Deal will position VimpelCom to provide IoT, mobile entertainment and mobile financial services using Ericsson IT solutions
International telecom group VimpelCom signed a software partnership with Ericsson valued at more than $1 billion.
The partnership encompasses a complete overhaul of VimpelCom’s information technology infrastructure across 11 countries. The...
Huawei said smart parking solutions would generate revenue opportunities for municipal governments
Chinese vendor Huawei and U.K.-based telecom group Vodafone have completed the first trial on commercial networks for pre-standard Narrow-Band-"internet of things" smart parking in Spain.
Following a smart metering trial in Spain last November, the...
Vodafone upgrading core, radio networks for NB-IoT services
U.K. telecom group Vodafone plans to focus on narrowband-"internet of things" trials during the rest of the year ahead of plans for a commercial launch of the technology next year, said Vodafone research and development director Luke Ibbetson in...
5G network program to focus on industry pilots including smart cities, IoT, transport and smart agriculture
Italian telecom operator TIM and equipment vendor Ericsson signed an agreement to start the "5G for Italy" program designed to create an open ecosystem for research and implementation of innovative...
Samsung Pay is already available in the U.S. and China
Samsung Electronics launched its Samsung Pay mobile payment service in Spain, marking its first national rollout in Europe. The mobile payment service, which is similar to Apple Pay, is already available in South Korea, the United...
In a continuing global expansion of its dedicated "internet of things" networks, French-based Sigfox partnered with network operator Connected Finland. Finland is the 19th country to work with Sigfox on deploying a purpose-built network for the IoT.
Building on an initial U.S. launch in San Francisco, San...
Telecom regulator BIPT works with Ericsson to study suitable bands for 5G trials
The Belgian government has instructed the country's telecom authority to open up spectrum to mobile operators seeking to conduct "5G" trials, local press reported.
Alexander De Croo, Belgium’s telecommunications minister, confirmed the government has...
Next step before 700 MHz band is dedicated to mobile is negotiation with European Parliament
The European Council confirmed it's looking at opening the 700 MHz band for wireless broadband in Europe by 2020. The EC said broadcasting services would keep priority below the 700...
Swedish telco Tele2 plans to roll out Internet of Things network
Swedish telecommunications firm Tele2 signed an agreement with IBM to boost the implementation of "Internet of Things" projects and business models across European markets.
Under the terms of the agreement, Tele2 will provide global...
The US market set to represent more than 52% of overall revenue
Worldwide revenue for big data and business analytics is set to grow from nearly $122 billion in 2015, to more than $187 billion in 2019, an increase of more than 50% over the...
LTE-A set to bring 375 Mbps speeds to more cities in Germany
Vodafone Germany announced plans to roll out LTE-Advanced technology by the end of this year to around 50 cities across the country, supporting network speeds of up to 375 megabits per second. The...
LoRa Alliance partnership builds on Orange's IoT network in France
French telecommunications group Orange joined the LoRa Alliance, a lobbying group pushing for the global adoption of the low-power wide-area network specification targeting the "Internet of Things." The protocol is said to be carrier grade,...
Forecast for carrier SDN predicts 98% CAGR between 2015 and 2020
The carrier software-defined networking market is expected to generate $8.7 billion in revenues by 2020, compared to $280 million in 2016, due to the acceleration of commercial deployments, according to a report by IHS....
Using Nokia equipment, MTS plans 5G trial in 2018
Nokia and Russian telecom operator MTS Group signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of "5G" technologies. Under terms of the agreement, the two companies will implement a 5G test network in a Russian football...
U.K.-based Vodafone Group recorded revenues of $59.8 million
Vodafone Group recorded 41 billion pounds ($59.8 billion) in revenues for its fiscal year ended March 31, a decline of 3% compared to the previous fiscal year. Group service revenue was 37.1 billion pounds for the year,...
U.S. firm aims to complete the data center transactions in 2016
U.S.-based Digital Reality, which provides data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, entered into a definitive agreement with Equinix to acquire a portfolio of eight carrier-neutral data centers across Europe. Five of the data center...
U.K. regulator looks to create two additional 80-megahertz channels in the 5 GHz band for Wi-Fi
U.K. telecom regulator Ofcom has proposed opening up additional unlicensed spectrum in the 5 GHz band to support Wi-Fi services in a move to create two additional 80-megahertz channels for...
More than half of Bouygues Telecom phone connections running on LTE network at end of Q1
French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom said it added 240,000 new mobile connections in the first quarter of 2016, reaching 12.1 million total connections on its network at the end...
Despite growth, Vodafone plans to shut down the M-Pesa service in South Africa on June 30
Vodafone Group said it recently passed 25 million active customers for its M-Pesa mobile money service M-Pesa, having hit 25.3 million users at the end of March. The carrier...
4G backhaul deal worth $29 million
Avanti Communications, a provider of satellite data communications services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, won a contract to supply U.K. mobile operator EE with satellite capacity for "4G" backhaul. Under the terms of the agreement, Avanti will...
Bharti Airtel will continue to use the infrastructure through a long-term lease contract
Bharti Airtel International, a subsidiary of Indian telecom group Bharti Airtel, signed an agreement with towers company Helios Towers Africa to sell approximately 950 telecom towers in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The...
Within the telecom industry, views differ widely on the scale of the IoT investment opportunity
Asked at a recent conference when the "Internet of Things" will make a material difference to his company’s financial performance, the CEO of one major telecom operator replied: “Not in my tenure.”
That...
BT 4G, fiber expansion comes as telco records $1.65 billion net profit in fiscal Q4
Including its Openreach broadband unit and EE mobile business, BT said its "4G" and fiber expansion plans will cost a projected 6 billion pounds ($8.7 billion) over the next three...
DT ended March with 40.6 million mobile customers in Germany
Deutsche Telekom posted a net profit of 3.1 billion euros ($3.54 billion) in the first quarter of 2016, up from 787 million euros in the same period last year. DT said the increase was mainly driven...
