Amazon and HP aren't "playing by the rules," said Nokia's chief licensing officer
Nokia has filed lawsuits in the U.S., Germany, India, the U.K. and the European Unified Patent court against Amazon and HP for allegedly infringing several of its patents related to video...
Vodafone CEO describes sale as part of "right-sizing" effort
Vodafone is existing the highly-competitive Spanish market with the sale of its business there to Zegona Communications. According to Vodafone, it's receiving €4.1 billion in cash and €900,000,000 in "redeemable preference shares...for an amount comprising the...
Energy consumption is becoming a pressing issue for telcos, driven by the global energy crisis. High global energy prices, triggered by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, have pushed up Operational Expenditure (OPEX), draining cashflow and thereby constraining infrastructure investment. The GSMA has estimated that the telco...
Ceragon Networks is looking to buy Siklu for $13 million to $15 million
Israeli 5G wireless transport provider Ceragon Networks is looking to acquire connectivity solutions provider Siklu for an enterprise value of $13 million to $15 million.
In a press statement, Ceragon CEO Doron Arazi...
Verizon reported 100,000 postpaid phone customers adds in Q3
While Verizon’s Q3 2023 earnings were down from last year, both its earnings and wireless subscriber growth topped Wall Street estimates, giving the carrier a much-needed boost in the stock market, with shares rising more than...
Qualcomm will layoff 1,258 workers in San Diego and Santa Clara, beginning in December
Pointing to the ongoing poor sales performance of its phone chips, Qualcomm notified the California Employment Development Department that it plans to cut 1,258 positions in San Diego and Santa Clara,...
The filing, submitted to a U.S. district court, indicates this the licensing transgressions have occurred 'in multiple jurisdictions'
Ericsson is suing Lenovo and its subsidiary Motorola Mobility for allegedly infringing 5G patents. The filing, submitted to a U.S. district court, indicates that the licensing transgressions...
Chris Houghton has been appointed to chief operating officer and Åsa Tamsons will assume the role of head of Business Area Enterprise Wireless Solutions
Ericsson is shaking up its executive team with two major developments: Chris Houghton has been appointed to chief operating officer (COO),...
Lenovo will use the Rakuraku and arrows brands to create a new company under its mobile business group
Lenovo has completed the purchase of FCNT Ltd’s assets, which include the arrows and Rakuraku smartphone brands in Japan. Lenovo will use these new assets to create...
Cisco will buy cybersecurity firm Splunk for $28 billion
In its largest acquisition to date, Cisco has entered an agreement to buy cybersecurity firm Splunk for $28 billion as part of a larger effort to increase recurring software revenue to its bottom line. Cisco...
It's important to look at AI holistically and to not rule out more traditional machine learning models, says Google Cloud’s VP/GM Sachin Gupta
Anything can be AI (Artificial Intelligence), Google Cloud’s VP/GM Sachin Gupta, told RCR Wireless News at Google Cloud Next, which took place last week...
Odido CEO says T-Mobile in the Netherlands 'no longer has anything at all to do with Deutsche Telekom'
As of this week, T-Mobile Netherlands is now known as Odido — a brand it established a last year — replacing both the T-Mobile and Tele2 brands on the market. The rebranding...
The licensing deal between Huawei and Ericsson includes 3G, 4G and 5G network infrastructure and consumer devices
Huawei and Ericsson have established a new, global patent licensing agreement that includes 3G, 4G and 5G network infrastructure and consumer devices, granting global access to each other’s...
Vodafone UK says it has cut down its Scope 1 and Scope emissions from 86,360 tonnes to 7,154 tonnes each year
In its most recent annual Carbon Reduction Plan, Vodafone UK reported that the company reduced the carbon emissions from its Scope 1 and...
DevOps have been making the rounds in many technology-driven industries. Ever since the concept was introduced in the late 2000s, it has meant many different yet related things. For some, it’s a new buzzword; for others, it’s an essential part of software development.
As the...
Intel announced the deal in February 2022 and hoped it would help scale its foundry services
Intel has terminated the $5.4 billion deal to acquire Israel-based chip company Tower Semiconductor, citing regulatory hurdles. The deal, announced in February 2022, was intended to help scale Intel’s...
Perception is an important piece of the puzzle for every successful company. It is vital to communicate your story so investors, customers, the media, regulators, and in fact, everyone perceive the company as growing, moving in the right direction and doing the right thing....
Cisco helped Telenor launch Working Group Two, which offers mobile operators a cloud-based core network
Cisco has revealed plans to acquire Working Group Two (WG2) from Telenor Group — which currently holds a 44.6% share in the company — for $150 million. WG2 offers mobile operators a...
Verizon purchased BlueJeans in 2020 for $400 million
Verizon is shutting down its video conferencing service BlueJeans three years after purchasing it for $400 million as a way to bolster its position in the enterprise communications space.
Verizon bought the platform during the COVID-19 pandemic, which...
Dish Network's numbers were down across the board for the second quarter of this year, and it continued to post six-figure losses for both its pay-TV and its wireless subscribers.
Dish saw retail wireless net subscribers drop by about 188,000 in the second quarter,...
Once again, the cable television industry is struggling through another episode of cord cutting. This time, cable TV companies are not only losing pay TV customers, but now they are also starting to lose Internet customers as well. So, what is the next strategy...
In June, AWS announced a $100 million investment to develop a center to help enterprises use generative AI (GenAI), the technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot. The AI innovation center will offer generative AI testing and training services and will be staffed by data scientists, engineers and...
This week's guest, Aysha Khan, the CIO/CISO at Treasure Data, discusses the role of IT in digital transformation, how the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to remote work impacted this transformation and what enterprises are looking for when it comes to data security.
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Kirkby, who has been a non-executive director at BT since 2019, will assume the role of CEO at the end of January 2024
Allison Kirkby, the current chief executive of Swedish telecoms company Telia, will leave her post to assume the role of BT’s first female chief...
