The winners and losers of telecoms will be decided by convergence

There are still naysayers about the benefits of convergence, but those who ignore this trend will fast find themselves sleep-walking the path to utilitisation and irrelevance.

Multiple US states open Facebook antitrust investigation

An investigation has commenced in the US into possible abuses of Facebook’s market dominance regarding data, advertising and consumer choice.

Forkbeard challenges Bluetooth for indoor positioning

Forkbeard Technologies is taking on Bluetooth in a battle for accurate indoor positioning.

Rakuten delays network launch to work out the bugs

Japan’s fourth mobile operator has said it will delay its launch, originally set for October 1, in favour of a limited trial for 5,000 users.

Telenor and Axiata pull the plug on mega-merger

Operator groups Telenor and Axiata had intended to merge their Asian operations but have now decided it’s just too much hassle.

LG doubles down on games and multi-tasking with new dual-screen

LG first started touting its smarts with a dual screen at Mobile World Congress in February, but at IFA it has launched the LG G8X ThinQ, an updated version of the concept.

Tech Mahindra wins multi-year cloud deal with AT&T

AT&T is covering all of its cloud bases with yet another cloud announcement, this time with IT vendor Tech Mahindra.

T-Mobile workers seek job assurances from DT CEO

Promises from T-Mobile USA management are not enough; workers want to know from DT's CEO that their jobs are safe if the merger with Sprint goes through.

Comcast Business bolsters security with Fortinet and Akamai

Comcast Business is teeing up more cybersecurity options with Fortinet for mid-sized and enterprise customers that use its ActiveCore platform.

KPN poaches Proximus CEO

Dominique Leroy has played Benelux musical chairs by moving from Belgian Proximus to become Dutch KPN’s new CEO.

Qualcomm chips to extend 5G to more phones

Qualcomm announced new chips to bring 5G to more phones, but 5G is about far more than just phones, according to company President Cristiano Amon.

Rakuten delays full launch of 4G mobile network

Rakuten also designed its own smartphone: the Rakuten Mini is for women who don’t want to lug a huge cell phone.

Cisco's Mora highlights importance of Acacia deal

Cisco's $2.6 billion deal to buy coherent optics company Acacia Communications is a key element of the company's long-term plans and strategies.

AT&T & Verizon: All Quiet on Narrowband IoT

AT&T is 'readying things' on NB-IoT, while Verizon remains silent on customer traction on the narrowband technology.

AT&T & Verizon: Surprisingly Quiet on Narrowband IoT

AT&T is 'readying things' on NB-IoT, while Verizon remains silent on customer traction on the narrow-band technology.

U.S. Cellular's New 'Fairness' Campaign to Include Rural 5G Component

U.S. Cellular is embarking on a new advertising campaign that will include how it plans to expand 5G into rural areas.

Samsung to Make 80% of 5G Smartphones in 2019

Samsung said it expects to ship fully 4 million 5G smartphones in 2019, which according to figures from Strategy Analytics would make it responsible for fully 80% of all 5G phones sold this year.

Australia's Huawei Ban Is Hurting TPG & 5G

A decision to exclude Chinese vendors from the 5G market on grounds of security has taken a heavy toll on TPG and could put Australian 5G at risk.

RJio Set to Disrupt India's Wired Broadband Market

The operator that wreaked havoc in India's mobile market has now launched its fixed-line broadband service.

Even AT&T Can't Fly Solo to the Cloud

This week's Tech Mahindra partnership shows that even a Tier 1 behemoth like AT&T needs help moving to the cloud.

Smokey & the NFV Bandit

NFV has many naysayers, but it's alive, kicking and thriving, with SD-WAN as a significant catalyst.

Rakuten Delays Launch of Cloud-Native Network

The Japanese ecommerce giant is delaying the launch of services on its mobile network over performance concerns.

AT&T Hires Tech Mahindra for Cloud Move

Tech Mahindra will help AT&T migrate its back office applications to the cloud, building a business foundation for 5G.

WiCipedia: The Whitest Black Candidates & Conferences Take a Political Stand

This week in our WiCipedia roundup: Google whitewashes its diversity hires; tech conferences for women get political; the sponsor search continues; and more.

Eurobites: Ericsson's Ekholm Tells Employees He's Going Nowhere

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Dominique Leroy leaves Proximus for KPN and massive pay rise; TIM and Ericsson test cloud-native 5G network; Telenor's merger with Axiata is off.

Telenor, Axiata Scrap $13B Merger Over 'Complexities'

The failure of the merger deal could weigh heavily on the two operators.

T-Mobile staff start getting twitchy over Sprint merger

A letter has emerged from T-Mobile Workers United, with the union asking Deutsche Telekom executives to confirm jobs will be safe following the merger between T-Mobile US and Sprint.

Weak Chinese Switch Market Quashes Global Growth, Says Dell'Oro

Several factors led to a softening switch market in China during the quarter, not least of which were actions taken by the U.S. government banning trade with Chinese networking giant Huawei.

Did you make it onto the 2019 Glotel Awards shortlist?

It’s that time of year when even Brexit and the Ashes pale into insignificance compared to the unveiling of the Global Telecoms Awards shortlist.

StreamSets Reaches for the Sky With Cloud Service Launch

Its namesake cloud data integration platform aims to address variables that come with ingesting and transforming modern data types.