telecoms.
Roaming traffic might be down substantially, but industry association i3Forum is reporting a surge in the number and duration of international calls.