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The Australian Communications and Media Authority fined operator Optus AUD12 million ($8 million) for breaching emergency call rules during a massive network outage in November 2023. The post O...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/operators/optus-fined-after-emergency-call-outage/

Ericsson put the case for open, programmable APIs to leading technology companies including Google and Meta Platforms at an event in the US, the latest move to promote the potential of the approa...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/ericsson/ericsson-presses-case-for-open-apis-among-us-big-hitters/

Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week as the CMA appeared to inch closer to approving a merger between Vodafone and 3 UK, BT Group mulled the sale of its international ent...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/bt/the-friday-file-vodafone-3-uk-merger-progresses-bt-may-shed-global-unit/

Verizon Business provisioned 740 fixed wireless access (FWA) lines in a US city to serve as the backbone for a public transport authority's data and connectivity needs, the operator's latest move...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/verizon/verizon-connects-transport-district-with-fwa/

UScellular named AT&T as the buyer for some of its spectrum in an all-cash deal valued at $1 billion, its latest move involving the assets following a $4.4 billion arrangement with T-Mobile US in...

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/

Telefónica España y Vodafone España han llegado a un acuerdo definitivo para la creación de una empresa conjunta llamada FibreCo, Read more... The post Telefónica y Vodafone acuerdan crea...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/spanish/telefonica-y-vodafone-acuerdan-crear-una-empresa-conjunta-para-compartir-fibra-optica-en-espana/

Telefónica ha anunciado una reducción interanual del 21,7% en su beneficio neto entre enero y septiembre de 2024, que se Read more... The post Telefónica ganó un 22% menos en los nueve pri...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/spanish/telefonica-gano-un-22-menos-en-los-nueve-primeros-meses-del-ano/

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/

Caitlin Kalinowski ha hallado una nueva posición profesional en el seno de un equipo de OpenAI encargado de desarrollar robótica Read more... The post OpenAI ficha a la responsable de las ga...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/spanish/openai-ficha-a-la-responsable-de-las-gafas-orion-de-meta/

La Comisión Europea (CE) ha abierto una investigación sobre los acuerdos de suministro establecidos por Corning con fabricantes de teléfonos Read more... The post La UE investigará al fabr...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/spanish/la-ue-investigara-al-fabricante-de-gorilla-glass-por-presuntas-practicas-anticompetitivas/

Donald Trump se ha impuesto en las elecciones presidenciales estadounidenses y su segundo mandato empezará en enero de 2025. Pero Read more... The post ¿Cómo afectará la victoria de Trump ...

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/spanish/como-afectara-la-victoria-de-trump-a-la-industria-de-telecomunicaciones/

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/