Orange will launch banking services in France in 2017 through Groupama acquisition
French telecommunications operator Orange confirmed it has received regulatory approval in France and Europe to acquire 65% of the capital of compatriot financial institution Groupama Banque, which will be renamed Orange Bank in January.
The companies...
Digital transformation is a trending buzzword in the information technology industry. While somewhat nebulous, it speaks to the need for generally risk-adverse, slow-moving enterprises to embrace things like the app economy, cloudification and software-based virtualization of business process. Factor in the threat from highly focused startups...
Available for preorder in an exclusive deal with Verizon, new Google Pixel features high-end camera, personal assistant and compatibility with Project Fi mobile virtual network.
Google on Monday announced its new Pixel phone, which will initially be available for preorder in the U.S. exclusively with...
Telecommunications vendor Ericsson confirmed on Tuesday it intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, plans to recruit 1,000 in research and development
Ericsson intends to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, the company announced on Tuesday morning. The telecommunications vendor employs approximately 16,000 people in its home country. The...
Telefónica planned to raise up to $1.68 billion with the IPO
Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica has abandoned plans to launch an initial public offering of its infrastructure unit Telxius.
"Telefónica and the joint global coordinators have decided to abandon the offering, considering inadequate the valuation of the...
The deal between the Korean giant and the Russian telco includes 5G, IoT and MIMO technologies
Samsung Electronics and Russian telecom operator Mobile TeleSystems signed a memorandum of understanding to explore and develop new technologies, including "5G," the "internet of things" and multiple-input/multiple-output antenna technologies.
Under the...
So, it’s official. Comcast is going to make their second attempt at wireless according to their CEO Brian Roberts. So what does re-entering wireless mean for Comcast's future? The way the industry is heading, they need to be a player in wireless to remain...
Over the last couple of years, there has been much attention to and change in the mobile payment space. PayPal was the leader for decades when Apple Pay, Google Pay and countless others entered the space in the last couple of years. The assumption was...
In the Rocky Mountains, learn how Union Wireless upgraded to LTE with no downtime in extremely challenging conditions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Wyoming—While the U.S. carrier market is dominated by Tier 1 operators, there are smaller, rural service providers delivering comparable quality of service—in incredibly challenging environmental...
Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia event, Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure said the carrier has a 'competitive advantage' in network deployment strategy
Two years into a five-year plan designed to return Sprint to profitability and vastly improve its network performance, CEO Marcelo Claure "has a...
In addition to 15 million Wi-Fi hot spots, Comcast has option to resell Verizon Wireless services
During the Goldman Sachs Commacopia conference today, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts previewed plans for the cable TV giant to launch a Wi-Fi-integrated mobile virtual network operator in mid-2017 using...
Sprint is on a comeback. But what exactly does that mean? I have followed them over the last few decades as a wireless analyst and I would say Sprint is better and faster than ever before. I also sense there is more to come....
CommScope is selling two product lines to Adtran for an undisclosed sum. Adtran, a provider of cable networking equipment, will buy CommScope's active Ethernet passive optical network product platforms, as well as CommScope's radio frequency over glass product line. The transaction is not expected...
In addition to becoming a dominant force in streaming video content and production, Netflix has also emerged as a strong advocate for net neutrality and consumer access to unlimited data.
While this clearly serves Netflix by removing any subscriber barrier to streaming, the company has...
As a regular attendee of OpenDayLight Summit, I have seen the community growing every passing year, with increased participation of developers and end users, from mini summit back in 2013 to a full blown OpenDaylight Summit in 2015. I am continually inspired and impressed...
1. Samsung is selling its printer business to Hewlett-Packard for $1.05 billion. HP's printer and cartridge businesses have been slipping as customers substitute files on mobile devices for printed documents. Samsung, meanwhile, has tried hard to position itself at the center of the mobile revolution,...
Major cloud customers include the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense and Aston Martin
Microsoft has expanded its cloud offerings with the addition of Azure and Office 365 to data center locations in the United Kingdom. The rollout comes with major wins with major players including the...
Last week Verizon Wireless made a big deal about its activation of two- and three-channel carrier aggregation in more than 450 markets. In response, T-Mobile US CTO Neville Ray wrote a blog post essentially calling the Verizon Wireless play a marketing move.
Ray wrote that...
James Truchard, CEO and co-founder of National Instruments and known to many as Dr. T, is set to retire in January, the test and measurement company announced in a statement. Truchard will be replaced by current COO and CFO Alex Davern.
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Truchard has been NI's...
ZTEÂ is currently working with local municipalities to identify potential smart city initiatives
MADRID – Carrier business accounted for approximately 87% of ZTE Spain revenues last year, the firm's GM Jia Yunpeng told reporters during a press conference. The executive said its main customers for infrastructure...
1. Google parent Alphabet is reportedly losing patience with Google Fiber, or Access as the business unit is known inside the company. A report in The Information claims that Alphabet CEO Larry Page has ordered a 50% reduction in Google Fiber's headcount, which currently...
In July, former Ericsson CEO Hans Vestberg stepped down after seven years at the helm of the Swedish telecom infrastructure vendor. EVP and CFO Jan Frykhamar has stepped in as interim CEO while a search for a permanent replacement takes place. But now, according...
It seems unlimited wireless data is going to be one of the next, hot areas in the world of wireless competition. Last week, both Sprint and T-Mobile US made announcements improving their offerings with Sprint Unlimited Freedom and T-Mobile One. In fact, AT&T Mobility...
According to a report this week by Bloomberg, Masayoshi Son, the CEO of SoftBank, remains interested in a potential combination of U.S. carriers Sprint and T-Mobile US despite past regulatory roadblocks.
SoftBank is the majority shareholder in Sprint. T-Mobile US is a subsidiary of Germany-based Deutsche Telekom.
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