Long time Boingo Wireless executive Derek Peterson (pictured) revealed on LinkedIn he has joined AST SpaceMobile as CTO, Enterprise & Platforms while also leading the satellite player’s CIO and CSO functions.

Peterson was at Boingo Wireless for 15 years, most recently as CTO Emeritus and strategic advisor after serving as CTO, CIO, COO, CSO and CPO at the wireless company for over 14 years.

In his new role at AST, he will lead enterprise IT, platforms, infrastructure, corporate networks and cybersecurity, including the CIO and CSO functions, and building the US software team while driving Wi-Fi and OpenRoaming integration.

“Connecting a regular phone straight to a satellite is the piece that completes the convergence picture,” he stated on LinkedIn. “I’ve spent my career chasing seamless connectivity, and I’m excited to join an innovative team that’s building it from space

AST SpaceMobile previously projected 45 to 60 of its next-generation satellites would launch this year for its direct-to-device service but is now targeting having approximately 45 in orbit by early 2027.

The delay was revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory filing tied to a $1 billion notes offering and followed a serious setback to one of its two main launch partners.

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PLD Space kept the focus on European satellite communication ambitions, revealing progress in developing its reusable launcher a matter of hours after major operators outlined plans involving spectrum access.

The Spanish rocket company is gearing up for a demonstration flight of its MIURA 5 reusable launcher with a trio of machines, two on which it tests systems and one on which validated technologies are installed.

PLD Space stated the approach should reap repeatability benefits when it comes time to manufacture its launcher vessels, along with enabling it to validate fresh features without interrupting scheduled operations.

It is progressing development of flight hardware, engines and mechanisms to lift rockets in to position on launchpads.

Its test units have been used to develop fairings and the company is also confident in its trajectory modelling.

PLD Space has a quartet of flight avionic systems ready and is keeping an eye on the ground infrastructure needed, which includes 17,000 square metres of manufacturing facilities along with ten test benches.

The company is also building a launch facility in French Guiana.

Co-founder and CEO Raul Torres said PLD Space must test “every element of the system” rigorously, making the three-vessel approach vital to the speed of development.

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The National Basketball Association (NBA), Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) and AT&T revealed the launch of the fourth generation of the High-Speed Arena Network (HSAN), the latest iteration of the leagues’ connectivity platform built to transport live game content, highlights, replays, in-arena programming and stats to fans and business partners.

With more than 68,000 miles of the operator’s fibre and network infrastructure, the HSAN will be built to transport more than 118 concurrent, high-quality, low-latency streams per game, supporting millions of hours of basketball consumption during the 2027-28 NBA season.

AT&T chief marketing and growth officer Kellyn Smith Kenny stated fans consume basketball across live broadcasts, replays, highlights, social media and NBA digital platforms. She added the companies were building the connectivity needed to distribute game content quickly and reliably, helping viewers stay connected to key moments wherever they watch.

AT&T, the NBA and the WNBA also extended their longstanding marketing partnership, continuing the operator role as the leagues’ Official Connectivity Partner, building on a relationship which began in 2018. The extension also continues AT&T’s partnership with the NBA G League, USA Basketball and NBA Take-Two Media.

As part of the marketing partnership, AT&T and the NBA will create new fan touchpoints across content and retail activations and give them more opportunities to engage with NBA stars and AT&T athletes. The operator will also continue to connect fans with their favourite teams and players through its partnerships with the Chicago Bulls, Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and LA Clippers.

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Elon Musk (pictured) revealed plans to give a SpaceX share to every child in the US next year, making the pledge a day after AI company Anthropic outlined plans to dedicate part of its equity to public benefit initiatives.

“Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” Musk posted on social media platform X, adding: “This will be the first of many.”

He provided no details on how the shares would be distributed or how the plan would be funded. According to Census Bureau data, around 73 million children live in the US. This would put the potential value of the giveaway at approximately $10.7 billion based on SpaceX’s closing share price of $146.03 on 16 October.

A regulatory filing made in August showed the billionaire held a 48.4% stake in SpaceX as of 30 June. The company went public earlier this year, raising $75 billion in a record-breaking IPO which briefly made the tech mogul the world’s first trillionaire.

Public Benefit Fund
Separately, Anthropic announced on Sunday (18 October) that it would commit 5% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund, with the potential for the allocation to grow as the company’s valuation increases.

The AI player stated the fund could receive an additional 2% of its shares for every 50% increase in its valuation above a baseline yet to be disclosed. Additional allocations would be made at the board’s discretion.

Anthropic stated the fund would give it “increased flexibility and scale” to pursue its mission, including “large donations to traditional non-profits or direct distributions to specific populations”.

One potential focus is AI-driven disruption to employment. The company stated that, although the technology could generate “enormous economic value”, it could “cause instability for many workers”. It has already committed $200 million to research and initiatives addressing the issue, “but given the pace of AI progress, bolder approaches may be needed”.

