Skyworks Solutions (SWKS) generated an unexpectedly high sales revenue of $956.8 million in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2020, the wireless chipmaker revealed in its earnings report.
While analysts projected earnings of $1.52 per share (resulting in total revenue of $842.4 million), Skyworks managed to achieve a revenue of $1.85...
Israeli chipmaker Tower Semiconductor announced on Wednesday its plans to invest an extra $150 million into its efforts to boost its production capacity. According to a company forecast, this year promises to provide record revenue as a result of an unprecedented level of demand.
With certain economies recovering fairly quickly...
Japanese holding company SoftBank has announced that it intends to double the number of users of its PayPay QR code payment app in the next three to four years. According to an executive at Z Holdings (SoftBank's internet subsidiary), the conglomerate is aiming to extend its lead in the...
With the European Union's sights set on rolling out 5G across its 27 member states, the body will need to invest €300 billion ($355 billion) into its telecommunications infrastructure by 2025, a study by consulting firm BCG found. Commissioned by telecoms lobbying group ETNO, BCG performed its study at...
Nokia stock soared a whopping 16% in premarket trading, after posting surprisingly impressive performance numbers in Q1. The main reason behind this surge is thanks to 5G, but nevertheless, analysts did not expect things to go so swimmingly for them at this juncture.
Back in October, the Finnish telecom company...
Italy's antitrust regulator announced recently that it will be officially launching a probe into a technical and distribution deal between sports streaming app DAZN and Telecom Italia, in which DAZN secured the rights to screen Italian Serie A soccer matches over the next three seasons for a 2.5 billion...
AT&T exceeded analysts' estimates last week for the company's new monthly phone contract subscribers. This occurred as American consumers looked to benefit from emerging 5G technologies during the second quarter. Having added 789,000 new postpaid phone subscribers to its network, AT&T raised growth forecasts for both its full-year revenue...
British multinational telecommunications company BT reported a 3% rise in its first-quarter adjusted earnings late last week, attributing this increase to improved trading across its businesses. This comes after the company reported 1.87 billion pounds ($2.61 billion) in adjusted core earnings on total revenue of 5.07 billion pounds ($7.06...
French conglomerate Bouygues SA announced on Saturday that it will be buying Equans, the services unit of energy giant Engie SA. The purchase, worth 7.1 billion euros ($8.2 billion), is one of the largest deals in France this year. This is also the largest acquisition to be completed by...