Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Liberty Networks and Gold Data announced on Wednesday that Telecom Italia’s international telecoms arm Sparkle has joined their plan to construct a new subsea cable system – renamed MANTA – connecting the US, Mexico, Panama and Colombia.

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Telecoms Tech News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Nokia and AT&T have reached an agreement to construct a fibre network in the US. The announcement comes after Nokia lost a major deal with AT&T in December, when the US operator chose Nokia’s rival, Ericsson, to build a telecom network.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Building on concepts discussed in its Synadia Guest Blog which explores the technical underpinnings of NATS, this blog examines how Vitrifis platform transforms telecoms workflows, highlighting how advanced automation enables agility, resilience, and scalability in an increasingly complex industry landscape.

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Total Telecom

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

News The altnet has collapsed under mounting debt pressure UK altnet Spring Fibre, has been sold to Harmony Networks for £1.5 On Friday, a buyer was finally announced with civil engineering and utility construction contractor Harmony Networks agreeing to buy the altnet for £1.5 million, the company has announced.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 9, 2025

The service, the partner say, will help to address the gaps in mobile coverage, especially in remote areas where terrestrial network infrastructure is limited. Telstras mobile network already covers 99.7% Telstras mobile network already covers 99.7%

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 14, 2025

News The Finnish tech giant will provide the optical network to connect eight new renewable energy platforms in the North Sea Nokia has been selected by TenneT, a European offshore transmission operator, to supply key technology for a large renewable energy project in the Dutch North Sea.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

News Using Taaras wireless optical networking tech, two drones can establish a birectional connection over multiple kilometres, allowing the operator to bypass damaged sections of its network This week, Vodafone has announced it is piloting a new drone solution aimed at helping networks stay operational in the event of cable damage.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

As part of the railway deployment plan for HS2, mobile and broadband providers would be offered access to spare capacity in the 2,000km of fibre cabling and 80 telecoms masts being constructed alongside the railway, which will connect London and Birmingham.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 9, 2024

Verizon’s adoption of AI is part of a broader strategy to optimise operations, improve customer experiences, and explore new business opportunities through its network’s capabilities.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 19, 2024

Zambia has completed the construction of a ground receiving station which it says will pave the way for the launch of the country's long-awaited first satellite.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Turkcell, the leading comprehensive telecom carrier in the world, provides high-quality fixed and mobile communication services for more than 43 million subscribers in Türkiye. Therefore, the construction of fiber infrastructures and evolution of innovative technology must make strides to cope with the challenges of digital floods.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Building on concepts discussed in its Synadia Guest Blog which explores the technical underpinnings of NATS, this blog examines how Vitrifis platform transforms telecoms workflows, highlighting how advanced automation enables agility, resilience, and scalability in an increasingly complex industry landscape.

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Telegeography

JANUARY 20, 2025

Sponsored by Telecom Egypt, this futuristic, high-contrast design depicts 597 cable systems and 1,712 landings that are currently active or under construction. Happy New Year? Now it is, because we just dropped our 2025 Submarine Cable Map.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Building these broadband networks on time and at scale across 56 states and territories will require tens of thousands of broadband construction workers: from network designers to pole surveyors, from locators to drill operators, from general laborers to fiber splicers. 

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The UK fibre market has come a long way, largely driven by the rise of alternative network providers (altnets). The upcoming Telecoms Access Review (TAR) arrives at a critical moment and the regulator needs to take action to promote sustainable nationwide competition. A fibre market fit for the future?

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Developing Telecoms

JANUARY 22, 2025

PAIX Data Centres, a leading data centre provider in Africa, has announced plans for the construction of a new state-of-the-art data centre in Dakar, Senegal.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 30, 2024

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter Also in the news: Coastguard’s emergency network gets an upgrade from Telent AT&T fined nearly $1m over 911 failings How will the CityFibre–Sky deal really affect BT? billion yuan ($6.1

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul and Scala Data Centers, a leading Latin American platform of sustainable data centres in the hyperscale market, have signed a letter of intent to enable the construction of what they call the largest and most innovative digital infrastructure project in South America.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

News The company made the announcement at Fibre Optic Partner Day in Bonn, Germany This week, German incumbent telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom has joined the German Federal Association for Fiber Optic Connections (BUGLAS), an industry association focussed on promoting and expanding fibre infrastructure throughout Germany.

