STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Mobile telecom equipment maker Ericsson beat third-quarter operating profit forecasts on Thursday, boosted by sales of next-generation 5G gear in North America, and said it was making solid progress towards its long-term Read more…
New entrants to the banking market – including challenger banks, non-bank payments institutions and big tech companies – are amassing up to one-third of new revenue, which is challenging the competitiveness of traditional banks, according Read more…
Communications service providers (CSPs) are reporting slower-than-expected progress towards network transformation in a new TM Forum survey, despite 44% of them agreeing that it plays an integral part in digital transformation success. According to TM Read more…
(Reuters) – Facebook has tentatively concluded that spammers looking to make money, and not a nation-state, were behind the largest-ever data theft at the social media company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The Read more…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ competition watchdog fined ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber Technologies on Wednesday, saying they consummated their merger too soon and that the quality of service dipped, becoming the second regulator in Read more…
To mark the UN’s International Day of Rural Women – which took place on Oct 15 – this article looks at the work of a female entrepreneur using AI technology in Pakistan to make a Read more…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it has bought Barcelona-based network data analysis firm Zhilabs, as the South Korean giant gears up to launch products for connected devices and 5G mobile services that Read more…
NEC has announced a strategic collaboration with ARM to drive the development of secure IoT solutions for smart cities using artificial intelligence (AI). There is already a wide range of IoT connected devices in the Read more…
StarHub says it is now offering its prepaid customers free local outgoing voice calls as long as they have an active data plan in a bid to simplify the customer experience. Customers using StarHub’s ‘Happy Read more…
(Reuters) – Sprint has sold Pinsight Media – the mobile data and advertising company it created in 2012 – to InMobi, which provides technology for marketers, in an all-stock deal, the companies said on Wednesday. Read more…
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