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What telco mobile money licenses mean for Nigeria’s financial services sector

CIO Business Intelligence

Over the last decade Africa has gained a reputation for global leadership in mobile money, with Kenya at the forefront, but up to now financial services via mobile phones have not taken deep root in the continent’s most populace country — Nigeria. Mobile money is not entirely new to Nigeria.

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How opportunities are unfolding for telcos in the healthcare space

TM Forum

During the initial 5G hype we heard many examples of the potential opportunity for telecommunications providers in the healthcare space. This was the aim of the Mobile Europe virtual conference, 5G Healthcare Panel, hosted by Darius Singh, STL Partners. Telecommunications operators are in a prime position to step up into this space.

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What Can CIOs Learn From 5G Early Adaptors?

The Accidental Successful CIO

Image Credit: Sun Zom A revolution is going on in the world of mobile communications. 5G Early Adopters In Europe, auto manufacturers plan to apply for licenses to operate private 5G networks within their facilities. A telecommunications-equipment provider is among the earliest examples of a 5G-connected factory.

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Ambassadors from Norway and Finland forge ties in Seattle, offer glimmer of hope on cybersecurity

GeekWire

Once a dominant maker of mobile phones and a crown jewel of Finland’s technology industry, Nokia entered into an ill-fated partnership with Microsoft’s Windows Phone business in 2011 before selling its smartphone business in 2014 to the Redmond tech giant, only to see Microsoft dismantle the deal a year later.

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Fraport goes all in on private 5G network

CIO Business Intelligence

Plus, long-term evaluations have been used via public mobile networks, with corresponding SIM cards in other end devices. Here, we actually get a licensed frequency we don’t have to share with anyone, so there’s no interference,” he says. “And

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Lumentum CIO Ralph Loura on adopting a challenger mindset

CIO Business Intelligence

The company is a key player in the telecommunications industry, with annual revenues of $1.7 Obviously, it is not a license to be a jerk, it is not about being argumentative, but it is about having a creative tension and a positive tension and sharing ideas. billion and 5,000 employees around the world. And so we engaged with them.

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British-Indian team puts in a winning $1B bid for OneWeb satellite broadband venture

GeekWire

which is part of the world’s third-largest mobile operator, have successfully bid more than $1 billion to acquire the bankrupt OneWeb satellite broadband internet venture. At one point, Amazon was rumored to be interested in bidding on OneWeb’s assets , including its spectrum licenses, but nothing came of those rumors.