Verizon
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19 Jul
Internet of Things wars: Did T-Mobile just bet on the wrong horse?
Network operators have two new weapons in the battle to own the Internet of Things (IoT) — Narrowband IoT and LTE-M — and picking the eventual winner could give operators an early lead over their competitors.
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13 Jul
Operators racing to virtualise networks are pushing to bring the technology to the customer
There have been a series of revolutionary technology changes taking hold in business networking, but the biggest wave of them all has been virtualisation.
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28 Jun
Fixed wireless is likely to be the first of several use cases for 5G technology
The International Telecommunication Union in 2015 outlined three initial use cases for 5G, the next generation of mobile network technology after 4G.
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14 Jun
Here’s when different countries and companies are expected to launch 5G
5G has been on the horizon for some time but it’s getting closer.
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13 Jun
Telecoms giant Verizon closes its $4.48bn deal with Yahoo
American telecommunications company Verizon closed its $4.48bn purchase of Yahoo’s core business on Tuesday.
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2 Jun
IoT remains a work in progress as one-third of projects fail
One-third of Internet of Things (IoT) projects fail, and those firms that give up do so mainly for cost reasons.
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25 May
The race to 5G is accelerating but was Verizon’s $3bn Straight Path acquisition worth it?
Straight Path Communications has been acquired by Verizon for $3.1bn because Straight Path holds millimetre wave spectrum licenses that have been approved by the FCC to be used for 5G.
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5 May
Cutting the cord: Majority of US households don’t have a landline, but what about the UK?
Have mobile phones replaced landlines?
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4 May
AT&T and Verizon are eying up microwave spectrum licenses that 5G just might finally turn into a gold mine
The latest US spectrum auction wound down in April, raising $19.8bn — less than half of what the US government expected — for 70 MHz of spectrum.
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10 Apr
AT&T won a contract for a US first responder network, but even exclusive 25-year deals still come with risk
AT&T’s bid to build a nationwide, US public safety network – FirstNet – can finally move forward.
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6 Apr
Amazon scores $50m deal to stream 10 NFL Thursday night games
In one of its most enterprising deals to date, tech giant Amazon won the rights to stream Thursday night National Football League (NFL) games.
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4 Apr
The name’s Oath: Verizon mocked after unveiling new name for combined media division
AOL and Yahoo are going to be owned under Verizon’s new media brand, Oath, once it completes its acquisition of Yahoo.
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4 Apr
Even with a name like Oath, Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo still makes sense
Despite the rocky road so far — and a peculiar name choice — the now $4.48bn deal between Verizon and Yahoo is still the best opportunity for the telecoms giant to strengthen its proposition in the digital media and advertising space currently dominated by Google and Facebook.
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16 Feb
Yahoo-Verizon deal set to go ahead with $250m+ discount
Verizon is reportedly set to buy out Yahoo, a deal which has been in the making for months, yet with an estimated $250-350m discount.