Huawei reportedly shelves plans for Cambridge R&D site
Chinese kit maker Huawei is said to have quietly cancelled a £1 billion project to build a new research facility in the UK.
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DT CEO regrets BT buy but might double down anyway
Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges made headlines this week when he admitted that he wished he hadn’t bought into BT.
Liberty Global buys 5% of Vodafone for some reason
US telco group Liberty Global has joined e& in buying a chunk of Vodafone and insisting it’s just indulging in a spot of casual financial speculation
5G pushes US wireless spend to record high
Mobile operators in the US invested US$35 billion in their networks last year, largely as a result of ongoing 5G deployments.
KCom gets competitive with £100 million fibre splurge
English ISP KCom plans to spend £100 million building out full fibre infrastructure in the north east of England, a move that might just help it to address the growing competition in the UK fibre market.
Another report finds UK 5G investment is insufficient
A report reckons there needs to be another £23-25 billion of investment on the table if 5G wonder-services like autonomous vehicles and telemedicine are ever to see the light of day in Blighty.
Singtel sells US$1.6 billion Bharti stake to fund 5G
Singtel has inked a S$2.25 billion (US$1.6 billion) deal to offload a 3.3 percent direct stake in Bharti Airtel as part of its broader asset monetisation push.
Magenta ploughs more cash into Austria with €1 billion fibre JV
Magenta Telekom has buddied up with investment firm Meridiam in a joint venture that will spend €1 billion on the rollout of fibre in Austria by the end of the decade.
Intel announces $30 billion chip investment drive
American chip maker Intel has entered into a partnership with investment firm Brookfield to jointly fund the expansion of semiconductor manufacturing centres in the US.
Proximus and partners to spend €4 billion on fibre
Belgian operator Proximus is working with investment partners that it hopes will help it spend €4 billion on the roll out of new fibre to premises not covered by its existing plans.
Millicom to plough $700m into Central America networks
Latin American operator Millicom will spend $700 million over the next two years to maintain and expand its fixed and mobile networks in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Spain splashes out €12 billion on chip making
The Spanish government has approved plans to spend more than €12 billion of public money on the manufacture of semiconductors.
US to splurge $45 billion on affordable Internet
The US government has launched an ambitious new broadband funding scheme with the stated aim of closing the digital divide by the end of the decade.
Etisalat ploughs $4.4 billion into Vodafone
The telco formerly known as Etisalat – e& – has made good on recent pledges boost its telecoms footprint with the $4.4 billion purchase of a sizeable chunk of Vodafone.
Frontier seeks $800m for fibre build
US broadband provider Frontier is after fresh funding to maintain the momentum of its ambitious network deployment.
More cash and customers as UK fibre boom continues
New developments in the UK fibre market indicate that the sector remains buoyant, not that there was really any doubt on the matter.
Vodafone investors running out of patience with CEO Read
UK-based Vodafone’s apparent struggle to strike a multi-billion pound asset sale is reportedly causing consternation among shareholders.
Vodafone India raises $600 million, but it’s still not enough
Vodafone Idea is getting an equity funding injection of close to US$600 billion from a trio of entities owned by its existing shareholders.
CityFibre has raised nearly £1.5 billion in six months
CityFibre has raised £1.425 billion in capital in the past six months and that’s probably just as well, given how much the firm is spending on fibre rollout.
AT&T to pump nearly $50 billion into its networks
Born-again telco AT&T plans to spend eye water-watering sums of money on fibre and 5G, as it prepares for life after WarnerMedia.
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