TIM joins Euro OpenRAN fest
The last of the major European economies is now represented in an operator cabal created to do something or other about OpenRAN technology.
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Most of Europe fails to enact new telecom rules
The vast majority of EU member states have failed to enact new telecoms legislation so the European Commission is taking action…
Ofcom removes Chinese propaganda outlet from British airwaves
The UK’s communications regulator has decided to revoke the licence to broadcast by the TV channel China Global Television Network, an overseas branch of China’s propaganda network.
Netherlands agrees to telcos going Dutch
Telecoms operators in the Netherlands may work together in various ways to speed up mobile network rollouts, according to new rules from the country’s competition body.
UK Parliament reckons having just two telecoms vendors isn’t great
Fresh from its stunning insights into the broadband market, UK Parliament has decided it’s time to fix the mobile sector.
Profits down spending up at BT
BT saw revenues and earnings decline in the nine months to the end of 2020, while spending on fixed and mobile network infrastructure increased.
Nokia unlikely to reward investors anytime soon
Finnish kit vendor Nokia reported flat sales in Q4 2020 and a decline for the full year, and its outlook indicates that trend is set to continue.
Cellnex pays way more for French towers than KKR did two years ago
Cellnex is at it again. The Spanish infrastructure specialist has brokered a €5.2 billion deal to acquire Altice’s French towers portfolio which it plans to finance via a sizeable capital hike.
Huawei’s Harmony OS revealed to be an Android fork – what a surprise
An investigation has found little difference between Huawei’s in-house smartphone OS and Android, which it’s supposed to be replacing.
Ofcom tries to make broadband switching even easier
UK telecoms regulator Ofcom reckons it’s still too much of a hassle to switch broadband providers, which results in people paying more than they need to.
BT polishes its Halo in latest convergence push
BT has launched the latest iteration of its home broadband and WiFi product, BT Halo 3+, as it focuses its efforts to get ahead of the game in convergence in the UK.
Amazon faces a great reset as Jeff Bezos does a Bill Gates
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of internet giant Amazon, has decided it’s time to step back and spend more time with his other projects.
AT&T borrows $14.7 billion to buy spectrum
AT&T has entered into a loan agreement worth US$14.7 billion with Bank of America as it seeks to raise money for what looks set to be a hefty bill from the ongoing C-band spectrum auction.
Post Office offloads broadband business
The UK Post Office has sold its broadband business to Shell Energy Retail for an undisclosed sum.
Vodafone has first go at Nokia 100G PON tech
Nokia Bell Labs has only gone and found a way to deliver 100 Gbps on a single Passive Optical Network wavelength.
French football rights failure suggests content clamour could be cooling
France’s football governing body has failed to sell off a premium packages of content rights to top-flight games, not due to lack of interest, but because the interested parties declined to meet its reserve price.
Ford goes all-in on Google
US automotive giant Ford is not only making all its cars Android-native, it’s also betting its corporate future on Google Cloud.
Charter shares $5 billion broadband plan and pole concerns
Charter Communications has outlined plans to spend US$5 billion on the rollout of gigabit broadband to 1 million or more customers in unserved areas, with a quarter of the funding coming from the government.
SKT starts looking into flying cars
Autonomous vehicles are so 2020 and the cools kids are all about the Urban Air Mobility these days.
Telia to monetise tower assets, expand network-sharing
Telia has put its M&A chief in charge of a new business unit that will house its tower assets and is actively looking for investors for the entity.
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