Financial
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A law firm has launched an investigation into whether board members of Frontier Communications may have breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed merger with Verizon. -
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).
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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.
Forthcoming events
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Teraco's regional interconnection hubs have been further enhanced by the addition of the Africa Coast to Europe Subsea Cable (ACE).
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The industry leaders judging the 2021 Global Carrier Awards have been named.
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A socially distanced Mobile World Congress Barcelona kicked off earlier this week with the heavy weighs of the European telecoms space all hinting at the same thing, changes in regulation and a fairer playing field.
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Telia Company has sold 49% of its Nordic tower business for €722 million to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Alecta.
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Russia’s largest mobile operator, Mobile TeleSystems PJSC (MTS) has acquired MTT for ₽5 billion (US$69 million) on an enterprise value basis.
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During MWC Barcelona 2021, Huawei Executive Director and President of Carrier BG Ryan Ding delivered a keynote speech Innovation: lighting up the future.
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Gaming publishers are looking for partners that can provide a ‘fast lane’ for gamers to reduce lag. Saad Siddiqui, principal at Telstra Ventures, explains why such requirements are driving technological advancement in infrastructure
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Princeton Digital Group (PDG) is splashing out $1 billion to build one of the largest hyperscale data centres in Tokyo, Japan, as the Singapore-based company enters the country for the first time.
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Gordon Moir, Partner at Wiggin LLP, explains the vulnerable and challenging situation the UK telecoms industry will find itself in as a result of the new telecommunications (security) bill
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International technology distributor Exertis has completed the acquisition of French structured cabling and network device distributor Azenn after receiving regulatory approval.
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BAI Communications is to acquire Mobilitie in a deal that is expected to close in the third quarter of this year.
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UK edge data centre services provider Proximity Data Centres has appointed Dominic Thomas as business development director.
