Deutsche Telekom mulls sale of IT unit T-Systems
According to anonymous sources, the company intends to begin discussions with interested parties in February 2022, with a deal expected by the end of the year
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New report seeks to drive Europe towards Open RAN
The report from Analysys Mason, on behalf of five major European telcos, urgers EU policy makers to adopt additional measures to foster the burgeoning technology
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Latest US 5G auction raises $22bn
The auction, which saw spectrum in the 3.45-3.55 GHz spectrum band up for grabs, comfortably exceeded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s reserve price of $14.77 billion
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OneWeb’s space race: From bankrupt to billions
The latest figures revealed that OneWeb paid $49.3 million in fees to bankers, lawyers, and advisors in order to dig itself out of bankruptcy
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Natale out, Staffieri in: Rogers boardroom infighting continues
Tony Staffieri will take over the position of CEO from Joe Natale on a temporary basis, with the board now beginning its search for a permanent appointee
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Investing in Italian telecoms: Infrastructure over operators
Panellists at this year’s Connected Italy event explored the Italian telecoms investment landscape and how to overcome a decade of discontent
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Airbus’s solar-powered Zephyr UAV set to deliver broadband to remote regions
The project, in partnership with NTT Docomo, could ultimately see the glider fly continuously for months at a time, delivering much needed broadband to underserved areas
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American Tower buys CoreSite for $10.1bn to prepare for edge computing boom
The deal will see the infrastructure specialist add 25 data centres, 21 cloud on-ramps and 32,000-plus interconnections to its portfolio
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Telstra to begin its push into energy resale next year
The operator said it would begin selling energy to its employees on a trial basis, before rolling out the service to the wider public next year
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VMO2 expands ‘food bank for data’ to tackle digital poverty
With Christmas just around the corner, the digital divide is sure to be felt more than ever in underprivileged households
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Telenor looks to Google Cloud for digital transformation
A new deal between the two companies will see the Norwegian operator lean on the public cloud company to help them “go beyond connectivity”
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Sources suggest Drahi wants a bigger slice of BT
According to sources, the billionaire wants to increase his stake in the UK incumbent from the 12.06% stake he revealed in June
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BT introduces ‘epidemiological AI’ Inflame to combat cyber attacks
Trained using data of how viruses spread in human populations, BT says its cybersecurity protype Inflame will shed new light on how to defend against cyber attacks
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Millicom takes full control of Guatemalan JV in $2.2bn buyout
With the purchase of this 45% stake, Millicom International will now take full control of Tigo Guatemala
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Telefonica cost cutting continues with 4,000 voluntary redundancies
The Spanish operator says that it will cut between 2,000 and 4,000 jobs through voluntary redundancy in the first half of 2022
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Vodafone becomes UK’s largest full fibre ISP with nationwide CityFibre deal
Coupled with the operator’s agreement with Openreach, this deal will allow Vodafone to offer its high-speed broadband product to eight million UK homes in 2022
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Orange talks European tech sovereignty at Open RAN lab launch
Orange CTIO Michael Trabbia said the technology would help create a “strong vendor ecosystem” in Europe, helping to overcome the continent’s technical reliance on the US and China
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TalkTalk’s latest fibre package includes Netflix at no extra cost
The move makes TalkTalk the UK’s first major ISP to offer a bundled streaming service without having to pay more
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Is a partial sale of Noovle the answer to TIM’s financial woes?
In a recent analyst call, TIM Group CEO, Luigi Gubitosi, said that a minority stake in the company’s computing unit Noovle could be up for grabs in 2022
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BT looks to civil engineering robotics to speed up fibre rollout
The UK operator has announced the opening of a robotics research facility at the BT Labs in Suffolk, creating a test bed for telecoms and civil engineering robotics projects
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