T-Mobile lights up LotusFlare for MVNO service
T-Mobile launched a new service to make it easier to set up MVNOs using its 5G network The service is designed specifically for emerging MVNOs and leading consumer brands across a range of segments The “un-carrier” is offering the...
Great Plains builds cloud-based architecture to support OSS
Great Plains is building a new digital experience platform based on a cloud architecture The goal is to improve support customer interactions with the sales and marketing teams In preparation, the first thing the company has done is to migrate its...
Nokia net sales down 18%, largely due to India 5G slowdown
Mobile sales declined 25% year-over-year, to €1.97 billion ($2.15 billion) Nokia expects sales to rebound in Q4 and into 2025. Nokia is looking to its $2.3B Infinera acquisition to help turn the business around Hard times aren’t stopping for Nokia,...
Try, try again. Dish reboots Boost Mobile
Dish Network and its retail phone division have floundered royally since acquiring the Boost brand in 2020 Under new parent EchoStar, Boost is combining prepaid and postpaid under one brand – Boost Mobile The new strategy involves new pricing, promises...
Telcos are becoming utilities. Is that really a bad thing?
Many telcos are terrified of becoming utilities But Oracle execs argued that for some, that would still provide a robust future Regardless of whether operators go the telco or techco route, automation is set to play a key role You’ve...
AT&T cell, text records exposed in massive breach
Data from nearly all of AT&T’s wireless customers was compromised AT&T doesn’t believe the data was made publicly available Data hacks involving cellular operators appear all too common these days Cell phone calls and texts of nearly all of AT&T’s...
It’s time to meet Fierce Network Research
NEW YORK, July 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Fierce Network, a news portal serving decision makers throughout the global communications and enterprise cloud industry, today announces Fierce Network Research, dedicated to delivering insights focused on the impact, benefits and challenges...
Zayo preps for data center, AI and broadband boom with middle mile focus
Zayo is building middle mile “off-ramps” to connect rural communities If networks aren’t connected to a middle mile, “it’s like building a suburb that’s not connected to any other roads,” Zayo’s Bill Long told Fierce The middle mile isn’t just important...
Singapore, Chile top broadband speeds as US ranks 6th: Ookla
The U.S. came in sixth place in Ookla’s recent global fixed broadband ranking Singapore and Chile were among the countries that pulled ahead with median download speed Deploying broadband across a large landmass like the U.S. is rife with challenges,...
Singtel and Hitachi Digital to develop Industrial AI solutions
Hitachi Digital will deploy Singtel’s Paragon platform at its R&D lab, followed by a pilot in a U.S. factory Singtel’s Paragon platform will be integrated with Hitachi’s pre-built industrial AI applications to develop new offerings for enterprises Telcos around the...