Telecom

Verizon Communications announced a number of executive management changes designed to set a path for the company’s future growth plans. As part of these changes, Vestberg has appointed Sowmyanarayan Sampath, who is currently leading Verizon Business Group, to Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Consumer Group (VCG).

Optus and Mastercard have extended their partnership to provide Optus clients with a simple, secure way to prove their identity. ID enables clients to create a secure and reusable identity within the My Optus app on their personal device. Clients can then share verified information easily with consent, without needing to share physical identity documents with Optus. 

Intelsat, operator of one of the largest integrated satellite and terrestrial networks and provider of inflight connectivity, announced that Deutsche Telekom IoT (DT IoT) intends to integrate Intelsat FlexEnterprise into its cloud-based IoT offering to extend powerful, easy-to-use IoT solutions to locations regardless of the availability of fiber or cellular connectivity.

Zetron, an integrated mission critical communications tech firm, announced it will work with Nokia, a state-of-the-art communication solutions provider, to replace the existing analogue radio infrastructure of the Public Transport Authority of Western Australia (PTA) with a next gen communications network, including Zetron’s ACOM Command and Control platform.

Macquarie Telecom, part of Macquarie Telecom Group, was announced as Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited’s Technology Partner of the Year at its Business Partners Awards on the Gold Coast. Domino’s Business Partner Awards are part of its ANZ Rally, an event during which Domino’s showcases successful franchise owners, business processes and latest tech.

Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, and Deutsche Telekom announced that Mavenir has been chosen for Deutsche Telekom’s Open RAN deployment in a country of its European footprint. Following the partnership with Deutsche Telekom, Mavenir will be delivering its OpenBeam massive MIMO radios and 3rd party O-RAN based Radio Units (O-RU) for open Fronthaul. In addition, Mavenir will also act as end-to-end system integrator for that deployment.

CSG® announced the first deployment of its joint solution with Axiata Digital Labs (ADL) at Namibia’s mobile operator. With a unified cloud solution that enables flexible bundling with rapid time to market, CSG and ADL are helping the African operator to capitalize on new revenue streams and launch new digital services for both enterprise and consumer clients.

Macquarie Telecom, part of Macquarie Telecom Group, has promoted Marika Fiorini to Chief Customer Officer. In the role, Fiorini will focus on driving business, sales and marketing and nurturing internal career development as Macquarie prepares for its next stage of growth. Fiorini, who was most recently Macquarie Telecom’s state manager for Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, has been with the company since 2016. Marika Fiorini has over 18 years’ experience in managing wholesale and direct sales to the carrier market.

Australian telco providers are failing to meet the expectations of Aussie customers, according to research from Pegasystems Inc., the low-code platform provider that builds agility into the world's leading organizations. The study, conducted in collaboration with Omnipoll, surveyed 1,228 consumers on the state of customer service in today’s telecommunications industry.

Netcracker Technology announced that it has won the Fierce Innovation Award in the category of Cloud Services for the Netcracker Fiber Cloud Solution. The awards, presented by Fierce Telecom, recognize firms showing innovative solutions that eliminate complexity, improve network performance and deliver efficiencies for telecom service providers.