Verizon completes public cloud triple with Google Cloud deal
The companies said the deal will allow Verizon to offer services including autonomous robots, intelligent logistics, and automation
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Orange installs private 4G/5G network at Polish Nokia factory
The move will see Nokia’s facility in Bydgoszcz, Poland, including a factory and three R&D centres, benefit from Industry 4.0 innovations and edge computing applications
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OTE ups FTTP target to 3m by 2027
The Greek operator said it will invest over €3 billion to further rollout fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network over the next five years
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Inmarsat tests LEO satellite to fine tune its ORCHESTRA network
The activation of the company’s first low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite marks the first step towards their vision of a holistic single network, combining terrestrial connectivity and different types of satellites
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1,300 illegal telecoms towers discovered in Abuja, Nigeria
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage said it had discovered over a thousand towers that had been erected in Abuja without permission from local authorities
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Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners acquire Dense Air to rethink 5G
The company says it wants to develop a “borderless classroom” using a 5G small cell network, allowing students to connect to 5G whether they are in school or at home
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Deutsche Telekom targets 2 million new FTTH connections in 2022
The operator has expanded its fibre-to-the-home network (FTTH) by 1.2 million homes in 2021, with plans to further increase its pace to 2 million a year in 2022
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EE scaling up 4G upgrades for Shared Rural Network
The operator says it will upgrade over 2,000 mobile sites to 4G by June 2024 to help improve rural coverage
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Asia Communication Award Winners 2021
With more competition than ever before, it is our great pleasure to reveal the winners of this year’s Asia Communication Awards (ACAs)
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BT prepares for battle as Altice increases stake
Billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice UK has announced today that it will increase its stake in BT from 12.1% to 18%, renewing takeover fears
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Deutsche Glasfaser secures €5.75 billion in new financing
The funds are being supplied by a consortium of banks and insurance funds, with the deal reportedly the largest fibre financing in Germany to date
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Ofcom’s new spectrum licence fees draw the ire of MNOs
The UK’s mobile operators suggest that the regulator has “significantly overestimated the UK value of the 2100MHz paired spectrum”
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Russia’s MTS buys computer vision specialist VisionLabs
The purchase will reinforce the company’s AI product portfolio in the promising computer vision space
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1&1 grabs German 5G deal with Vantage Towers
Germany’s burgeoning fourth mobile network operator will gain access to up to 3,800 of Vantage’s mobile sites by 2025
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DCMS wants Open RAN future as it plans 2G/3G sunset
In a joint statement with UK mobile operators, the government said it was now targeting 35% of the nation’s mobile traffic to be carried by Open RAN architecture by 2030
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GTD welcomes Chilean Prat cable system
An inauguration ceremony, held at the cable’s northernmost landing station at Arica, the Chilean government hailed the cable as the next step in Chile’s digital transformation
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Equinix starts African expansion with MainOne purchase
The deal, worth around $320 million, will see Equinix acquire a wealth of African connectivity infrastructure, including a trio of data centres and the eponymous MainOne submarine cable
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Mission complete for VMO2 as it finishes national network upgrade
The company has now upgraded all of its 15.5 million covered premises to the more advanced DOCSIS 3.1 technology
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Samsung reshuffle sees consumer and mobile units merge
The business will now be subdivided into the Device Solutions unit, handling semiconductors, and the SET Division, which includes mobile, TV, and consumer electronics
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Vodafone–Orange: A merger that never was
Sources suggest that the two operator giants were in discussions the conduct a merger, but French opposition ultimately saw the negotiations cut short
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