This week, the Japanese government has passed a law to ease restrictions on Japan’s largest telco NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) that were first placed on the company 40 years ago.
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UK altnet nexfibre passes 1 million homes with FTTP
Just 14 months since launching commercial services, full fibre wholesaler nexfibre has announced that its fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) network is now available at over 1 million premises across the UK.
Microsoft pours $1.5 bn into Emirati AI amid US-China power struggle
Microsoft and UAE-based AI company G42 have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate AI innovation in the UAE and neighbouring regions.
Virgin Media O2 Ventures into Space for rural connectivity
Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced a partnership with satellite provider Starlink to boost mobile services in the UK’s most remote areas. The operator will use Starlink’s constellation of over 5,000 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to support backhaul services across the country.
Polish Operator Play Extends Partnership With Netcracker for Digital BSS and Professional Services
Netcracker Supports New Customer Onboarding to Billing, Enabling Greater Business Process Visibility and Superior Service Quality
T-Mobile’s 5G service blamed for FWA network disruptions
Providers of fixed wireless services in Maine, New York, and Maryland have blamed T-Mobile for disruptions to their operations, with one company even reporting the issue to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Vodafone Business unveils Marika Auramo as new CEO
This week, Vodafone Group has finally announced a new CEO for Vodafone Business in the form of Marika Auramo, currently the Chief Business Officer for the EMEA region for software specialist SAP.
Tarifica’s Latest Data Dive Analysis Highlights the Role of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Fiber in Expanding Internet Connectivity
Tarifica’s latest analysis underscores the vital roles of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and fiber technologies in expanding internet connectivity.
Vodafone Idea targets 5G launch in 6–9 months
News The beleaguered Indian telecoms operator says a return to growth will be possible following its $2.2 billion follow-on public offering (FPO) Last week, Vodafone Idea announced that it would launch India’s largest ever FPO, seeking to raise almost $2.2 billion in...
Altnets Netomnia and Brsk linked to merger talks
This week, a new report says that two the UK’s major altnets could be set to merge, in a move that would create a combined company covering over 1 million premises with fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP).
FCC seeks workarounds for lapsed auction authority
Telecoms companies and industry associations have submitted recommendations for how the FCC should allocate spectrum, despite losing their auction authority.
CMA raises red flag over AI market dominance
The UK’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), has expressed concerns over the growing power of big tech companies in the AI Foundation Models (FMs) market.
South Korea to invest $7 billion in AI semiconductors
The South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced this week that the country will invest 9.4 trillion won ($6.94 billion) in artificial intelligence (AI) by 2027 in an effort to maintain a leading global position in the semiconductor chips industry.
5G networks: Why seamless integration of related ecosystem elements is paramount
Looking ahead to the deployment of 6G, the lessons learned from the continued rollout of 5G will help to ensure that future networks can live up to their promised potential. While 5G has achieved some of its initial promises, its advanced, higher-frequency applications have yet to materialize.
China eases foreign ownership limits for “value-added telecoms services”
Foreign owned data centres, content delivery networks, and internet service providers, will be allowed to set up shop in certain pilot areas, including parts of Beijing, Shanghai, Hainan, and Shenzhen
Google invests $1bn in US–Japan subsea cables
Google has announced a $1 billion investment to improving digital connectivity between the US and Japan through the deployment of two subsea cables, Proa and Taihei, both to be built by Japanese NEC.
Forty years in telecoms: An analyst’s journey in an industry seeking the limelight
Telecoms analyst Chris Lewis, founding director of Lewis Insight, looks back on forty years in the telecoms industry and why telcos today are still struggling to find a sense of identity
BEAD funding: Challenges and opportunities with NCTA’s Rick Cimerman
At Connected America 2024, we met with Rick Cimerman, VP, External & State Affairs Lead at NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, to discuss the pivotal role of federal funding in advancing broadband connectivity across the United States
Salvador Technologies Secures Investment from Deutsche Telekom
Funding to accelerate expansion of company’s sales distribution network for its cyber-attack recovery platform across DACH region and Poland in Europe as well as in United States
MTN to invest $100m in generators as Eskom fails to keep the lights on
The operator says it has already spent roughly $140 million on generators to support its mobile base stations, and will spend $101 million more by the midpoint of the year to further shore up the network.
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