Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 21, 2024

Internet shutdowns are described as a “common tactic” used by government to supress dissent, according to the World Economic Forum. This is increasingly an unacceptable reality given that connectivity is now so ingrained in the majority of economies that any such disruption can have a massive impact to GDP and society as a whole.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

News The 19,000km cable system is set to connect Malaysia to the US This week, Philippines operator Globe Telecom has announced that it has been selected to build and manage the local section of the MYUS cable system, including building a landing station at Davao City.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The World Bank, described as one of the world’s largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, says that more than 20 million Filipinos are going to enjoy better internet with the approval of World Bank funding for a Philippines government connectivity project.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 1, 2024

26, 2024 — Witbe (Euronext Growth – FR0013143872 – ALWIT), a global leader in test automation and monitoring technology for video service providers, today announced that French operator Bouygues Telecom is strengthening its long-running partnership with the company by upgrading its QA testing equipment to the latest powerful models of the Witbox+.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Australian telecom company Telstra, the Australian government, and Norfolk Island Regional Council’s Norfolk Telecom have collaborated to provide a satellite

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Burkina Faso is planning to extend mobile and internet services to 1,000 remote areas over the next three years. These areas, known as ‘white zones’, are regions without access to telephony and internet services.

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Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 13, 2024

Hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across rural Britain, long plagued by sluggish internet speeds, are set for a major connectivity upgrade as the UK Government pledges up to £800 million to modernise broadband infrastructure.

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Telecoms Tech News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Virgin Media O2 has installed the UK’s first 5G standalone small cells, delivering enhanced urban mobile connectivity. Initial performance data reveals enhanced mobile internet experiences for customers, with speeds reaching up to 300Mbps through the implementation of.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Meta argues that thousands of telecom providers worldwide maintain “settlement-free” peering relationships, where data transfers between both parties are free. Meta frames this issue as a threat to net neutrality — the idea that all internet traffic should be treated equally without preferential treatment.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Empire Access, a Northeast fiber-based internet service provider (ISP), has announced the availability of its high-speed internet services in Hazleton,

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

News The Connected Britain Awards took place last night after a busy first day of the event. Hundreds joined us for an evening of networking and highly anticipated winner announcements.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

News The railway line could improve the connectivity for thousands of rural households The High-Speed 2 (HS2) railway project could significantly enhance broadband connectivity in rural areas, according to a new analysis released today from High Speed 2 Ltd, a non-departmental public body run by the UK Department for Transport.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 22, 2025

News The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has not yet confirmed when the changes will take effect The NCC has this week authorised a 50% hike in telecom tariffs, impacting call rates, internet bundles, and SMS costs across all mobile networks in the country. The increased costs have significantly impacted our bottom line.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Sofia, Bulgaria – 12th September 2024: NetIX, the leading global distributed platform for award-winning connectivity and peering solutions, is proud to announce the expansion of its long-standing partnership with DE-CIX by adding five of their exchanges.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A reminder that in large parts of Africa internet connectivity is not always guaranteed comes from PalmPay, a financial platform with over 30 million users on its smartphone app in Nigeria.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Centranet has achieved a 50 Gbps fiber internet connection for the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, marking a significant advancement in broadband access for rural and Indigenous communities with 50G PON technology.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) for Sudan reports that it has installed a new dedicated subsea fibre connection in Port Sudan to boost internet connectivity for humanitarian operations in the war-torn country.

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Telecom Talk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Gilat Telecom partners with Novelsat to expand a Tier-1 cellular network’s capacity and reach in Africa, enhancing high-speed broadband with advanced satellite modem technology to serve growing demand for reliable connectivity.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 13, 2025

million people without access to mobile internet Today, Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced it will begin its 3G shutdown in the city of Durham in April, before expanding to the rest of the UK by the end of the year. million customers that could lose mobile internet from the 3G shutdown. How is the UK telecoms market evolving in 2025?

