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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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Vexus Fiber has announced plans to build a Fibre to the Home (FTTH) network in Laredo, Texas.
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Vantage Towers has signed a long-term contract with 1&1 to build Germany’s fourth mobile network.
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The interim results of Deutsche Telekom’s partnership with AIT to develop a European Quantum Communication Infrastructure (EuroQCI) have now been delivered.
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Axiata Group Berhad (Axiata) confirms that its current chairman Tan Sri Ghazzali Sheikh Abdul Khalid will retire from the position on 31 December 2021.
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Colt Group has announced it has gained a Gold rating from sustainability rating provider EcoVadis for its environment, social and governance (ESG) performance and a B rating from the Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) for company environmental performance.
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Capacity shares five key stories from around the world making headlines today!
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Nokia has announced that it has been selected by Teletalk Bangladesh to deploy its 5G network in the country.
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Rostelecom has announced that it, along with VEB Ventures will acquire a stake in Atlas to develop a new generation backbone fibre-optic communication line through Europe and Asia.
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BICS has announced the acquisition of Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) specialist 3m Digital Networks by its Singaporean subsidiary.
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Telecom Italia (TIM) has announced that two of its senior executives will be leaving the company.
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The UK government has revealed that it has committed £250m of investment to support and accelerate OpenRAN architecture.
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Telcos Singtel Optus and Telstra have spent over $2 billion in securing spectrum licenses in Australia.
