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The mobile industry’s contribution to Sub-Saharan Africa's GDP is projected to reach $170 billion by 2030, provided that challenges such as connectivity gaps and energy costs are resolved, according to a new GSMA report. -
Nokia is to deploy the first industrial-grade LTE private network in a port terminal in Chile at San Antonio Terminal Internacional (STI).
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Nokia and AT&T Mexico have collaborated to deploy an industrial-grade LTE private wireless network solution.
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Ukrtelecom, Ukraine's incumbent telco, reports that as of this morning, 75% of its regional hubs remain operational and that its national carrier network is still working
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Veon CEO Kaan Terzioğlu said this morning it would be “irresponsible” to provide guidance on the effect of Russia’s attack on Ukraine on the company’s performance
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Orange chooses 5G SA network partners in Europe
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French group Iliad, which majority owner Xavier Niel wants to take private, has offered to buy broadband operator UPC Poland from Liberty Global for €1.9 billion.
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Radware's telecoms customers saw attack volumes amounting to 18TB per month in Q2, with an average of 600 attacks every 30 days.
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The chairman of the company that owns 27% of Indian mobile operator Vodafone Idea has offered to transfer the group’s entire shareholding to the government to help stave off collapse.
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Capacity’s Alan Burkitt-Gray of Capacity TV speaks to Georges Jaber, Vice President, Wholesale Commercial, Salam; on the recent rebrand and what’s coming next for the business
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Malaysian telco Axiata is set to become the second integrated operator in neighbouring Indonesia if talks with Linknet go well.
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The north-east African state of Djibouti has set Thursday 16 September as the deadline for investors to express interest in taking a 40% stake in the incumbent operator.
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STL has partnered with Microsoft to bring a cloud-native OSS/BSS solution to the market.
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US fibre-based carrier FirstDigital Telecom has received a US$200 million investment from Apollo Global Management.
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Canada has closed its spectrum auction for the 3500 MHz band, raising C$8.9 billion (US$7.2 billion), 80% of which came from its three biggest telcos.
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French businessman Xavier Niel has launched a surprise bid to take Iliad, the telco of which he controls 71%, completely private.
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China Mobile International (CMI) has developed an open IoT platform to unify the smart home ecosystem for telcos, service providers, device makers and retail brands in Europe.
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Total international bandwidth more than quadrupled between 2016 and 2020, to exceed 2 Pbps.
