Tag: telecoms
The telecoms regulator distributes fiber optic dunce caps
An employee of the Alcatel Submarine Networks site checks coils of fiber optic cable shielding wire, in Calais, on December 9, 2022. DENIS CHARLET / AFP Despite promises of improvement…
Thierry Breton pleads for a Telecoms Act and wants to kick Huawei out of Europe
After the Data Act and the AI Act, will there be a Telecoms Act? This is what Thierry Breton suggests. In an interview given to Echoesthe European Commissioner for the…
Telecoms: Will Amazon revolutionize the mobile sector?
By Jean-Baptiste André Published on 06/02/2023 at 3:45 p.m. Photo credit © Boursier.com (Boursier.com) – The telecom sector…
Patrick Chaize, the senator who has become the “vice-minister” of telecoms
Patrick Chaize, senator (Les Républicains) of Ain, in Paris, November 14, 2022. COME SITTLER/REA At 60, the senator (Les Républicains) of Ain Patrick Chaize could not imagine making the buzz…
Telecoms: the rise in mobile prices is reshuffling the market cards
It’s a balancing act. To what extent can telecom operators pass on the cost of inflation to the prices of their mobile subscriptions? Like other manufacturers, they are subject to…
Telecoms: British operators lay off massively, a harbinger of the market?
Two days apart, the two main British telecom operators announced the biggest redundancy plans in their history. Vodafone fired first. The group announced on May 16 its intention to shed…
The difficulty of measuring the carbon footprint of telecoms
“We only manage well what we measure. The famous formula also applies to the field of responsible digital. An organization needs to identify its main sources of greenhouse gas (GHG)…
Telecoms: operator revenues are stagnating, but 5G is taking off
Good news and bad news. Reading Arcep’s latest telecom market observatory will leave a mixed impression among telecom operators. After seven quarters of increases of between +2% and +4%, their…
Telecoms: Xavier Niel attacks Orange’s “situational rent” in person
Accustomed to more muted exchanges, the Senate Economic Affairs Committee experienced a moment of great tension on Wednesday, March 22. Taken to task by Senator Patrick Chaize, Xavier Niel raised…
6G, virtual SIM cards, network on the Moon: telecoms looking to the future
While 5G is still slow to bring out new uses since its launch in 2020, telecom equipment manufacturers like Nokia are already preparing the next generation of mobile networks by…
Telecoms: the EU wants to make the digital giants pay
The question is an old sea serpent in the world of telecoms. Why should operators bear the financial burden of deploying and maintaining fiber optics and 5G networks alone, when…
Telecoms: Ericsson is preparing to lay off 8,500 people
The wave of layoffs affecting tech extends to telecoms. Ericsson is preparing to lay off 8,500 employees, according to a memo sent to employees and seen by Reuters. Earlier this…