“The Fund will have the versatility to pursue them.”

Anthropic, which has confidentially filed for an IPO, stated further details on the fund’s governance and valuation thresholds would follow in the coming months.

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stc Group seized the initiative on AI-native networking, setting a target of employing the technology directly in its core infrastructure by 2030.

The operator believes placing the technology at the heart of its infrastructure is essential to keep pace with growing demand for AI services and the resulting changes to connectivity requirements.

stc detailed its ambitions and approach in a white paper released during the Network X event in Austria last week in which it argued AI is essential to handle the complexity of modern telecoms networks.

In a statement publicising the white paper, stc explained the evolution to 5G-Advanced is a principal driver of increased operational complexity. It also pointed to “AI-enabled calling and immersive communications” as factors necessitating the technology.

stc argued operators are set to become essential providers of connectivity as AI services take-off, stating agents and automated systems “need networks to coordinate communications and computing resources”.

It believes an AI-native network is essential in this regard because of the greater levels of automated decision making and resource allocation the technology should afford.

stc is also seeking to improve network maintenance and reliability.

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Interview: Seven months after its launch at MWC Barcelona 2026, the Linux Foundation’s OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation has added major technology companies and issued the second version of its open-source RAN software.

Dr Tom Rondeau (pictured below), principal director of the US Department of War’s FutureG programme, told Mobile World Live the initiative is working to a six month release cadence. The first release arrived in April, followed by the second version on 8 October.

OCUDU, short for Open Centralised Unit Distributed Unit, hosts open-source software for the RAN’s central and distributed units.

When the foundation launched, its members included AMD, AT&T, Ericsson, Nokia, Nvidia, SoftBank Corp and Verizon. FutureG and the US National Spectrum Consortium agreed to back it for three years with funds to be appropriated by Congress.

April release
Rondeau said the April release was mainly a rebuild. Software Radio Systems (SRS) re-architected its RAN code base, which dates back to the LTE-era, so a wider open-source community could work on it. He noted much of the cybersecurity benefit comes from making the code readable and clean.

“What that included though, aside from just good coding practices, was a basic 5G RAN that you could stand up,” he said. “A fundamental 5G with no bells and whistles necessarily but you could make a call across it, and you could have a data connection usually from standard 5G UEs”.

“That was important just as a proof of concept to get the basic bones of a 5G system out there and get people looking at the code and working with it,” he added.

It also included a significant number of interfaces based both on 3GPP and O-RAN Alliance specifications.

Rondeau said feedback on the first release has been positive, with developers describing the code as easy to use, fast and well documented. He added people have been “coming out of the woodwork” to say they have used OCUDU successfully.

October release
The latest version focuses on radio performance, led by beamforming and more advanced multi-antenna support. It also added work on non-public networks, resilience upgrades, bug fixes and support for more powerful phased-array radio units.

Rondeau said developers have repeatedly asked whether OCUDU can support non-terrestrial networks (NTN). The October release incorporated the 3GPP’s Release 17 NTN specification, drawing on SRS’ experience in the area and giving developers a platform for exploring space-based communications.

Membership growth
Samsung joined as a premier member in April, followed by Qualcomm in May and Intel in August, taking the group to 12 premier members and 34 general ones.

The premier members sit on the governing board and help drive the roadmap. Day-to-day, though, most of the companies still build their own features or are integrating OCUDU with their own products or stacks.

Genuine collaborative development, Rondeau said, is “a cultural thing that needs to be continuously worked on”. He stated the Linux Foundation had told his department OCUDU was its third-fastest-growing project.

Roadmap
Rondeau said the organisation is striving for at “least one real champion” to say it has integrated OCUDU into its products and can use it in commercial release.

“A year from now may be a little bit early,” he acknowledged. Integration in prototypes or test facilities would count, and he has heard “good rumours” about companies moving aggressively on their own.

A separate contract with Cohere Technologies, awarded by Rondeau’s office, offers another test. The goal is to use OCUDU to set up a call over the standard 5G NR waveform, then negotiate a switch to another waveform for the data plane.

In Cohere’s case that is Zac-Orthogonal Time Frequency and Space (OTFS), which lets the department test sensing and communications together. It will be built around an OCUDU-based RAN stack, which Rondeau called a major proof of concept for Cohere and for OCUDU as the core software of a working RAN.

That contract runs for two years, with completion expected around the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and intermediate deliverables along the way. It will not be public in the way OCUDU is but Cohere has committed to releasing the interfaces back into the project.

The work also feeds into integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) which Rondeau sees as one leg of 6G alongside connectivity and edge AI compute.

Rondeau said sensing is critical to the US Department of War because it could close capability gaps and reduce the number of specialised sensors it needs to carry or deploy.

