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UScellular named AT&T as the buyer for some of its spectrum in an all-cash deal valued at $1 billion following a $4.4 billion arrangement with T-Mobile US in May. The post AT&T scores spectrum ...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/att/att-scores-spectrum-from-uscellular-in-1b-cash-deal/

Satellite-to-phone service provider Lynk Global announced former Intelsat executive Ramu Potarazu replaced Dan Dooley as CEO after the latter was appointed to the position in September. The pos...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/lynk-global/lynk-global-replaces-dooley-as-ceo-after-two-months/

Software company ServiceNow struck a deal to buy Mission Secure, a US company specialising in asset visibility for operational technology devices, its latest acquisition aimed at broadening its o...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/industry/servicenow-ups-digital-factory-play-with-latest-buy/

The GSMA continued to hammer home the need for more affordable mobile access, welcoming regulatory environments and digital skills to close connectivity gaps in sub-Saharan Africa, as it released...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/sub-saharan-africa/gsma-pegs-sub-saharan-africa-opportunity-at-170b/

Advertising technology start-up Utiq inked a partnership with A1 Telekom Austria to launch its consent proposition based on what it terms responsible digital marketing in the operator's home coun...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/europe/operator-backed-ad-tech-venture-moves-into-austria/

BT Group CEO Allison Kirkby again flagged the company’s progress on cost cuts in its fiscal H1 2025, with a 2,000 headcount reduction and long-term overheads down, though the company suffered a...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/bt/bt-progresses-cuts-overseas-decline-hits-revenue/

Telefonica’s net income in Q3 dropped 98.1 per cent year-on-year, as the Spain-based operator was hit by an impairment in Peru and negative foreign exchange movements in Brazil. The post Tele...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/telefonica/telefonica-net-income-plunges-on-forex-peru-hit/

Bangladeshi operator Grameenphone and Ericsson allied on AI and automation research, seeking to foster growth and advance the digital transformation of the nation’s telecoms sector. The post ...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/ericsson/ericsson-grameenphone-target-ai-advances/

Qualcomm CFO Akash Palkhiwala said on its fiscal Q4 2024 (the period to 29 September) earnings call it looks forward to a trial with Arm over the use of the UK company’s basic computer code on ...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/qualcomm/qualcomm-bullish-on-arm-trial-prospects/

Mobile World Live's US Editor Mike Robuck quizzes analysts on what a second term of Donald Trump could mean for the telecommunications industry. The post Feature: What does Trump US election wi...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/regulation/feature-what-does-trump-us-election-win-mean-for-telecom/

The European Commission opened an investigation into Corning’s supply agreements with mobile phone manufacturers and companies which process raw glass, raising concerns competition rules may ha...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/devices/gorilla-glass-manufacturer-faces-eu-competition-probe/

Telefonica chair and CEO Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete revealed more than 250 base stations were affected by deadly flash flooding in the Valencia region of Spain as he issued a note of thanks to te...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/telefonica/telefonica-chief-praises-staff-response-to-valencia-floods/

T-Mobile US clocked what it claimed as a world record 5G uplink data rate of 2.2Gb/s during a test in the US state of California, a figure achieved using New Radio Dual Connectivity (DC) technolo...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/t-mobile-us/t-mobile-us-hits-2-2gb-s-in-mmwave-mid-band-5g-trial/

AT&T joined forces with EV charging company Voltpost to provide IoT connectivity to lampposts across the US state of Michigan in a bid to provide more charging stations. The post AT&T powers up...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/att/att-powers-up-iot-partnership-with-ev-charging-company/

Caitlin Kalinowski started a new job as a member of an OpenAI team tasked with developing robotics and consumer hardware, after close to two and half years leading Meta Platforms’ AR glasses ha...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/meta/former-meta-orion-chief-heads-to-openai-to-lead-robotics/

La GSMA et UK Finance, association des banques britanniques, louent les capacités de la plateforme Scam Signal à déjouer les Read more... The post Un service britannique basé sur une API f...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/french/un-service-britannique-base-sur-une-api-fait-echec-a-lescroquerie-bancaire/

Apple reportedly offered to invest $10 million in Indonesia to boost local manufacturing, as the company tries to heal a rift which resulted in a ban on sales of its latest iPhone range. The po...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/apple/apple-looks-to-ease-indonesia-iphone-row/

Vodafone Business and Oracle Communications agreed a deeper partnership, integrating the operator’s IoT services with a platform designed to provide real-time communications and connected devic...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/vodafone/oracle-vodafone-business-extend-iot-pact/

Dialog Axiata deployed an Ericsson virtual Base Station Controller, a move opening possibilities around customer experience improvements and which the vendor pitched as the first commercial deplo...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/ericsson/dialog-deploys-virtualised-ericsson-bsc/

SK Telecom (SKT) targeted the next step in the evolution of personal assistants, unveiling an AI-equipped go-between it stated will add value by learning what the user wants and handling some tas...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/asia-pacific/skt-targets-ai-assistant-advances/

Industry associations the GSMA and UK Finance outlined the ability of an API-delivered platform to battle authorised push payment fraud in the UK, a service developed in collaboration with local ...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/gsma/uk-payment-scams-targeted-with-api-based-service/

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gave a strong indication it will approve Vodafone and 3 UK’s tie-up, with its decision largely dependent on the companies following through on...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/vodafone/cma-signals-path-forward-for-vodafone-3-uk-deal/

Meta Platforms made its open-source Llama large language models (LLMs) available to US government agencies, including entities working on defence and national security applications, as well as pr...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/meta/meta-unleashes-llama-llms-for-government/

Bell Canada stepped into the US fibre sweepstakes with a CAD$5 billion (US$3.7 billion) cash deal to buy regional internet service provider Ziply Fiber. The post Bell Canada makes $3.6B US fibr...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/network-tech/bell-canada-makes-3-6b-us-fibre-play/

The European Commission reiterated Apple’s responsibilities under the Digital Markets Act to allow users to change the default browser on iPads and ensure compatibility with third-party accesso...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/apple/european-commission-to-frisk-apple-ipad-policies/

IoT services provider Kigen crested a wave through a deal to upgrade the communications network of the Lower Colorado River Authority, a non-profit managing water and energy resources in the US s...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/industry/kigen-scoops-colorado-river-sim-deal/

Deutsche Telekom began exploring options to use surplus renewable energy to power Bitcoin mining, a move it stated would bring Germany in line with the US and Finland, along with helping to regul...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/deutsche-telekom/dt-seeks-bitcoin-energy-gold-with-renewable-scheme/

Further speculation on the future of BT’s enterprise play aimed at international clients emerged in UK media, with the operator’s arm serving global businesses said to be on the market. The...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/bt/bt-international-unit-reportedly-up-for-sale/

Selon certaines rumeurs évoquées dans la presse britannique, BT souhaiterait céder la branche de BT Business liée à ses clients Read more... The post BT chercherait à vendre ses activitÃ...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/french/bt-chercherait-a-vendre-ses-activites-internationales-pour-entreprises/

A l’heure de procéder à un examen de conformité approfondi, la Commission européenne a rappelé à Apple que le Règlement Read more... The post La CE rappelle la nécessité de mettre l...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/french/la-ce-rappelle-la-necessite-de-mettre-lipad-en-conformite-avec-le-dma/