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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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Vodafone has seen a 3.3% increase in service revenues across Europe and Africa, following growth in both the consumer and business segments.
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Sipho Maseko, the CEO and executive director of Telkom Group and its subsidiaries, is to step down next year.
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Rackspace is making around 10% of its staff redundant as it focuses on the “growth” areas of its business.
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Nabiax has finalised its deal to buy two data centres in Spain from Telefónica, in addition to announcing upgrades to some of its existing data centres.
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Huawei is one issue, but the UK's Telecoms Security Bill also changes penetration testing requirements. Matias Madou, co-founder & CTO, Secure Code Warrior explains
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Orange has formally submitted its interest to acquire a stake in Ethio Telecom, confirmed Ethiopia’s ambassador to France.
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Iceotope Technologies has sealed an OEM agreement with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to offer its liquid-cooled chassis with HPE ProLiant servers in the Ku:l Extreme Data Centre solution.
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Cloud data management vendor Veeam Software has reported another quarter of double-digit growth, with an annual recurring revenue (ARR) increase of 26% year-over-year for the second quarter.
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Vantage Towers has published its first quarter 2022 report reporting revenues of €246 million representing a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 2.1%.
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Data centre operator Aligned has increased its sustainability-linked financing by $250 million to $1.25 billion.
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Netrality Data Centers has acquired the strategic Indy Telcom Center carrier hotel in Indianapolis.
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Connectivity has been put at the top of the agenda in Georgia, following a visit earlier this month from Europe's commissioner for neighbourhood and enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi.
