Chris Donkin

London

Managing Features Editor at Mobile World Live

Telecoms writer for @mobileworldlive, Hull City supporter, former indie boy, appreciator of fine ales

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Articles

BT pins international hopes on a pair of platforms

5 days ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

The CEO of BT Group’s carved out International unit Bas Burger laid out an ambition to bolster its non-UK enterprise business by focusing on a pair of cloud-centric products he believes can help multinationals navigate current market trends and conditions.
Siemens completes €110M Dutch logistics hub project

5 days ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

A project to deploy advanced automation at the largest rail freight yard in the Netherlands was concluded, infrastructure expected to enhance operational efficiency and strengthen its position as a key hub. Vendor Siemens Mobility won the contract for the €110 million project from Dutch national railway infrastructure organisation ProRail in 2021.
UAE partners forge digital pact for metal industry

1 week ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

Abu Dhabi Investment Office and Metal Park Investment unveiled plans to create a dedicated Industry 4.0 hub focused on accelerating digitalisation in the metal manufacturing sector. The dedicated Industry 4.0 Competence Centre in Abu Dhabi is expected to be opened by the end of the year and span more than 5 million square feet.
Nokia continues 5G defence push with blackned pact

1 week ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

Nokia entered a partnership with German defence sector software specialist blackned to create advanced military communications networks based on 5G infrastructure, the Finnish vendor’s latest move targeting the sector. A memorandum of understanding is based around combining Nokia’s 5G equipment and expertise with blackned’s defence sector digitalisation know-how to create a scalable, high performance tactical communications system providing a strategic advantage to users.
Salesforce swoops for Informatica in $8B deal

1 week ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

Salesforce inked an agreement to acquire enterprise cloud data management specialist Informatica in deal worth around $8 billion, as it seeks to up its play in the emerging agentic AI market. Discussing the rationale for the big money move, Salesforce pointed to its ability to create a unified architecture for agentic AI using assets from the two, enabling safe deployment at scale across modern enterprises.
Ericsson among industry giants backing Swedish AI drive

1 week ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

A Swedish business consortium including AstraZeneca, Saab and Ericsson unveiled a pact with Nvidia to build local AI infrastructure to advance use of the technology by the country’s major corporations. The move also involves financial services provider SEB and Wallenberg Investments, and centres on building sovereign AI compute for use by the players involved and other industry partners.
Referee dons 5G kit for top Bundesliga game

2 weeks ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

The combination of private 5G and a specialist camera system gave football supporters a referee’s eye view of a top German football fixture, a move positioned as a significant step in an ambition to provide new fan experiences using the network technology. Media technology company Riedel Communications explained its private 5G network product Easy5G and RefCam Live system was used during a game between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund last month.
BT pushes on with overhaul as CEO eyes further progress

2 weeks ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

BT Group reported efforts to transform the business were yielding results faster than initially expected with £913 million in gross annualised cost savings delivered in its fiscal 2025 (ended 31 March) and progress with a strategy to refocus on its home market of the UK.
Millicom to buy Telefonica unit in Uruguay for $440M

2 weeks ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

Telefonica reached a deal with Millicom to sell its division in Uruguay for $440 million, the latest move in the Spanish operator group’s efforts to slim down its Latin America operations. In a statement on the acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approvals, Millicom pointed to expected benefits from infrastructure and commercial synergies with existing operations in Paraguay and Bolivia.
Energy player Uniper eyes process gains from AI pact

2 weeks ago | mobileworldlive.com | Chris Donkin

Multinational energy company Uniper inked a deal with Microsoft and Celonis to increase the use of AI across its business, with the aim of intelligently automating workflows and improving visibility across the business. In a statement, Celonis noted the power player would scale the use of AI using its process intelligence platform and Microsoft’s Copilot Studio and Power Automate products.