Ireland’s Siro targets FTTH expansion with new €620m investment
The funding will allow Siro to almost double the size of their network, aiming to pass around 320,000 additional premises with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH)
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Author: Harry Baldock
Hispasat partners Eutelsat for Iberian broadband
The Spanish satellite operator has become the latest in a long line of telecoms operators to begin taking advantage of Eutelsat’s Konnect satellite, which was launched at the start of 2020
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The journey from traditional telco to digital service provider
We spoke to Alex Fuller, CTO of CloudSense, about the ways in which the B2B telco market is changing and how operators can adapt to meet the increasingly digital expectations of their customers
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A partnership power balance: Vodafone talks ecosystem dynamics at TTC
Mutually beneficial and balanced partnerships will be the key to going beyond connectivity, according to Vodafone Group CTO Johan Wibergh at this year’s Total Telecom Congress event
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T-Mobile delays 3G sunset for three months
The operator is postponing the shut down of its CDMA services until March 2022, taking further potshots at Dish in the process
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Being the agent of change for cloud native network architecture
We were delighted to speak to Inbar Lasser-Raab, CMO at DriveNets about the future of cloud native network architecture and why operators need to make the transition sooner rather than later
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Telstra agrees $1.6bn purchase of Digicel Pacific to curb Chinese influence
The Australian government will front $1.33 billion of the total cost of the purchase, hoping to limit China’s influence over the region
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Belgium crawls towards 5G auction in 2022
After finally receiving sign off from the government, the long-awaited 5G spectrum auction is now expected to take place in Q2 2022
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TIM adds to its Open RAN coverage with Saluzzo deployment
The operator has been steadily expanding its Open RAN rollout over the course of this year, now claiming to have one of the widest coverage areas in Europe for the emerging technology
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Myanmar’s military wants “to have discussions physically” with Telenor execs
The junta said that this was a “request” for the Telenor management team not to leave the country
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Vodafone bets big on digital services with software engineer recruitment drive
The operator said it will seek to add around 7,000 additional software engineers to its technical workforce by 2025
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SBB’s plea to join Serbian mobile market falls on deaf ears
Serbia Broadband (SBB) says the government is blocking it from becoming the nation’s fourth mobile player, despite Serbian consumers paying up to 5.5-times more for mobile services than those in neighbouring countries
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Arm to set up 5G lab with focus on Open RAN
The chipmaker says the Arm 5G Solutions Lab will focus on innovation in network infrastructure, particularly demonstrating the combination of their hardware and software
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Airtel launches video streaming platform ‘Airtel IQ Video’
The company says the platform will help businesses to create their own video streaming products with minimal investment in infrastructure and technology
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PEACE comes to Marseille
Orange has announced that the PEACE (Pakistan and East Africa Connecting Europe) cable system has landed in Marseille in the south of France, a major milestone ahead of the cable’s commercial launch in 2022
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Ericsson’s Chinese woes laid bare in latest results
The Swedish vendor reported a 74% year-on-year drop in sales in China for Q3, sliding from a 63% drop in Q2
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Vodafone introduces recycled Eco-SIMs
The decision will reduce the amount of fresh plastic created by around 320 tonnes each year
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Telefonica finally offloads El Salvador unit
The unit will be sold to General International Telecom for $144 million, after a previous deal with America Movil collapsed last year
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Virgin Media O2’s first converged offering ‘Volt’ hits the market
After concluding their merger at the start of June, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) have finally announced their first raft of converged service offerings
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Rakuten Mobile grabs stake in JTOWER as losses increase
Japan’s newest mobile operator said that the new deal will serve to lower the cost of deploying its 4G and 5G networks
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