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Comviva to offer BlueMarble Compact BSS on Cloud with Microsoft Azure Integration – Telecoms.com https://telecoms.com/wp-content/themes/telecoms.com/assets/images/dummy/tcoms-logo.png Comviva to offer BlueMarble Compact BSS on Cloud with Microsoft Azure Integration BlueMarble will bring CSPs to the forefront of platform economy – building services for a larger ecosystem faster and efficiently, making them available to enterprise customers as cloud

Payment processor giant PayPal has twice had to backtrack recently from an apparent attempts at censoring its users. Late last week the Daily Wire reported on a raft of new PayPal policies, scheduled to be implemented on 3 November, among which were the ability to unilaterally take $2,500 from the account of its users every

Instagram and Twitter said they have restricted the accounts of US rapper Kanye West over posts slammed as anti-Semitic. A spokeswoman for Twitter told AFP on Sunday that West’s account was locked due to a violation of the social media platform’s policies. And a spokesperson for Instagram parent Meta told AFP the group had deleted

UK telco group BT will ship replaced or decommissioned kit from customer’s networks to Cisco, where it will be to be re-used or recycled. Up to 99.9% of old network kit ripped out during upgrades will be re-used or recycled as part of the new programme designed to reduce BT’s business customers’ e-waste, by drafting

Safaricom has launched commercial mobile services in Ethiopia almost a year and a half after it won a licence to become the country’s first privately-owned telco. Safaricom Ethiopia on Thursday revealed that it has brought 4G services to market in 11 cities, including the capital Addis Ababa, having carried out a series of customer trials.

Apple launched a brand new model of its Apple Watch called the ‘Ultra’ at this year’s ‘Far Out’ launch event and it has been a major talking point. It’s bigger, chunkier, offers better hardware, and is designed keeping in mind a very special set of users. Another thing that the Apple Watch Ultra managed to

The US State Department has awarded a contract to Verizon worth $1.58 billion. Under the 10-year deal, the telco will modernise the comms infrastructure and provide IT services for the Department’s embassies, consulars and other important sites in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America. In all, this is nearly 260 locations, a big

In part two of our interview with HPE, VP and General Manager, Communications Technology Group Tom Craig tells us the number one reason telcos are motivated to adopt AI, ML and automation is to gracefully manage an ageing workforce, and that to stay relevant they’ll need more of it. What are the practical applications of

Google Pixel Fold launch timeline has been tipped online, ahead of the debut of Google’s purported Pixel-branded foldable phone. The news comes shortly after the launch of the Pixel 7 series earlier this week, alongside the company’s first smartwatch, the Pixel Watch. While enthusiasts were hoping to catch a glimpse of Google’s foldable smartphone at

Bharti Airtel on Thursday made a formal announcement on the launch of 5G services in key Indian markets and revealed that it will not make customers pay more for the technology until its rollout is more widespread. The Indian press was full of the news of Bharti’s 5G launch earlier this week, the operator’s CEO

After all the fuss and drama of his bizarre legal drama with Twitter, new reports suggest it was all just a negotiating ploy by Elon Musk. When Musk first made his surprise bid to buy Twitter it was at a fairly hefty premium over the market price, although far from an exceptional one. Unsolicited acquisition

Reliance Jio on Thursday started beta trials of 5G services in the national capital along with three other cities — Mumbai, Kolkata and Varanasi — with users getting download speed of over 1Gbps. At Chanakyapuri, in Lutyens’ Zone of New Delhi, the users got internet speed of over 1Gbps.During the trial, the company said, “Now

Emergency services call handlers working for BT have carried out their threat to strike over pay. Some 500 employees whose job is to answer 999 calls on Thursday joined the 40,000 BT and Openreach staff on the picket line. Further walkouts are planned for next week and later this month. In a statement, the Communication

The Chinese vendor is looking to build new phones that use different chips to those prohibited by US sanctions and could be ready to launch as soon as next year, claims a report. According to a report in the Financial Times, Huawei has been busy coming up with ways to bypass sanctions from the US

Google Pixel 7 series will be unveiled on Thursday at the ‘Made By Google’ event along with other products like the Google Pixel Watch. Now, hours before its arrival, an alleged hands-on video of the Pixel 7 Pro has surfaced. This video offers a glimpse of the rear panel of this smartphone. Furthermore, a notable

In part one of this Telecoms.com interview with HPE, we talk to VP and General Manager, Communications Technology Group Tom Craig (pictured) about the current state of 5G, Open RAN, and how operators can evolve and grow into new business frontiers. You launched the HP 5G labs a couple of years ago now. What is

By the end of 2024 all mobile phones, tablets and cameras sold in the EU will have to have USB C charging, and from spring 2026 so will laptops. The new law was passed in the EU parliament with 602 votes in favour, 13 against and 8 abstentions. The rules also say people should be

Xiaomi Smart Band 7 Pro launched globally on Tuesday along with a wide range of artificial internet of things (IoT) devices, including the Xiaomi TV Q2 Series and Redmi Pad as well. This smartwatch was announced for China earlier this year and has finally launched globally. It features a 1.64-inch AMOLED touch display. The Xiaomi