UK converged operator Virgin Media O2 saw third-quarter adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) climb 8.6% year-on-year, to £991.2 million (US$1.14 billion), though this figure was boosted by a "one-off release of £30 million following the resolution of a legal matter," said the company in its earnings release. Adjusted revenue, however, was down 0.6%, to £2.58 billion ($2.96 billion), as increases in mobile revenues were offset by declines in Virgin's consumer fixed segment. Guidance for full-year 2022 was confirmed.

As the climate-change gabfest that is COP27 fast approaches, the GSMA has published what it says is it "long-term vision" for how the mobile industry can increase the "circularity" of its supply and production chains for mobile devices. In its Strategy Paper for Circular Economy: Mobile Devices, the trade body makes the case for devices that have as long a lifetime as is possible, are made with 100% recyclable and recycled content using 100% renewable energy – in short, a world where no device ends up as waste. Amen to all that.

Middle Eastern operator Ooredoo has signed an agreement with Google Cloud to use its Apigee API (application programming interface) gateway. The Apigee platform will, in theory, enable operating companies in all Ooredoo markets to easily integrate digital partners and global applications with their internal systems.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its African reach with the opening of an office in Lagos, its first in Nigeria. The office will look to help organizations of all sizes as they attempt the transition from an on-premises approach to AWS Cloud.

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading