KPN links €1 billion credit facility to sustainability goals
KPN has secured a €1 billion credit facility that is linked to its own sustainability goals, a further sign that telcos are taking this stuff seriously.
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Ericsson, Telia tech trial lowers 5G latency, boosts battery life
Ericsson and Telia have successfully trialled a new feature that can improve smartphone battery life and lower latency in 5G standalone networks.
Telefónica, Telia, Globe indulge in some 5G back-slapping
There are all manner of metrics that telcos cite when crowing about their 5G milestones, and these last few days have seen some top-notch braggadocio.
Telstra and Telia join tower sale trend, brokering highly similar deals
It’s all go in the telecoms towers space, with two remarkably similar deals worth billions of dollars coming on both sides of the planet.
Nokia bags 5G RAN deal in Denmark
Nokia will be the sole supplier of 5G radio equipment for the Danish network joint venture between Telia and Telenor, which recently picked up new spectrum to enable it to forge ahead with 5G rollout.
European operators play the green card with smartphones
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, Telia, and Vodafone jointly start Eco Rating labelling scheme to score how sustainable mobile phones are, aiming to encourage device makers and device buyers to be more environmentally minded.
Telia reckons it’s changing the IoT game
Swedish operator group Telia has made its big IoT move in the form of a bundle of technologies designed to take the hassle out of global implementation.
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.
Telia gets the most spectrum in £200m Swedish 5G auction
The contentious Swedish 5G auction proceeded as planned and the country’s dominant MNO Telia was the narrow winner.
Blow for Nokia as it misses out on Telia Lithuania 5G RAN work
There was hope for Nokia when Lithuania was left out of the 5G RAN announcement between Telia and Ericsson, but it has proved forlorn.
Swedish operator Telia surprises nobody by using Ericsson and Nokia for 5G
With Sweden having recently banned Chinese kit vendors, the only surprise in Telia’s announcement was Nokia getting all is 5G standalone core work.
Telefónica merges wholesale, roaming, multinational divisions into one
Spainish telco group Telefónica wants to squeeze as much value as possible out of its international operations.
Telia offloads carrier unit to pension fund for $1.1 billion
Swedish telco group Telia has bowed out of the international carrier services market.
Telia brings in some fresh executive talent
Swedish telco group is having a bit of a strategic rethink, so it has decided for a changing of the guard at the top table too.
TV takes a bite out of AT&T and Telia financials
The content business units of both the US’ AT&T and Nordics telco Telia as spreadsheets were strained during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
Telia Finland is doing its bit to help combat coronavirus
The Finnish branch of Telia is supporting government policy making with real-time, but anonymised, user movement data and helping SMEs with ad minutes giveaways.
Telenor and Telia claim Multi-Operator Core Network first in Denmark
Every Nordic country was represented when Telenor and Telia got Nokia to help them build a new shared network in Denmark.
Nokia gets some Telia love with 5G mall win
Swedish operator group Telia showed it’s not entirely monogamous with Ericsson by picking Nokia to run its new 5G network in the new Mall of Tripla in Helsinki.
Ericsson benefits from Telia Norway’s snub of Huawei and Nokia
Ericsson has announced it will be the sole RAN vendor for Telia Norway, with the pair driving towards completing a nationwide rollout by 2023.
Norway says yes to Huawei
The Norwegian Government has said it will not ban Huawei from providing network infrastructure equipment or services to fuel the drive towards 5G.
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MVNOs World & IoT World Connectivity Summit
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Telco AI World Summit
- 02-04 November 2021
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Open RAN World
- 03-04 November 2021
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