He added the US must compete with authoritarian adversaries which may take different approaches to how ISAC standards and technologies govern data management, security, processing and access.

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The European Commission (EC) flagged concerns KKR may have provided incorrect or misleading information during its investigation into a deal for Telecom Italia’s (TIM) fixed network assets led by the company in 2024.

In a Statement of Objections document, the regulator cited concerns about responses submitted by the investment company on wholesale access agreements.

The EC explained following a probe into the issue sparked by complaints from operators it holds the preliminary view KKR “at least negligently, submitted incorrect and/or misleading information on the terms of its existing long-term agreements”.

Its accusation centres on a claim terms in existing contracts would continue to apply post-acquisition, since they could only be changed in agreement with third-party operators.  

This policy being in place, it believed, would ensure “KKR will not be able to deteriorate the conditions for wholesale access or terminate such access”, the regulator added.

EC asserted information on this issue was key in its assessment of the proposed deal at the time.

However, following the buyout the regulator received complaints from third-party operators claiming the wholesale provider, FiberCop, had increased the price.

EC EVP for clean, just and competitive transition Teresa Ribera said: “Effective merger control depends on companies providing the commission with correct information.”

She continued: “KKR appears to have provided incorrect or misleading information about whether it would keep its existing long-term access agreements under the same terms unless mutually agreed otherwise with the third-party operators. Our evidence suggests that, after the merger, KKR may have raised prices for existing wholesale broadband customers, in some cases significantly.”

A KKR spokesperson told Mobile World Live it “strongly disagrees with the European Commission’s preliminary assessment. We stand by the accuracy of the information provided during the commission’s 2024 review”.

“We will vigorously challenge these preliminary allegations in our response to the Statement of Objections, while continuing to engage constructively with the commission. The Statement of Objections is not a final finding of infringement, and the commission’s existing clearance of the transaction remains valid.”

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La directrice financière d’OpenAI, Sarah Friar, aurait averti que les entreprises utilisant des modèles d’IA chinois à bas coût s’exposeraient à des risques de cybersécurité – tout en assurant que les alternatives occidentales offrent une meilleure protection.

Interviewée par Bloomberg dans le cadre de l’International AI Summit à Dublin, Sarah Friar a invité les entreprises qui envisagent d’adopter des modèles chinois à évaluer les risques en matière de sûreté et de sécurité.

OpenAI et son rival Anthropic font face à une concurrence croissante des modèles d’IA à poids ouverts, en particulier ceux développés en Chine. Les utilisateurs peuvent les télécharger et les exécuter sur leur propre matériel, souvent à moindre coût que les principales alternatives américaines, avec des performances comparables sur certaines tâches.

Bloomberg note que les modèles chinois ont représenté la plus grande part des téléchargements de modèles d’IA générative sur la plateforme d’hébergement Hugging Face en août.

De leur côté, OpenAI et Anthropic proposent principalement des modèles fermés, qui ne peuvent être ni téléchargés ni modifiés. Les deux entreprises soutiennent que les alternatives ouvertes présentent des risques plus importants.

Guillaume Princen, responsable de l’international chez Anthropic, a fait part d’inquiétudes similaires à propos des modèles à poids ouverts lors de l’événement.

« Je ne peux pas me prononcer sur les modèles ouverts, a-t-il admis. Mais, par définition, ils comportent davantage de risques. »

Ces propos font suite à plusieurs cas de comportement inattendu de la part de systèmes d’IA avancés lors de tests de cybersécurité.

En juillet, OpenAI a révélé que ses modèles avaient pénétré dans des systèmes exploités par la start-up d’IA Hugging Face lors d’une évaluation de cybersécurité autorisée.

Anthropic a elle aussi révélé des exemples de comportements déviants de ses modèles, dont celui d’un modèle Claude ayant transmis un faux signalement dans le cadre d’une enquête pour homicide, rapporte Bloomberg.

Sarah Friar a néanmoins mis en garde les entreprises américaines d’IA contre un ralentissement de leurs lancements.

« Je pense qu’il faut doser le rythme, mais sans le ralentir au point de créer un déséquilibre dans l’accès aux outils qui peuvent, sur le plan cyber, engendrer de véritables problèmes critiques dans le monde », a-t-elle affirmé.

Sachin Katti sur le départ

Sachin Katti, responsable des infrastructures d’OpenAI, a indiqué par ailleurs le 14 octobre sur LinkedIn qu’il prévoyait de quitter ses fonctions le 15 novembre, tout en continuant d’accompagner l’entreprise comme conseiller.

« Après une année incroyable chez OpenAI, j’ai décidé de passer à autre chose pour construire quelque chose de nouveau », a-t-il expliqué.

