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Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of SpaceX and Starlink, Tesla, X and xAI will have a role in the upcoming second Trump administration, having been appointed to lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). -
BT has reportedly put its global division up for sale as part of the company’s ongoing attempts to shave costs
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Veon Group shareholders have expressed concern to the board about the company’s current strategy, citing the underperformance of its share price.
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Singtel has agreed to sell its stake in cybersecurity firm Trustwave for US$205 million.
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Since returning to telecoms in June 2020 as Ribbon Communication’s EVP and CFO, Miguel ‘Mick’ Lopez has had a lot to deal with. He talks to Saf Malik about how the company adapted and stabilised its operations during the pandemic.
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Cellnex Telecom is talking to Deutsche Telekom about taking over its tower business, the CEO confirmed at a meeting of investors and analysts.
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South African regulator ICASA has hit back at Telkom after it emerged that the operator is seeking a court order to prevent regulator ICASA from holding a spectrum auction in March.
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Cloud solutions provider FluidOne has announced it has acquired SAS Global Communications – a provider of SD-WAN enabled global hybrid networks.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet venture has been informed by the Indian government to refund all pre-orders in the country.
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AT&T has partnered with NVIDIA to offer 5G GeForce NOW subscriptions to its customers.
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#ICYMI - Capacity shares five key telecoms stories that were making headlines in December!
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Vodafone has announced a strategic partnership with Oman Future Telecommunications (OFT) to develop its 5G network and bring cloud services to the country.
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Telia Company has entered into an agreement to sell Telia Latvija SIA (Telia Latvia) to Tet SIA (Tet) for an enterprise value of €10.75 million in cash.
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Capacity shares five key 5G stories to know for January 4, 2022.
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Roaming charges have been reintroduced by EE this month with Vodafone UK set to follow on January 6.
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Cinia has teamed with Far North Digital to build a fibre optic cable station that will link Europe and Asia through the Arctic.
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NEC has announced it has successfully demonstrated OpenRAN capabilities for the Global Plugfest event at five of its venues.
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China Mobile is aiming to raise up to 56 billion yuan ($8.8 billion) in the country’s biggest public offering for over a decade.