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Total Telecom

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The surge in data traffic, the push for lower latency, and the rise of AI-driven applications are forcing operators to rethink how networks are built and managed. The challenge: A network model under pressure For years, network architecture has been built around major hubs. The industry is in the midst of a major transition.

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RCR Wireless

JANUARY 2, 2025

million 5G base stations China plans to construct over 4.5 China ended 2024 with over 4.19

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Developing Telecoms

DECEMBER 17, 2024

billion) contract with the UAE government to provide satellite services until 2043, which will also help fund construction of two new satellites in the pipeline. UAE-based satellite operator Space42 announced on Tuesday it has signed a new AED18.7 billion (US$5.1

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In an earlier post we looked at Cell-Site Construction And Evolution Strategies. A slightly older post on LinkedIn detailed the Telecom Site Installation process. Taking the post, the comments, some help from ChatGPT, here is a detailed process of planning, constructing, and commissioning a mobile network site.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 23, 2024

Grid Telecom of Greece and Tamares Telecom of Israel have announced a strategic alliance to establish open-access cable landing infrastructure in Cyprus. The joint venture will utilize the Cable Landing Station owned by Tamares Telecom Cyprus on the western coast of Cyprus.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 20, 2024

SK Telecom and Nokia have come together to introduce a groundbreaking fibre sensing technology. This innovative technology aims to detect environmental changes that could impact optical cables in fixed networks. Leveraging machine learning, the partnership will analyze data from commercial networks.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 29, 2024

OMS Group, a Malaysian subsea digital infrastructure company, has signed a contract with Dutch maritime firm Royal IHC for the construction of a series of cable-laying vessels. OMS is backed by KKR, a global investment firm investing across private markets in every asset class all over the world.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Erie County, New York’s  ErieNet  broadband initiative is poised to begin construction in Buffalo, NY, after the Buffalo Common Council recently passed a resolution approving the Telecommunications License Agreement with ErieNet LDC. New York Get a snapshot view of broadband initiatives in New York.

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Though Northampton, Massachusetts residents still broadly support the construction of a city-owned municipal fiber broadband network, city officials are celebrating the arrival of Gateway Fiber, which will soon be delivering a more affordable fiber option, and more broadband competition, to the traditionally underserved city.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE Corporation has teamed up with Indonesian mobile operator Smartfren to implement a commercial deployment of Native-AI-based Radio Access Network (RAN) computing. This deployment has led to a 15% improvement in user experience and a 5% increase in network traffic.

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Developing Telecoms

MARCH 2, 2025

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) announced on Monday that it has commenced construction of its third data centre facility in Thailand, STT Bangkok 2, to support demand for critical digital infrastructure in the country.

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Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

AUGUST 5, 2024

Deploying a 5G mobile network in the tunnels of a metro is a real technical challenge: it's an indoor space with a high density of people, movements, and very thick (and therefore wave-impermeable) walls.

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Broadband Breakfast

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

A California telecom and electrical cooperative says the state’s ongoing last-mile broadband grant program will help deploy affordable fiber to multiple communities across four heavily unserved and underserved California counties. Now, 14 years later, FFA grants are connecting many locals to this network for the first time.

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Developing Telecoms

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

It will be constructed in the Glba district, 20 kilometres south of the capital Ankara, according to Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uralolu. A large-scale data centre is being planned by Turkey's satellite operator Turksat.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Frustrated by years of substandard broadband service from regional telecom incumbents, Kendall County, Illinois residents have joined the growing chorus of Americans that are tackling the problem head on by building their own better, faster, more affordable fiber networks.

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Real Wireless

JULY 8, 2024

This means we are highly networked into the UK university and industry R&D ecosystem and are regularly invited to participate as members of startup company boards, advisory committees in universities or regulators, and company strategic advisory groups, and provide innovation management services.

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RCR Wireless

AUGUST 21, 2024

Infrastructure company Black & Veatch has sold its public carrier wireless telecommunications infrastructure business to Ansco & Associates, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of telecom engineering and construction services company Dycom Industries.

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Real Wireless

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

At a recent Cambridge Wireless event Damian Bevan, Wireless System Analyst at Real Wireless, posed the question “Can NTN D2D be used to further extend outdoor mobile coverage beyond what the Shared Rural Network will provide?”

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