Starlink starts LatAm rollout in Chile
Chile’s regulator, the Subsecretaria de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel), says the first deployments of the satellite broadband service will be available to schools in Caleta Sierra and Sotomo
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Author: Harry Baldock
DoD scraps $10bn JEDI cloud project with Microsoft
The Department of Defense (DoD) said that the existing Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud project no longer meets its requirements and that it will be replaced with a new contract
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Deutsche Telekom begins $5bn sale of T-Mobile Netherlands
After mulling over its options at the start of the year, Deutsche Telekom is now seeking to offload the Dutch unit quickly to help fund its German fibre rollout
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Telenor could quit Myanmar entirely
After writing off the value of its Myanmar unit earlier this year, the local situation has not improved, leaving Telenor considering withdrawing
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LG U+: A case study of 5G leadership
From exceptionally high speeds and widespread coverage to the impact of new 5G services on the company revenue, let’s take a closer look at LG U+, a telco capitalising on the 5G
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Malaysia’s picks Ericsson for national 5G network
The government has awarded the Swedish vendor a $2.6 billion contract to supply and deploy the newly formed Digital Nasional with 5G equipment
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AT&T hands 5G core to Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is acquiring AT&T’s Network Cloud business as part of a new deal that will see Azure handle all of AT&T’s 5G traffic
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More delays for Brazilian 5G as spectrum auction set for August
Just last month, Brazil’s communications minister Fabio Faria said the much-delayed auction would take place in July, but this now appears to have been optimistic
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OneWeb begins commercial service as Airtel invests additional $500m
The additional funds will ensure that OneWeb can fully launch their planned low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation
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5G at the heart of an augmented world
At Huawei’s latest Better World Summit, speakers discussed the ways in which 5G is unlocking augmented reality (AR) for both enterprises and consumers
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Nordic banks unite to merge mobile payment platforms
Danske Bank’s MobilePay service, Finnish OP Financial Group’s Pivo system and the Vipps payment service provided by a consortium of Norwegian banks are merging into a single entity to take on global competition
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ACE submarine cable brings connectivity to West Coast of Africa
The cable, which spans around 17,000km, will connect to 16 countries before backhauling via MTN South Africa
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Huawei’s African influence grows with African Telecommunications Union MoU
The Chinese vendor has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Telecommunications Union (AFU), focussed on digital transformation and training across the continent
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Telstra sells 49% of tower co for AU$2.8bn
A consortium including the Future Fund, Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, and Sunsuper, will become a strategic partner in Telstra InfraCo Towers after acquiring a 49% stake
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Orange and Nokia show off network slicing at French factory
The partners claim the 4G/5G private network capable of network slicing, deployed at Schneider Electric’s plant in France, is an industry first
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Rural Scotland to see largest benefits from Shared Rural Network
New figures published today show that geographic 4G coverage from at least one operator will reach 95% of the UK by the end of the Shared Rural Network (SRN) programme
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Non-telcos to gain 5G spectrum in South Korea
The government is making more frequencies available and will allow enterprise players to apply for spectrum for the first time
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Liberty Global to ditch Virgin Media Ireland following O2 merger
Virgin Media Ireland has been put up for sale and is expected to raise around €1.5 billion
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TIM building Italian 5G cloud network
The operator said that solution will allow for faster deployment of 5G digital applications by making use of automation and edge computing
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BT backs OneWeb for rural broadband
The partnership will see satellite broadband used to connect some of the hardest-to-reach locations in the UK, going beyond the limitations of terrestrial connectivity
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