Cell C ‘needs funds to keep going’ as new CEO warns against ‘illegal activity’

14h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The head of South African mobile operator Cell C has told staff, customers and shareholders that the company is facing “financial and other challenges”.

ZTE supports Slovakian telco perform first 5G video call

12 July 2019 | Laurence Doe

ZTE Corporation and Slovakian mobile operator SWAN Mobile have jointly conducted the country’s first 5G video call in a major breakthrough for 5G commercialisation.

Epsilon names Lee Myall as CCO

11 July 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Epsilon has appointed former senior vice president and managing director of Interoute, Lee Myall, as its chief commercial officer.

NTT Ltd reveals global leadership team

10 July 2019 | Laurence Doe

Global technology services provider Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) has announced the 19 executives who have formed the global leadership team behind NTT Ltd, its new global company valued at $11 billion.

Huawei still on entity list, says US, and companies face uphill battle to trade with it

10 July 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Huawei is staying on the US list of embargoed companies, but the government will give US companies limited approval to do business with the Chinese vendor.

Ciena appoints chairman and president of Ciena India

10 July 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Ciena has appointed Rajesh Nambiar as chairman and president of Ciena India in a newly created role to oversee and accelerate the company’s advancement in the country.

Global public cloud spending to more than double over five years, says IDC

08 July 2019 | Laurence Doe

Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure will grow from $229 billion in 2019 to nearly $500 billion in 2023, according to figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC).

Tata chief Vinod Kumar quits and is appointed Vodafone Business CEO

08 July 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

Vodafone Group has today announced the appointment of Vinod Kumar as chief executive officer of Vodafone Business, with effect from 2 September 2019.

Dish ‘working with Google’ on Boost deal to permit $26bn Sprint/T-Mobile merger

08 July 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Satellite company Dish may join with Google if it manages to buy Boost Mobile from Sprint.

Number of 5G devices on market rockets 40% in a month, including drones and a robot

08 July 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The industry has announced a record number of 5G devices in June alone, taking the total to 90 devices available for the new mobile technology.

Nokia expands LTE services for Taiwan Star Telecom

05 July 2019 | Laurence Doe

Nokia’s end-to-end solution has been chosen by Taiwan Star Telecom (TST) to prepare it for 5G migration and expand the coverage and capacity of the regional MNO’s LTE network to support subscriber growth.

GLOBAL Technologies choses Eutelsat for West Africa Power Pool project

05 July 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Eutelsat Communications has entered into a multi-year contract with GLOBAL Technologies for C-band capacity on its EUTELSAT 10A satellite to provide connectivity and communications for the West Africa Power Pool project (WAPP).