IHS Towers sells stake in Kuwait tower unit
Proceeds will be used to ease debts
News - Telecoms & 5G (EN)
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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ITU and ICPC partner for subsea cable advisory group
Comes shortly after cable cuts in the Baltic Sea and increased concern about cable protection
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BT signs 7-year emergency network deal in UK worth £1.3bn
The ESN provides critical comms to the UK's emergency services
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Telstra acquires MVNO Boost Mobile for $94m
Boost has been a Telstra wholesale customer since 2012
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Telia completes workforce overhaul, lays off 3,000 workers
CEO says the decision was a "tough" one, but will support investment and attract shareholders
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MTN Group pairs with ORAN Development Company as part of Open RAN push in Africa
The pair will carry out lab and field trials of Open RAN technology
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Telefónica’s Peruvian fiber sale to KKR falls through
But talks are still ongoing
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Telecom Italia gets €250m for Inwit tower stake, extends deadline for Sparkle talks
Ardian takes complete ownership of Daphne 3
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Finnfund invests $10.5m in fiber expansion in Nepal
Will include the build of a new data center facility
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STC secures Spanish gov't approval to snap up 9.9% stake in Telefónica
Secures voting rights as part of the deal
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FCC approves SpaceX direct to cell services over Starlink
But there are conditions to the agreement
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Danish telco TDC Net suffers telecoms outage, impacts emergency calls
The carrier has blamed a software update for the outage
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Wingu Group launches data center and CLS in Djibouti tech park
TO7 Technology Park includes innovation center for attracting local tech talent
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Malaysia's CelcomDigi carves new deals with tower partners
The deals will support CelcomDigi's network modernization plans
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Nokia wins Open RAN contract with Deutsche Telekom
The deal will see the vendor replace Huawei kit at 3,000 sites
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FCC launches first subsea cable review since 2001
Will focus on the security and protection of subsea infrastructure
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Former US telco worker sentenced to four years for conspiring to act with Chinese gov't
Ping Li spied on employers and Chinese dissidents
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AT&T completes removal of lead cabling from Lake Tahoe - report
The carrier has reportedly removed close to eight miles worth of cabling
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Google announces two subsea cables in Australia Connect initiative
Plus details for Google's Bulikula cable shared
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Florida's IQ Fiber to buy ThinkBig Networks
Provider expands footprint into Maryland
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Marc Allera to step down as CEO of BT's consumer division
Allera had been expected to land BT's top job last year
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Chinese metro line moves operations to the cloud
ZTE develops cloud platform for railway for automated trains
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Elisa Estonia completes 3G shutdown
Will focus on 4G and 5G networks, while it keeps 2G going
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Telenor Sweden CEO Bjørn Ivar Moen to step down at end of year
The search for his replacement is on
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Senator Ted Cruz wants BEAD Program overhaul, urges NTIA to pause "unlawful" program activities
Says the Trump Administration will substantially improve the program's implementation
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Verizon readies fiber network for AI workloads, completes 1.6Tbps data transmission trial
The carrier paired with Ciena to carry out data transfer in Boston on single wavelength
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MTN launches Benin's first commercial 5G network
The telco wins the country's 5G race
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Aramco Digital to invest $1bn in software vendor Mavenir Telecom - report
Mavenir has been one of Open RAN's biggest advocates