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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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Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems International GmbH has appointed a new chief commercial officer (CCO) effective from 1 January.
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G-Core Labs has expanded its content delivery network infrastructure in Russia and in CIS countries.
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Equinix has deployed a fully functional 5G and edge technology development centre, which includes a non-standalone 5G network from Nokia to support its drive for new wireless-related business.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from breaking news out of GTT to a world first from BT.
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A “first-of-its-kind” cloud computing university course has been launched in the UK in partnership with Microsoft.
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Africa Data Centres has completed its new Johannesburg hyperscale data centre, based at its Midrand Campus which is one of the largest in Africa.
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Iliad will be boosting its Polish presence with the acquisition of UPC Poland from Liberty Global in a deal worth $1.8 billion.
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Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has completed the initial public offering (IPO) of Arabian Internet and Communications Services Co, which trades as Solutions by STC.
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To support new, mission-critical applications associated with cloud architectures, 5G and Industry 4.0, IP networks must be trusted to provide guaranteed high-performance and secure connectivity. Nokia has pioneered this approach by embedding network security functions into every layer of the IP network infrastructure.
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Prime Data Centers is ploughing “up to $1 billion” into a 750,000-plus sq ft Chicago data centre campus that will provide up to 150MW of capacity.
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Intel will this Friday break ground on two new chip fabs in Arizona, worth $20 billion, to serve the growing needs of the PC, server, mobile and data centre industries.
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Altice France has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire French independent telecom group Coriolis Télécom.
