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The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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La Caisse snaps up 49.9% stake in Bell Canada's tower unit
Raises CAD$2.45bn for newly-formed tower business
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CTIA, Big 3 US carriers warn that support for D2D in 5G bands could hurt network performance
As the FCC prepares to vote on measures to harmonize SCS and MSS spectrum this week
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Vodafone Ukraine to install solar arrays across 400 base stations
Completed the first phase of deployments in June 2026
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easyJet to offer Starlink in-flight WiFi from next year
The airline carrier becomes the latest to partner with Starlink
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Verizon signs $2bn AWS AI infrastructure deal
As carrier welcomes Starlink battle
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Ukraine's Atesh attacks comms tower in Russia's Belgorod region
The facility housed a repeater used by the Russian military for drones, says Atesh
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Banned Nvidia GPUs spotted powering telecom, cloud workloads in China: report
B300s and RTX gaming cards uncovered via exposed endpoints
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O2, Nokia complete AI RAN deployment at O2’s Giga Site in London Paddington
Claims it to be the first UK live deployment of AI-RAN
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UK gov't looks to introduce tougher prison sentences and unlimited fines to subsea cable saboteurs
Current legislation on subsea cable damage dates back to 1885
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Crown Castle bullish on carrier spectrum deployment, says it can support SpaceX's terrestrial dreams
As the tower company sees an opportunity to support SpaceX's terrestrial rollout
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ZTE unveils data center module designed for AI workloads
Rack power within the module will range from 20kW to 60kW
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Nokia, ICEYE pair with Ukraine's Ministry of Defence on satellite cooperation
Comes amid strained tensions between Ukraine and SpaceX's Starlink
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Google's fiber unit to snap up dark fiber leasing contract from Ting Fiber in Colorado Springs
As Ting Fiber set for Colorado Springs exit in late March 2027
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Telefónica and IQM will install Madrid's first quantum computer
The project expands the collaboration between Telefónica and IQM, which have already supplied two quantum computers to the Galicia Supercomputing Center (CESGA)
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SpaceX aims to access 80,000 US cell sites for wireless network
The company has even held talks with US tower giant Crown Castle
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Pilot Fiber to buy Boldyn Network's New York-New Jersey metro fiber business
As company also raises $330m in financing
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Iraq establishes first new satellite gateway since 2003, supporting security & aviation
New ground station arrives after a raft of successful international telecoms infrastructure projects
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AT&T CEO John Stankey not getting twisted over SpaceX’s spectrum salvo
'I wouldn't over rotate on what I would call one carrier of low-band spectrum,' Stankey said on AT&T's latest earnings call
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Zain, Ooredoo launch first phase of Middle Eastern tower JV
The tower JV comprises 4,000 towers
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T-Mobile claims world first AI-RAN call with Nokia and Nvidia
The call was completed from a commercial cell site in Bellevue, Washington
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Virgin Media O2 demos Starlink's satellite coverage in remote north Wales
The test outlined the challenges that satellite faces against terrestrial
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BT bolsters 5G Standalone footprint, confirms AI-RAN trials with Nokia, Nvidia
The AI-RAN trials are set to take place in the UK's second city next year
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Russian forces destroy GigaCenter data center in Kyiv, Ukraine
As Ukrainian forces attack telecoms facilities in Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk
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AT&T copper retirement pushes on as carrier reveals just 1% still using legacy technology
As the carrier continues to push its fiber rollout
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European Commission accuses KKR of misleading EU regulators over €22bn Italian NetCo deal
KKR disputes the claims
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NTT and Docomo to pilot AI-controlled base stations to boost renewable use and support demand response
Plan to complete the demonstration by the end of December
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Aselan declares 198-satellite Astralink constellation for sovereign Turkish connectivity
Sovereign trend in dual-use space technology spreads to space underdog Türkiye, following new Starlink slow-downs in Ukraine