Despite a 9% revenue drop, Ericsson’s profit and margins surged
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Profitability surged despite revenue decline – Net sales fell 9% to ~$5.12 billion, but adjusted EBITA doubled to ~$1.44 billion, boosted by cost efficiencies and a ~$693 million gain...
Judge dismisses remaining claims in Qualcomm licensing dispute, but Arm vows to appeal ruling
Qualcomm and its subsidiary Nuvia have secured a decisive legal victory over Arm Holdings, concluding a multi-year dispute over the scope of license agreements tied to Arm’s processor designs.
A U.S. District...
In the complex reality of global telephony, number porting can quickly become the single most underestimated challenge in the entire migration process
When businesses set out to transform their communications infrastructure, number porting is often treated as a footnote. On the surface, it sounds simple...
NVIDIA's investment in Intel is built on three pillars designed to reshape the industry and represents a strategic inflection point
The $5 billion Intel-NVIDIA partnership carries echoes of another unlikely moment in technology history: when Microsoft invested in a struggling Apple to stabilize the personal...
Ericsson secures lead vendor role as VodafoneThree accelerates post-merger network modernization
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Ericsson + Nokia – Ericsson will supply RAN and core tech to more than 10,000 VodafoneThree sites, with Nokia covering 7,000, in a £2B U.K. 5G equipment agreement.
Merger milestone...
Nvidia's $5 billion stake highlights Intel’s enduring relevance in the AI era
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$5B Nvidia stake – Nvidia is investing $5 billion in Intel at $23.28 per share, becoming a major shareholder while the two firms pursue joint work on AI...
AI simply won’t deliver on its promise unless it has sufficient compute power
There is one thing that we can count on as we head towards the end of 2025 and the beginning of 2026: Interest in “all things AI” will continue to grow. This...
IT and OT must recognize that the only way forward is together — digital transformation isn’t going anywhere, leaving little choice but for these two sides to coexist
The days of separate IT and OT environments are over. What were once air-gapped industrial networks are...
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts is publicly admitting they have a problem — that’s good news, and it is the first step in the right direction
Over the past decade or two, I have been warning Comcast Xfinity leadership that they have a problem. In fact,...
The listing for Reliance Jio, expected to be one of India’s largest ever, could raise around $6 billion
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IPO confirmed – Reliance Jio will launch its long-awaited IPO in early 2026, aiming to raise around $6 billion at a...
In a volatile world, telecom procurement can no longer operate on the assumption that global supply chains will hold firm
In recent years, telecom operators have faced what can only be described as a state of permanent disruption. Events once considered rare — pandemics, geopolitical...
With this deal, the U.S. government has become Intel's largest shareholder
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Historic investment in Intel– The U.S. government is acquiring a 10% stake in Intel via an $8.9 billion deal, plus prior CHIPS grants, bringing the total federal support to...
The six-year agreement reportedly gives Meta the compute power to support its AI expansion
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Meta signs $10B AI deal – The six-year agreement reportedly gives Meta the compute power to support its AI expansion, including plans for 1.3 million GPUs...
This divestiture represents not just a financial windfall but a strategic pivot for CommScope
CommScope has taken a decisive step in reshaping its business by announcing the $10.5 billion cash sale of its Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) segment to Amphenol Corporation. This divestiture represents...
The investment from Softbank is equal to roughly 2% of Intel
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$2B vote of confidence – SoftBank will invest $2B in Intel, becoming its fifth-largest shareholder as the U.S. chipmaker struggles to regain ground in advanced semiconductors and foundry services.
Intel...
Could this be the start of something good?
Let me say good job to John Stankey, CEO of AT&T. Common sense may be making a comeback. That’s if other CEOs join in. Time will tell. In recent decades, everything seemed to go off-track and become,...
The business is valued at up to $416 million, and Spark said it expects to receive $287 million in cash, as well as $57.8 million if certain performance-based criteria are met by the end of 2027
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Deal finalized - Spark...
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-Nvidia and AMD will reportedly have to pay 15% of their revenues from China AI chip sales to the U.S. government, in exchange for export licenses to be able to sell into the Chinese market.
-Raise revenues: The deal...
Spark aims to sell between 50% and 75% of its data center unit, with the stake expected to fetch around NZ$550 million (US$327.5 million)
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PEP deal close – Spark NZ is reportedly finalizing a sale of a majority stake in...
Where does AI fit into the future of wireless, telecom, broadband, and pay TV?
The communications industry with wireless, telecom, broadband, and pay TV has had a very strange decade. That being said, today all three main carriers — AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon — seem to...
UScellular, now renamed Array Digital Infrastructure, retains ownership of its 4,400 towers and about 70% of its total spectrum portfolio
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T-Mobile completes the $4.4B acquisition – The telco giant now owns UScellular’s wireless business, gaining customers, stores, and spectrum.
UScellular exits...
Over the last two weeks, the Fab Five were up $16 billion — basically no change on their $13.2 trillion total market capitalization
Given earnings growth in last week’s quarterly releases (four of the Fab Five reporting), one might expect more movement amongst the Fab...
Recent transactions highlight continued consolidation in the U.S. fiber sector and underscore an emphasis on business-targeted fiber
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Fiber consolidation accelerates – The U.S. fiber market is undergoing a wave of consolidation as regional and cross-border players like Bluebird,...
For Ericsson, a stake in the business could help secure long-term access to Intel silicon, which underpins much of the company’s virtualized and cloud-native infrastructure
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Intel spins off networking unit – Intel is creating a standalone company from its Network...
