Orange Poland backs Blockchain of Things for smart cities
A new partnership between the operator and blockchain tech company SmartKey could see numerous elements of smart city infrastructure controlled by a smartphone
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Costa Rican regulator gives go ahead for Movistar-Cabletica merger
The deal, first announced last summer, is worth around $500 million and has been undergoing regulatory procedures ever since
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Things are looking Upp for UK broadband with new £1bn fibre pledge
Upp, previously FibreMe, has today announced that it will invest £1 billion to deploy gigabit-capable fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) to one million premises in Eastern England by 2025
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Airtel Africa offloads Tanzanian towers for $175m
The move will see around 1,400 towers passed to a new joint venture from SBA Communications Corporation and Paradigm Infrastructure Ltd
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Italian govt approves Vodafone’s use of Huawei 5G RAN kit
According to reports, Vodafone Italy has received conditional permission from Mario Draghi’s government to use Huawei network equipment
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BT’s hollow core fibre optic cables full of promise
The operator is testing the new type of optical fibre cable at its R&D labs, suggesting they could reduce latency by up to 50%
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BT partners with Sisal Group to support National Lottery bid
The operator has struck a deal to supply Italian gaming group Sisal and children’s charity Barnardo’s with communications equipment and expertise as they prepare to bid for the UK’s National Lottery licence
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Vodafone Germany aims to cover 30m people with 5G in 2021
The operator says its 5G network now reaches 25 million people in Germany, already exceeding its 2021 target of 20 million
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Mexico’s largest private tower company could soon be up for grabs
According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, Digital Colony and Macquarie’s Mexico Infrastructure Fund are considering selling Mexico Telecom Partners (MTP) in a move that could raise $1 billion
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Ericsson partners with Leonardo for 5G security solutions
The partners say they will collaborate to develop 5G products for industrial settings, as well as for public safety and critical infrastructure
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Proximus makes breakthrough with 25G PON technology
Working with Nokia, Belgian operator Proximus has activated the world’s first 25G passive optical network (PON) fibre network
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What are operators doing to support their customers during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Keeping the country’s networks up and running is one thing, but what are operators doing to help support their customers during the coronavirus outbreak? Below is a brief list showing all of major announcements from UK operators. Are your emergency measures not on this list? Please get in touch.
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Virgin Media chalks up sustainability milestones
The operator’s 2020 Sustainability Report shows the company has achieved zero waste to landfill operations for the first time and reduced its operational carbon footprint by 46% since 2014
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Ethio Telecom’s TeleBirr snags 1m subscribers in first week
As Ethiopia prepares to welcome its second national operator, Ethio Telecom is enjoying being the only player allowed to launch a mobile money service
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Huawei’s Harmony OS has big shoes to fill
The company has scheduled the operating platform’s launch event for June 2nd , just weeks after Andoroid’s latest update cut off Huawei’s handsets from the world’s most popular operating system
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Standalone 5G is coming to Singapore
Announcements from Singtel and StarHub today suggest it will not be long before commercial customers can access their standalone 5G networks
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EU plans satellite constellation but Eutelsat’s role is in question
The European Union (EU) says that Eutelsat’s recent acquisition of a minority stake in UK-based OneWeb could result in a conflict of interest, since the satellite specialist is also involved with the EU’s own low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation project
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Smarphones to receive Eco Rating label from major European operators
Mobile devices will be scored across five categories related to sustainability, combined to give an overall score out of 100
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Ericsson fears China losses as a result of Sweden–Huawei row
Sweden’s ban on operators using Huawei 5G equipment could have major consequences for Swedish businesses in China
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Liberty Global launching data centre JV to monetise assets
The company said it was looking to monetise its real estate assets as demand for data centres at the edge of the network rises due to 5G
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