Avant de rejoindre OpenAI en novembre 2025, il a occupé plusieurs postes technologiques chez Intel, dont celui de Chief Technology and AI Officer.

CNBC rapporte qu’Uday Ruddarraju, jusqu’ici directeur technique chargé du calcul chez OpenAI, le remplacera et dirigera l’ensemble de l’organisation dédiée au calcul de l’entreprise.

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Les derniers chiffres d’IDC montrent que le marché mondial des smartphones a connu au troisième trimestre 2026 la plus forte baisse annuelle jamais enregistrée. Avec 255,3 millions d’unités, les livraisons sont en baisse de 22 %, effet de la crise persistante de la mémoire, alimentée par l’IA.

Pour Nabila Popal, directrice de recherche senior chez IDC, le net repli que le secteur redoutait s’est « enfin concrétisé » – et le pire reste à venir : « les indicateurs actuels laissent penser que le marché n’a pas encore touché le fond. Les coûts de la mémoire ont bondi d’environ 350 % depuis l’an dernier et continuent d’augmenter, ce qui exerce une forte pression sur les marges des constructeurs et sur les livraisons ».

Elle ajoute que, si l’inflation sur la mémoire commence à ralentir, « les coûts restent élevés pour d’autres composants essentiels, ce qui aggrave la crise ».

Dans ce contexte, la croissance du marché devrait rester limitée jusqu’en 2027, toute reprise éventuelle étant repoussée à 2028 au plus tôt.

Le classement des constructeurs reste proche de celui du trimestre précédent. Samsung et Apple continuent de gagner des parts de marché, atteignant respectivement 22,6 % et 22,4 %, même si les livraisons trimestrielles des deux groupes ont reculé.

Pour compléter le top 5, Xiaomi, Vivo et Oppo ont tous enregistré une baisse à deux chiffres de leur part de marché.

Kiranjeet Kaur, directrice de recherche associée pour les appareils au niveau mondial chez IDC, note cependant que, malgré des ventes atones, certains constructeurs ont relevé leurs plans de production en prévision d’un durcissement de l’approvisionnement en composants l’an prochain.

« Si la demande reste faible, cela pourrait entraîner une accumulation de stocks à l’approche de 2027, ce qui ferait peser un risque baissier supplémentaire sur notre prévision pour 2027 », explique-t-elle.

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Microsoft reportedly withdrew from a deal to lease computing capacity at AI infrastructure player Nscale’s planned data centre in the UK due to delays related to power supply, adding to mounting concerns around the status of the country’s AI projects.

According to The Telegraph, the US technology giant pulled the plug on the mooted data centre to be constructed in Loughton, Essex, which was originally expected to receive a grid connection by the end of 2026.

However, it now faces a wait until the following decade for supply.

“Our relationship with Microsoft remains strong and long-term, and this unfortunate London-wide grid issue has no impact on our other contracts,” an Nscale spokesperson told Reuters. The pair are still collaborating across other projects, including developments in Norway, Portugal and the US.

The company reportedly added it remained “committed to both the Loughton project and the UK” and was exploring alternative power sources.

Announced last year, the Loughton development was backed by a £2.5 billion investment commitment from Nscale and formed part of a wider UK push to attract AI infrastructure spending. Microsoft had planned to lease the site’s entire 50MW capacity and deploy an AI supercomputer equipped with around 23,000 Nvidia GB300 chips.

The setback revives questions about the delivery of the UK’s headline AI investment pledges. A Guardian investigation in March raised concerns over the status of major announced projects, including the Loughton site, which was still being used as a scaffolding yard when visited by reporters in February. Nscale subsequently said it had purchased the site in September 2025 and was targeting delivery in 2027.

Power availability remains a wider constraint for UK data centre development, as growing demand from AI workloads puts pressure on grid infrastructure.

Nscale, which is backed by Nvidia, filed for a US IPO last month and raised $3.4 billion in pre-IPO financing. The UK-based company named Microsoft and Anthropic as expected major customers in its prospectus.

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Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica and Vodafone Group signed a letter of intent to explore a joint bid for a future allocation of spectrum for Mobile Satellite Services, as part of efforts to advance direct-to-device (D2D) capabilities in Europe.

The operators jointly stated their initiative backs a European Commission (EC) ambition to strengthen sovereignty, security and resilience in critical connectivity infrastructure.

News of a potential joint bid emerged last month when Bloomberg reported the four had entered discussions to bid on a third of the total spectrum due to be allocated by the EC in the 2GHz band, which has been reserved for European companies.

In a pitch heavy on the advantages of working together, the quartet explained a joint bid for spectrum would enable each provider with open and non-discriminatory access to offer D2D to customers in a model designed to “foster competition, reduce market fragmentation and expand consumer choice across Europe”.

They aim to use satellite to connect underserved areas, strengthen public networks, protect critical communications and support the development of a European constellation.

