WhatsApp launches digital payments platform in Brazil

Social media giant Facebook has made the first tentative steps towards the digital payment environment with its WhatsApp messaging platform in Brazil.

MWC Los Angeles, scheduled for 28 October, has been cancelled

The GSMA, which runs the Mobile World Congress trade shows, has decided not to wait any longer to cancel its main Q4 event.

Nokia nabs 10% share of China Unicom 5G core contract

While apparently missing out on bigger radio access network (RAN) contracts for China’s three mobile operators, Nokia secured a deal to supply part of China Unicom’s 5G core.

Dish’s intentions once again ‘question of the day’

Investment analysts are speculating today about apparently tense negotiations over T-Mobile’s sale of the Boost Mobile business to Dish Network and terms of their MVNO agreement, which are part of the government’s remedy in approving the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.

Nokia taps Broadcom for 5G chipsets

Nokia continues to address its earlier 5G chipset woes, today announcing a new collaboration with Broadcom for custom system-on-chip (SoCs) solutions for the vendor’s ReefShark-powered portfolio.

Comcast Business tees-up vCPE for launch in late 2020

Comcast Business is working its way towards the launch of virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE) in the third or fourth quarter of this year.

Cox ‘aggressively’ explores getting back into wireless

A few weeks ago, Cox Communications posted a help-wanted ad on LinkedIn for an executive director of wireless marketing. The advertisement said the position would lead the end-to-end marketing function for “the wireless brand strategy for Cox Mobile.”

Using Cisco Meraki gear, CenturyLink dishes up new WFH solution

With homes serving as the new office spaces, CenturyLink has rolled out a new virtual private connection service that taps into corporate wide-area networks (WANs.) CenturyLink's Remote Connect service provides additional security and a self-install model to help home-bound employees create and share information across their businesses.

FCC denies petition seeking delay to C-band auction

The FCC last week denied a petition from several smaller satellite companies that wanted the commission to delay the C-band auction while their challenge is pending before the U.S. Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia Circuit.

US to use financial incentives to muscle Huawei out of Brazil

The US Ambassador to Brazil has confirmed talks between the two nations for 5G financing under the condition that Huawei is excluded from networks.

Facebook tries to call Australia’s bluff on paying for news

In response to the threat of being forced to pay for news posted on its platform in Australia, Facebook has indicated it would rather just block it.

Reliance Jio finds another two investors for Indian digital mission

Mukesh Ambani is proving to be one of the most popular figures in the telco world as two more investors have bought into the Reliance Jio mission to digitise India.

Nokia finally gets some Chinese action, celebrates with Broadcom collaboration

Much has been made of Nokia’s apparent exclusion from the Chinese 5G market, but a new deal with China Unicom indicates such reports may have been an exaggeration.

UK telcos to welcome back the masses as the high street reopens

All four of the UK’s mobile network operators (MNOs) will reopen a portion of their retail footprint soon, but fibre broadband player Virgin Media will remain closed permanently.

Telstra: COVID-19 is forcing companies to become cloud-first

Cloud computing was a major trend prior to COVID-19, however 93% of IT decision makers are accelerating cloud adoption programmes as a result of the pandemic.

Dell PowerScale Restores Order to Unstructured Data

Dell Technologies welcomed a new family of storage systems for unstructured data to the Dell EMC portfolio today with the launch of PowerScale. 

Extreme’s New Normal Looks Like Unlimited Cloud Data, WiFi 6

Extreme Networks this week rolled out pre-packaged WiFi 6 connectivity kits for sports and entertainment venues. It’s the latest in a series of product updates the company execs say will help customers adjust to the “new normal” working environments brought about by COVID-19.

Can DAA upgrades get the right bang for the buck?

For Denmark's Stofa, a move to DOCSIS 3.1 and a distributed access architecture have produced operational benefits but have not yet translated into a big boost in customer satisfaction.

Dish in no position to redo its T-Mobile deal – analyst

Dish's Charlie Ergen needs the deal more than T-Mobile does and 'can't walk away,' Craig Moffett says.

Daily Roundup: IBM Buys Cloud Security Startup

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IBM Buys Spanugo for Cloud Security, Compliance

IBM inked a deal to buy cloud security posture management startup Spanugo for an undisclosed amount. Big Blue plans to integrate Spanugo’s software into its public cloud to help meet the security and compliance needs of its customers in regulated industries like banking and health care.

A £1.5B bill should not stop a UK ban on Huawei

The cost of a swap-out is a far smaller concern than the impact of a ban on 5G rollout and competition in the equipment sector.

Nokia adds Broadcom to 5G chip supplier roster

Finnish vendor lines up Broadcom along with Marvell and Intel as chipset partners to bring 5G products back on track.

Nokia Adds Broadcom ASICs to 5G ReefShark Portfolio

Nokia today welcomed Broadcom into its network of semiconductor partners. Broadcom will develop custom system-on-chip processors for Nokia’s emerging 5G ReefShark portfolio.

WarnerMedia to sunset HBO Go as HBO Max rises

WarnerMedia is also rebranding HBO Now as 'HBO' as AT&T-owned giant attempts to simplify its premium streaming offerings. Got that now?

GSMA Cancels MWC LA Event Due to COVID-19 Concerns

Industry trade group GSMA finally admitted defeat in attempting to put on this year’s MWC Los Angeles event in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by cancelling the annual trade show that was scheduled to begin Oct. 28. The move followed a similar cancellation of GSMA’s significantly larger MWC Barcelona event in February and recent upheaval at the trade group.

Eurobites: Ruling clears way for major mergers, says top Brussels lawyer

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Deutsche Telekom, Orange collaborate on IPX research; mobile phone shops reopen in England; Germany's COVID-19 app ready to go.

T-Mobile reports 'voice and data issue' affecting several states

Team Magenta is a little red-faced right now as it admits to an outage affecting customers around the country.

Nokia scrapes a sliver of China Unicom's 5G core

The small amount of work awarded to the Finnish vendor is ammunition for critics who say China's telecom market is rigged.

UK going underground for broadband

Government exploring ways to give broadband firms easier access to utilities' underground duct infrastructure.