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KDDI advises customers to use landlines amid massive mobile network outage

Japanese MNO KDDI’s network went down at the weekend, reportedly leaving around 40 million people unable to connect.

• 11 hours ago

BT retains majority of rights to UEFA football until 2027

UK telco group BT says it has secured the rights to the majority of the UEFA Champions League games, plus all the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League exclusively live.

• 3 days ago

BT workers vote to strike amid ‘culture of fear’

Members of the Communications Workers Union working for BT have voted to strike after an ongoing dispute over pay, BT calls the result ‘a disappointment’.

• 3 days ago

Telenor and Axiata get Malaysia merger green light but with conditions

Telenor and Axiata Group have received regulatory approval for their proposed merger in Malaysia, which they now expect to complete in the second half of this year.

• 5 days ago

AT&T workers win 15% pay rise agreement

Following six months of negotiations between management and a union representing workers at US operator AT&T, a ‘tentative’ contract agreement that raises base wages and more has been reached.

• 6 days ago

UK telcos to help customers cope with cost of living crisis

Customers in the UK who are struggling to pay their broadband and mobile bills are to get help under a new deal agreed between the government and operators.

• 6 days ago

Angry BT staff told there’s no more money in the pot

The boss of Telco group BT reportedly said the firm is too skint to dish out pay rises to staff, so a strike may be on the cards.

• 24 Jun 2022

Mexico bails out bankrupt shared network operator

Mexico’s telecoms regulator has given the go-ahead for what is effectively a state bailout of Altan Redes, which operates the country’s shared LTE network.

• 24 Jun 2022

‘Staying afloat’ is the priority of a quarter of UK SMEs – Vodafone

Far from setting their sights on world domination, a survey by UK operator Vodafone asserts that the thing many small businesses in the UK are most focussed on currently is simply not going out of business.    

• 23 Jun 2022

Orange wants to teach the world to code, or at least how to email

At the opening of the Orange Digital Centre in Brussels, we spoke to Deputy CEO of Europe Mari Noelle Jego Laveissiere about why Orange is sticking its ore into the problem of digital illiteracy.

• 22 Jun 2022

Vodafone says it’s now the number one full fibre provider in the UK

UK operator Vodafone says its full fibre broadband offering now reaches 8 million homes and that it has overtaken BT by that metric.

• 13 Jun 2022

ATOM to spend big on Myanmar 5G launch

ATOM, the operator formerly known as Telenor, has unveiled plans to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Myanmar in the coming years, one of its goals being to launch the market’s first 5G service.

• 09 Jun 2022

TIM job cuts could ultimately save a fortune

TIM has reportedly reached agreement with workers unions that will enable it to shed as many as 1,200 jobs, a move that will help it to shave a significant sum from its domestic staffing costs.

• 08 Jun 2022

VMO2 teams up with Greggs to dish up piping hot free data

UK operator VMO2 has joined forces with high street pastry stalwart Greggs to donate mobile data to families feeling the pinch in the UK.

• 31 May 2022

The Telecoms.com Podcast: 5G, telco M&A and Nokia

The guys are delighted to welcome special guest Dario Talmesio back to the pod. Dario is research director for service provider strategy at Omdia, which means he knows a lot about the mobile business, so they start by reviewing the current state of play with 5G. Before long they meander onto various other telecoms industry talking points, before concluding by hearing about Iain’s chat with Nokia’s head of mobile networks.

• 30 May 2022

Rakuten: ‘This is the most important industry and it shouldn’t be left to chance’

INTERVIEW: We caught up with Geoff Hollingworth, CMO at Rakuten Symphony, who explained the dangers of ‘doing the new thing the old way’, his thoughts on OpenRAN, political pressure on telecoms, and more.

• 30 May 2022

Altice’s BT investment faces national security probe

The UK government is feeling twitchy about billionaire Patrick Drahi’s 18 percent stake in operator group BT.

• 26 May 2022

Ericsson, Nokia and Dell help T-Mobile US tap 5G enterprise opportunity

T-Mobile US has launched a raft of new enterprise 5G services in partnership with some big industry names, aiming to capture the much-hyped revenue opportunity in this space.

• 24 May 2022

Three UK claims population coverage crown from EE

UK mobile operator Three reckons its 5G network now covers 54% of the population, which is a bit better than EE.

• 23 May 2022

Telcos customer service still not good enough in UK and US

Telecoms operators on both sides of the Atlantic still have work to do when it comes to customer service and satisfaction.

• 18 May 2022