All GSMA (GSM Association) articles – Page 5
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Public Affairs
Blockchain expert warns of huge telco workload
Regulatory and legal hurdles often bigger than technical challenges.
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BT keen on open relationship with TIP
Group slips into support role in new core network disaggregation initiative.
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Telefónica responds to BEREC call for 5G coverage, service metrics
Group was one of the few industry respondents to a consultation by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) on the feasibility of implementing harmonised 5G coverage information and quality of service metrics
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Telefónica joins heavyweights for quantum computing collaboration
Telefónica has been collaborating with Ericsson, SK Telecom (SKT), and Telecom Italia on the GSM Association’s new “Quantum Computing, Networking and Security” project since early-March 2020.
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GSMA flags Movistar Negocios IoT deployment
GSMA trumpeted the apparent success of Movistar Negocios’s deployment of a range of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions as part of its Beyond Connectivity promotional campaign.
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Exec denies carrier blockchain split
CBAN CEO says GSMA initiative can “accelerate” development of mobile roaming product. CBAN and GSMA agree partnership to share information on DLT-based settlement. Industry fragmentation still a concern.
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Vodafone UK 5G masts targeted by arsons
VfUK Chief Executive Nick Jeffery hit out angrily after several of its masts, including sites shared with Telefónica UK, were damaged following claims linking the spread of coronavirus with roll out of 5G networks.
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BT teams with telco heavyweights for MEC standardisation
BT Group teamed up with heavyweight counterparts from Asia and Europe to develop standardised multi-access edge computing (MEC) networks.
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Deutsche Telekom links into carrier blockchain gang
DT and T-Mobile US team with Telefónica and Orange to create inter-operator network. High hopes of streamlining wholesale carrier roaming processes.
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Deutsche Telekom joins MEC partnership
Deutsche Telekom (DT) teamed up with heavyweight counterparts from Europe and Asia in a bid to develop standardised multi-access edge computing (MEC) networks and engage better with app developers.
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Team player Telefónica urges edge compute expansion
Group joins Telco Edge Cloud alliance to promote “federation of interconnected operators”. Work with China Unicom, KT, and Telstra on improving multi-operator MEC experience. Goal is to better expose network edge capabilities to third parties. Telefónica throws hat into ring of another alliance to speed up 5G MEC commercialisation. ...
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Telefónica plugs into carrier blockchain network
Partners with DT, Orange, and T-Mobile US to create inter-operator network based on DLT tech. High hopes of streamlining wholesale carrier roaming processes.
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Suppliers & SCM
O2 UK targets net zero mobile operator status
O2 UK flagged plans to become the UK’s first ‘net zero’ mobile operator, and work with its suppliers to reduce emissions across its supply chain by 30%, by 2025.
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TIP state of play: TEAC Waves pick up after extended slow down
Community Labs; PlugFest; and a TEAC down. Rundown of ALL previous TEAC winners.
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Vodafone Group reaffirms opposition to private spectrum auctions
Vodafone offers stark warning against German plans to auction spectrum to private industry. German, UK, and US governments edging towards private spectrum auctions; telcos left nervous.
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Telco bosses push for competition policy overhaul
Telco chiefs promote overhaul of EU competition policy. Expectations growth that refreshed EC will be more supportive to mergers.
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Products & Services
Vodafone gets down to business with RCS
Group partners with Out There Media following two RCS-supported brand campaigns in South Africa. Vodafone’s Liz McCord: RCS Business Messaging is “the game-changer the industry has been waiting for”.
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T-Mobile US teams with rivals to galvanise RCS
Joint venture formed on cross-network messaging; app coming in 2020. Breakaway from Google mooted.
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Mobile Authentication Taskforce set to unveil ZenKey mobile authentication platform at MWC Americas 2019
The T-Mobile US (TMUS)-backed Mobile Authentication Taskforce was set to unveil its long-mooted ZenKey mobile authentication platform at the Mobile World Congress Americas 2019 trade fair in Los Angeles, during late-October 2019.