DT campus network will see drones fly over the Port of Hamburg
The LTE network will allow DT’s partner, HHLA Sky, to control and monitor a fleet of drones operating across the port from a single control centre
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O2 Czech Republic to be delisted by PPF
PPF Group has increased its stake in the operator to over 90% and will now use special powers to purchase the remaining equity and take the company off the public market
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Brexit bites customers as EE brings back European roaming charges
No longer under the mantle of EU law, EE will begin charging customers £2 a day to use their data, texts, and minutes while abroad in Europe
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‘You can’t monopolise creativity’: Collaboration and telco B2B success
In the latest webinar from Total Telecom in partnership with Cloudsense, an expert panel discussed the key growth drivers for the B2B market as well as how strategies need to adapt in this increasingly digital age
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Greece planning €700m ultra-fast broadband boost
On Tuesday, Greece’s Minister of Electronic Governance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, announced a tender process to achieve 750,000 ultra-fast broadband connections
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DT partners with Deutsche Bahn for railway mobile network
The operator said it will aim to cover gaps in mobile coverage across all of Deutsche Bahn’s train routes by 2026
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Huawei loses round two of 5G dispute in Sweden
The Swedish Administrative Court has decided to uphold the ban on Huawei selling 5G equipment in Sweden, rejecting the vendor’s appeals
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Vodafone UK begins commercial standalone 5G pilot
The operator has switched on their standalone (SA) 5G network in London, Manchester, and Cardiff
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Sparkle launches Albania Crossing route
The new route will link Athens to Milan, with a submarine cable linking Bari on the east coast of Italy to Durrës in the west coast of Albania
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Vodafone using 100% renewable energy in Europe
The operator said that its entire European operations, including mobile and fixed networks, data centres, retail sectors, and offices, will be powered by 100% renewable energy from 1 July 2021
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UK telecoms industry digging like never before for connectivity victory
According to a new report from LinesearchbeforeUdig (LSBUD), 2020 saw a 24% increase in the amount of digging work performed by the UK telecoms industry compared to 2019
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London Underground to get mobile network as BAI prepares £1bn mobile boost
BAI has won a contract to build a 4G mobile network for the London Underground train system, pledging £1 billion to improve the capital’s connectivity over the next two decades
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Saudi Telecom stake could be for sale as sovereign fund seeks divestment
According to sources, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has hired financial advisors to explore a partial sale of its stake in Saudi Telecom
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Mauritius hands out 5G licences
The Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) made 100MHz of 5G spectrum available to each of the countries three operators without requiring an auction
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MTN sets aside $1.5bn for Nigerian broadband
The operator plans to significantly increase broadband access for the West African nation over the next three years
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“Too good to go back”: Nokia backs hybrid working in post-Covid shakeup
The Finnish vendor is set to boost flexible working after an employee survey showed that 91% of respondents felt they retained or increased their productivity when working from home
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China spends $6bn on the cloud in Q1 2021
New research from Canalys showed that China spent $2.1 billion more in Q1 2021 than it did in Q1 2020
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Airtel partners Tata Group for Indian-made 5G Open RAN
The new partnership appears to be Bharti Airtel’s counter to Reliance Jio’s homegrown 5G tech
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Axiata and Telenor sign $15bn Malaysian merger
The merger will create by far the largest mobile operator in Malaysia
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China tensions sink another submarine cable
The East Micronesia Cable System, set to improve communications in the island nations of Nauru, Kiribati, and the Federated States of Micronesia, has been stalled due to concerns over Huawei’s involvement
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