"Analysys Mason's annual consumer survey shows that average handset lifetime cycles have increased from 27 months in 2019 to 39 months in 2023. The launch of the new iPhone 15 is unlikely to reverse this trend." analysysmason.com/apple-iphone15…

I missed this: eSIM marketplace Airalo eSIM Store raised $60m. Investors included e&, Liberty Global, Orange, DT, KPN, Telefonica finance.yahoo.com/news/airalo-wo…

T-Mobile is in discussions with a unit of Tillman Global Holdings to build out a fiber-optic network, setting the stage for the No. 2 US wireless carrier to enter the landline broadband business bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Technology

Interesting news. Doesn't sound exclusive though. Wording sounds like DT's selling Vonage APIs but keeping control itself "Under the brand ‘MagentaBusiness API’, DT will offer access to Vonage communications APIs that are currently available as well as new network APIs."

Ahead of MWC Las Vegas, here are some recent Analysys Mason articles on the North American telecoms market linkedin.com/pulse/recent-a…

Interesting interview with Microsoft about GenAI on the Amdocs podcast amdocs.com/insights/podca…

We are kicking off with a full house for our partner event at #MWC Las Vegas.

What happens in Vegas... gets analysed in our post-MWC webinar. Caroline Gabriel, Caroline Chappell, Christopher Baugh and I will discuss our thoughts on MWC Las Vegas in tomorrow's session. Let me know if you have questions you'd like us to cover event.on24.com/wcc/r/4313012/…

Our MWC Las Vegas webinar is now available on demand - follow the link. It was "a good summary of MWC Las Vegas" and "the discussion at the end was great and very useful" according to a generous member of the audience yesterday. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Ofcom calls for UK antitrust probe into Microsoft and Amazon’s cloud dominance ft.com/content/107a67… via @ft

I find it curious that Zendesk chooses to illustrate how its GenAI works with an example involving cheques - an 18th Century technology all but obsolete in most of the world.

I'm posting on Threads (rather than here). You can find me there as tom_rebbeck I'm putting together a thread on main telecoms stories from the past year bit.ly/484eYMj