Telcos untouched as key vendors hit by global stock selloff

Joe Purnell2026-02-04T17:48:00

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In depth: US and EMEA telco majors ride out this week’s software tech storm as investors are spooked by advanced AI developments, leaving some of the industry’s most prominent software providers in freefall…

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Themes: AI disruption; AI‑powered automation; Global stock selloff; Infrastructure resilience; Investor sentiment; Market volatility; Software vendor downturn; Telco sector stability; Technology rout.
People: Aditya Agarwal; Art Hogan; Ipek Ozkardeskaya; Jensen Huang; Sam Altman.
Geographic: EMEA; Europe; Japan; Switzerland; UAE; UK; USA.
Organisations: Accenture; Amazon; Anthropic; AT&T; B. Riley Wealth Management; BT; Capacity; Cisco; Deutsche Telekom; e&; Ericsson; Google; IBM; Microsoft; NEC; Netcracker; Nokia; OpenAI; Orange; Pearson; Relx; Salesforce; SAP; ServiceNow; stc Group; Swisscom; Swissquote; Technobezz; Telefónica; Telenor; T‑Mobile US; Verizon; Vodafone; Wall Street Journal; Yahoo Finance.

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