IDC predicted the retail and services sector would account for the bulk of an expected $261 billion global edge computing spend in 2025, part of a projection it stated offers vendors deeper insight into enterprise demand than its previous forecasts. The research company tipped retail and services to account for 28 per cent of its … Leer más
IoT specialist Transa agreed to acquire u-blox’s loss-making cellular unit for an undisclosed sum, two months after the latter announced it was giving up on the segment in favour of products using other connectivity methods. The deal comprises the vast majority of u-blox’s cellular IoT module business including IP, staff, sites and product portfolio. Transa … Leer más
Ericsson was tasked with overhauling TIM Brasil’s billing systems, a job involving the consolidation of multiple platforms which it intends to fulfil using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. TIM Brasil is seeking operational and technological improvements. Ericsson stated the consolidated set-up would offer various performance gains, along with better security, accounting, debt collection and roaming capabilities. Ericsson’s … Leer más
Apple is reportedly gearing up to introduce a real-time translation feature for AirPods as part of an iOS 19 software update set to launch later this year. According to Bloomberg, the feature will enable the device to translate live conversations by capturing speech through the iPhone and playing the translation back to the user through … Leer más
INTERVIEW: While enthused on the potential of AI within the telecommunications sector moving forward, Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries (pictured) highlighted difficulties around finding talent in the segment. He noted his company was “investing quite a bit in AI”, but described the technology as still in its early days with truly transformational applications still to … Leer más
Millicom inked a binding agreement with Telefonica for the purchase of a majority stake in the Spanish operator group’s Colombia business, more than seven months after the pair announced they were in talks over a $400 million deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Millicom will buy Telefonica’s 67.5 per cent stake in Coltel and … Leer más
Analyst Jack Gold gave Intel the thumbs up in appointing Lip-Bu Tan as its next CEO, allaying worries the company would tap a financial specialist at a time when it desperately needed a chip industry expert. Gold is president and principal analyst at J Gold Associates: in a statement, he highlighted Tan’s deep grasp of … Leer más
The team are back from MWC25 to review everything that happened at the big show. Joined by special guests Zoe Osy de Zegwaart from CCGroup PR and head of GSMA Intelligence Peter Jarich, we talk showfloor action, AI, geopolitics, satellite, devices and more. 0:00 Intro 2:00 First Time at MWC 4:30 Going Beyond Mobile 7:01: … Leer más
Samsung Electronics and Nvidia unveiled plans for deeper collaboration to ease the adoption of AI within RAN infrastructure, building on research conducted using technology from each player. Among the aims of the tie-up cited by Samsung is expanding the ecosystem for central processing units (CPUs) and bolstering partnerships with Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) companies. The … Leer más
Saudi Arabia-based Scopely agreed a deal to acquire Pokemon Go-maker Niantic’s gaming business for $3.5 billion, confirming a tie-up mooted by Bloomberg last month. In a statement, Scopely focused heavily on the fact it will have ownership of Pokemon Go, hailing it as “one of the most successful mobile games of all time”. Owned by … Leer más