Nokia set for up to 14,000 job cuts in plan to slash costs
Nokia revealed plans to reduce costs by between €800 million and €1.2 billion by the end of 2026 with a loss of up to 16 per cent of its workforce, as the vendor booked a 69 per cent drop in Q3 net profit.
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Vodacom Tanzania chief eyes connected Africa potential
The MD of Vodacom Tanzania Philip Besiimire outlined some of the challenges besieging operators in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa including power supply and regulatory hurdles.
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Xiaomi set to debut fresh OS on next flagship
Xiaomi revealed its forthcoming 14 series would mark the first appearance of its HyperOS, a system the vendor’s CEO Lei Jun stated been in the works since 2017 and would unite all of the devices and applications across its varied range of consumer electronics.
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Experts highlight 5G Africa opportunity
Smart Africa director general and CEO Lacina Kone cited the potential for 5G to be groundbreaking for Africa, though together with his peer from SAMENA pointed to continued digital adoption challenges facing markets in the region.
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Dish eyes speed boost after latest CA network test
US challenger operator Dish Wireless lauded the results of a trial it claims as the world’s first to successful demo of simultaneous 5G 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier aggregation on FDD spectrum, a feat it expects to translate into a speed boost for customers.
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Drop in demand hits cellular IoT module shipments
Counterpoint Research highlighted a pandemic-fuelled demand for connected devices was wearing-off, as it reported a five per cent year-on-year drop in cellular IoT module shipments for segments outside of automotive and telematics in Q2.
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KKR submits long-awaited bid for Telecom Italia fixed assets
Telecom Italia confirmed it had received a binding offer from investment company KKR for fixed network business NetCo, though its proposed terms for acquiring the operator’s stake in wholesale operation Sparkle is still being finalised.
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Microsoft set to pull trigger on gaming buy after UK nod
The UK’s competition regulator finally cleared Microsoft’s big money buy of gaming peer Activision Blizzard after the tech giant restructured the deal to appease its concerns.
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The Friday File: Open RAN and 40 years of commercial mobile calls
Mobile World Live brings you our top three picks of the week, where open RAN was the subject of a slew of headlines coming out of TIP’s FYUZ23 in Madrid, Ericsson disclosed a Vonage-related hit to its forthcoming financials and another major mobile industry anniversary was reached.
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More than half of globe found to be smartphone owners
A GSMA report revealed the rate of smartphone ownership across the world was 54 per cent at the end of 2022, with the vast majority of those 4.3 billion people using mobile internet services.
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