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A prolonged outbreak presents significant problems to telcos
While the telco industry might be getting well-deserved attention and praise today, the longer the coronavirus outbreak plagues society, the greater the risk of penalties for the telcos. In the...
View ArticleInternational voice traffic spikes 20% during COVID-19
Roaming traffic might be down substantially, but industry association i3Forum is reporting a surge in the number and duration of international calls. International roaming traffic dropping in the...
View ArticleNetherlands consults on joining the network sharing craze
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has launched a consultation to identify the pros and cons of a more collaborative approach in telecoms. Like most markets around the world, the...
View ArticleTelia reckons it’s changing the IoT game
Swedish operator group Telia has made its big IoT move in the form of a bundle of technologies designed to take the hassle out of global implementation. The new portfolio is called Telia Global IoT...
View ArticleTelefonica, 1&1 Drillisch finalise Germany roaming deal
Telefonica and 1&1 Drillisch appear to have finally made friends in Germany, sorting out the finer details of a deal that should end their dispute on the cost of national roaming. Relations between...
View ArticleEE reignites Brexit debate by charging for data roaming in Europe
UK mobile operator EE has announced it will start charging £2 per day for new and upgrading customers to use their data in Europe. One of the best things the EU ever did was getting rid of extra...
View ArticleGSMA blockchain ready for roaming
Mobile industry body the GSMA has announced that a private telecoms industry blockchain network designed to simplify wholesale roaming is ready for commercial use. The industry body has been working...
View ArticleDish does $5 billion network deal with AT&T
Dish has inked a mobile network services deal with AT&T that is worth in excess of US$5 billion over the next decade. It’s essentially an MVNO and national roaming agreement. Under the terms of the...
View ArticleThree UK hails ongoing momentum in H1
Revenue at the UK-based operator increased 5% in the first six months of the year, but prepaid customer growth and roaming remain areas of concern. Three UK reported a “solid” set of financial figures...
View ArticleEurobites: Iliad gets on board with FiberCop in Italy
Also in today’s EMEA regional roundup: former Royal Mail boss in line for BT chairman role; Nokia wins at Delta Fiber; Brexit’s roaming ramifications. FiberCop, the network infrastructure company...
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Rakuten Mobile loss almost doubled in Q2
Operating loss incurred at Japan’s challenger operator increased by 85% in Q2 to reach $900 million, which the company attributed to aggressive investment in network rollout and rising roaming cost....
View ArticleThree UK decides to charge for roaming after all
UK mobile network operator Three has decided to abandon one of its major selling points by reintroducing charges for roaming. EE was the first UK MNO to seize the excuse offered by the completion of...
View ArticleVodafone and EE drag their feet over the reintroduction of roaming charges
Having announced they will start charging their customers for roaming in the EU, Vodafone and EE seem to be hesitating now that the time has come. There’s very little official communication from the...
View ArticleO2 exploits opportunity created by competitors’ new roaming charges
Virgin Media O2 has confirmed it won’t be in introducing EU roaming charges, making it the only one of the four UK MNOs to do so. EE, Vodafone and Three all announced plans last year to charge their...
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Telecoms industry walks a tightrope over Ukraine
As the rest of the world scrambles for the correct response to the Ukraine crisis, telcos and tech companies have come under the spotlight. Such has been the unprecedented cascade of international...
View ArticleThree UK claims population coverage crown from EE
UK mobile operator Three reckons its 5G network now covers 54% of the population, which is a bit better than EE. There’s not a lot more substance to the announcement than that, but the timing of it is...
View Article$3.3 billion 5G deal sees Dish become friends with T-Mobile again
US mobile operators Dish and T-Mobile have settled their differences with a major new roaming agreement. It means that customers of Dish, including sub-brand Boost Mobile, will make use of T-Mobile’s...
View ArticleSummer UK roaming traffic in Europe triples
UK operator O2 has published the data it captured from its customers over the summer to paint a picture of where, if anywhere, they went on their holidays. The principal datapoint is that average...
View ArticleBICS to offer Lynk satellite-direct-to-phone coverage
Global communications platform BICS has signed an agreement with satellite-direct-to-phone specialist Lynk to help it cover remote areas. The move comes soon after Elon Musk unveiled his own...
View ArticleBICS and Thales buddy up to push eSIM adoption
Belgian telco BICS and French engineering giant Thales are working together to smooth out some of the pain points associated with eSIM technology in IoT devices. To cut to the chase, the level of...
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