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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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Three UK has published positive half year results with revenues up 5% to £1,17 billion.
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Tata Communications saw a 14.9% year on year increase in profit after tax in Q1 FY2022, to US$40 million (INR 296 Crore), and growth of 0.7% in consolidate revenue quarter on quarter to $556 million.
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Network-as-a-service provider Megaport is extending the reach of its services through a new PartnerVantage programme aimed at system integrators, managed service providers and distributors, among others.
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The UK government is apparently considering blocking chip maker Nvidia from completing its $40 billion acquisition of British competitor Arm on “national security” grounds.
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Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) is the official charity partner for International Telecoms Week in 2021.
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CyrusOne is expanding its European footprint beyond the FLAP-D markets through building a new 21MW Madrid facility.
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Mantra Data Centers is investing $1 billion to develop data centres in different Indian regions.
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Radware's telecoms customers saw attack volumes amounting to 18TB per month in Q2, with an average of 600 attacks every 30 days.
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AT&T and TPG have closed the deal to establish DirecTV, the new standalone entity that will own and operate DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse video services.
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Capacity’s Alan Burkitt-Gray of Capacity TV speaks to Georges Jaber, Vice President, Wholesale Commercial, Salam; on the recent rebrand and what’s coming next for the business
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Vantage Data Centers says the company will achieve net zero carbon emissions globally by 2030.
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Cloud and network connectivity provider GBI (Gulf Bridge International) is expanding its collaboration with Equinix by establishing a point-of-presence at the Equinix data centre in Oman.
