Harry Baldock, Author at Total Telecom

Why a circular mobile economy is the new lease of life for five billion neglected devices

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 6, 2023 | Diversity & Inclusion, People, Products & Services, Governance, SOCIETY, Culture, Sustainability, Europe, News, Viewpoint

Viewpoint Article By Steven Moore, Head of Climate Action at the GSMA At the time of writing,...

Cellnex snaps up Iliad’s stake in OnTower Poland

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 6, 2023 | Investment, 5G, M&A, INFRASTRUCTURE, Towers, Digital Divide, Wholesale, Europe, News

News The €518 million deal will see Cellnex take full control of the towerco, which has over...

Ericsson to consolidate Estonian operations with new €155m tech hub

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 5, 2023 | Investment, 5G, Industry 4.0, People, AI, Products & Services, COMPANY NEWS, Governance, Smart Places, Networks, Culture, Europe, News

News The new facility will house test labs, warehouses, production lines, and offices, providing...

GoFibre kicks off fibre build in rural Northumberland

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 5, 2023 | Investment, TECHNOLOGY, Public Sector, FTTX, Digital Divide, People, Networks, Europe, News

News The altnet aims to expand its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) network to over 3,750...

Jio targets customers languishing on 2G with launch of budget 4G phone

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 4, 2023 | Investment, Diversity & Inclusion, People, Digital Divide, Products & Services, SOCIETY, Customer, Culture, Asia-Pacific, News

News The company will target the roughly 20% of Indian mobile subscribers still using 2G feature...

CityFibre wins trio of Project Gigabit contracts worth £318m

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 4, 2023 | Investment, FTTX, Public Sector, INFRASTRUCTURE, Products & Services, Customer, Networks, Wholesale, Europe, News

News The UK’s largest altnet has secured £318 million in government to rollout...

Construction begins on Medusa submarine cable system

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 3, 2023 | Subsea, Investment, INFRASTRUCTURE, FTTX, People, Digital Divide, Governance, Europe, Security, Press Release, News

Press Release Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), Elettra Tlc, Medusa and Orange are pleased to...

Telstra partners Starlink to serve remote customers in Australia

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 3, 2023 | Investment, 5G, INFRASTRUCTURE, Satellite, Digital Divide, Products & Services, Customer, Smart Places, Asia-Pacific, News

News The deal will see the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation provide fixed broadband...

Telenor signs new renewable energy deal with Statkraft

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jul 3, 2023 | Investment, SOCIETY, Sustainability, Europe, News

News The deal will see Telenor’s Finnish subsidiary DNA supplied with 85 GWh/year of renewable...

SKT invests $100m in flying taxi company Joby Aviation

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jun 29, 2023 | Industry 4.0, Investment, 5G, Digital Divide, Towers, COMPANY NEWS, People, AI, Smart Places, Governance, Networks, Asia-Pacific, News

News The South Korean operator is deepening its existing partnership with the air mobility...

Conquering Yorkshire – altnet lays out plans for success

Posted by Harry Baldock | Jun 27, 2023 | FTTX, Digital Divide, Networks, Europe, Press Release, News

Leading rural full-fibre broadband provider Gigaclear’s network now extends to 24 counties after announcing that work was starting to connect 16,000 homes in rural Yorkshire. The move north follows the recent announcement that it had secured up to £420m equity investment from Equitix to support its long-term plan to provide service to more than one million premises by 2027.