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Andrea Y. Lavannya

Andrea Y. Lavannya

Andrea Y. Lavannya is the Senior Editor and Vertical Analyst - Telco and Techco, at The Fast Mode. Andrea covers global telecom markets, operator revenue strategies and emerging business areas, and heads thought leadership development in areas relating to CSPs, MNOs, MVNOs, MVNEs and cable.

Magyar Telekom Scraps 4-Day Work Week Program After Two-Year Experiment

Thursday, 15 February 2024 09:16
Magyar Telekom has concluded its pilot program to test a 4-day working week, coming to a decision to reinstate the 5-day working week. The program…

Admiral Partners Google Cloud to Improve Core Insurance Operations and Customer Experience

Thursday, 15 February 2024 09:12
Admiral, a leading financial services company in the UK and part of the Admiral Group, has selected Google Cloud as a strategic cloud partner. Under…

Yettel Hungary Hires New Brand and Marketing Director, Péter András Kovács

Thursday, 15 February 2024 03:52
Yettel Hungary has appointed Péter András Kovács as its Brand and Marketing Communications Director, effective March 2024. He will be responsible for building the telecommunications…

SK Telecom, MediaTek, Nota AI Develop Smartphone Power-Saving Tech via On-Device AI

Thursday, 15 February 2024 03:48
SK Telecom today announced that, in collaboration with MediaTek, a global application processor maker, and Nota AI, a startup specializing in AI lightweighting, it has…

Samsung, Vodafone, AMD Successfully Make First Data Call on Open RAN

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 09:40
Samsung Electronics and Vodafone, in collaboration with AMD, yesterday announced that they have successfully demonstrated an end-to-end call with the latest AMD processors enabling Open…

Rostelecom's BULAT Successfully Tests Prototype of Domestic GSM/LTE Base Station

Wednesday, 14 February 2024 02:28
Russian manufacturer of telecommunications equipment and subsidiary of Rostelecom, BULAT, has successfully completed the initial stage of prototype field testing for the first domestic base…

Consortium Including Verizon, AT&T, Ericsson Receive $42.3M Grant from NTIA for Open RAN

Tuesday, 13 February 2024 04:07
Verizon and AT&T, along with a consortium of industry carriers, vendors and developers, have been awarded a grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration…

Comarch Receives Permit for 4-4.1 GHz Bandwidth to Build Private 5G Network in Poland

Tuesday, 13 February 2024 04:00
Comarch announced yesterday that it has become one of the first companies in Poland to receive a permit to use dedicated 4 to 4.1 GHz…

PhilTower, MIDC to Create Joint Venture for 4G/5G Wireless Infrastructure Across Philippines

Monday, 12 February 2024 09:00
Phil-Tower Consortium Inc (PhilTower) and Miescor Infrastructure Development Corporation (MIDC) have announced their intention to form and invest in a Joint Venture company (JVCo) that…