The operators plan to establish key ground infrastructure, critical coordination and monitoring functions without investing directly in a satellite constellation.

This opens the door to a partnership with a satellite partner, which is yet to be selected.

Execution
The letter of intent does not replace any existing satellite partnerships.

Vodafone’s satellite activity is particularly high-profile, with the company involved in a joint venture with US-based AST SpaceMobile.

Paolo Pescatore, analyst at PP Foresight, said the announcement is more an exploratory agreement rather than a confirmed launch.

“The opportunity is to make satellite coverage a seamless extension of mobile connectivity. Success will depend on execution, device compatibility and pricing that gives customers a compelling reason to pay, along with reassurance that they can stay connected in more places.”

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Telecom Italia appointed new enterprise and technology chiefs effective today (19 October), with both executives being replaced set to depart the company at the end of the year.

The operator’s new chief enterprise and innovative solutions officer is Mirko Mischiatti. He replaces Elio Schiavo, who held the role for more than four years.

Mischiatti joins from Poste Italiane, which has a controlling stake in the operator after a shareholder buyout offer executed earlier this year. He held various positions at the postal service provider, most recently as head of the digital, technology and operations.

Telecom Italia’s new CTO is Claudio Ongaro, who was previously chief strategy, business development and wholebuy officer at the operator.

He takes over from Leonardo de Carvalho Capdeville, who spent just over two years heading the operator’s technology office and spent a decade in the equivalent role at its operation in Brazil.

Ongaro’s former responsibilities have been handed to Telecom Italia’s CEO Pietro Labriola on an interim basis.

In a short statement on the moves, the operator noted the two departing employees were leaving voluntarily to “pursue new professional challenges”, adding the company “expresses its gratitude” for “their significant professional and managerial contributions”.

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Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin outlined a plan to spend $330 million on extensive upgrades to its launch facilities in the US state of Florida to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade. 

Blue Origin revealed it will add two additional launch and landing pads for its New Glenn rockets while also boosting its second stage manufacturing capabilities. Ian Richardson, Blue Origin’s SVP of operations, stated in a blog the expansion will be completed by the middle of 2027.

“These investments are centred on one goal: building the capacity to support more missions, more reliably, and more efficiently,” he said. “As we look ahead, this infrastructure is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.”

The upgrades also include a new customer integration facility with the US Space Force at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to give it “the ability to prepare multiple missions at once”.

Richardson noted the company has invested more than $3 billion in facilities and infrastructure across the state with more than 5,000 employees.

Blue Origin is seeking to ramp up the cadence of its rocket launches to better compete against Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Currently, Blue Origin has 396 LEO birds in orbit while SpaceX has approximately 11,150 Starlink satellites.

While SpaceX and Blue Origin use their rockets to launch satellites from other companies, CNBC reported the former has stopped commercial rides on its Falcon 9 rocket to support its larger Starship model.

Blue Origin suffered a setback in May when one of its New Glenn rockets exploded on the Florida launch pad. In July, Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp outlined a plan to rebuild its launch pad with a new configuration as it works toward returning its New Glenn rocket to flight before the end of 2026.

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Mercedes-Benz expanded its partnership with Nvidia to develop driver assistance and automated driving systems based on the carmaker’s MB.OS platform and the chip company’s computing technology and software.

The agreement combines Mercedes-Benz engineering and its MB.OS operating system with Nvidia’s Hyperion computing and sensor architecture, Alpamayo driving software and Halos safety system.

Mercedes CTO Jorg Burzer hailed Nvidia as its “most important strategic partner in automated driving”, describing the urban point-to-point assistance system the two built as the first of its kind from Mercedes for Western markets.

He added the extension is a milestone built on years of mutual trust, while stressing customers will still expect the safety standards the brand is known for.

Ali Kani, VP of automotive at Nvidia, said accelerated computing could help vehicles interpret their surroundings and respond to complex driving situations. He added the companies aim to make autonomous driving suitable for everyday use.

MB.OS will manage driving functions and over-the-air updates alongside Nvidia’s Hyperion in-vehicle computing platform. Alpamayo will provide software for urban point-to-point assistance, active safety and automated parking, while Halos will add a safety layer alongside Mercedes-Benz’s own systems.

The companies noted the technologies will also support future SAE Level 4 applications, including robolimousines.

Mercedes-Benz also uses Nvidia technology for vehicle-engineering simulations and in its MO360 digital-production platform, covering virtual planning and AI applications. The companies plan to expand the work across the carmaker’s global production network.

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Desde el sábado 17 de octubre, las empresas solo pueden realizar llamadas comerciales en España desde numeraciones de nueve dígitos que empiecen por 400.

La medida cumple lo previsto en la Ley de Servicios de Atención a la Clientela (SAC) y forma parte del Plan contra las estafas telefónicas y por SMS que impulsa el Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública.

