Liberty Global acquiring Sunrise for $7.4bn
In a major reversal, rather than selling Sunrise its Swiss cable unit UPC, Liberty Global has now moved to buy the operator itself
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India lights subsea cable linking mainland to remote Andaman & Nicobar Islands
The cable will provide the islands with vastly improved connectivity, hoping to bolster trade, tourism, and education
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Better late than never: German operators clearing interim 4G coverage targets, avoiding fines
All three of Germany’s mobile operators failed to hit initial 2020 deadlines for 4G coverage, as stipulated by the spectrum 2015 spectrum auction
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New Czech spectrum auction leaves space for new players
The new spectrum auction will reserve 2×10 MHz in the 700 MHz band for new applications to enter the market
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Not quite so liberal: Ethiopia suspends foreign infrastructure companies from entering market
Ethio Telecom hopes to make a lot of money from renting its existing infrastructure to the incoming operators, hence strongly opposing additional infrastructure entrants
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UK govt celebrates half-a-million gigabit broadband milestone
Almost half a million premises have been connected to gigabit-capable broadband since summer 2018
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Indian operators to get go-ahead for 5G trials, but not with Chinese vendors
Latest government sanctions should see the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) unable to approve plans for 5G trials with Chinese vendors
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Qualcomm seeks licence to sell 5G chips to Huawei
The US government’s export ban could cut both ways, with the Chinese vendor being forced to spend billions on an alternative supply chain – and Qualcomm does not want to miss out
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Cloud gaming coming to South Korea via SK Telecom and Microsoft
This September will see the pair launch the Xbox cloud gaming streaming service in South Korea, utilising the operator’s 5G network
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BT’s forced redundancies an “attack on key workers”, says union
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is threatening to strike on a massive scale if negotiations are not forthcoming
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MTN to withdraw from Middle East, will focus on Africa
The South African time in the region has been mired in controversy and has now proved more trouble than its worth
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Trump Executive Order set to ban TikTok
The newly signed order gives TikTok owner ByteDance 45 days to sell up to a US firm or face an outright ban
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5G: Unlocking new verticals for economic recovery
Harnessing the enormous potential of 5G could be a saving grace for national economies around the world, but government policy must be careful not to stifle growth
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Telkom Kenya and Airtel merger collapses
Telkom Kenya has called off move, instead opting for “alternative strategic options” to deliver growth
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Vodafone’s 4G OpenRAN goes live in the UK
The latest step in Vodafone’s Open RAN experiments see the technology switched-on commercially for the first time
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Trump’s Clean Network seeks to create a “clean fortress” around citizens’ data
The latest move by US government attempts to cut Chinese companies out of the US networks
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New collaboration between Intel and VMware a ‘milestone’ for Open RAN
The two companies have announced they are joining forces to create an integrated software platform for virtualised RAN for both LTE and 5G networks
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Vodafone to build 5G private network for UK gas plant
The operator said the 5G network will allow for the digitalisation of much of the plant’s maintenance and operations
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AWS partners Airtel to retain dominance in India’s cloud market
The new pairing will take on the partnership of Reliance Jio’s Infocomm and Microsoft, who joined forces last year to deliver cloud services
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Fastweb and Linkem back 5G FWA to bridge digital divide
The companies have extended their partnership to deploy the technology, now targeting four million additional homes in digital divide areas
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