Announcement

Optical

Nokia to acquire Elenion to improve economics of advanced optical connectivity solutions

Industrial IoT

Open Manufacturing Platform expands membership

5G

Fujitsu granted Japan's first private 5G license

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Finance & Banking

TIM's banking deal is more about Santander's ambitions than its own

Finance & Banking

TIM and Santander Consumer Bank launch joint venture to offer consumer finance to TIM customers

Finance & Banking

Joint cooperation agreement between stc pay and the Saudi Payments Company

5G

O2 reveals how 5G will transform live experiences – with £2.3 billion boost to entertainment sector by 2030

IoT

Accenture acquires VanBerlo to help clients build smart connected solutions

Edge & MEC

Orange Business Services selects Ekinops and Dell Technologies for uCPE platforms

IoT

Top cloud vendors look to partnerships to grab their piece of the IoT analytics pie

Optical

ZTE and China Mobile validate the industry’s first low-latency PON solution

Industry Associations

Telecom Infra Project elects Vodafone’s Santiago Tenorio as new chairman

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Security

Google security boffin bemoans Android tweaks

Infinera

Infinera and Lumentum collaborate to bring XR Optics-based networking solutions to market

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Blockchain

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica hope blockchain will ease roaming headaches

Security

The Telco Security Alliance bolsters threat detection capabilities through shared intelligence

Backhaul

Orange and Telxius are teaming up on Dunant submarine cable, a Google project, to provide each other with terrestrial backhaul extensions in France and in the US

Devices

Huawei leads record year in Russian smartphone market, but delivery disruptions due to Coronavirus loom in 2020

Data & Analytics

Worldwide ICT spending to reach $4.3 trillion in 2020 led by investments in devices, applications, and IT services

Satellite

Inmarsat launches connectivity services in Saudi Arabia across land, sea and air

5G

ZTE releases industry unique SuperDSS Solution for tri-RAT dynamic spectrum sharing

Strategy Analytics

Strategy Analytics: New record for Smart Speakers as global sales reached 146.9 million in 2019

Facebook

Charting a way forward on online content regulation

Broadband

FCC authorizes over $240 million for rural broadband