News Vodafone CEO Ahmed Essam has warned that if the Vodafone–Three merger is stopped by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), vital investments in digital UK infrastructure will be prevented This week, the head of Vodafone UK has stressed to regulators that...
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5G NTN-mobile market revenue to hit $18bn by 2031
News According to findings from global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, the non-terrestrial networks (NTN)–Mobile segment could exceed 200 million connections by 2031 Last year saw the completion of 3GPP’s Release-17, contained within which were various new...
Why a circular mobile economy is the new lease of life for five billion neglected devices
Viewpoint Article By Steven Moore, Head of Climate Action at the GSMA At the time of writing, there are an estimated five billion phones lying dormant, sitting in drawers unused, but full of useful material. Those mobiles contain 50,000 tonnes of copper, 500 tonnes of...
Construction begins on Medusa submarine cable system
Press Release Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Elettra Tlc, Medusa and Orange are pleased to announce the coming into force of the construction contract for the Medusa Submarine Cable System. This milestone marks the start of an ambitious project that will boost...
SK Telecom overhauls AI service ‘A.’ using ChatGPT
Press Release SK Telecom today announced that it has released a major UX overhaul of its AI service ‘A.’ (pronounced A dot) to enhance customers to enjoy various content based on personal tastes and preferences. The reorganisation includes enhancements to several...
SKT invests $100m in flying taxi company Joby Aviation
News The South Korean operator is deepening its existing partnership with the air mobility specialist, aim to become a key player in country’s emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) market Today, South Korea’s largest mobile operator, SK Telekom (SKT), has announced it...
T-Mobile to use 5G and C-V2X tech to reduce traffic accidents
Press Release Today, the City of Bellevue, recognized as one of the top cities in the nation for digital innovation, and T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) announced the launch of a joint project that uses network-based Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) technology and...
Planning, designing, constructing or maintaining a fibre network?
Knowledge Network Article by KOREC Group How to reliably capture accurate survey data and transform it into intelligence for increased productivity and improved decision making KOREC works with a number of utility and fibre companies who have adopted a digital...
China’s big three join GSMA Open Gateway initiative
Addition of China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom takes total to 29 mobile network operators, representing around 60% of mobile connections worldwide
Ofcom the latest victim of ransomware attack
News The cyberattack against the UK telecoms regulator reportedly jeopardised the personal information of 412 employees, as well as confidential data from various companies that Ofcom regulates Today, Ofcom has confirmed that it is among an increasing number of...
EU signs off on €8.1bn for communications and microchip R&D
News The latest Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) will focus on microelectronics and communication technologies, providing support for 68 projects in 14 countries The latest IPCEI from the European Commission (EC) will see €8.1 billion in public...
e& eyes Ethiopian expansion
News Positive discussions could see the Emirati operator become the third national telecoms operator in one of Africa’s largest markets According to reports, Etisalat Group (e&)’s CEO Hatem Dowidar has been engaged in virtual discussions with Ethiopia’s State...
ETSI report hints at the potential of Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
News From improved coverage to beam forming and energy savings, the emergent technology is one that could come to define the future of wireless network deployment As we look towards the future and the 6G era, one of the most anticipated emerging technologies is surely...
2Africa Cable lands in Jeddah and Yanbu
Press release As part of the 2Africa subsea cable consortium, center3 and Meta have announced the landing of the longest subsea cable project in the world at two of the planned four landing locations in Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, and Yanbu. The 2Africa subsea cable, with...
Are You Winning? Game Changers Build Faster installs With Fewer Experts
Insight 25 years ago, Kapil Singhal worked as a field engineer at Ericsson to deploy some of the first ever mobile networks in India. His involvement with Telcos across the region in building Mobile Switch Centers and Radio Network Services meant he very quickly...
Suitors lining up to buy Vodafone Spain
News According to reports, the deal could be worth over $4 billion Vodafone has long lamented the highly competitive nature of the Spanish telecoms market, in which they compete fiercely with Movistar, Orange, and MasMovil in an ongoing price war. For some time, the...
Vodafone to cut around 1,300 jobs in Germany
NEWS The announcement marks the latest in a growing number of staff cuts announced across the industry Vodafone have become the latest operator to announce redundancies, with plans to cut around 1,300 full-time jobs in Germany revealed by Vodafone Germany in a...
Cellnex names Anne Bouverot as Non-Executive Chairperson
Press Release At a meeting held today, the Board of Directors of Cellnex Telecom has agreed to appoint Anne Bouverot as non-executive Chair of the company succeeding Bertrand Kan, who is stepping down as Chair of the Board after two years, while maintaining his status...
European telcos get green light for advertising JV
News The joint venture (JV) would potentially threaten the advertising hegemony of existing tech giants like Google and Meta On Friday, European antitrust regulators gave unconditional approval for Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone to create a new...
China Mobile and China Telecom withdraw from Sea-Me-We 6 project
News Reports suggest that the companies withdrew their investment last year, with geopolitical tensions with the US proving insurmountable According to a report from the Financial Times, China’s two largest mobile operators – China Mobile and China Telecom – have...
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