The National Basketball Association (NBA) has partnered with mobile payment and marketing specialist PM Connect on an international deal for its premium live game subscription service, NBA League Pass. The multiyear partnership will allow fans to subscribe to NBA League Pass through their mobile phone and without the need of a credit card. Beginning next […]
US multiplay telco Verizon recently began installation of C-band equipment from Ericsson and Samsung Electronics to speed deployment of its 5G Ultra Wideband and fixed wireless broadband service on its recently-acquired C-band spectrum. Verizon secured an average of 161 MHz of C-band spectrum nationwide in the recent FCC auction, which will allow the company to […]
The UK’s Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally cleared the proposed merger of Virgin Media and Virgin Mobile with O2. Both Virgin and O2 provide certain wholesale services to other mobile network operators in the UK, as well as retail services to consumers. The CMA was clear at the outset of its in-depth inquiry […]
US multiplay telco Verizon has agreed deals with Crown Castle and SBA, two tower companies already hosting Verizon infrastructure equipment, to speed deployment of C-band equipment in preparation for the launch of 5G Ultra Wideband and fixed wireless broadband service on this newly acquired spectrum. Verizon secured an average of 161 MHz of C-band spectrum […]
NSR’s Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 15th Edition report, forecasts $25 billion (€21bn) in annual revenue in 2030 for satellite backhaul, propelled by explosive connectivity demand worldwide and post-Covid-19 recovery in the near term. As it is a core target of virtually every current and new satellite capacity provider, NSR expects Satellite Backhaul to represent one […]
T-Mobile has announced plans to expand its collaboration with Google across a wide array of customer experiences later this year, which will see YouTube TV become T-Mobile’s premium TV solution in place of its TVision initiative. Messages by Google becomes the default rich messaging solution for millions of T-Mobile customers with Android smartphones; promoting Pixel […]
The Spanish telecoms sector looks set for further consolidation with the news that fourth-ranked operator MásMóvil has made a friendly takeover bid for Basque regional telco Euskaltel of some €2 billion. In a statement to the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain’s stock market regulator, MásMóvil said that it had the agreement of […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that the spectrum auction for the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz bands aimed at releasing more airwaves to improve mobile services and support 5G will now move to the negotiation period. Ofcom announced the results of the principal stage of the auction on March 17th. This set out how […]
UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the outcome of the principal stage of its auction to release more airwaves to improve mobile services and support 5G. A total of 200 MHz of spectrum was available to bid for in the auction, split across two bands: 80 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. These airwaves […]
Nokia is to axe between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs globally in the next two years in a cost-cutting meaure. The Finnish telecoms giant will use the savings to play catch-up on 5G, and also plans to invest in cloud computing and digital infrastructure research. The company currently has 90,000 employees around the world, and has […]