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 8, 2025

Late last year, the US telecoms sector was subject to a major attack by Chinese hacker group Salt Typhoon, which attacked nine internet service providers in the US. The scale and severity of cybersecurity threats to major telcos have been noticeably increasing alongside geopolitical tensions. Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the U.S.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 26, 2024

Airtel Business Nigeria has successfully installed a Eutelsat OneWeb satellite dish in Lagos, bringing high-speed internet to remote areas and enhancing connectivity across Nigeria.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) stated that 227 million new people connected to the internet for the first time in 2024, bringing the total number of connected people to over 5.5 billion.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Philippine telco PLDT has reportedly launched what it’s billing as an “uninterruptible fiber internet connection” service that uses fixed wireless access (FWA) LTE as an automatic backup connection in case of a fibre outage.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 14, 2025

Submarine cables critical infrastructure and their destruction can cause major connectivity disruption on a national scale. This is particularly exacerbated in cases where there are few or even no alternative cables available to carry data, leaving areas completely cut off from the internet or reliant on emergency backups like satellite.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

News The operator says it will shift customers to “alternative network technologies such as LTE-M” AT&T will decommission it narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network, with IoT workloads to be shifted to alterative technologies like LTE-M early next year.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

6,000) will soon experience a shift in its media landscape as TDS Telecom plans to discontinue its cable TV service there by Sept. The move comes as part of a broader agreement in which TDS Telecom, headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, has sold its cable systems in Alpine and four other Texas locations. Alpine, Texas (pop.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

News The news comes just days after fellow African nation Chad approved Starlink to begin operations in the country Namibia’s Communications Regulatory Authority (CRAN) has ordered Starlink, the satellite internet provider owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, to cease business for operating without license in the country.

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Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 21, 2024

The company’s database was sold on the internet, making the crucial data available for anyone. Read more » The post Social security numbers exposed in National Public Data breach appeared first on Telecoms Tech News. National Public Data, a background check service, has fallen victim to hackers.

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Telecoms Tech News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Under the new guidelines, internet service providers (ISPs) must explicitly state the type of network underpinning their broadband offerings. Read more » The post Ofcom tackles broadband jargon confusion with new rules appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 12, 2024

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter. Also in the news: NTT to launch new AI company ‘NTT AI-CIX’ Thousands of kms of fibre could be left underutilised warns asset reuse specialist IOH launches Southeast Asia’s largest digital intelligence operations centre

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Funke Opeke, founder and CEO of Nigerian internet connectivity giant MainOne, has stepped down from her role after 14 years – two years after digital infrastructure business Equinix bought her company, albeit news reports indicate that the completion of MainOne’s full integration with Equinix, was more recent, taking place this month.

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VoIP Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Saudi Arabian telecom company Mobily has teamed up with Telecom Egypt to establish a submarine cable across the Red Sea. This new cable is set to enhance connectivity between Saudi Arabia and Egypt, addressing the rising demand for internet services in both regions.

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Telecoms Tech News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) has unveiled a new initiative aimed at establishing a unified set of standards for wholesale services between internet service providers and alternative network providers (altnets).

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Telecoms Tech News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has granted Amazon an earth station network licence for its Kuiper satellite constellation. Amazon Kuiper Services Europe SARL, the division overseeing its satellite internet project, has been authorised by Ofcom to operate in.

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Telecom Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Passengers will benefit from high-speed internet and VoLTE calls with consistent 4G coverage throughout the Moscow metro system. Beeline has launched mobile communication services at Potapovo station and activated base stations at four upcoming Troitskaya line stations.

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Telecom Talk

JANUARY 29, 2025

Orange has announced the launch of the Nuanua project, an initiative to enhance connectivity in the French overseas collectivity of

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

Woking, 20 th August 2024 – Strategic Imperatives, the UK’s leading provider of SaaS provisioning, connectivity, and monetisation solutions for the telecom industry, announced today that Netomnia, following its recent merger with Brsk and now the UK’s fourth-largest full-fibre network, has joined The Fibre Café platform.

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