More US cable consolidation as Cable One snaps up NewWave
$735 million deal adds new states, rural customers to U.S. cableco’s footprint.
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Reliance Jio to start charging for data
TRAI reportedly calls on attorney general to examine whether operator’s free services constitutes predatory pricing.
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Mediaset rules out Telecom Italia deal
Italian broadcaster reportedly interested in a possible tie-up with incumbent’s biggest shareholder, Vivendi.
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FTC accuses Qualcomm of anticompetitive tactics
Chip maker hits back, says U.S. watchdog’s complaint is based on flawed legal theory and misconceptions about the mobile industry.
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Velcom virtualises core with ZTE
Telekom Austria’s Belarus unit migrates legacy network components to OpenStack-based NFV platform, standard hardware.
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Vodafone strengthens presence in Scandinavia, Baltics with TDC, Tele2 deals
U.K.-based telco able to offer enterprise services to multinationals based in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania.
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T-Mobile Netherlands names new CEO
Søren Abildgaard most recently served as acting head of Telia’s commercial and technology transformation unit.
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EE fined £2.7m for overcharging customers
Regulator Ofcom found U.K. operator wrongly billed subscribers who called its customer support number.
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5G could give $3trn boost to global GDP – Qualcomm
Chip maker says next-generation mobile tech could create up to 22 million jobs.
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Turkcell hits 24.7 Gbps in 5G test
Operator aims to drive development of next-generation mobile tech in Turkey.
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Austria gets to work on 5G frequency auction
Regulator plans to sell off 3.4-GHz-3.8-GHz frequencies in second quarter of 2018.
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Australia invites bidders to 700-MHz auction
ACMA aims to raise more than A$850 million from sale of leftover digital dividend.
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Reliance Jio plans €4.2bn rights issue
Indian mobile operator to plough funds into network upgrades as customer base tops 70 million.
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Börje Ekholm takes the helm as Ericsson CEO
Long-serving board member tasked with steering the Swedish kit maker through turbulent waters.
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Vodafone seeks to tweak O2 network-sharing deal
Telco reportedly wants more control over its infrastructure in major cities.
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Vodafone Australia taps Ericsson, Cisco to virtualise networks
Deal is vendors’ first major collaboration on telco cloud infrastructure.
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M1, StarHub mull closer mobile network sharing
Singaporean operators sign MoU covering shared radio access, backhaul assets.
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Myanmar awards fourth licence to Viettel-led venture
Country’s newest mobile operator reportedly paid $300 million for frequencies.
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Global VoLTE connections to hit 3.3bn by 2021
Operators in Oceania, Eastern, Southern Asia to drive global CAGR of 59%, predicts Ovum.
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There are teenagers who can’t remember a world without the iPhone
Nearly 10 years ago, a certain handset maker caused consternation among operators by launching a raft of online services. It wasn’t Apple.
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