What’s up with… Broadcom, Optus, Telecom Italia’s NetCo

What’s up with… Broadcom, Optus, Telecom Italia’s NetCo

In today’s industry news roundup: Broadcom starts the year with improved revenues, driven by its recent takeover of VMware; post-outage troubles continue for Optus as, having already lost its CEO, it now faces the departure of its network head too; Canadian investment firm agrees to buy a minority stake in Telecom Italia’s landline network business, … Read more

What’s up with… Vodafone & VMware, Rakuten, Open RAN

What’s up with… Vodafone & VMware, Rakuten, Open RAN

In today’s industry news roundup: Vodafone and VMware have figured out a way to ease the network and user burden of endless video clip delivery by the social media giants; Rakuten is developing AI tools for telcos with OpenAI, while its Symphony unit has bagged some Open RAN engagements in Saudi Arabia and Ukraine; Mavenir … Read more

What’s up with… Broadcom and VMware, BT and Starlink, Sunrise

What’s up with… Broadcom and VMware, BT and Starlink, Sunrise

In today’s industry news roundup: Broadcom has private equity firms queueing up to purchase VMware units it acquired last year; BT is looking into using Starlink’s low-earth orbit satellites for broadband services in remote locations; Sunrise confirms it will reduce its headcount by 200 employees by the end of March; and much more!  Broadcom is … Read more

What’s up with… Deutsche Telekom, BT and Infovista, Broadcom and VMware

What’s up with… Deutsche Telekom, BT and Infovista, Broadcom and VMware

In today’s industry news roundup: Deutsche Telekom has opened a quantum lab to explore the future secure communications networking options; Infovista helps BT with the automation of its fixed voice operations; Broadcom and VMware report sales increases ahead of their impending nuptials; and more!   Broadcom will be in a chipper mood right now. Following various … Read more

What’s up with… Nvidia, robotaxis, Broadcom and VMware

What’s up with… Nvidia, robotaxis, Broadcom and VMware

In today’s industry news roundup: Nvidia is now valued at almost $1.2tn after its second quarter sales grew by 101% year on year and its earnings increased more than fivefold; overtaxed mobile networks led to robotaxi congestion in San Francisco; Broadcom has pledged to invest $2bn a year in VMware after the planned acquisition closes; … Read more

What’s up with… Huawei in Germany, SK Telecom, Broadcom and VMware

What’s up with… Huawei in Germany, SK Telecom, Broadcom and VMware

In today’s industry news roundup: Pressure mounts on Germany’s telcos to ditch Huawei and ZTE; SK Telecom takes a stake in artificial intelligence contact centre (AICC) developer Persona AI; the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) gives its final blessing to the union of Broadcom and VMware; and much more!   Deutsche Telekom (DT) and its … Read more