Ericsson has reported that organic sales were stable in Q1, with strong growth in market area Americas offset by declines in other market areas. Reported sales were SEK 55 billion (€4.97bn). Net income was SEK 4.2 billion, and free cash flow before M&A stood at SEK 2.7 billion. Börje Ekholm, President and CEO, commented: “We […]
Ericsson, in collaboration with Telstra and Qualcomm Technologies, has announced a record-breaking uplink speed of 516 Mbps, surpassing the previous record of 447 Mbps in October 2024. This is the highest uplink speed achieved on a live commercial sub-6GHz 5G Standalone (SA) network. This achievement supports the growing importance of 5G uplink capabilities as consumer […]
Telstra has announced a new collaboration with SpaceX’s Starlink to bring Satellite-to-Mobile (direct-to-handset) text messaging to customers in Australia. Telstra says the deal will enable them to provide better coverage from coast to coast, especially for those in regional and remote areas. The collaboration will initially focus on testing and refining a Satellite-to-Mobile text messaging […]
News Corp has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of Australian pay-TV operator Foxtel to sports streaming platform DAZN for an enterprise value of A$3.4 billion (€2.04bn). Under the terms of the agreement, shareholder loans in the amount of A$578 million outstanding and owing to News Corp will be repaid in full in […]
Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS), a division of Telstra, one of Australia’s largest telcos, has announced the appointment of Karen Clark as its Chief Executive Officer. Clark brings more than 25 years of experience in the media, telco and technology industry, having served most recently as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at TBS. Clark has been pivotal […]
Telstra, in partnership with Ericsson, has achieved a world-first 5G uplink speed of 447 Mbps in a sub-6GHz 5G Standalone (SA) on Telstra’s live commercial 5G network. The milestone was accomplished in the live commercial network at Telstra’s Southport Innovation Centre, surpassing the previous record by over 100 Mbps, setting a new benchmark for global […]
Chet Patel, MD of Service & Portfolio Businesses at BT, has said that amidst “a major technological revolution”, the telco will play to its strengths as it unveils its latest strategy. In a blog post, Patel wrote: “In business, as in so many aspects of life, you often get better results when you keep things […]
Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS) and BT have entered into an initial five-year strategic alliance to bring together each company’s media network teams, pooling their vast network infrastructure and localised expertise. The deal will increase TBS’ global footprint by some 50 per cent and expand its customer-base to more than 170 broadcast and media organisations worldwide. […]
Australian telco Telstra signed a mobile service agreement with SpaceX’s Starlink back in July 20233. A report from analysts at Northern Sky Research (NSR) says the partnership aims to offer voice-only and voice plus Starlink enabled broadband packages to rural customers in hard-to-reach Australian locations. NSR says that Starlink already has 120,000 customers “signed” for […]
Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organisations, and Telstra Broadcast Services (TBS), a provider of end-to-end broadcast and media-related services, have entered a strategic partnership that combines Dalet’s media workflow solutions with TBS’s infrastructure and operations teams to accelerate the digital transformation of media workflows across the Asia Pacific region. The strategic partnership […]