FCC chair voted in for another five years
Ajit Pai to serve a second term at the U.S. telecommunications regulator
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BT wins Sky Ireland broadband deal
TV provider to roll out fibre-based broadband services in Ireland, including rural areas
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Ofcom chief bemoans December 5G court date
Sharon White hits out at EE and 3UK over challenges to spectrum auction caps
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Regulatory red tape derails RCom/Aircel merger
Telcos call off tie-up due to ‘inordinate delays’ in approvals process; RCom outlines further plans for debt reduction
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Vodafone, NOS to share FTTH rollout, mobile towers in Portugal
Portuguese telcos announce infrastructure-sharing deal, with commercial offers to start from early 2018
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Making friends and selling minutes, but does wholesale really still exist?
Carriers insist personal relationships are still critically important in an increasingly technology-centric world, in which the lines between wholesale and retail are blurring
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MTS suspends Turkmenistan operations
Russian operator says Turkmentelekom cut its access to international and long-distance services; is working with regulators to extend its licences
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Anatel may cancel Oi licences, but postpones discussion
Regulator removes Oi issue from meeting agenda after telco pushes back its own creditor meeting to vote on reorganisation plan
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TIM names new CEO, announces Canal+ JV, updates governance
Italian operator confirms Amos Genish as its new chief executive, clarifies executive chairman Arnaud de Puyfontaine’s responsibilities, and hands control of TI Sparkle to deputy chair Giuseppe Recchi
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Egypt gets 4G services
Orange, Vodafone, Telecom Egypt launch 4G mobile offerings; Etisalat still in testing phase
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GSMA unable to push IPX market forward
Industry body is helping to resolve problems associated with IPX, but cannot drive demand
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Algar Telecom mulls IPO
Brazilian fixed, mobile and TV operator has hired financial institutions to advise it on a possible listing
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TIM to name Vivendi man as new CEO
Amos Genish will be named as Italian incumbent’s chief executive at Thursday board meeting, sources say
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Dark fibre not yet hitting the high street in the UK
U.K. regulatory regime hindering fibre rollout, network operators claim
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Tata may retain some of Teleservices, but will sell mobile ops
Indian company says it is looking at all options for its telephony business after source suggests it could hold onto its fibre unit
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IPX is not dead, but it needs a makeover
Carriers need to stop treating IPX as a service in its own right and instead focus on the needs of their customers and customers’ customers.
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India telco mergers on track, execs say
Bharti’s Telenor takeover to close by February, while Vodafone/Idea Cellular JV on schedule to happen next year
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BT has large corporates using SD-WAN service
U.K. operator says its Agile Connect SD-WAN is ‘ready for volume deployment’
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Vendors a ‘dangerous’ presence in carrier space – Telefonica
Hubs don’t build carrier and operator relationships, but people do, executive tells Carriers World audience, while Colt takes a more measured view on the middlemen
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Italy delays meeting on Vivendi sanction
Italian government pushes back meeting for a second time, sources say
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