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Samsung’s $999 folding phone will establish company’s lead in the foldable phone market, according to GlobalData

Following today’s news (11 August) from the Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event that Samsung announced two new folding phones; Anisha Bhatia, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Samsung’s two new folding phones, the Z Fold 3 5G and the Z Flip 3 5G, will firmly establish Samsung’s dominance in this advanced category of […]
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No longer a tick-box: Credible and measurable ESG strategy for enterprise networking is absolutely necessary, says GlobalData

Following the release of the IPCC report; Robert Pritchard, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view: “All aspects of life are being affected by climate change – and that stretches to the provision of telecoms and networking services to enterprises. Corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies have become the next generation of corporate social […]
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Cricket Wireless’ collaboration with Acorns is an appealing loyalty play for budget-conscious consumers, says GlobalData

Following today’s news (4 August) that Cricket Wireless is collaborating with micro-investing platform Acorns to help consumers pursue their financial goals; Tammy Parker, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “AT&T’s prepaid secondary brand Cricket Wireless is following a worldwide trend in which telecom operators craft mutually beneficial, symbiotic […]
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Zoom’s acquisition of Five9 underlines growing importance of customer contact post-pandemic, says GlobalData

Zoom’s multi-billion-dollar acquisition of Five9, the video platform vendor’s first major acquisition, is significant and likely to be one of the biggest examples of telecoms convergence in 2021, says GlobalData. The leading data and analytics company notes that this acquisition underlines the growing importance of customer contact and customer experience services in the post-pandemic world. […]
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Managed services buying criteria evolves in ASEAN as businesses pivot to work from anywhere, says GlobalData

The rapid deployments of new technologies to enable remote working in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is creating new challenges for enterprises across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN*) and changing their buying criteria in managed services. says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s report, ‘Major 2021 Shifts in Managed Services […]
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Prepare for the great network switch-off, says GlobalData

Openreach, BT’s infrastructure division, is encouraging UK enterprises to plan for life after its analogue network will be switched off in 2025. With old mobile networks also set to be switched off at around the same time, it is time for the UK plc to plan ahead. Robert Pritchard, Senior Analyst at GlobalData, a leading […]
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Zoom significantly increases hiring for Zoom Phone amid growing interest for hybrid work, finds GlobalData

After over a year of rapid growth, Zoom Video Communications emerged as a key company in the video teleconferencing space and more companies are moving to remote work processes that has become a norm. Interestingly, Zoom’s hiring activity shows that the company is increasing focus on Zoom Phone, its cloud phone system, even as hybrid work […]
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COVID-hit 2020 failed to attract big-ticket VC funding deals in cybersecurity space, finds GlobalData

Big-ticket venture capital (VC) deals were non-existent in the cybersecurity space during the COVID-hit 2020. Low-value deals (where the investment was less than or equal to $10m) also took a hit, but still accounted for the majority of global investment volume, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial […]
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Caution weighs on VC funding landscape in IoT space with even low-value deals volume also witnessing decline, says GlobalData

Low-value venture capital (VC) funding deals (investments less than or equal to US$10m) volume also shrank as overall VC funding activity in the Internet of Things (IoT) space declined during 2020 compared to 2019. The share of low-value deals as a proportion of total deal volume also declined. However, it continued to account for a […]
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