Orange España acquires Spanish unit of SUMA Mobile

39m | Natalie Bannerman

Orange España has acquired the Spanish business unit of SUMA Mobile, SUMA Móvil Spain, from Alantra Private Equity-backed Grupo Ingenium.

Mattia Flena, International Wholesale Area Manager, Eolo on SD-WAN and Eolo's global expansion

19 November 2019 | Big Interview

Mattia Flena, International Wholesale Area Manager, Eolo, speaks with Natalie Bannerman, reporter, Capacity Media, about SD-WAN and Eolo's global expansion.

Pai supports public auction of C-band spectrum for 5G

19 November 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai (pictured) has publicly backed plans to hold a public auction of C-band spectrum to support the deployment of 5G.

Google rolls out RCS on Android

19 November 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Google has announced that is rolling out Rich Communication Services (RCS) in its Message app across all Android devices in the US.

Sievert to succeed Legere as T-Mobile CEO

19 November 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

T-Mobile US confirms that its board of directors has named Mike Sivert (pictured) as its new chief executive officer as of 1 May 2020.

Leveraging CPaaS enables CSPs to offer advanced enterprise communications

18 November 2019 | Sacha Gera

The benefits of embedding real time communications features into business and consumer applications are by now well-known. People would much rather click-to-call from within a web experience, social media site, or business application to connect with another person than find their phone and dial a number and wait in queue.

ETSI launches new standardised security platform

18 November 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

The ETSI Technical Committee Smart Card Platform that standardised the former generations of SIM cards has launched a new security platform called Smart Secure Platform (SSP).

SoftBank inks $30bn merger with Yahoo Japan and Line Corp

18 November 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

SoftBank Corp has announced plans to merge Yahoo Japan with Line Corp, a messaging app provider, to create a $30 billion tech company.

Keep customers at the heart of transformation

15 November 2019 | Big Interview

Frédéric Dufal VP strategy, customer experience, digital and transformation, International Carriers, Orange, speaks to Natalie Bannerman about how Orange is keeping its customers at the centre of all it does.

Michael Wheeler, EVP, Global IP Network, NTT on network security

15 November 2019 | Big Interview

Michael Wheeler, EVP, Global IP Network, NTT, speaks with Jason McGee-Abe, editor-in-chief, Capacity Media, about network security and the benefits of the company's cohesive global re-brand.

Bouygues Télécom to build over 100 5G base stations and mini data centres

15 November 2019 | Antony Savvas

Most mobile wireless masts are mini data centres of one form or another, but the advent of 5G will see their data capacity and data management functionality increase.

Airtel to acquire additional spectrum in Nigeria for $70m

15 November 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Airtel Africa confirms an agreement between Airtel Networks and Intercellular Nigeria to acquire additional 10MHz spectrum in the 900MHz band for approximately $70 million.