Mobile Industry Live - January 2021

Mobile Industry Live - January 2021
Actualizar 2021-01-07T12: 46: 20.316Z

Ericsson

(Image credit: Ericsson)Ericsson appoints BT Director as UK & Ireland CEO Katherine Ainley will join Ericsson as the new UK & Ireland CEO from February. Ainley has been with BT since 2007 and most recently was Managing Director of Ventures in Enterprise. She will lead Ericsson's ambitions to accelerate 5G rollout and upgrade 20,000 UK network sites by 2024. 2021-01-07T12:43:26.982Z

Sky Retail Store

(Image credit: Sky) Jeremy Darroch steps down as Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch, the former CEO of Sky, will be leaving Sky after 13 years and will be succeeded by Dana Strong, Comcast Cable's president of consumer services. Comcast is the parent company of Sky which won a €30 billion bidding war for the company in 2018. 2021-01-07T12:43:01.644Z

Cristiano Amon, CEO of Qualcomm

(Image credit: Qualcomm)Qualcomm names Cristiano Amon as CEO Qualcomm has chosen Cristiano Amon to replace outgoing Steve Mollenkopf in a meeting reflecting the growing importance of 5G. Mollenkopf will step down in June after 26 years with the company, first as an engineer and then as CEO since March 2014. 2021-01-07T12:42:41.084Z

Home schooling

(Image credit: Shutterstock) UK mobile operators urged to reduce data costs for e-learning Calls on UK mobile and broadband operators to use 'rate' educational apps and websites zero '' as part of a comprehensive package to support distance learning. Some disadvantaged households do not have a dedicated broadband connection or a laptop and access the Internet via pay mobile phones. 2021-01-07T12:42:08.479Z

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(Image credit: Pixabay)NYSE Cancels Plan to Delist Chinese Mobile Operators The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has abandoned its plan to delist the top three Chinese mobile operators. “In light of further consultations with the relevant regulatory authorities…announced today that it no longer intends to proceed with the delisting action,” it said. 2021-01-05T11:40:09.510Z

Streaming services

(Image credit: Future) UK broadband usage doubled in 2020 UK broadband usage more than doubled in 2020 as the impact of the coronavirus pandemic accelerated trends long-term growth in consumption. Openreach claims its network has transmitted more than 50,000 petabytes (PB) in the past 12 months, up from 22,000 PB generated in 2019. The daily record has been broken 15 times in the past year and the average fiber home was consuming 3000 GB, or 9 GB each day. 2021-01-05T11:36:00.059Z

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(Image credit: Pixabay)NYSE Delists Major Chinese Mobile Operators The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has begun the process of delisting the top three Chinese mobile operators following a US executive order. The listings are largely symbolic given that the shares of the three are also listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the American companies are assumed to hold only small holdings. However, the move angered Beijing, which once again accused Washington of acting politically rather than in the interest of national security.