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Cellnex drops bid for Deutsche Telekom towers
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Orange and MásMóvil nearing €6.5bn funding for merger
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French MVNO left crippled by ransomware attack
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UK govt to delve deeper into Drahi’s BT stake increase
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India cracking down on Chinese smartphone makers with Vivo raids
The Indian government has seized roughly $60 million across 199 of Vivo’s bank accounts, following in the footsteps of similar investigations against Xiaomi earlier this year
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Rogers–Shaw merger hits antitrust impasse
The $15 billion merger is stuck in a regulatory quagmire, with a mediation session with the Commissioner of Competition making little progress towards a resolution
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The government says that the increase in tariff prices will be integral for ensuring the telecoms sector’s survival
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The South Korean mobile operator said it would co-develop new technologies alongside the Finnish equipment vendor, focussing on the next generation of wireless technologies
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OneWeb to battle Starlink for LEO satellite dominance in Brazil
The UK-based low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator has been granted a 15-year licence to provide connectivity services throughout Brazil
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Russian operators unite for 5G research JV
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Phoenix Tower International buys WOM’s towers
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cleared SpaceX’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Starlink, to provide internet services to moving terminals
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The Italian operator is going through a major reshuffle that will also include thousands job cuts to their domestic workforce
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KDDI network outage hits almost 40m people
Japan’s second-largest mobile operator had disruptions to both voice calls and data communications over much of the weekend
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The operator said it would seek support from small businesses that own generators, using their power to help keep the company’s network operational
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