Communications Infrastructure
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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 -
Ericsson has not commented so far about last night’s publication of allegations about its activities in Iraq
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Telcos support Ukraine as Russian operators face blocks
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OneWeb staff are waiting in Baikonur in Kazakhstan this week with their Arianespace colleagues wondering whether their fourteenth launch will take place.
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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
Forthcoming events
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Technology entrepreneur Thomas Hogue is acquiring data centre services firm Netrepid, which operates a single data centre in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US.
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German IT service provider DATEV has bought a data centre it uses from colocation and digital services firm q.beyond AG.
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband service is providing better broadband than fixed rivals in Europe and Canada, and comparable to fixed in the US.
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Indian 5G plans are being held up because a government department is not approving new equipment quickly enough, according to reports.
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Tata Communications saw a 14.9% year on year increase in profit after tax in Q1 FY2022, to US$40 million (INR 296 Crore), and growth of 0.7% in consolidate revenue quarter on quarter to $556 million.
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Network-as-a-service provider Megaport is extending the reach of its services through a new PartnerVantage programme aimed at system integrators, managed service providers and distributors, among others.
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The UK government is apparently considering blocking chip maker Nvidia from completing its $40 billion acquisition of British competitor Arm on “national security” grounds.
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Japanese group Rakuten is transforming itself into a vendor as well as an operator with an agreed bid for Altiostar, valuing the vendor at US$1 billion.
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Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) is the official charity partner for International Telecoms Week in 2021.
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CyrusOne is expanding its European footprint beyond the FLAP-D markets through building a new 21MW Madrid facility.
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Mantra Data Centers is investing $1 billion to develop data centres in different Indian regions.
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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.
