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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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Orange has announced that its European TowerCo, TOTEM is now operational.
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Open RAN will create a more open, flexible and adaptable network for the mobile industry according to research from CCS Insight.
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Vodafone Foundation has launched an international search for climate change research partners to help expand the focus of its DreamLab smartphone app.
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Shin-Won Choi, CEO and chairman of SK networks has resigned from his positions.
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Oracle is launching a series of new cloud regions using Orange’s infrastructure in Senegal and Ivory Coast.
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HGC Global Communications (HGC) has appointed Daniel Ng as its new senior vice president of corporate business.
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Ericsson has partnered with Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) to develop private 5G-ready networks in Russia.
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The FCC has revealed it has granted 20 additional 2.5 GHz spectrum licenses to Alaskan communities.
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NEXTDC has revealed it will build a data centre in Darwin, Australia’s Northern Territory.
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National Portuguese regulator ANACOM said that the country’s delayed 5G auction has generated $657.1 million.
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Orange and Liquid Intelligent Technologies will partner to expand network reach in Africa.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from geopolitics in TMT to sustainability in Poland.
