Big news in UK telecoms today, among a bunch of other interesting stuff – because Vodafone has agreed to buy CK Hutchison out of its VodafoneThree joint-venture for £4.3 billion.
James Blackman
James Blackman
James Blackman has been writing about the technology and telecoms sectors for over a decade. He has edited and contributed to a number of European news outlets and trade titles. He has also worked at telecoms company Huawei, leading media activity for its devices business in Western Europe. He is based in London.
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Following the (hugely successful) Defense Communications Forum on Wednesday (April 29; available on-demand), which discussed edge-based network and compute resiliency in contested environments, and a couple of write-ups yesterday (April …
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We are talking here about 5G sensing and positioning – because it was on the cards at RCR’s Defense Communications Forum yesterday (available on-demand here, in case you missed it) …
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Here’s the best bit from T-Mobile’s earnings call following another high-quality quarter; it echoes Verizon’s response to the same question yesterday, about networks-for-AI and AI-for-networks, and is worth comparing.
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I wrote two long pieces today, while RCR’s Defense Communications Forum ran in the background. Really, the forum is the thing, but we will write about that tomorrow etc. Of …
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A “universal quantum switch”, hey? Cisco’s announcement, widely picked up, sits somewhere between real-time physics, long-term infrastructure, and world-changing marketing bombast.
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Nokia, again – but, in ways, its story and strategy is about the most interesting in the telecoms market. Last week, RCR suggested Ericsson is playing the long game in …
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It’s late, and I have to cook dinner. But a couple of items caught my eye today. First, the announcement that BT Business will work with Nscale to deploy 14MW …
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Two things here for your mid-week blurb. One: the news that Deutsche Telekom is looking to acquire the rest of T-Mobile in the US, as reported everywhere. This is more …
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Some quick takes from FutureNet World in London today (April 21), where the telecoms industry said it is still taking incremental steps with AI, rather than giant leaps.