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Proximus eyes escape abroad from low-growth telco reality
As telcos across the continent face less rosy outlooks than they may like, the Belgian incumbent Proximus seeks to go big on its international bโฆ
Digi stays on track for launches in Belgium, Portugal in 2024
The Romania-based group is still shaping up to become the fourth 5G player in Belgium, Portugal and Spain.
Amdocs says its GenAI is ready to move on from PoC stage
Amdocs CMO Gil Rosen says the company
New telco demand for no 6G hardware refresh will rattle vendors
A paper from the NGMN shows that network operators are growing tired of the Gs and the expense they entail.
Vodafone UK pushes open RAN past faulty towers, with NEC missing
Commercial rollout begins targeting 2,500 sites currently served by Huawei, but technical concerns have not been fully addressed.
Vonage boss is paid 550 times as much as average Ericsson worker
Rory Read would have to perform miracles at Ericsson to justify another $32.76 million this year.
The public cloud is starting to look like a rip-off
The economic arguments about using the public cloud instead of on-premises IT or private clouds are starting to wear thin.
The grubby truth about telecom and the climate
The ICT industry is one of the worst climate offenders on the planet and its billions of customers will ensure it remains so.
Proximus dumps Huawei in Luxembourg too
Luxembourg operator Tango to use Nokia equipment in its 5G network.
KPN faces new takeover rumors
Swedish investor EQT is said to be in early talks on a possible deal, but obstacles to a takeover may prove tough to overcome.
Nokia stock soars as profits recover after China 5G exit
Finnish equipment vendor counts the sales cost of coronavirus and Chinese setbacks but makes unexpectedly good progress on profitability.
Reports of NFV
While critics threw shade on NFV last year, support grows for the virtualization technology.
Orange Pooh-Poohs Deutsche Telekom Merger Talk, Again
French operator dismisses latest speculation about a merger with its German counterpart.
HPE & Stephen Hawking Will Explore the Cosmos With Superdome Flex
At its Discover show, HPE unveiled a collaboration with Stephen Hawking