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Liberty LatAm spends $200m on America Movil’s Panama ops

Liberty Latin America has agreed to acquire America Movil’s operations in Panama for US$200 million, boosting its existing presence in the country.

• 9 days ago

Facebook launches a pair of spy shades

Internet giant Facebook has teamed up with Ray-Ban to launch a pair of shades that not only hide your eyes but enable you to surreptitiously record video.

• 10 Sep 2021

Veon flogs its Russian towers for nearly $1 billion

Netherlands-based operator group Veon has joined the broader trend by selling its mobile towers in Russia to passive infrastructure specialist Service-Telecom.

• 06 Sep 2021

eBook: How to Enable More Voice and Data Connections Everywhere

The need for connecting people, places, and things in rural geographies translates into significant opportunities for MNOs; opportunities to quickly enter new markets and address government regulatory pressures. Download this eBook to explore topics such as: Opportunities for Mobile Network Operators 3 Mobile Backhaul Technology Options 4 Challenges of Terrestrial Backhaul for Rural Areas The […]

• 01 Sep 2021

Smartphone growth returns after Covid blip

Global smartphone shipments are set to increase by 7.4% this year, marking a return to growth after the Covid-19 pandemic hit the industry in 2020, according to new analyst figures.

• 31 Aug 2021

US government co-opts big tech into cybersecurity initiative

Google, Microsoft, AWS, Apple and IBM have all pledged to collaborate with the US government to improve cyber security.

• 26 Aug 2021

5G smartphone share of global total set to double this year

New research from analyst firm Omdia reckons the 5G smartphone installed base will approach half of the total by the end of this year.

• 24 Aug 2021

SK’s ‘Square’ spin-off targets semiconductor M&A

SK Telecom has named its planned spin-off company SK Square and provided some additional detail on the new venture, chief among which is its intention to invest heavily in the semiconductor space.

• 17 Aug 2021

Vodafone on the front foot with new UK 5G standalone pilot

A year after it claimed a UK first with a 5G standalone network trial, Vodafone has announced that it is running a commercial pilot of the technology in three major cities.

• 24 Jun 2021

Insurer Aviva gets in on UK autonomous vehicle project

Aviva is joining a UK autonomous vehicle project in a bid to capture data that will enable it to insure such driverless vehicles when the time comes.

• 04 Jun 2021

American Tower does €1.6 billion deal with CDPQ to fund Telxius buy

American Tower has agreed to sell a big chunk of its European business to Canada’s CDPQ to help it fund the acquisition of Telefonica’s towers business.

• 06 May 2021

New telecoms infrastructure investor spends £300m in Czech Republic and Norway

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, a newly-launched investment trust, has picked up its first two investments, a mobile towers business in the Czech Republic and a fibre network in Norway.

• 05 May 2021

FTC finally throws in the towel over Qualcomm antitrust case

The US Federal Trade Commission reckons Qualcomm’s licensing practices are anticompetitive, but not much of the legal profession agrees.

• 30 Mar 2021

Pension fund backs KPN’s €1.2 billion fibre plan

KPN has unveiled a new plan to roll out fibre to the best part of 1 million premises in underserved areas at a cost of €1.2 billion, but will share the financial burden with pension fund APG.

• 23 Mar 2021

Charter and Elon Musk among big winners of FCC $9.2bn broadband funding

The FCC has allocated US$9.2 billion worth of funding for high-speed broadband rollout in rural areas and a number of major names are among the big winners.

• 08 Dec 2020

Operators wrestle with the 5G commercialization dilemma at virtual 5G World

We’re not allowed to get together in person these days in case someone catches a cold, so the intrepid 5G World team went ahead and did a virtual event instead.

• 01 Sep 2020

Facebook, Google and Apple to argue they are a force for good

As US lawmakers scrutinise whether Silicon Valley has too much power and influence, Facebook, Google and Apple have all prepared statements to suggest the world would be worse off without them.

• 29 Jul 2020

European techies launch proximity tracing app initiative

Smartphones are a great way of tracking the spread of the pandemic, but that comes with major civil liberties implications.

• 01 Apr 2020

Global smartphone market returns to growth, driven entirely by Samsung and Huawei

Shipments in the global smartphone industry returned to growth for the first time in two years according to the latest numbers from Strategy Analytics.

• 31 Oct 2019

AT&T delivers bullish 3-year outlook after a mixed Q3 (Updated)

US telecom and media giant AT&T has reported a steady Q3, with revenues slightly down coupled with improved operation. A bullish 3-year outlook to further de-leverage is welcome news to the capital market.

• 29 Oct 2019