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.
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AT&T is becoming a telco – it’s crazy but it might just work
AT&T this week shared a groundbreaking new strategy: to focus on being a telco.
Leaked Huawei memo reveals plan for global software domination
Chinese tech vendor Huawei has been forced out of much of its hardware business by unilateral US restrictions, so it plans to return the favour in software.
Huawei unveils its cunning plan for surviving ‘a complex and volatile global environment’
At its latest annual global analyst summit, Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei revealed the strategic changes it’s putting in place to deal with the many novel challenges it faces.
Intel moves into the foundry business – funny, that
The new CEO of US chip giant Intel has unveiled his turnaround strategy, which includes the creation of Intel Foundry Services.
Nokia’s cunning plan to out-grow the market just doesn’t add up
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is holding its Capital Markets Day today, in which it tells investors how it plans to turn things around.
Nokia talks new strategy, round two
The Finnish telecoms vendor has provided more details about its new strategy and operating mode, which were first unveiled in October.
KPN’s fibre-backed growth plan is very traditional telco
KPN is banking on network expansion, especially in fibre, to drive a return to growth next year.
Investors pressuring AT&T to divest TV assets – report
Reports are circulating the telecoms press pages suggesting AT&T investors are pressuring new CEO John Stankey to sell assets in DirecTV.
Nokia to replace CEO Rajeev Suri
With Nokia’s turnaround still seemingly distant, the Finnish networking vendor has decided it’s time for some fresh leadership.
Inside Ericsson
Ericsson invited me to hang out with them in Stockholm for a couple of days so I did and here’s what I got up to.
Nokia’s new Technology Committee – good idea, poor execution
With the dust settled following Nokia’s Annual General Meeting now is the time to look at whether any of the changes will have a meaningful impact on the business.
Ericsson CEO plays the ‘strong and stable’ card
Börje Ekholm, CEO of Ericsson, laid out his updated strategy at this company’s AGM and seems to have taken inspiration from the world of politics.
Verizon builds its own mini-Ericsson by making Rima Qureshi Chief Strategy Officer
Further evidence that operators are increasingly looking to go it alone on networking tech as Rima Qureshi joins her old Ericsson boss at Verizon.
Ericsson shares highest for months following activist investor stake
Activist investor group Cevian Capital has acquired a 5.6% stake in struggling networking company Ericsson, resulting in a share price spike to the highest level for seven months.
Ericsson appoints lifer Erik Ekudden as Group CTO
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has announced the promotion of Erik Ekudden, who has been with the company for 24 years, to Chief Technology Officer.
Cisco’s journey hits a bump in the road with weak outlook and more redundancies
US networking giant Cisco announced it is adding 1,100 further job losses and forecast a 5% revenue decline for the coming quarter.
Ericsson finally has a plan – flog media and cloud hardware units, double-down on services and IoT
Having spent the first quarter of the year reviewing the state of his company, Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm has now unveiled his grand plan to turn the company around.
Nokia has a cabinet reshuffle, Elhage moves on
With the apparent aim of boosting its services business, Nokia has made some changes to its organizational structure and had a consequent reshuffle of its executive team.
UK government details its 5G cunning plan
The UK government has unveiled its 5G strategy, expanding on fairly generic statements in the Spring budget.
Events
Telco AI World Summit
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MVNOs World & IoT World Connectivity Summit
- 02-03 November 2021
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Open RAN World
- 03-04 November 2021
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