The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has sent a letter to Congressional leaders confirming that the Affordable Connectivity Programme (ACP) will run out of funding in April without congressional intervention.
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According to a report from Reuters, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is in late-stage discussions to purchase Juniper Networks in a deal that could be worth $13 billion. According to the report, the deal could be finalised as early as this week.
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BT has announced today that it has begun a pilot project to repurpose the old street cabinets, traditionally used for broadband and phone cabling, into electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.
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Canadian firm Brookfield Asset Management has announced today that it will buy American Tower Corporation (ATC)’s Indian operations for $2.5 billion, a move which will make it India’s largest telecom tower operator.
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HCS, an Irish IT, cybersecurity, and digital transformation services company has announced that it will invest €1.1 million to launch its new telecoms arm, HCS Telecom. The new business unit will help businesses move from legacy phone systems to cloud-based communications.
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a consultation into the possibility of a free Wi-Fi network across London. The consultation is currently being carried out by telecoms and digital infrastructure specialists such as the Wireless Broadband Alliance, London borough authorities, and other international cities that have already completed similar projects.
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This week, Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched its latest set of Starlink satellites, some of which have have direct-to-mobile capabilities into orbit. The Starlink low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites were launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which carried them into orbit on Tuesday evening from California.
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Billionaire Xavier Niel, who owns French telco Iliad, has expressed an interested in purchasing Altice Portugal, according to a report from Bloomberg . Altice Portugal, which is part of Altice Group and serves customers using the brand name Meo, is owned by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, who indicated his intention to sell the unit in summer last year.
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A report from the Telegraph suggests that UK hospitals and banks are more likely to be exposed to cyber-attacks because of “lazy” broadband engineers failing to complete paperwork. According to the article, the engineers are failing to disclose “when and where they are working on BT’s network”, leaving BT’s client companies unable to see who is accessing their critical network infrastructure.
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Nokia has announced that it is set to miss its financial year targets for 2023 after a weak last quarter and numerous licensing renewal agreements were not closed by the end of the year.
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BT have missed their end-of-year deadline to remove and replace Huawei equipment from their network core. According to a Telegraph report, BT has confirmed that it has failed to complete the kit removal in time for the deadline of 31 December 2023.
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Insight The Mobile Network Test is the annual testing of networks held by German magazine Connect...
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News The UK incumbent BT is rushing to remove Huawei equipment by the end of the year to avoid...
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News A group of 16 House Republicans have signed a letter demanding answers following the...
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Press Release First phase of an investment project in a new backbone to strengthen Italy’s...
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Insight Written by Paul McHugh, Area Director UK at Cradlepoint For those who’ve been around...
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UK altnets Freedom Fibre and VX Fibre, which is backed by infrastructure manager InfraBridge have signed an agreement this week to merge their businesses. The newly combined group will operate as name Freedom Fibre under their CEO Neil McArthur and his management team, and will have a network of 285,000 premises.
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It hardly needs to be said that AI has become the dominant force in technology this year, seizing the attention and investment of businesses, individuals, and government entities alike. For telecoms, like many other industries, that is unlikely to change going into next year.
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The Spanish government is set to acquire a 10% stake in Telefónica through the state holding company Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEP)I, following Saudi Arabia based STC group’s acquisition of a large stake earlier this year.
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The four stations, Bond Street, Tottenham Court Road, Farringdon and Liverpool Street have all now been equipped with high speed mobile coverage from the ticket halls to the platforms.
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