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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.
Forthcoming events
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Earlier this week, US hedge fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) launched a €10.8 billion ($12 billion) takeover bid for Telecom Italia (TIM) in an attempt to take the company private.
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EllaLink's new connection and KKR's latest spending spree
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Orange has confirmed that its chairman and CEO Stephane Richard has left his position following his conviction in a fraud trial for misuse of public funds.
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Mavenir's 4G Open RAN small cell for outdoor deployments is now commercially available.
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Three Chinese operators including China Unicom have deployed Huawei’s 5G MetaAAU solution in Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai and Xiamen.
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PCCW Global has adopted the culture of Console Connect, the platform it acquired in 2017, CEO Marc Halbfinger tells Alan Burkitt-Gray
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CEO Andrew Kwok teases Alan Burkitt-Gray with promises of a significant announcement about the company’s digitisation ‘in the coming quarter’
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WIOCC has completed a $200 million debt and equity capital raise to expand its connectivity across Africa and internationally.
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The cloud units of Alibaba and Baidu have been summoned by authorities in China to discuss fraud and cybersecurity.
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CityFibre has teamed with Ciena to successfully deploy its first 800GBpbs backbone wavelength that will reach up to eight million homes in the UK.
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Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited achieved a 9.5% return for its investors in the first nine months of the year, exceeding its stated target by 0.5%.
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A European team of scientists have bounced a LoRa (long-range) message off of the moon for the first time.
