Telco & CSP

Updates from telecom network operators and communications service providers, from network roll-outs to service innovations
Source: Hargreaves Lansdown attributing Lipper IM to 31/07/2019

Business Models

The telecom death trap: is there an easy way out?

via Flickr © Wbrentprice (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Policy & Regulation

T-Mobile, Sprint initiate talks to settle merger lawsuit

5G

Telia showcases facial payment over 5G

Smart Homes

Telus launches Home Assistant, giving Optik TV customers hands-free voice control

via FreeImages © Jean Scheijen

5G

Huawei and Trump have UK's Johnson in a vice

5G

Ericsson and Vodafone bring 5G hologram to Vodafone Paredes de Coura festival

5G

AT&T and Dell Technologies collaborate on open source Edge Computing and 5G software

Mobile

T-Mobile and AT&T work together to give customers new call authentication protections

VR & AR

NTT Docomo Ventures invests in Light Field Lab

via Flickr © jeffreyw (CC BY 2.0)

Mobile

Yoigo after a pizza the customer retention action

Broadband

Internet access in the UK

Mobile

Telkom successfully upgrades prepaid fixed line customers

5G

Qualcomm and Russian mobile operators prepare to enable Europe’s First 5G mmWave network in Moscow

5G

Drei, ZTE and the Federal State of Carinthia, Austria, start 5G operations in the digital showcase region “Wörthersee”

via Flickr © Alan Kotok (CC BY 2.0)

5G

US cities seek a slice of 5G revenue

Policy & Regulation

AT&T, T-Mobile Deliver Cross-Network Call Authentication Technology

via Flickr © Chatham House, London (CC BY 2.0)

Business Models

BT and ex-CEO Patterson named in Italian accounting suit

IoT

3G and 4G - Not LPWA and 5G Technologies - Will Drive M2M Service Revenues on Cellular Public Networks to $228 Billion in 2024

Optical

ADTRAN Expands Fiber Broadband Portfolio with Innovative New ONTs

5G

Vodafone Together - The UK's first 5G mobile and broadband bundle

via Flickr © JeepersMedia (CC BY 2.0)

Business Models

When DSP strategies fail: why Verizon got pocket change for Tumblr

Telco & CSP

Telenor, NHH and NTNU to establish a new knowledge powerhouse to fuel growth and develop new industries

Edge & MEC

CenturyLink places “several hundred million dollar” bet on the Edge

Mobile

FirstNet performs faster than any commercial network