DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Telecoms & 5G
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Vodafone raises cost savings target for UK unit to £1bn
The previous figure was £700 million
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Starlink expands its ground stations in Spain to seven
The company has put three new ground stations into service
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SpaceX to acquire Grain's 800MHz spectrum assets to further advance carrier ambitions
As the company continues to push to challenge US telcos
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Verizon exec overhaul claims chief network officer Adam Koeppe
Koeppe in a LinkedIn post explained that 'it’s time to move on to the next chapter'
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Nokia to cut more than 250 jobs in Finland - report
The cuts are part of the company's cost-cutting plans put forward in 2023
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India dismisses Elon Musk claims over satellite approval process in country
It comes after Musk had earlier said Starlink had been "blocked by certain oligarchs" in the market
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FCC approves SpaceX's request to launch 15,000 D2D satellites
As the space giant looks to take the cellular fight to 'Big 3' US carriers
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Ghana awards 5G licenses to Telecel, MTN after slow rollout woes
Telecel plans to launch 5G in December
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Openreach taps Ciena for 1.6Tbps WaveLogic 6 technology
Optical upgrades will support Openreach's wholesale offering
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Telstra expands Aura Network with launch of Perth-Sydney route
As Telstra continues to build out its planned 14,000km fiber network
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AT&T to combine Forged Fiber 37, Gigapower into one JV
Carrier continues towards its 60 million buildout target
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Virgin Media O2 slams BT's planned acquisition of TalkTalk, amid CMA's probe into Nexfibre-Netomnia takeover
The telco says the BT deal "has all the characteristics of a stitch-up masked as a rescue deal in the public interest"
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Telus, AST SpaceMobile carry out D2D test in Canada
The duo completed their first satellite-to-smartphone integration test on Telus' network
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Virgin Media O2 launches 5G Standalone service in Bristol, UK
As carrier further expands 5G+ footprint
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Lumos snaps up Allo Fiber's Joplin, Missouri, fiber network
The acquisition will bolster T-Mobile's fiber footprint as part of its JV
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Malaysia's DNB secures $1.27bn in funding for next phase of 5G rollout
Comes shortly after the DNB activated more spectrum to expand 5G footprint
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Investment firm Forum Markets partners with Edge Node for US compute roll-out
JV taking on data center capacity in Dallas and North Carolina, deploying capacity at Texas cell tower
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Ericsson Italy in redundancy volte face as its halts Genoa downsizing
U-turn comes after intervention from Giorgia Meloni herself
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HPE to be connectivity provider role at next year's Ryder Cup in Ireland
Will deploy Self-Driving Network to provide an up to par experience
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BT to scoop up TalkTalk as part of rescue deal
Struggling network has been seeking a buyer for a while
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Qualcomm and Huawei sign multi-year patent license agreement spanning 5G, compute, AI, and networking technologies
Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed
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Rightfiber finalizes acquisition of Fastwyre's Nebraska business
Firm was only formed last month
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AT&T, T-Mobile US, Verizon-led satellite JV is official, gains temporary leader
The chess game continues
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ESA picks neXat, Telesat, & Colt for $1.68m Cableshield to backup subsea cable infrastructure
ESA to finance emergency data rerouting system via satellite in the event of subsea cable failure
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Medusa subsea cable system expands to Jordan, partners with NaiTel
System to connect to Coral Bridge cable
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Amazon secures Uzbekistan’s Uztelecom as partner for Amazon Leo satellite service
Uztelecom to resell Amazon Leo services, use satellite company to connect remote regions
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Australian telcos activate temporary disaster roaming agreement
The service went live today and will enable customers to switch to alternative carrier during severe weather events
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Russian drones enter into Moldovan airspace, collides with comms tower
After the collision the drone exploded