Comunicación unidireccional

Los números que empiezan por 400 son numeraciones completas de nueve dígitos, no códigos cortos. Su objetivo es que el consumidor sepa que se trata de una llamada comercial antes de contestar.

Estas líneas solo permiten recibir llamadas: el usuario no podrá devolverlas. Con ello se pretende evitar posibles estafas al llamar de vuelta a un número desconocido.

El prefijo avisa del carácter comercial del contacto, pero las empresas siguen obligadas a identificarse y a explicar su oferta durante la conversación.

Como el prefijo no indica qué compañía llama, Adigital se adelantó a la entrada en vigor de la norma con Soy Yo, un buscador inverso gratuito en el que las empresas adheridas registran sus números y los usuarios pueden comprobar quién hay detrás de una llamada desconocida.

Bloqueo obligatorio

Los operadores de telecomunicaciones, como Movistar, Orange, Vodafone y Digi, deben bloquear en su red las llamadas comerciales que sigan haciéndose desde números móviles o geográficos ordinarios.

Para detectar este tráfico, las operadoras usarán sistemas algorítmicos basados en patrones como un gran volumen de llamadas a muchos destinos en poco tiempo o llamadas que se cuelgan al instante.

Estos criterios técnicos necesitan la autorización previa de la Secretaría de Estado de Telecomunicaciones. Además, según el portal Banda Ancha, Digi ha confirmado que mostrará en pantalla el aviso «Llamada comercial» o el nombre de la empresa cuando la llamada venga de un 400.

Atención al cliente aparte

La normativa distingue entre la prospección comercial y la atención al cliente. Las llamadas para gestionar contratos en vigor seguirán haciéndose desde números cortos específicos, los rangos gratuitos 800 y 900 o líneas geográficas habituales.

También queda prohibido aprovechar las llamadas de atención al cliente para ofrecer productos, salvo que la oferta esté directamente vinculada a la resolución de una consulta o incidencia y suponga una mejora de precio o de condiciones para el usuario.

Denuncias y balance

Quien reciba llamadas comerciales desde numeraciones no permitidas puede presentar una reclamación ante la Oficina de Atención al Usuario de Telecomunicaciones (OAUT) o una denuncia ante la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC).

El prefijo 400 se suma a las medidas del Plan contra las estafas telefónicas y por SMS, iniciado en 2025, que según datos oficiales ha permitido bloquear más de 400 millones de llamadas fraudulentas y cerca de 32 millones de mensajes de texto.

Entre las acciones más recientes figura el registro de alias (códigos alfanuméricos) de la CNMC para SMS, MMS y RCS, que entró en funcionamiento el pasado 15 de septiembre y ya ha llevado a bloquear más de seis millones de mensajes no autorizados.

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Apple parece afrontar una escasez de suministro del iPhone Duo pocos minutos después de abrirse los pedidos anticipados.

Las fechas de entrega estimadas del iPhone Duo, el primer smartphone plegable de Apple, se han retrasado hasta enero de 2027 a los pocos minutos de abrirse las reservas.

Los pedidos anticipados se abrieron a las 8 de la mañana en Nueva York el 16 de octubre, antes del lanzamiento oficial del dispositivo en tiendas, previsto para el 23 de octubre. Poco después, la tienda online de Apple mostraba fechas de entrega que se extendían hasta finales de enero para las dos opciones de color y todas las capacidades de almacenamiento, de 256 GB a 2 TB.

Usuarios de redes sociales como Reddit y X han denunciado retrasos pese a haber seguido el consejo de Apple de reservar con antelación el color y la configuración de almacenamiento deseados.

Según Bloomberg, los minoristas agotaron sus existencias iniciales de preventa casi de inmediato.

Aún no está claro si los retrasos se deben a una demanda inesperadamente alta, a una oferta limitada o a una combinación de ambas.

Apple suele reservar algunas unidades para los clientes que acuden a la tienda el día del lanzamiento, lo que podría ofrecer a los compradores la posibilidad de conseguir el dispositivo antes.

Presentado hace unas semanas como el primer gran lanzamiento de Apple bajo la dirección de su nuevo CEO, John Ternus, el iPhone Duo supone el estreno de la empresa en el segmento de los smartphones plegables, un nicho relativamente pequeño hasta ahora pese a la presencia de rivales consolidados.

El dispositivo tiene un precio inicial de 1.999 dólares (unos 1.740 euros) para el modelo de 256 GB, lo que lo convierte en el iPhone más caro de la marca hasta la fecha.

Counterpoint Research estimó entonces que Apple podría vender alrededor de 6 millones de unidades del iPhone Duo en 2026, una cifra que podría impulsar el mercado de los plegables. Ivan Lam, analista sénior de la consultora, señaló que esa previsión dependía de la rapidez con la que la empresa aumentara la producción del nuevo modelo.

