Qualcomm CEO: "The technology you find today in your phone, you can simply think about this future where every other device can have the same technology”
Joining business and government leaders at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon...
Company also put in place measures to prevent a hostile takeover
NI said Friday that it has been approached by potential buyers and that its board of directors has begun a review of its strategic options.
"The comprehensive review will include consideration of a full range...
Greetings from Las Vegas and the Midwest. It has been a full two weeks with news from the Citi conference plus additional industry developments. We will begin with a full market commentary followed by a few CES observations, and end with some thoughts on...
The telcos confirmed that the new entity will be called True Corp.
The boards of Thai operator Total Access Communication (Dtac) and True Corp. agreed that their merged entity will be called True Corp.
The two carriers informed the Thai Stock Exchange that they will have...
The layoffs are part of a larger $1.1 billion dollar cost-cutting effort
Vodafone is planning massive layoffs as part of a $1.1 billion dollar cost-cutting effort, reported the Financial Times. Several hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block, and according to sources, most are...
The last couple of years have taken its toll on many high-tech companies and industries. That includes the wireless and mobile industry and companies in the segment like Qualcomm, Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, NTT, HTC, Samsung, MediaTek, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Dell, Broadcom, Texas Instruments and...
After beginning his new role at Ziff Davis, Bye will join Dish Network’s board of directors
Stephen Bye, the current chief commercial officer of Dish Network’s facilities-based wireless network business, is moving to Ziff Davis to serve as president of its Connectivity division—which includes network...
Continuing its back to the basics approach, AT&T highlighted long-term growth opportunities from fiber and wireless
Following its divestiture of the Warner Media assets and under the leadership of CEO John Stankey, AT&T appears to be a much more focused organization. And that focus, according...
With 260 million PoPs covered on mid-band and 320 million on low-band, T-Mobile US holds to 2023 capex guidance
T-Mobile US has a 5G spectrum strategy it sees as a major differentiator that has put it ahead of competitors. Speaking with Mike Rollins at the...
Important marketing lessons CEOs and CMOs should learn from #CES2023
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) just concluded and it raged back to life this year after the pandemic. This year’s CES illustrated how difficult it is for companies to be seen and heard trying to...
Speaking at the Citi 2023 Communications, Media & Entertainment conference, Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg and Chief Technology Officer Kyle Malady discussed the “tweaks” being made on both the technology and consumer side of the business. Many of these changes, the pair said, focus on...
The proposed merger between Rogers and Shaw was initially announced on March 15, 2021
Canada’s competition bureau said a federal court has issued an emergency stay that temporarily suspends the country’s competition tribunal's dismissal of its case against Rogers Communications' CAD20 billion ($14.8 billion) acquisition...
As we enter 2023, some key questions every executive struggle’s with is how to raise their company’s profile; how to become a respected thought leader in the industry; how to capture the attention of investors, the media, workers, top executives, regulators and more. This...
Huawei also expects to keep R&D investment at a high level in 2023
Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies estimated that its 2022 revenues remained flat compared to the previous year, despite continued sanctions by the U.S. government.
"U.S. restrictions are now our new normal, and we're back...
Ericsson aims cut costs by SEK9 billion ($880 million) by the end of 2023
In preparation for a flat RAN market over the next three years, Ericsson revealed that it aims to cut costs by SEK9 billion ($880 million) by the end of 2023. While...
With practically every social media platform doubling down on video over the past decade, the emergence of apps like TikTok, and the rise of competing movie and TV services, video on demand is the battleground where businesses fight for the attention of consumers.
By a...
The $1.08 billion deal involves 1,124 towers across Aotearoa and New Zealand
2degrees Mobile has agreed to sell its tower assets to Connexa, the independent mobile tower business that is partially owned by Spark New Zealand. The $1.08 billion deal involves 1,124 towers across Aotearoa...
Madan Thangavelu, director of engineering at Uber, provided some insights on real world applications of AI and edge to improve customer service fulfillment during a recent presentation at the Mobile Edge Forum 2022, available on demand here.
“When I think about edge, there’re just two...
Holiday greetings from Nebraska, Missouri (recent shot of the Plaza lights pictured), and Georgia. In this Brief, we are going to examine our last key 3Q earnings theme as we exit 2023 (5G’s missed expectations) and also provide a short retrospective on 2022. As a result, our market commentary...
The settlement includes global cross-license for patented cellular standard-essential technologies
Apple and Ericsson have settled their yearlong legal dispute over iPhone-related and other patents. The settlement involves a new multi-year global patent license deal and joint commitment to “strengthen their technology and business collaboration, including in technology, interoperability...
Digital-twin technology is increasingly being adopted in multiple verticals, with the industry close to a maturity point, Dan Isaacs, CTO of the Digital Twin Consortium, said during a presentation at the 5G Manufacturing Forum—available on demand here.
“We've seen the evolution of digital twins going...
As ransomware and data breaches continue to grab the headlines, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have stopped being top of mind for many CIOs, but they’re still more dangerous than ever and companies cannot neglect the necessary steps for prevention and securing internal traffic. In...
Over the course of one year, the stock price of Facebook, or Meta by its new name is tanking. There is a solution to this problem. That is if Mark Zuckerberg can see it and will take this exit ramp. Let’s take a closer...
Axiata and Telenor now hold equal ownership in Celcom Digi at 33.1% each
Axiata Group and Telenor Group have completed the merger of Malaysian operators Celcom and Digi, both companies said in a joint release.
The boards of the composite companies gave final approval for the...
