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Ericsson directs Ooredoo’s BSS solutions in MENA

Ericsson announced on Tuesday the deployment of its Business Support Systems (BSS) solutions to Qatari Telecommunications company Ooredoo, providing necessary support to sustain its monetization programs. Both companies agreed and authorized a five-year group frame agreement, setting the infrastructure for the latest adoption of Ericsson’s BSS solutions that will spread over several of Ooredoo Group’s […]

Mark Zuckerberg fires back at Facebook’s whistleblower

Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg is breaking his silence in a public note to Facebook employees addressing recent claims made by whistleblower Frances Haugen about the platform’s harmful tactics.  “We care deeply about issues like safety, wellbeing, and mental health. It’s difficult to see coverage that misrepresents our work and our motives. At the most basic level, I think most of us just don’t recognize the […]

Tinder creates a new way to profit off users: in-app currency

Tinder is releasing an in-app currency, allowing users to obtain coins by maintaining an active profile or through spending your actual money on the platform.   The famous dating-app that’s used worldwide has the potential to incorporate a myriad of features. However, an in-app currency was surely not expected.  Bloomberg first reported on the news on Monday, noting […]

Chip manufacturing crisis will cast its shadow till 2022

As supply-chain shortages continue to extend into 2022 due to COVID-19, chip manufacturing giants are exhibiting what the future could hold, and it won’t include the same price list pre-pandemic. While the ongoing chip shortage managed to reconcile its situation, the same cannot be expressed about its pricing list. The state of the semiconductor industry […]

Tesla reports stronger-than-expected Q3 sales

Tesla says it delivered 241,300 electric vehicles in the third quarter even as it wrestled with a global shortage of computer chips that has hit the entire auto industry. The Palo Alto, California, company’s sales from July through September beat Wall Street estimates of 227,000 sales worldwide, according to data provider FactSet. Third-quarter sales rose […]

Ethiopia initiates bidding for second license

The Ethiopian Communications Agency (ECA) disclosed Tuesday that it has once again welcomed a request for a second license for national telecoms with a lower than anticipated price margin, due to be issued in January of next year. Ethiopia’s government revealed that any submitted proposal for the second license must be presented by December 20 […]

What is SOC in cybersecurity? 

Decentralization of technology is the typical trend in the modern day. Cloud based communications, additive manufacturing, and data driven decision making are all good examples. When it comes to cybersecurity however, the opposite might be the better way to go. That is why every organization worth it’s salt ought to invest in an SOC, Security Operations Center, to safeguard its operations. […]

Improving customer retention in telecoms: A digital-first mindset

A survey conducted by Accenture revealed that 77 per cent of telecoms customers are willing to retract their loyalty towards a specific network operator. Lock-in contracts are no longer sufficient to retain a customer base long term. To keep customers satisfied, telecoms companies should do more with what’s already at their fingertips — data.   […]

The 19th century called, it wants its phone system back

The future of telephony lies in VoIP Recent Ofcom data found that if business landline numbers continue to drop at their current rate, they will be all but extinct within just six years. But would this be a bad thing? The landline has enabled connectivity from 1876, so is it time for an upgrade? Here, […]

Almost 4 Billion Smartphone Users, $90.7 Billion in Mobile Game Revenues, and much more

The mobile ecosystem is changing. Mobile developers build much of their success on data-driven insight, enabled through smart tracking and targeting of users. Stringent (privacy-based) policies from Apple, Google, and regulators have created new challenges for developers, publishers, ad tech companies, and marketers. Despite these challenges, the mobile market—and the games market within it—is more […]