In their journey to Open RAN, most tier-one CSPs have launched commercial deployments, consolidating partnerships with the remaining vendors in the ecosystem. Greenfield and brownfield networks, rural and urban deployments, offer diverse models from which the ecosystem must draw lessons to build blueprints. From test-bed to certification and standardization, the final stage of the journey … Read more
Vodafone has joined six other leading businesses in exploring quantum computing solutions through Digital Catapult’s latest innovation accelerator programme. The initiative – which forms part of the Innovate UK-funded ‘Quantum Data Centre of the Future’ project – aims to accelerate the practical implementation of quantum technologies across various sectors including telecommunications, transport, and defence. Vodafone… … Read more
Residents in Denmark are grappling with a major telecoms outage that’s disrupting phone calls, including crucial emergency calls to 112. TDC, the largest telecoms provider in Denmark, appears to be experiencing a service disruption crisis affecting thousands of its customers. This disruption is believed to have been initiated by a software update carried out on… … Read more
Japanese stocks were lower, dragged by falls in auto and electronics stocks, as uncertainty over U.S. trade policy continues.
The software company has become a leveraged bitcoin play in the eyes of many investors.
(Telecompaper) The number of people with internet access has reached 5.5 billion this year, adding 227 million users from revised 2023 estimates, according to the ITU’s latest Facts and Figures report…
Oil rose after trading lower earlier in the session, remaining rangebound during reduced trading volumes due to Thanksgiving, as market watchers turn their focus to OPEC+’s next move.
Light Reading contributing editor Robert Clark and Ross O’Brien, analyst-in-chief at Delta Analysis, discuss SoftBank’s big AI-RAN play, Samsung’s rare stock buyback, and China’s appeal for a unified 6G. Also, Michael Ackland, Vocus Group’s GM for Federal Government & Strategic Projects, discusses Darwin’s potential as a connectivity hub and why so much Asian Internet traffic … Read more
U.S. markets are shut for Thanksgiving. A holiday-shortened Black Friday trading session will be the last of this month and benchmarks are on pace for big gains.
The cost of insuring French bank bonds against default trades close to the highest level in over a month as a potential French budget crisis dampens sentiment, with Tickmill Group noting that investors are also concerned about inflation in Germany.