Con información de Amiya Johar.

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Oppo ha anunciado que aumentará su inversión en Europa durante los próximos tres años para reforzar su posición en el segmento premium de smartphones y competir con Apple y Samsung en la región.

En una rueda de prensa en Londres, el consejero delegado de Oppo Europa, Elvis Zhou, ha explicado que la firma prevé incrementar la inversión un 30 % anual hasta 2029, aunque no ha facilitado la cifra invertida en 2025. La empresa tampoco ha hecho públicas cifras anteriores de inversión de sus operaciones europeas.

Zhou ha asegurado que Oppo mantiene su apuesta por Europa y que concentrará su actividad en el Reino Unido, Francia, Alemania, Italia y España, sus principales mercados.

Sobre la competencia, afirmó: «No estamos aquí para decir que vamos a reemplazar a una de estas marcas consolidadas. No, estamos aquí para ofrecer una tercera opción diferenciada».

Aunque ha reconocido que sus rivales llevan ventaja en notoriedad de marca y distribución minorista, considera factible que Oppo alcance entre el 5 % y el 10 % del mercado europeo de smartphones de gama alta.

Según explicó, el fabricante se dirige a consumidores más jóvenes, en especial a los de entre 18 y 35 años, y pone el acento en el rendimiento de la cámara, la duración de la batería y las funciones de IA, en lugar de competir sobre todo por precio.

Un estudio de mercado de Oppo reveló que más del 40 % de los jóvenes considera las herramientas de IA un factor decisivo a la hora de comprar dispositivos.

Zhou afirmó: «Oppo no es una marca que tema invertir… no porque tengamos más dinero, sino porque sabemos a qué segmento de clientes queremos dirigirnos y qué tipo de productos pueden satisfacer realmente sus necesidades».

Añadió que la firma aspira a duplicar en 2027 las ventas de su gama alta Find respecto a 2026.

Según Omdia, más de la mitad de los dispositivos Oppo vendidos en el Reino Unido durante el primer semestre de 2026 fueron de la serie Find. Además, el peso de esta serie en las ventas europeas de Oppo se cuadruplicó en 2026 con respecto al año anterior.

Sus declaraciones llegan mientras Oppo prepara el lanzamiento mundial de sus nuevos smartphones Find X10 y Find X10 Pro Max, previsto para el 21 de octubre.

Postura firme

El reto, no obstante, está en convencer a los consumidores de que paguen más a medida que se alargan los ciclos de renovación de los dispositivos. Zhou ha señalado que Oppo no pretende competir con aparatos más baratos.

«Si queremos tener una posición sólida en el mercado europeo, no es porque seamos económicos, sino porque podemos ofrecer una experiencia de producto diferenciada y de calidad», afirmó, y añadió: «Nuestro posicionamiento en el mercado europeo es claro. Se trata de un mercado de alta gama».

El directivo ha advertido, sin embargo, de que no cabe esperar resultados rápidos y de que la empresa priorizará un crecimiento constante.

«No recurriremos a descuentos a corto plazo solo para aumentar el volumen de ventas», dijo. «Puede que no logremos grandes éxitos a corto plazo, como una cuota de mercado impresionante… pero verán nuestro ritmo. Será realmente estable».

Oppo opera en más de 20 países de Europa y se expande hacia los países nórdicos, Polonia y Rumanía. España es hoy su principal mercado en la región.

A escala mundial, el fabricante afirma figurar entre los cuatro primeros proveedores de smartphones por volumen de envíos en el primer semestre de 2026, y asegura que más del 60 % del valor de sus envíos globales se genera en el extranjero.

La apuesta del fabricante chino por el continente llega tras un periodo de incertidumbre: en 2022, una disputa de patentes con Nokia provocó la suspensión de sus ventas en Alemania.

En 2023, Oppo reafirmó sus ambiciones europeas a largo plazo pese a perder a su distribuidor exclusivo en Francia, Yang Technology SAS, y a que sus productos siguieran ausentes del mercado alemán.

Con información de Amiya Johar.

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Apple, Nvidia y Charlie Ergen se han comprometido a aportar 25 millones de dólares (unos 22 millones de euros) cada uno para construir el salón de baile del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump.

Charlie Ergen, presidente de EchoStar, Apple y Nvidia han comprometido 25 millones de dólares (unos 22 millones de euros) cada uno para el salón de baile de la Casa Blanca, un proyecto que ya ha recaudado 333 millones de dólares (unos 290 millones de euros) en donaciones privadas.

Según ha informado The Washington Post, «la gran mayoría de los fondos recaudados procedían de empresas y personas adineradas con intereses ante el Gobierno federal».

El diario ha obtenido una hoja de cálculo interna con el seguimiento de las contribuciones a la campaña de recaudación.

