telecom

Orange to Exit Banking Business and Partner With BNP Paribas
Orange to Exit Banking Business and Partner With BNP Paribas
June 28, 2023  |  Digital Banking

French telecom Orange plans to exit the retail banking business in France and Spain. The firm, which launched Orange Bank in 2017, is in exclusive talks with BNP Paribas to have that...

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Telecoms and Amazon Dismiss Notion of Joint Wireless Effort
Telecoms and Amazon Dismiss Notion of Joint Wireless Effort
June 04, 2023  |  Amazon

America’s telecom giants say they have no plans to work with Amazon to offer low-cost wireless to Prime members. A report Friday (June 2) by Bloomberg...

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FinTechs Struggle to Retain Consumer Trust in Africa
FinTechs Struggle to Retain Consumer Trust in Africa
February 24, 2023  |  Banking

There is no denying that trust plays an important role when it comes to payments transactions. And according to Isaac Kamuta, it’s one of the...

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Tech Giants Object to Covering Cost of EU Telecom Upgrades
Tech Giants Object to Covering Cost of EU Telecom Upgrades
February 23, 2023  |  Big Tech

The European Commission is trying to determine who should pay to upgrade Europe’s telecom system. As Reuters reported Thursday, Europe’s telecoms have long argued that...

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Report: Orange Could Sell Its Banking Unit
Report: Orange Could Sell Its Banking Unit
October 12, 2022  |  Banking

French telecom Orange is reportedly weighing its options for its online banking division in the wake of media reports that the company was considering the...

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How Telco APIs Are Enhancing Africa’s Mobile Money Ecosystem
How Telco APIs Are Enhancing Africa’s Mobile Money Ecosystem
September 08, 2022  |  API

In Europe, open banking is associated with a wave of open application programming interfaces (APIs) rolled out by banks that allow authorized third parties to...

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5G-Powered Smart Glasses Enable Immersive Shopping, Gaming and Learning
5G-Powered Smart Glasses Enable Immersive Shopping, Gaming and Learning
May 18, 2022  |  Commerce Connected

Aiming to speed the creation of immersive 5G-powered augmented reality (AR) experiences for smart glasses, T-Mobile has launched a T-Mobile Accelerator program that provides resources...

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3 Telco-Driven Apps To Watch in Emerging Markets in 2022
3 Telco-Driven Apps To Watch in Emerging Markets in 2022
January 05, 2022  |  International

Super apps like China’s WeChat have become intrinsic to consumers’ lives, moving beyond messaging apps to cater to a wide array of digital service needs...

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Big Tech and Telecom Follow Facebook in Metaverse Ramp-Up
Big Tech and Telecom Follow Facebook in Metaverse Ramp-Up
November 12, 2021  |  Technology

Less than two weeks after Facebook’s startling announcement that it was changing its name and focus to Meta, three heavyweights in the 5G space are piggybacking...

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