"Equipment failure" causes huge telecoms outage in Japan, impacting 39 million mobile lines
Also impacting ATMs and deliveries
News - Telecoms & 5G, Sebastian Moss, DatacenterDynamics
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Staff at British telco BT vote for first national strike in 35 years
As the UK public sector gears up for a summer of strikes
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Russia's Rostelecom stops data center development amid equipment shortages
As big tech pulls out due to the Ukraine invasion, Russia's data center industry grinds to a halt
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Cisco to quit Russia and Belarus due to Ukraine war
The latest in the US tech exodus
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British Columbia Internet outage caused by beaver
Dam Internet connection
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Telus outage caused by attempted copper theft in Fraser Valley, Canada
Knocking out 911 calls
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Sony sets up space optical communications subsidiary
After the company used optical disc technology to connect to the ISS
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South Africa’s IHS acquires 5,701 towers from MTN for $412m
Now controls the majority of South Africa’s tower business
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Brookfield and Alecta acquire 49 percent of Telia's Swedish tower business
After doing the same in Finland and Norway
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Colt Technology Services establishes POPs in four Seoul data centers
Its first presence in South Korea
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China plans Moon satellite system for connectivity and navigation
Similar to NASA's LunaNet and ESA's Project Moonlight
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Russia's MTS postpones tower asset sale amid Ukraine war
23,000 towers left in limbo
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Ukraine: Russia reroutes Internet in occupied Kherson through Rostelecom
Filtering traffic through Runet censorship system
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Huawei furloughs Russian staff, suspends new orders
But it may be a temporary move as it investigates US sanctions
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SpaceX's Starlink experiences "brief but significant" outage
Second major outage this year
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US Treasury exempts Internet communication providers from Russia sanctions
Prioritizes free flow of information following Ukraine invasion
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Level 3 fiber cut in Dallas causes Internet outages in Longview, Kilgore, and Hallsville
Along with issues with Windstream and AT&T connections
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Elon Musk's SpaceX was paid by US to send Starlink terminals to Ukraine
The company did donate some the terminals, but quietly received millions from the US for more deliveries
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Telecom Italia rejects KKR due diligence request, blocking $12bn takeover bid
Other PE funds are circling as bid falls apart
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Ukraine: hackers took Ukrtelecom down by stealing credentials from employee in Russian-occupied zone
But the employee is now safe
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Amazon signs 83 rocket launches for Project Kuiper, in largest commercial launch deal ever
Picks everyone but competitor SpaceX
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Huawei's once-detained CFO Meng Wanzhou to chair company board
For a six month stint
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Russia bans purchase of foreign software for critical infrastructure
Including some telecoms infrastructure
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Ukraine: Ukrtelecom hit by 15 hour outage due to cyberattack
Largest outage in Ukraine since Russia's war began