Ericsson RAN Vendors June 27, 2017 Ericsson to focus on telco clients Ericsson wants to focus on its core business of selling networks to operators in order to cut costs, Reuters reported, shifting from a plan to generate 25 per cent of revenue from outside telecoms by 2020. By Saleha Riaz
Asia Pacific Network Tech Operators June 27, 2017 China Unicom looks to IoT to drive future growth LIVE FROM GSMA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS SHANGHAI 2017: China Unicom accelerated its NB-IoT rollout as it looks to the expanding range of IoT applications to drive future revenue growth and make up for an expected flattening in mobile traffic revenue… By Joseph Waring
June 26, 2017 Investment fund abandons Etisalat Nigeria UAE-based investment fund Mubadala reportedly “pulled out” of Etisalat Nigeria, after the operator failed to renegotiate the terms of a $1. 2 billion loan it took four years ago. By Kavit Majithia
Operators Sub-Saharan Africa Vodafone June 26, 2017 Tanzania set to open telco IPOs The authorities in Tanzania will allow overseas investors to take part in telecom operator listings after earlier efforts fell flat, Bloomberg said. By Steve Costello
Operators Vodafone June 26, 2017 Sky-Vodafone NZ deal scrapped Sky Network Television and Vodafone New Zealand will no longer go ahead with a NZD1. 3 billion ($936 million) merger, which had been blocked by the commerce regulator in February due to concerns it would “substantially lessen competition”. By Saleha Riaz
Network Tech June 26, 2017 DT and China’s big three launch NB-IoT LIVE FROM GSMA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS SHANGHAI 2017: NB-IoT received a major boost with launch of services in Germany and the Netherlands by Deutsche Telekom and all three Chinese operators switching on the low power wide area (LPWA) technology in the… By Justin Springham
5G+ Ericsson Network Tech Operators RAN Vendors Vodafone June 26, 2017 Vodafone UK, Ericsson team on 4G and 5G Vodafone UK announced agreements with Ericsson “to evolve its 4G networks” with Massive MIMO and carrier aggregation technologies, as well as a broader partnership to collaborate on developing 5G. By Kavit Majithia