Italy, Ofcom and Brexit weigh heavily on BT quarterlies
The dominant UK operator faces significant challenges on many fronts, not helped by dodgy accounting, aggressive regulation and European uncertainty.
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Ericsson CEO teases new strategy with Gretsky quote
Börje Ekholm’s cautious first public outing as CEO featured a sporting mantra that has also become a corporate favourite.
Cisco’s IoT drive continues with $3.7 billion AppDynamics acquisition
Networking giant Cisco is betting $3.7 billion that helping businesses maintain and optimise their apps will be a key part of the IoT picture.
Italian accounting scandal plunges BT into turmoil
UK telco BT has admitted an accounting scandal in its Italian operation is ‘far greater than previously identified’, resulting in a share-price plunge and executive sackings.
Apple and Qualcomm declare war on each other
Two of the world’s biggest mobile tech companies have directed their respective legal armies at each other over the amount Apple has to pay Qualcomm for its cellular patents.
Investigation concludes Note7s exploded due to manufacturing errors – well, duh!
Samsung has announced it will unveil the results of an investigation into the exploding Note7 debacle next week but the WSJ has stolen its fire, so to speak.
Avaya reveals new turnaround strategy: go bankrupt
Struggling unified comms vendor Avaya has announced a cunning new business strategy consisting of filing for bankruptcy, then rising once more like a phoenix from the flames.
Telenor sticks its neck out to predict big things for 5G, AI and IoT
Norwegian operator group has rocked the industry by bravely predicting tech trends such as 5G, artificial intelligence and IoT might end up being a bit of a big deal.
Samsung boss dodges corruption bullet for now
The corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye also threatened the Vice-Chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Jae-yong.
Ofcom disciplines EE to the tune of £2.7m for billing fail
EE has felt the wrath of Ofcom as the regulator lands a £2.7 million swipe on the operator for overcharging customers on two separate occasions.
AI could claim 30% of jobs in next seven years
With the growth of artificial intelligence, the fears of many have started to become a reality as jobs start falling to the machines.
MulteFire unveils wifi on steroids with release 1.0
Over a year after it was first announced MulteFire release 1.0 is completed, promising to bring LTE-like connectivity over unlicensed spectrum.
New Ericsson CEO Ekholm celebrates first day with major Cisco cloud deal
Börje Ekholm’s first official day as Ericsson CEO coincides conveniently with the announcement of a big win with Cisco to virtualize Vodafone Australia’s network.
Networking giants thunder into cloud infrastructure game
IDC has estimated sales of infrastructure products grew 8.1% year-on-year to $8.4 billion in Q3 of 2016, with companies traditionally from networking segment upsetting the status quo.
Bharti takes the initiative on Digital India with Airtel Payments Bank
The major new initiative to bring mobile banking to the whole of India is backed by around $440 million of investment and government endorsement.
HTC seeks to capitalise on Note7 opportunity with bizarre launch
The struggling smartphone maker is promoting the launch of its HTC U phablets, which could benefit from the absence of Samsung competition, by obsessing relentlessly about the letter ‘U’.
Silicon Valley reckons it can give AI a conscience
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman is one of a host of investors banking rolling a new initiative to develop ethics and governance standards for artificial intelligence.
Europe finally moves to level playing field for OTTs and telcos
At long-last the European Commission (hereafter known as the Gaggle of Red-tapers) has outlined its plan to address the regulatory imbalance between telcos and OTTs in Europe.
Operators face data cost-revenue crunch in 2017 – report
Veteran telecoms industry analyst Tom Nolle reckons this is the year the cost of delivering data becomes greater than the revenues derived from doing so, according to a Light Reading report.
As its phones falter LG defrosts the IoT fridge
Having been distracted by the mobile phone market for the past 16 years LG seems to have decided the smart fridge isn’t such a silly idea after all.
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