AT&T North America Operators T-Mobile US July 26, 2017 AT&T banks on Time Warner amid intense competition AT&T plans to “hit the ground running” should it receive final approval to acquire Time Warner, as the US operator squashed reports its CEO Randall Stephenson could take on a new role as part of a restructure resulting from… By Kavit Majithia
Airtel Operators July 25, 2017 Airtel hit by “pricing disruption” after Q1 Jio battle Bharti Airtel reported a 14 per cent decline in revenue and a significant slump in profit, as India’s market leader continued to feel the force of Reliance Jio’s entry into the market. By Kavit Majithia
Asia Pacific Operators Reliance July 25, 2017 India’s 4G startup Jio suffers capacity bottleneck Reliance Jio’s network is “overloaded”, with congestion creating a bottleneck that is slowing down connections for its customers, according to new analysis by OpenSignal. By Kavit Majithia
Devices RAN Vendors Samsung July 25, 2017 Arqiva, Samsung claim Europe’s first FWA ‘5G’ trial UK communications infrastructure company Arqiva and vendor Samsung announced the first field trial of ‘5G’ Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) technology in the UK and Europe is now live in central London. By Saleha Riaz
Big Tech Google July 25, 2017 Google focused on “profit dollars” after strong Q2 Google CEO Sundar Pichai hailed a “phenomenal quarter”, despite feeling the effects of a huge EU fine, as the internet giant maintained recent growth. By Kavit Majithia
Europe Operators July 25, 2017 Cattaneo walks away from Telecom Italia with €25M Telecom Italia CEO Flavio Cattaneo will leave the company with a €25 million severance package, as Vivendi chief convergence officer Amos Genish looks poised to take over the day to day running of the operator. By Chris Donkin
AT&T North America Operators July 24, 2017 US officials, AT&T begin talks on Time Warner terms Early stage talks between AT&T, Time Warner and US antitrust officials on potential terms and conditions attached to the $85. 4 billion megadeal have started, Bloomberg reported. By Chris Donkin