U.S. cable group builds scale in Latin America and the Caribbean with cash and stock deal.
U.S. cable group builds scale in Latin America and the Caribbean with cash and stock deal.
Russian investment bank sells Bulgarian mob ile operator to local businessman, but legal challenge looms.
Billionaire Xavier Niel, who owns French telco Iliad, has expressed an interested in purchasing Altice Portugal, according to a report from Bloomberg . Altice Portugal, which is part of Altice Group and serves customers using the brand name Meo, is owned by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, who indicated his intention to sell the unit in summer last year.
A report from the Telegraph suggests that UK hospitals and banks are more likely to be exposed to cyber-attacks because of “lazy” broadband engineers failing to complete paperwork. According to the article, the engineers are failing to disclose “when and where they are working on BT’s network”, leaving BT’s client companies unable to see who is accessing their critical network infrastructure.
The new year sees Charlie Ergen’s telecoms empire pieced back together, combining satellite firm EchoStar with struggling wireless and TV player Dish Network. Satellite communications company EchoStar was initially spun off from satellite TV company Dish Network back in 2008, with the moved hailed as allowing both companies more flexibility and investment potential.
Nokia has announced that it is set to miss its financial year targets for 2023 after a weak last quarter and numerous licensing renewal agreements were not closed by the end of the year.
Turning the tide on carbon emissions requires a relentless approach to innovation and collaboration across multiple industries. Achieving Net Zero goals can feel like a major task but, by utilising tools like 5G Standalone (SA), we’re optimistic we can make tangible progress and get there.
As we enter 2024, Elon Musk’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications constellation Starlink continues to swell, now totalling more than 5,500 orbiting devices
VIEWPOINT Ooredoo is the leading telecoms company in Qatar, delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services to over 100 million consumers and businesses in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. In 2022, the company reported...
Insight The Mobile Network Test is the annual testing of networks held by German magazine Connect in partnership with Umlaut (an Accenture company). It is regarded as one of the most important and widely recognised benchmarks in the industry. Beginning in Germany in...
News The UK incumbent BT is rushing to remove Huawei equipment by the end of the year to avoid fines from the government, according to reports from The Telegraph With just nine days until the deadline, BT still needs to switch millions of customers over to another...
News A group of 16 House Republicans have signed a letter demanding answers following the testimony of Alan Davidson, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) This...
Press Release First phase of an investment project in a new backbone to strengthen Italy's position and Sparkle's routes in the Mediterranean, ensuring resilience through an innovative path Rome, 22 December 2022 - Sparkle, the first international service provider in...
Insight Written by Paul McHugh, Area Director UK at Cradlepoint For those who’ve been around wireless for a while, the cellular vs Wi-Fi debate may seem a little tired. However, the debate persists, and the technologies continue to co-exist, as both Wi-Fi and cellular...
VIEWPOINT The expanding size of networks, enhancements in capacity, and the need for decarbonization present significant challenges for network O&M. One of the biggest challenges is the management of vast amounts of information. The emergence of Generative AI...
It hardly needs to be said that AI has become the dominant force in technology this year, seizing the attention and investment of businesses, individuals, and government entities alike. For telecoms, like many other industries, that is unlikely to change going into next year.
For many years now, there’s been talk about how to inspire more young people into careers in STEM, as various industries try desperately to attract more talent amid ongoing skills shortages
News Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report, which provides progress update on the availability of broadband and mobile services in the UK has been released today The report found that 78% of the UK is now covered by gigabit-capable broadband, which is an 8%...
The German telecoms associations ANGA, Bitkom, BREKO, BUGLAS, and VATM called on the German government for fibre-optic funding to be reduced, due to the German Gigabit funding programme being too heavily subscribed.
French-based iliad has announced today that it has submitted a proposal to Vodafone to merge their Italian units, through the creation of a new entity named NewCo. Under the deal, Vodafone would receive a 50% share of the new entity, a cash payment of €6.5 billion and a shareholder loan of EUR 2.0 billion to ensure long-term alignment.