Sep 27, 2024 · Allison Kirkby, who took over as CEO at UK national operator BT Group in February this year, has shaken up her top table team in a move that sees the departure of chief digital and innovation officer Harmeen Mehta and the permanent creation of a new strategy role.. Tom Meakin, a former partner at consultancy McKinsey who joined BT Group in April as interim chief strategy and change officer ...

Jan 23, 2025 · Global consultancy EY has published its latest annual study on the “top ten risks” facing the telecom sector for 2025, and there is perhaps no surprise that security, or, as EY frames it “underestimating changing imperatives in privacy, security and trust”, is identified as the number one risk.. Cybersecurity has typically occupied a top …

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Nov 15, 2024 · We have been talking about artificial intelligence (AI) for years, but at GITEX 2024, Huawei displayed a wide range of applications and use cases that have already been deployed worldwide.

Oct 24, 2024 · A great deal has happened in the connected car sector since the likes of Audi and General Motors added 4G mobile connectivity to some of their models 10 years ago and now it feels like the relationship between telcos and the automotive sector is about to enter a new phase.

Nov 14, 2024 · Sadayuki Abeta, chief Open RAN strategist and evangelist at giant Japanese operator NTT Docomo, provides an update on the operator’s mobile network deployments, its aspirations for the deployment of its homegrown service management and orchestration (SMO) platform, and the progress being made by OREX SAI, the Open RAN joint venture between NTT Docomo and NEC, for which Abeta is the CTO.

Oct 14, 2024 · Second time lucky? Having been unable to get a previous deal over the line, Australian fibre network operator Vocus Group, which focuses on the needs of enterprise customers, has finally struck a deal to acquire TPG Telecom’s fixed network assets in a deal valued at up to AUS$5.25bn (US$3.53bn).. The two operators had been in discussions last year for a deal valued at AUS$6bn, but those ...

Sep 30, 2024 · Having outlined its AI-based service aspirations last year and positioned itself as an AICT (AI plus ICT) company earlier this year, South Korean national operator KT Corp. has struck a five-year strategic partnership with Microsoft worth billions of dollars to collaborate on local and international AI, cloud and IT developments.. KT initially announced its engagement with the tech and cloud ...

Oct 31, 2024 · Tokyo, Japan – NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701), a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies, is joining forces with Cisco to deliver a new private 5G network solution to their customers. Architecture that includes Cisco 5G SA Core and a Cloud Control Centre together with the validated radio network and systems integration services provided by NEC makes the solution ready for ...

Nov 15, 2024 · Malaysia and 5G are, it seems, not the most settled of bedfellows, as the fallout from the recent award of a contract to build and run the country’s second 5G network has shown.