Korean e-commerce leader Coupang hires Alberto Fornaro as its new chief financial officer – TechCrunch

Korean e-commerce giant Coupang has a new chief financial officer. The company announced today that it has hired Alberto Fornaro, who previously served the same role at International Gaming Technology (IGT PLC), the multinational gaming machine company. Fornaro succeeds Richard Song, who joined Coupang in 2011 and is retiring. Coupang is Korea’s largest e-commerce platform.…

Huawei sues FCC over “unconstitutional” ban on the use of federal subsidies to buy its equipment – TechCrunch

Huawei said today it is suing the Federal Communications Commission, asking to overturn a ban on carriers from using money from the Universal Service Fund (USF) to buy equipment from Huawei and ZTE. The $8.5 billion USF supports the purchase of equipment to build communications infrastructure, especially in rural communities. Huawei is asking the United…

‘This company will be very different in 2025’ – B2B AI props up Orange revamp for 5G era

France-based Orange has followed Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica to announce a major strategic overhaul that places analytics and automation, to underpin both internal efficiencies and external services, at the heart of its its operations. Orange, like Telefónica, said a major part of its future growth, pegged at two-to-three per cent per year in the period…