The carrier utilized its 5G Standalone network to support faster card payments

The build-out will kick off this year and should be complete by the end of 2027

Aims to cover 85 percent of Albania's population with 5G by the end of decade

OEC will dismantle, separate, and sort all components of unused cable ahead of repurposing

The purpose of the JV is to bolster rural connectivity in the country

Vivendi intends to appeal the decision

Could Ukraine see further international investment into its telecoms sector?

The carrier continues its push to connect remote parts of the vast country

The carrier will begin its retirement of 3G in Durham

Has appointed JPMorgan as an advisor

Another carrier signs up for Starlink

The regional carrier last year agreed big deals to sell assets to the country's 'Big 3' carriers

Report emerges amid recent franchisee lawsuit

Now owns more than 24 percent of Vi

As mobile carriers also lend support to the affected areas

But confirms jobs will be lost in the UK

The carriers have sold off their joint venture

The deployments will take place this year

Elsewhere, the Italian government is in talks with SpaceX over a satellite deal, while Jeff Bezos wants to launch Amazon satellite broadband service in UK this year

The vendor will retain a 20 percent stake until targeted exit

The sale is part of plans to simplify the company's overall business

Snaps up more than 6,300 towers in the process

The transaction will enable Swisscom's growth in the country, says the operator

An additional $3 billion in funding is expected to support the program