Google, Jolla and Telkom SA Ltd. proffer something for the weekend in today's trawl of the EMEA headlines.
Google is hardly flavor of the month in Europe, what with its ongoing tax tribulations an' all. And now it's facing further pressure from Brussels. According to a report in the Financial Times (subscription required), the European antitrust watchdog is investigating the Android licensing deals the search giant struck with various device makers, after rivals complained that some of them were clearly below "cost" price.
Still on the Brussels beat, the Daily Telegraph reports that by this time next year roaming charges in Europe will have become a thing of the past, according to an unnamed source in the corridors of power who was privy to the deliberations of 27 European Commissioners at their gathering on Tuesday. (See Regulators Reshape Europe's Roaming Market.)
Finnish operator DNA Oy is to be the first in the world to offer the Jolla smartphone, which runs the Sailfish operating system (OS), with a launch due later this year. Sailfish is a descendant of MeeGo, the Nokia Corp. OS that was ditched in favor of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Phone. (See Jolla to Take on Apple & Android With OS Launch.)
A survey of more than 90 service provider executives attending Service Provider Information Technology (SPIT) vendor
WeDo Technologies' recent annual user event found that 57 percent of respondents "feel less prepared for the transition to LTE/4G/NGN and managing the associated opportunities and risks than they should be." Intriguingly, that percentage has risen since the same survey was conducted a year earlier. For more details, see this press release.
Telkom Kenya, which operates Orange's mobile and fixed-line services in the African nation, has struck a 15-year tower management and licensing deal with Eaton Towers. Telkom Kenya plans to add to its current portfolio of more than 1,000 towers.
Telkom SA suffered a big drop in earnings in its latest full-year results, with EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) down from 8.54 billion South African Rand (US$864 million) to ZAR7.10 billion ($719 million) year-on-year. The familiar tale of a decline in fixed-line voice call revenue was the principal reason for the slump.
— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading
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Paul Shaneck, Global Director Network Solutions for Symantec, discusses the evolving virtualized network, explaining how Symantec is leading the security discussion as it relates to SDN and NFV, and helping to ensure the network is protected and compliant.
Intel's Sandra Rivera discusses network transformation and how Intel technologies, programs, and standards body efforts have helped the industry migration to SDN and NFV.
With the ETSI-approved Distributed NFV PoC running in the background, RAD's CEO, Dror Bin, talks about why D-NFV makes compelling sense for service providers, and about the dollars and cents RAD is putting behind D-NFV.
Cyan's Planet Orchestrate allows service providers and their end-customers to activate software-based capabilities such as firewalls and encryption on top of existing Ethernet services in just minutes.
Kontron and ISV partner Vantrix demonstrate high-performance video transcoding and data analytic solutions on same 2U standard platform that is ready for SDN and NFV deployments made by mobile, cable and cloud operators.
At Huawei's Global Analysts Summit in Shenzhen, China, Steven C. Hawley from TV Strategies speaks to us about the evolving role of hybrid video for competitive success.
Justin van der Lande from Analysys Mason shares with us his views on how telecom operators can leverage customer asset monetization with big data. His discusses the current status of big data applications and the challenges and opportunities for telecom operators in the digital economy era.
Mobile and internet are becoming intertwined; IT and CT are integrating; and leading CSPs have begun to transform to information service and entertainment providers. How should the BSS system evolve to enable this transformation? Karl Whitelock, an analyst at Frost & Sullivan, shares his views.
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