Telecommunications
UK’s Virgin Media O2 and Daisy Group combine in business telecoms
Virgin Media O2 is a joint venture between telecoms giants Liberty Global and Telefonica. Tolga Akmen | AFP via Getty Images Britain’s Virgin Media O2 said it was combining its enterprise unit with business-to-business telecoms provider Daisy Group to create a new communications and IT offer for companies. The new company will be 70% owned […]
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Why cable companies like Comcast and Charter are leaning into mobile service
10’000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty Images Cable companies are increasingly calling on mobile for their next big opportunity. The cable industry’s foray into wireless has long been considered a retention tool for the behemoth broadband business. Less than a decade after cable giants like Comcast and Charter Communications jumped into the mobile business, the […]
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Telcos race to transition from ‘dumb pipes’ to tech players with help from AI
Ryu Young-sang, CEO of South Korean telecoms giant SK Telecom, told CNBC that AI is helping telecoms firms improve efficiency in their networks. Manaure Quintero | Afp | Getty Images BARCELONA — Global telecommunications firms are talking up advances in key technologies like artificial intelligence as they look to transition away from being perceived as […]
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‘Please unleash us,’ Europe’s telcos urge regulators as industry bangs drum for more mega-deals
Key Points Last week at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, CEOs of European telecoms firms called on regulators to make it easier for them to combine their operations with other businesses. Currently, there are numerous telco players operating in different European countries. However, telco bosses say they’d be able to compete more effectively with […]
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A European Starlink rival’s shares skyrocketed 390% in a week — here’s why
A satellite dish in a ground network of satellites at Eutelsat’s Madeira office. Photographer: /Bloomberg via Getty Images Zed Jameson | Bloomberg via Getty Images Shares of French satellite operator Eutelsat skyrocketed almost 390% last week — and a potential change of tack in European defense has been helping the rally. The firm’s stock price […]
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More trifold smartphones are popping up after Huawei’s $3,600 splash
BARCELONA — China’s Huawei isn’t the only smartphone maker adding a third display to its devices. At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona, a number of firms were showing off their display technology innovations. The South Korean tech giant Samsung revealed its new “trifold” concept devices at the event: the Flex G […]
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‘What Europe needs is a DOGE,’ Deutsche Telekom CEO says in impassioned plea for deregulation
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Hottges speaks during Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. Lluis Gene | Afp | Getty Images BARCELONA — Europe needs its own version of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges said Monday as he made an impassioned […]
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FCC chair says U.S. will defend interests of its tech giants as European rules stoke tension
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 31: Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr speaks during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Hearing titled Connecting America: Oversight of the FCC, on Capitol Hill on Thursday, March 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post […]
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Telefonica to hold shareholder meeting to replace CEO, El Confidencial says
Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, CEO of Telefonica, during a keynote at Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 26, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images A group of shareholders of Spanish telecom company Telefonica led by state-owned investment fund SEPI have called for a board meeting to replace Chief Executive Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete, […]
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This 36-year-old sci-fi ‘nerd’ quit his banking job to start a deep space startup that has raised $24 million
Rohit Jha, 36, is the co-founder and CEO of Transcelestial. Courtesy of Rohit Jha Rohit Jha calls himself a “huge nerd.” He developed a deep love for computers, space and ultimately science fiction in his early years. Jha spent much of his childhood and adolescence coding games on a secondhand computer, star-gazing through a telescope […]
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