Global Carrier Exits New York Stock Exchange
(Reuters) - French telecom operator Orange announced on Wednesday its intention to delist its shares from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), citing the financial cost of the secondary listing. "The…
1st ‘experience store’ rolled out by EE opens in Cardiff
UK largest operator EE has opens it's first ‘experience store’ in Cardiff on Monday, allowing customers play around with new tech. EE new stores is hoping to ‘reinvent the role…
Private Networks Could Pave The Way For 5G Monetisation
5G top monetisation capability in the next two years is enterprise private networks, while it looks mobile edge has slipped down down in relevance. Among a bunch of other key…
New batch of UK telecom satellites launch by Russia
A Soyuz rocket blasted off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East on Monday carrying 36 UK telecommunications and internet satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said. OneWeb, a London-headquartered…
Deutsche Telekom invests in blockchain payments platform Celo
Deutsche Telekom has invested in Celo, a blockchain payments platform that allows mobile phone access to “decentralised finance” projects that allow users to bypass traditional financial firms, the company said on…
US export ban metastasizes to Chinese supercomputing companies
Not content with blacklisting Huawei, ZTE and a few other tech players, the US has decided the Chinese supercomputing sector is also in league with its military.‘The Department of Commerce’s…
Will it Work?? On UK’s COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
The UK has officially launched its NHS contact tracing app, but there remain many questions about how effective it can be.The app is called ‘NHS COVID-19’ and is currently being trialed in…
SA Broadband market looks vulnerable, as VodaCom launches 5G
With some lockdown protocols still in place and low broadband penetration, launching 5G with a fixed wireless access (FWA) spin is telecoms opportunism at its finest. Having recently assigned temporary…
China’s state telecoms carriers to launch 5G services in under 24 hours, so what next?
China’s mobile carriers begin offering 5G mobile services for the first time to the public on November 1. The increased transmission speeds will change the way the world works, but…
Australia sues Google over alleged misuse of location data
Google has been accused of misleading Australian consumers over how it collected and used their personal location data, adding to growing regulatory pressure on the company around the world. The Australian Competition and Consumer…