Financial
-
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
-
Veon Group shareholders have expressed concern to the board about the company’s current strategy, citing the underperformance of its share price.
-
Singtel has agreed to sell its stake in cybersecurity firm Trustwave for US$205 million.
-
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.
-
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
-
Globe Telecom has confirmed it is pivoting its primary business to become a "digital solutions group", as its market valuation set a new record.
-
Dayamitra Telekomunikasi (Mitratel), a subsidiary of Telkom Indonesia, has taken over 4,000 cell towers from Telkomsel for $436 million.
-
Interxion is expanding its global platform in the east of Paris. The Digital Realty company has opened a facility in Ferrières-en-Brie, which is expected to provide up to 12MW when fully built-out.
-
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has posted quarterly sales of $6.9 billion for the third quarter, with cloud and edge services leading the way when it comes to recurring revenues.
-
A new report has detailed the "sharp contrast in spending patterns" that exists between hyperscalers, telcos and enterprises.
-
Back for series 3, this episode features Melanie Mingas, editor at Capacity Media; editor-at-large, Alan Burkitt-Gray; deputy editor, Natalie Bannerman; and special guest Carl Roberts, partner at Hadaara Consulting.
-
Amazon Web Services was hit with a six-hour outage in Japan today which crippled online trading, communications firms and transport companies, among others.
-
Juniper Networks is collaborating with Intel to accelerate the development of the Open RAN (O-RAN) ecosystem.
-
Frontier Communications (Frontier) has inked a multi-year partnership with Red Ventures to build out its digital capabilities as Frontier expands its fibre footprint.
-
Equinix has moved into India with the completion of the acquisition of the Indian operations of GPX Global Systems, in an all-cash transaction of $161 million.
-
Novva Data Centers has acquired a Colorado Springs data centre campus for $38.5 million and plans to spend over $200 million on expanding it.
-
DC BLOX has appointed John Dumler as its vice president of data centre design and engineering.