El Post indica que más de las tres cuartas partes de la financiación se comprometieron en cantidades de al menos 5 millones de dólares (unos 4,4 millones de euros), y que Amazon, Comcast, Microsoft y T-Mobile US figuran entre los principales donantes corporativos.

Según el diario, Nvidia y Ergen, entre otros, pidieron que sus donaciones se mantuvieran en el anonimato.

El rotativo señala además que las empresas o los directivos de firmas con contratos con el Gobierno federal durante el segundo mandato de Trump aportaron aproximadamente la mitad del total recaudado para el proyecto, que incluye también espacio para oficinas y una instalación militar subterránea.

De acuerdo con documentos internos del contratista a los que ha accedido el Post, el coste total del proyecto asciende ahora a 600 millones de dólares (unos 520 millones de euros).

Trump había asegurado inicialmente que él y varios donantes adinerados pagarían los 400 millones de dólares (unos 350 millones de euros) estimados.

Sin embargo, Reuters informó de que después pidió al Congreso, sin éxito, 1.000 millones de dólares (unos 870 millones de euros).

El Post añade que el nombre de Trump no figuraba en la lista de los 67 donantes que aportaron 10.000 dólares (unos 8.700 euros) o más al proyecto.

Los fondos se gestionan mediante un proceso complejo, con varias etapas, en el que intervienen una organización privada sin ánimo de lucro, agencias federales y la supervisión directa de la Administración Trump.

Reuters añade que Nvidia pasó a ser uno de los principales contribuyentes al salón de baile en octubre de 2025, casi tres meses después de haber suscrito con Trump un acuerdo para vender microchips avanzados a China pese a las preocupaciones de seguridad nacional.

«Como empresa estadounidense, nuestro apoyo a Estados Unidos es primordial e independiente de cualquier interés comercial», ha declarado un portavoz de Nvidia a Mobile World Live.

«Nos enorgullece haber podido realizar una donación a un fideicomiso no partidista que sirve a todos los estadounidenses, y así lo hemos manifestado públicamente desde que se hizo la donación».

Apple y EchoStar no han respondido a las solicitudes de comentarios sobre sus aportaciones.

Con información de Michael Robuck.

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Telefónica Tech ha presentado una plataforma de gestión inteligente de contadores de agua dirigida a las administraciones locales y a las empresas de suministro, con prestaciones para la facturación y la detección de irregularidades.

El sistema, desarrollado internamente, ofrece datos y análisis de los contadores para identificar tendencias, medir el consumo y supervisar de forma remota el estado de los dispositivos.

Telefónica señala que la plataforma es compatible con contadores de distintos fabricantes y se integra con Kite, su plataforma de conectividad IoT, que, entre otras funciones, facilita la seguridad y la automatización en «despliegues con miles de contadores distribuidos geográficamente».

El director de IoT de la empresa, Dario Cesena, ha afirmado: «La digitalización del sector del agua requiere herramientas sencillas, eficientes y capaces de transformar los datos en información útil para la gestión diaria».

Cesena ha añadido que, con este lanzamiento, la firma avanza en su objetivo de ser una puerta de entrada a las tecnologías digitales para las empresas de gestión del agua y las administraciones públicas, con el fin de optimizar recursos y avanzar hacia una gestión del agua más inteligente y sostenible.

La iniciativa se suma a otras del grupo operador en el sector de los servicios públicos con tecnología IoT, entre ellas proyectos en España y Alemania con empresas de agua.

Con esta plataforma, Telefónica se propone competir con Vodafone España, que lidera el segmento específico de los contadores de agua en el país.

Según estimaciones de la propia Vodafone recogidas por elEconomista, tiene instalados más de 1,8 millones de dispositivos de este tipo.

En 2025 la operadora puso en marcha una plataforma propia de IoT y ha suscrito acuerdos con Aqualia, para conectar más de un millón de contadores a su red NB-IoT, y con el Canal de Isabel II, para suministrar 315.000 contadores con conectividad y telelectura automática.

MasOrange (ahora Orange), por su parte, apuesta por los contadores de gas. La firma ha suscrito un acuerdo con Terranova, empresa de software para servicios públicos, para ofrecer a los proveedores de gas un sistema de contadores inteligentes que combina hardware, conectividad IoT sobre NB-IoT y gestión de datos.

La oferta busca facilitar la digitalización de los proveedores ante la nueva normativa española sobre contadores de gas, que exige lecturas digitales periódicas y plataformas de gestión actualizadas.

Un estudio de GSMA Intelligence publicado en abril de 2026 situaba a las empresas de servicios públicos inteligentes entre los principales sectores que impulsarán el aumento previsto de las conexiones de IoT empresarial hasta 2030, junto con los edificios inteligentes y la fabricación.

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