Eurobites: BT boosts security offering for homeworker army
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Swisscom on a roll in H1; Brits watching even more telly in lockdown; UK operators get to grips with 5G.
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Nokia picked to upgrade Swisscom’s optical transport network
Finnish kit vendor Nokia has been chosen by Swiss operator group Swisscom to bring the latest whizzy tech to its optical infrastructure.
Salt to share investment in Swisscom’s FTTH network
Swisscom and Salt are playing their cards close to their chests when it comes to the financial details of their new FTTH partnership, but it looks to be a good move.
Swisscom welcomes Stock Exchange to its cryptocurrency JV
The Swiss Stock Exchange is buying into Custodigit, a digital assets storage facility set up by Swisscom and digital bank Sygnum a couple of years ago.
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.
Ericsson, Swisscom and Qualcomm do 5G dynamic spectrum sharing
Dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) is all about the smooth transition from 4G to 5G and is an important part of rolling out a 5G network.
Sunrise claiming 80% (no joke) 5G population coverage already
It might be a small country, and its citizens might be concentrated in the cities, but Switzerland is driving forward with 5G like few other countries around the world.
Swisscom, SK Telecom, Elisa and BICS claim world’s first 5G roaming services
The very small number of people who are capable and inclined can now roam between the 5G networks of Swisscom and either SK Telecom or Elisa.
AT&T, KPN, Orange and Swisscom enable LTE-M roaming across their networks
A consortium on European operators has got together with AT&T to activate LTE-M roaming across North America and Europe.
Inward application of tech explains dumb pipe rhetoric
Every telco fears the ‘dump pipe’ label and the push towards commoditisation, but perhaps this trend is being compounded by an inward looking attitude in the application of potentially revolutionary technologies.
Ericsson and Qualcomm claim first 5G NR mmWave call to a smartphone
The incremental ‘5G first’ claims continue as Ericsson and Qualcomm say they’ve done the first 5G NR ‘call’ over the 39 GHz band to a smartphone-like device.
Telcos urged to stop moaning and get on with 5G because it’s inevitable
At 5G World in London operators were in agreement that the industry needs to stop having panic attacks about the business case for 5G and just get on with it.
Ericsson hails Swisscom deal as 5G proof-point
Swiss operator Swisscom has signed a network transformation deal with Ericsson, which the latter claims is the world’s first commercial 5G deal.
The good, the bad and the confusion of AI
At TechXLR8 this morning, we were treated to a feast of information concerning the growing world of AI. Swisscom dealt with the confusion, Microsoft the good and Deutsche Telekom the bad.
Swisscom breaks 1Gbps barrier with LTE-A Pro
European telco Swisscom says it has broken the 1Gbps barrier for mobile data transmission, claiming a first for any operator on the continent.
Cisco, Verizon, DT and Swisscom invest $25 million in Kumu full-duplex tech
Industry support of the unique self-interference cancelling technology developed by Kumu Networks increased with a Series C funding round led by leading telecoms players.
Swisscom announces pilot of DSL+LTE bonding tech
Swiss telco Swisscom is set to commence a residential pilot of a technology that allows the dynamic combination of fixed and mobile networks to increase the bandwidth of both.
Ericsson goes big on TV with $125m Envivio acquisition and new broadcast partnerships
Infrastructure giant Ericsson has kicked off the IBC broadcasting trade show with a raft of TV-related announcements, including the acquisition of video technology company Envivio for $125 million.
Swisscom joins global M2M association
Swisscom has been confirmed as the newest member of the Global M2M Association (GMA), joining a variety of operators looking to advance M2M and IoT telecoms services globally.
Swisscom, Ericsson, Qualcomm claim European FDD/TDD first
Ericsson has laid claim to successfully demonstrating Europe’s first commercial LTE-Advanced network utilising three-carrier aggregation with Swisscom.
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Telco AI World Summit
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MVNOs World & IoT World Connectivity Summit
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Open RAN World
- 03-04 November 2021
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