Turck Group has acquired Finland-based ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) RFID company Vilant Systems to form a global full-solutions provider able to compete with a handful of UHF RFID companies offering turnkey solutions in Europe. With this acquisition, the firm reports, it can now offer a full solution consisting of hardware, software and integration to large global companies with sites on multiple continents, as well as to small companies that may not have adopted RFID due to the complexity of requiring multiple technology partners.

Orange launched its much-vaunted banking service after a four-month delay, in what the operator described as a “key element” in its diversification strategy.

Sprint parent company SoftBank is preparing to kill negotiations for a merger with T-Mobile US after failing to come to terms with Deutsche Telekom, Nikkei Asian Review reported.

Network vendor Ericsson is betting big on 5G being launched around the world in similar timeframes, with no clear regional leader for the next generation mobile technology, but warned deploying 5G will be the easy stage of the process.

Despite steady growth in the list of High Performance User Equipment (HPUE) devices by US operator Sprint, one major smartphone vendor remains noticeably absent: Apple.