SAP and BT Group have announced a new partnership to show how carbon accounting could be standardised by piloting the recently launched SAP Sustainability Data Exchange (SDX). SAP SDX enables BT Group to collect, trace and share carbon data across its own supplier base, providing visibility into the carbon footprint of its products and services. […]

Telefónica de Argentina, one of the country’s largest telcos, has selected Kyndryl, the IT infrastructure services provider, to accelerate the modernisation of its technology environment. With a 3-year extended agreement, Kyndryl will manage Telefónica de Argentina’s hybrid cloud infrastructure and integrate automation to add efficiency, improving services and application experience of its customers in Argentina. […]

Saudi Arabia’s STC Group has acquired a 9.9 per cent stake in Telefónica, making it the second biggest holder in one of the largest telcos in the world with significant presence in Spain, Germany, the UK and Brazil, for a total consideration of SAR 8.5 billion (€2.1bn). STV Group said the acquisition represents another milestone […]

Media Distillery, a provider of AI-enabled video analysis solutions for the video entertainment industry, has announced that Austrian multiservice provider Magenta Telekom, part of Deutsche Telekom Group, is deploying EPG Correction Distillery to improve the user experience for its 500,000 video service customers. Following a successful POC, EPG Correction Distillery is currently in deployment and […]

4iG has reported that its acquisition of Vodafone Hungary, completed in the first quarter of this year, has enabled it to “achieve the necessary scale of operations in the domestic and regional telecommunications sector”, allowing it to “maximise synergies between its strategic sectors, operating as a convergent service provider from IT to telecommunications”. The Group […]

Which?, the UK consumer organisation, has called on regulator Ofcom to look into “egregious” pricing tactics by Virgin Media and its “woeful” customer service. Which? argues that Virgin Media could be breaking the law and has given itself “sweeping powers” to hike broadband fees by unlimited sums whenever it wants. The consumer organisation says that […]

BT has secured a seven-year deal with NATS, the UK provider of air navigation services. NATS handles over 2.5 million flights every year and the new long-term contract will enhance its technology infrastructure by creating a future-fit strategic network architecture to support air traffic operations in the UK. BT will take responsibility for the consolidation […]

In-flight entertainment and communication systems specialist Panasonic Avionics has confirmed a major expansion of its global connectivity network with the addition of new and expanded GEO (geostationary) Ku-band satellite capacity that delivers higher-speed in-flight Internet connections for airlines and their passengers. Panasonic Avionics is adding new HTS (High Throughput Satellites) and XTS (Extreme Throughput Satellites) […]

Spanish telco Telefónica, through its global business unit, Telefónica Global Solutions (TGS), has become an authorised worldwide partner of SpaceX’s Starlink, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of highly advanced satellites delivering high-speed, low-latency broadband Internet across the globe, even in the most rural and remote locations. With this agreement, TGS will be able to […]

The total fixed communication services revenue in the Philippines is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.2 per cent from $3.8 billion (€3.4bn) in 2023 to $4.9 billion in 2028, mainly driven by the strong growth in fixed broadband segment, according to GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest […]