Swisscom to acquire Vodafone Italia for 8 billion euros, merging with Fastweb to strengthen its position in the competitive telecoms market.
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MTN South Africa adopts Huawei's optical network, moving towards an eco-friendly and dependable network for sustainable growth.
The FCC scrutinizes "competitive effects" linked to T-Mobile's 5G ambition to expand its network through the acquisition of 2.5GHz spectrum.
Saturday April 15, 2023, Côte d’Ivoire – Early this morning, Tiemoko Antoine Assale, director of the satirical weekly “L’Eléphant déchaîné,” went live on Facebook calling for the boycott of Orange and MTN, two prominent telecom operators in the region, from the 15th to the 18th of April. Deputy Assale is the only one out of 255 committed to […]
One of the primary aspects driving market expansion is growing security concerns among telecom enterprises worldwide. Blockchain in telecom offers greater security by encrypting all transactions with cryptography. Furthermore, the growing need for smart contracts is propelling market expansion. Blockchain Brings Value to the Telco Value Chain The provision of the network infrastructure and connectivity […]
The potential of telcos to expand beyond communications and integrate FinTech functionality on their network, creating huge business possibilities for both sectors. ________________________ The global scope and coverage of telcos are enormous. It should be clear that telcos can use this reach for possibilities outside of communications. Huge business possibilities for both sectors could be […]
Telecoms companies guard their customer information very carefully, and quite rightly so. Strict data privacy rules, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have reinforced the requirement to have tight controls over how information is stored, governed and used. Often, data is kept not just within the company but sometimes locked within individual departments. The […]
You need to keep up. Web3 is not something to anticipate. It is something you need to adapt to and live with. Web3 is the next step for various sectors, and the telecom sector is no different. Telecom and Web3 are codependent. There is a need for a balance between them. This balance is crucial […]
UAE Telco du hoped that digital fasting would help to instill self-reflection during Ramadan. Not too long ago, one of the highest profile companies in the United Arab Emirates conducted an experiment during Ramadan. The company was Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC) and the experiment was for telco du to create a ‘technology fast’ within […]
I’ll start with a provocative assertion: most telcos typically pay less attention to their brands than they ought to, and that doesn’t work for them. The proof: mobile service has become commoditized in over ¾ of the 50+ markets studied by Strategy&. In many Telcos, the responsibility for the brand sits in Consumer Marketing, meanwhile, […]