Arianespace launches pair of telecoms satellites
The Ariane 5 rocket carried both the Star One D2 satellite, to be operated by Brazil’s Embratel, and the Eutelsat’s Quantum satellite
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Monetising IoT roaming: The time for BCE adoption is now
We spoke to Syniverse’s Senior Director Product Management, Douwe van der Heij, about the growth of the IoT ecosystem and why the effective monetisation of roaming will be crucial for telcos
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Canadian 5G auction raises $7.2bn
The 3.5 GHz spectrum auction was dominated by Canada’s three largest operators, who accounted for 80% of the spend
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Cancom sells UK&I unit to Telefonica Tech in €400m deal
The deal will see Telefonica acquire 100% of Cancom UK and Ireland’s share capital, as well as its roughly 600 employees
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France’s Iliad could be delisted following billionaire buyout
The telecoms and media group’s controlling stakeholder, billionaire Xavier Niel, is making a full takeover offer for the company
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Inmarsat joins LEO space race with Orchestra satellite network
The UK-based satellite operator will combine geosynchronous (GEO) satellites with new low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites and terrestrial 5G, forming an integrated, high-performance solution
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VMO2 planning major fibre upgrade by 2028
The operator has announced it will upgrade its entire network to full fibre by 2028
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5G’s ‘Golden Band’: Exploring the use of 700 MHz spectrum
We spoke to research director at Strategy Analytics, Guang Yang, about the unique characteristics of 700 MHz spectrum and what they could mean for 5G deployments worldwide
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Singapore’s M1 launches standalone 5G commercially
The operator launched the standalone (SA) 5G network in what it dubbed ‘an exclusive market trial’
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Telstra makes pair of data centres carrier-neutral
The Australian operator says it is converting two of its existing data centres in Sydney and Melbourne
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5G private networks worth £6.3bn to UK manufacturing by 2030
The research from Vodafone suggests that the efficiencies and productivity gained from the deployment of private 5G networks could transform the UK’s manufacturing industry over the next decade
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PCCW offloads data centre business for $750 million
The Hong Kong-based operator said it was looking to leverage its assets as the demand for cloud computing booms
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Lumen sells LatAm network to Stonepeak for $2.7bn
The move comes as Lumen begins to strip its non-core assets in favour of paying down debt and preparing for expansion in more lucrative markets
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Transpacific Hawaiki cable sold to BW Group
The cable, which cost around $350 million to build, was purchased by the Singapore infrastructure giant for an undisclosed sum
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Irresponsible? Telenor’s withdrawal from Myanmar draws complaints to OECD
Myanmar-based rights groups argue that Telenor Myanmar’s sale to M1 Group could lead to the deterioration of human rights
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Three calls for wider 5G FWA deployment in rural UK
The operators latest research, in partnership with CCS Insight, suggests that Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) could deliver connectivity to rural areas for half the cost of fibre
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AT&T sign deal to build the first US 5G smart city ‘at scale’
The operator’s partnership with JBG Smith will make use of both sub-6 GHz and mmWave 5G, with infrastructure deployment starting in 2020
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Chinese ownership of Newport chip fab dubbed “first order strategic issue”
Ciaran Martin, the former chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), said the purchase of the Welsh chip manufacturer by China’s Nexperia presented a larger security risk to the UK than Huawei
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Smart home devices flourishing with Plume now managing >1bn devices
The smart services specialist Plume has announced that over a billion unique client devices are now managed by their cloud controllers around the world
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Altnets unite in Brazil to take on major operators
Eight regional ISPs in the Brazil’s northeastern states have merged to form a single operator, set to take on the dominance of Brisanet, Claro, Oi, and Vivo
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