AT&T and Verizon have decided earlier on Wednesday to delay their 5G rollouts by at least a month, to help the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) address aircraft interference concerns. In response to the Transportation Department requesting a delay, AT&T said it was pushing its launch to January 5th, after they had originally planned to use the newly […]
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Pakistani operator Ufone secured Wednesday its largest syndicated financing facility jointly led by the MCB Bank Limited (agent bank), Allied Bank Limited (ABL), Bank of Punjab (BoP), National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), and the United Bank Limited (UBL) to fund the acquisition and rollout of its 4G services across Pakistan, a statement said. The carrier […]
UAE-based telco, Etisalat, revealed its 2021, third quarter (Q3) financial report, unveiling a 2 percent rise in a fiscal year ending on September 30, reaching $3.62 billion. The group’s consolidated net profit rose to $653.38 million, imprinting a 1 percent increase in a fiscal year, with consolidated revenues reaching $3.62 billion, a 2 percent augmentation […]
Hungary’s Innovation and Technology Ministry and Huawei Technologies Hungary signed a memorandum of understanding, early last week, on long-term cooperation in Budapest, according to a report by state news wire MTI. According to the announcement, the Minister of Innovation and Technology László Palkovics emphasized in his presentation that the most important technologies for Hungary are […]
No one likes to feel like a number — and good customer service can change that. In fact, 84 percent of consumers say being treated like an individual, not a number, is critical to preventing customer attrition. In the hypercompetitive telecoms industry, this ethos is even more important. So how can telcos make their services personal […]
Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia on Thursday reported third-quarter profit above analyst expectations on increasing sales of 5G technology and trimmed costs, but the company warned that the global shortage of semiconductors made the market outlook foggy and could hamper growth. The Espoo, Finland-based company reported net profit of 463 million euros ($537 million) […]
Chinese tech giant Huawei’s sales fell 32% from a year earlier in the first nine months of 2021 under U.S. sanctions and following the sale of its Honor smartphone brand, according to figures released Friday. Huawei Technologies Ltd.’s smartphone and other consumer-oriented businesses have been “significantly impacted” but sales to phone carriers and other commercial […]
Qatari telco, Ooredoo Group, released on Wednesday its 2021 third quarter (Q3) revenue report, marking a 3 percent increase in a fiscal year. The Qatari multinational telecom firm reported a rising revenue margin touching an estimate of $6 billion for the nine months ending in September, an augmentation referenced to increasing growth in the country’s […]
A major U.S. data-storage equipment provider violated U.S. export rules by continuing to sell hard-disk drives to Huawei Technologies Co. after the Commerce Department tightened export restrictions last year, a report by a group of Senate Republicans claimed. The report released by the Republican minority staff of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation […]
AT&T announced on Tuesday the initiation of its plan to deploy the fifth generation of network with C-band spectrum, a factor that will reinforce the carrier’s total 5G coverage. Currently, the operator is offering two categorizations of the fifth generation: 5G Plus over high-band mmWave spectrum and regular 5G – which resembles 4G LTE. “AT&T […]