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ANALYSIS : One app to rule them all. Telcos’ chance to end subscription churn

As digital services multiply, users are feeling overwhelmed by rising costs and fragmented offerings, writes Hamish White, CEO and founder of SaaS soutions provider Mobilise. Telcos already possess the foundations for superapp success. Their existing mobile apps provide a natural starting point for layering on new services that engage rather than exhaust consumers. As competition

Staff Reporter
20 August 2025

News, Operators, Technology

Pie in the Sky? World Mobile Indonesia venture takes off 12 miles above the Earth

World Mobile, a blockchain-powered mobile network founded in 2018 by telecom entrepreneur Micky Watkins, has teamed up with Indonesia’s largest digital infrastructure provider Protelindo to launch World Mobile Stratospheric (WMS). The plan is to extend mobile coverage from aircraft flying 12 miles above the Earth, combining aerospace technology linking it to World Mobile’s decentralised telecom

Staff Reporter
11 August 2025

News, Operators

Vodafone targets SME market with social media push with Steven Bartlett’s content creator

Vodafone Business has partnered with Steven Bartlett’s FlightStory Studio to launch a new social media content series aimed at UK small and medium-sized enterprises.

Staff Reporter
4 August 2025

Analysis, Operators

Mass market interest in travel eSIM is growing despite low awareness.

Nearly half of consumers surveyed in the USA and UK expressed interest in using a travel eSIM, despite limited adoption, according to Belgium telco Proximus Global.

Staff Reporter
19 June 2025

News, Operators

Microsoft and ex-Telefónica heavy hitter is Vodafone Group new CFO

Vodafone Group has appointed Microsoft leader Pilar López as its new Chief Financial Officer.

Staff Reporter
19 June 2025

Analysis, Operators

Fighting Back: How the GSMA is tackling the global mobile theft epidemic

The mobile ecosystem is being severely affected by widespread device theft, prompting the GSMA to produce a White Paper on the extent of the problem. Mobile News asked Head of Services, Product Development & Growth Jason Smith to explain what the organisation is doing to help networks around the world combat handset crime.

Staff Reporter
27 May 2025

News, Operators

Three UK Glasow Open RAN trial boosts data speeds up to 520Mbps

Three UK has completed the first phase of an Open RAN trial in Glasgow, deploying mobile masts on lampposts and street signs.

Staff Reporter
22 May 2025

News, Operators

EE subscriber base soars 10 per cent in a year

EE’s 5G subscriber base rose 10 per cent to 10.8 million customers according to BT’s full year results to March.

Staff Reporter
22 May 2025

News, Operators

BT Group headhunts Deutsche Telekom digital transformation expert to lead its Digital Unit.

Deutsche Telekom Group Chief Information Officer Peter Leukert is joining BT Group in September as Chief Digital Officer to take charge of BT’s Digital Unit.

Staff Reporter
8 May 2025

Analysis, Operators

Analysis: Why the Three brand is likely to meet the same UK fate as the T-Mobile and Orange brands

How can the Vodafone, Three, SMARTY, VOXI, and TalkMobile brands all coexist in harmony? The truth is—they can’t. Duplication will have to go, and some brands won’t make it predicts Graystone Strategy founder and MVNO expert JamesGray

Staff Reporter
23 April 2025