CityFibre secure almost £5bn in debt financing
The funds will help the full fibre operator to reach its goal of delivering fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) to 8 million UK premises by 2025
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Allianz and CDPQ inch closer to stake in Telefonica’s rural fibre network
Sources suggest that Telefonica has shortlisted the duo for the upcoming auction for a stake of around 45% of its rural network unit
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Court orders IBM to pay $1.6bn to BMC Software over AT&T account
US District Judge Gray Miller said that IBM’s conduct “smacked of intentional wrongdoing”
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Take a byte: VMO2 and Greggs offer families free mobile data
The new partnership aims to help more than a quarter of a million people get connected by the end of 2023
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SKT consortium bids to become South Korea’s first flying car operator
The telco has submitted their business proposal to join the South Korean government’s K-UAM Grand Challenge programme, but will face still competition from the likes of Hyundai and Kakao Group
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BT and Ericsson target UK industry with private 5G partnership
The multi-million-pound agreement will see BT bring private 5G networks to organisations in sectors including manufacturing, defence, education, retail, healthcare, transport and logistics
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UK ISPs form Rebel Alliance to combat cost-of-living crisis
A quintet of ISPs have joined forces to promote better services levels and more affordable broadband packages for customers
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Brookfield and Cellnex eyeing Deutsche Telekom’s towers
Sources suggest that a joint bid by the two companies could be in the works, finally giving Cellnex access to the German market
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BT partners with MTN for business service offerings
The partnership will see BT’s security and communication services available to MTN’s business customers across Africa
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DTAC and True absence leaves merger detractors unchallenged at regulatory meeting
The two operators missed a meeting with the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Board (NBTC) discussing their proposed merger, which would leave the Thai mobile market a duopoly
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Peru pulls plug on tender to run the country’s national fibre backbone
National telecommunications regulator Pronatel has announced that the final three bidders had failed to comply with conditions of the tender process
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Patrick Drahi’s stake in BT scrutinised over national security
The French–Israeli billionaire’s 18% stake in the UK’s largest operator is set to be examined by the UK government at the behest of business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng
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Lithuania begins long-awaited 5G spectrum auction
The Lithuanian Communications Regulatory Authority (RRT) will make spectrum in the 700MHz band available to the operators
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Amdocs buys Mycom OSI in $188m deal
The company says the acquisition will expand its network portfolio to include software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based cloud and service assurance solutions for customers
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Malaysian telcos continue to clash with govt over 5G
The government has rejected a proposal from the country’s four largest operators that would see the mobile players take a majority stake in the national 5G wholesale vehicle Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB)
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Russia’s MTS starts discounting smartphones as sanctions sting
With soaring inflation and an exodus of US smartphone suppliers, Russia’s largest operator has turned to selling used and discounted devices
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Open RAN players selected for NTIA’s 5G Challenge
Vendors including Mavenir, Fujitsu, and Rakuten have been selected to compete for a share of the $3 million prize pool
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Canada follows Five Eyes allies with Huawei ban
Huawei and fellow Chinese communications equipment vendor ZTE will not be allowed to supply equipment for Canada’s 5G networks
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Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson combine wind and solar for 5G site
The duo has successfully modified a live 5G mobile site, integrating both solar and wind energy generation equipment, as well as the software to optimise supply and demand
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True Corporation’s Head of 5G Working Group, Piroon Paireepairit, explains the company’s 5G priorities for delivering improved 5G services
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