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Jio Financial Services Seeks to Enter Telecom Leasing Business
Jio Financial Services Seeks to Enter Telecom Leasing Business
May 27, 2024  |  Business

India-based Jio Financial Services is looking to go into the device leasing business. The financial services provider published a postal ballot notice saying it is...

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Report: Telefonica Deal Puts Amazon in Europe’s 5G Market
Report: Telefonica Deal Puts Amazon in Europe’s 5G Market
May 08, 2024  |  Amazon

Telefonica Germany is reportedly moving 1 million 5G customers to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. The deal marks the first time in which an existing mobile operator is switching its main network...

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Marketplaces Focus on Loyalty Programs for Media and Telecom Sectors
Marketplaces Focus on Loyalty Programs for Media and Telecom Sectors
March 20, 2024  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Media and telecom organizations are working with payment facilitators (PayFacs), independent software vendors (ISVs) or marketplaces to make embedded finance part of their business models....

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Telcos Gear Up for Global 5G Rollouts Amid Increasing Adoption of GenAI
Telcos Gear Up for Global 5G Rollouts Amid Increasing Adoption of GenAI
March 19, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Generative AI is gaining momentum in the telecommunications industry, offering benefits such as improved customer experiences and operational efficiency. Telecom executives, recognizing its potential, are...

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AI Continues Journey From Lab to Lifestyle at Mobile World Congress
AI Continues Journey From Lab to Lifestyle at Mobile World Congress
February 27, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Day Two at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, saw more evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) is moving from the lab to the connected economy. Specifically, the...

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Accura Scan Unveils Suite of Identity Verification Products
Accura Scan Unveils Suite of Identity Verification Products
December 11, 2023  |  Authentication

Accura Scan, a provider of digital know your customer (KYC) and user verification solutions, has unveiled a suite of identity verification products for American banks...

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Safaricom Launches M-Pesa Mobile Money Service in Ethiopia
Safaricom Launches M-Pesa Mobile Money Service in Ethiopia
August 27, 2023  |  Mobile Wallets

Kenyan telecom Safaricom has brought its mobile money service M-Pesa to Ethiopia. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Saturday (Aug. 26), the service went live in Africa’s second-most populous country...

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Anthropic Gets $100 Million Investment from Korea’s SK Telecom
Anthropic Gets $100 Million Investment from Korea’s SK Telecom
August 14, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic has teamed with Korea’s SK Telecom (SKT) to build a large language model for the telecom sector. The partnership, announced...

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Mastercard Investment Values MTN’s FinTech Group at $5.2 Billion
Mastercard Investment Values MTN’s FinTech Group at $5.2 Billion
August 14, 2023  |  Investments

South African telecom MTN now counts Mastercard among its investors. The company announced Monday (Aug. 14) that the payments giant had agreed to a minority investment in its FinTech group, valuing...

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