Also in today’s EMEA regional results-fest round-up: Telefónica’s Q2 boosted by Virgin Media O2 merger and Telxius deal; BT’s fiscal Q1 dented by corporate and public sector struggles; Cellnex puts in a towering performance in H1. Orange suffered pain in Spain during the second quarter, as the business environment there forced the group to “book
The government of Canada raised a total of CAD8.9 billion ($7.2 billion) in its auction of 3.5 GHz spectrum, which will be used by local carrier to further expand 5G services in the country. The spectrum auction, initially set to take place in June 2020 and delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, closed after eight
Vodafone UK calcula que para 2030 la 5G podría haber aportado 6.300 millones de libras (unos 7.400 millones de euros) al valor de la industria manufacturera del país, pero insta al gobierno británico a apoyar al sector en la integración de redes privadas en las fábricas, a fin de aprovechar todo el potencial de dicha
Telefonica Tech has announced an agreement with Munich-based Cancom Group to acquire 100% of Cancom UK&I for €398 million. Cancom UK&I’s history is a relatively recent development. In 2018, Cancom Group purchased a pair of UK businesses, Ocean Intelligent Communication and OCSL… Telefonica Tech has announced an agreement with Munich-based Cancom Group to acquire 100%
Google will no longer support sign-ins on Android phones running on version 2.3.7 or lower. This change will come into effect starting September 27, an email sent by Google to users reveals. The email recommends users to update to at least Android 3.0 Honeycomb to continue using Google apps even after September. This will impact
Snapchat has introduced a set of new lenses or filters to celebrate Friendship Day 2021. The exciting new lenses will allow users to share virtual hugs, fun moments, and other expressions with their friends on the platform. The lenses are designed for friends to express themselves with ease and create memorable moments together. Snapchatters can
Reliance Jio won big in the month of May with over 3 million wireless subscribers joining its network, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report. Other telecom operators including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and BSNL lost subscribers. Bharti Airtel lost the most number of subscribers, followed by Vi and BSNL. Reliance Jio’s
Newly merged Virgin Media O2 has announced it plans to upgrade its entire fixed network to fibre. The operator is also assessing the prospect of becoming a fixed broadband wholesaler. Two months after it was created by the merger of Virgin Media and O2, the new integrated operator announced its fixed network upgrade plan for
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Proximus earnings slip in Q2; Sparkle teams up with Google on subsea links; Orange sets targets. Shares in French operator Iliad soared by as much as 62% on the Paris exchange on Friday morning in response to billionaire owner Xavier Niel’s €3.1 billion bid – equivalent to €182 per
T-Mobile US added 627,000 net postpaid phones during the second quarter of 2021 T-Mobile US touted continued strength in customer gains during the second quarter and shrugged off the coming loss of Dish Network wholesale customers to AT&T, saying that the additional capacity on its network will represent an opportunity and that it had planned
El consejero delegado de Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon (en la foto), atribuye el incremento de facturación y beneficios en el tercer trimestre fiscal de su empresa a la adopción creciente de la 5G y a los cambios en el panorama del mercado de dispositivos, fruto del declive del negocio de Huawei. En la teleconferencia sobre resultados
Google and Sparkle have announced they are collaborating to build and operate two new submarine cable systems. The first system named Blue will connect Italy… Google and Sparkle have announced they are collaborating to build and operate two new submarine cable systems. The first system named Blue will connect Italy, France, Greece and Israel and
PayPal’s plan to morph itself into a “super app” have been given a go for launch. According to PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, speaking to investors during this week’s second-quarter earnings, the initial version of PayPal’s new consumer digital wallet app is now “code complete” and the company is preparing to slowly ramp up. Over the
Alphabet’s Google has asked a judge hearing the Justice Department’s antitrust lawsuit against the search and advertising giant to compel Microsoft to turn over documents, saying it has failed to comply with a subpoena, according to a court filing unsealed late Thursday. Google served a subpoena to Microsoft more than three months ago, seeking documents
Telecom operators in India are no longer bundling SMS benefits with their low-value prepaid recharge plans that are available under Rs. 100. As an industry-wide practice, players including Reliance Jio, Airtel, and Vi (formerly Vodafone Idea) have updated their entry-level plans to not club them with any SMS message allocation. It will be a major
Amazon has delivered another solid quarter, but the numbers fell short of market expectations. When looked together with the latest financial results from other big tech companies, it is tempting to ask if the pandemic bonus is coming to an end. There’s no doubt that the big techs have had a very good pandemic. Lockdowns
Satellite operator to invest $100m in at least 150 LEO satellites to create a multi-orbit constellation combined with a terrestrial 5G network. Inmarsat announced plans to create a ‘multi-orbit’ constellation called Orchestra, intensifying competition in an increasingly crowded market in space. The UK-based satellite operator aims to add a terrestrial 5G network and a small
T-Mobile USA reported a strong Q2, which the company attributed to growth of its subscriber base, outgrowing its direct competitors AT&T and Verizon. T-Mobile USA reported that it added 1.3 million postpaid wireless customers, including 627,000 postpaid phone users. This addition is slightly smaller than AT&T’s 789,000 but way ahead of the 275,000 new postpaid
Xfinity Mobile adds 280,000 net new wireless lines Comcast continues to draw mobile subscribers at a rapid clip, reporting that its Xfinity Mobile service added 280,000 net lines during the past quarter — its best-ever reported adds since the service launched in 2017. Comcast saw an overall rebound from the same period last year, during
Los avances de Ericsson en 5G se han visto frenados por China, porque las fuertes ventas en la mayoría de sus mercados se han visto compensadas por una caída en el país asiático durante el segundo trimestre, lo que ha contribuido a un descenso global de los ingresos del grupo por primera vez en tres
In the past few years, we have seen 5G deployed around the world in many different forms, using many different bands of spectrum. Each of these bands has specific characteristics, from variable signal propagation to disparate data speeds, making them more or less suitable for certain types of deployment. As a result, based on the
Huawei P50 Pro and Huawei P50 smartphones have been launched in the Chinese market. The two phones sport unique capsule-like rear camera modules. The Pro model comes with two SoC variants — powered by Kirin 9000 and Snapdragon 888 — aimed at different markets. The vanilla model comes in a single Snapdragon 888-powered model. Even
Robinhood, the owner of the trading app that emerged as the go-to destination for retail investors speculating on this year’s ‘meme’ stock trading frenzy, raised $2.1 billion (roughly Rs. 15,600 crores) in its IPO. The company was seeking to capitalise on individual investors’ fascination with cryptocurrencies and stocks such as GameStop, which have seen wild
Telecoms.com periodically invites expert third parties to share their views on the industry’s most pressing issues. In this piece Xanthos Angelides, EXFO Product Line Manager, explores what it will take for OpenRAN to become a mainstream technology. Today’s 5G networks are dependent on virtualized, software-defined radio access networks (RAN) that are open and intelligent to ensure
Samsung and Apple experienced an exceptional drop-off in smartphone sales volumes in the second quarter, allowing Chinese vendors to gain ground. Omdia was first out of the blocks among the smartphone market trackers this quarter, maybe for the first time, so we’ll use its data and canned quote. This means the year-on-year changes need to
Intel has landed Qualcomm and Amazon as major customers for its Intel Foundry Services chipmaking and packaging, as it charts a path forward for the business amid fierce performance competition and continued semiconductor component shortages. “We are accelerating our innovation roadmap to ensure we are on a clear path to process performance leadership by 2025,”
La Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones e Infraestructuras Digitales ha activado este martes 20 el proceso digital de licitación de frecuencias en la banda de 700 MHz destinadas a la prestación de servicios 5G. En ella participan Telefónica, Vodafone y Orange, tras la renuncia de MásMóvil. En la subasta en curso se licitan un total
A new report from Vodafone entitled ‘Powering Up Manufacturing, Levelling Up Britain’, using economic analysis from WPI Economics, suggests that 5G could be a game changer for UK industry, especially for areas digitally ‘left behind’, such as the North West, North East, East and West Midlands, and Wales. These regions, traditionally the heart of
Spotify’s recently launched live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom, has a long road ahead of it if it wants to take on top social audio platforms like Clubhouse, Airtime, Spoon and others, not to mention those from top social networks, like Twitter and Facebook. To date, the new Greenroom app has only been
Twitter is shutting its reopened offices in United States, while other big tech companies are making vaccination mandatory for on-campus employees, as the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 variant drives a resurgence in cases. Alphabet’s Google and Facebook said on Wednesday all US employees must get vaccinated to step into offices. Google is also planning to expand
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