Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator in the country, has several prepaid plans under Rs 1000 that come with 2GB of daily data.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

Malaysian telco Telekom Malaysia (TM) and energy company Petronas announced on Monday they have deployed and launched a private 5G network at Petronas’ LNG Complex in Bintulu, Sarawak.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

Bharti Global acquires a 24.5 percent stake in BT Group from Altice UK, marking a significant milestone in the long-standing Bharti-BT relationship.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 12, 2024

News The deal will see Altice UK’s 24.5% stake in the business transferred gradually to India’s second largest telco, Bharti Airtel This morning, it has been announced that billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice UK is selling its stake in BT to Bharti Airtel. The move will see Altice UK transfer its 24.5% stake in the business to Airtel piecemeal, with an initial instalment of 9.99%.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) seems to have confirmed reports that it has been quietly working with ISPs to redirect traffic from alternative DNS providers back to local DNS servers, preventing users from accessing web sites blocked by the MCMC.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 12, 2024

News AustralianSuper says Optus is failing to deliver the more than 500 additional towers it requires as part of a deal with Australia Tower Network According to The Australian Financial Review , Australian telco Optus is in the midst of a dispute with pension fund AustralianSuper, with the latter accusing them of failing to build new towers as per their agreement.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

Smartphone shipments in Southeast Asia grew 14% year-on-year in Q2 this year reaching 23.9 million units, as the region continues to recover from macroeconomic effects.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

Maxis and Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) announced on Monday they will establish a new innovation centre to develop 5G-Advanced solutions with a focus on use cases, customer experience, operating efficiencies and nurturing local talent.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

Vodafone Idea (Vi) just announced its quarterly results for Q1 FY25.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 12, 2024

News In the company’s latest annual report directors warned that the business could collapse “in August 2024 or sooner” TalkTalk has staved off defaulting on its debt by securing a refinancing package exceeding £400 million, led by its founder, Sir Charles Dunstone. Announced today, the deal involves shareholders — including Dunstone, Ares Management, and Toscafund — immediately injecting £65 million in interim funds into the company.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

SpaceX recently launched 21 new Starlink satellites. The launch took place from Cape Canaveral.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

A number of news outlets in India are suggesting that cloud services provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking to expand its data centre presence in Hyderabad, India, where it already has facilities that include three big data centres and its largest corporate building globally.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 12, 2024

News The partnership will offer businesses the tools they need to innovate while protecting their data Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) has teamed up with Google Cloud to bring advanced cloud services to Indonesia, addressing the country’s strict data residency, security, and privacy requirements. The expanded partnership will introduce Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) to various sectors across the country, allowing organisations to manage AI and data-heavy tasks while maintaining control

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

Safaricom announced on Monday that its 5G network is now available in all 47 counties in Kenya, which it claims makes it the biggest 5G operator in the country, although the network still only covers just 14% of the population.

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Telecoms Tech News

AUGUST 12, 2024

Bharti Enterprises has announced plans to acquire a majority stake in BT, the UK’s largest broadband and mobile provider. Bharti will purchase approximately 24.5% of BT Group from its current top shareholder, Altice. The acquisition will be executed through Bharti Global, the international investment arm of Bharti Enterprises. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman of.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

Latin America-focused operator group Millicom rejected Xavier Niel’s latest buyout offer stating that it is still being significantly undervalued, and maintained shareholders should reject Niel’s bid.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

Maxis and Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) have announced a strategic collaboration to establish a Joint Innovation Centre focused on 5G-Advanced technology.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

Nigeria’s federal government has launched an initiative to establish digital free zones in the country. These zones will be designed to attract and support tech, finance and service-orientated businesses in what is described as “a conducive environment tailored to the 21st-century digital trade and technological age”.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

MediaTek Dimensity 9400 SoC, the successor to Dimensity 9300 SoC, is said to have a 30% more powerful CPU performance.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

Azercosmos, Azerbaijan's space agency, and the Civil Aviation Authority of Botswana have announced a new partnership, described as a ‘new milestone in connectivity’, to launch satellite services in Botswana.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

Australian telco Telstra and Microsoft today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership.

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RCR Wireless

AUGUST 12, 2024

Telstra is extending AI infrastructure from Microsoft throughout the footprint of its Intercity Fibre Network project Australian operator Telstra is extending Microsoft’s AI infrastructure throughout the footprint of its Intercity Fibre Network project as part of an extended strategic partnership between the two companies. The tie-up will accelerate Australia’s AI ecosystem by building high-capacity intercity […] The post Telstra, Microsoft push AI through Australian fiber network appeared

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Network 128

Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

Brazilian telecommunications provider Brisanet has launched its 5G fixed-wireless access (FWA) service in 76 cities across the Northeast region of

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Telecommunication Telecoms Technology 147

RCR Wireless

AUGUST 12, 2024

As novel industrial technologies go, Nokia’s deal with Swisscom Broadcast, the Swiss operator’s enterprise-facing security and analytics arm, to deploy a network of 300 drones for emergency services and industrial applications feels significant – for both firms, as well as for the drone sector, the telecoms industry, and potentially the broader Industry 4.0 market.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

SK Telecom and Nokia partner to commercialize fiber sensing technology in Korea, using AI to monitor optical networks and detect environmental threats.

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RCR Wireless

AUGUST 12, 2024

$2 billion of EchoStar’s debt comes due in November, but does not have the funds to pay EchoStar lost customers across all of its business segments—pay TV, broadband and wireless—during the second quarter of 2024, as the company works to refinance $2 billion in debt that comes due in November, and which it does not […] The post EchoStar’s profits fall as its debts loom appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

Eutelsat Group has entered into an agreement with the Swedish investment fund EQT (EQT Infrastructure VI fund) to carve out

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Technology 147

Light Reading

AUGUST 12, 2024

A recent hike in customs duty on printed circuit board assembly could lead to an increase in services cost.

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Telecom Talk

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Indian telecom operators have asked the sector regulator to bring the OTT (over-the-top) apps under telecom regulation.

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RCR Wireless

AUGUST 12, 2024

The deals aims to help China Tower handle demand for transmission of monitoring data and related data analysis services for mid and high-point IoT devices Chinese tower operator China Tower has renewed multi-year framework deals with compatriot operators China Telecom and China Unicom with the aim of paving the way for an expected surge in […] The post China Tower inks IoT monitoring deals with two Chinese telcos appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Light Reading

AUGUST 12, 2024

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Alchemy sells Lebara; TalkTalk agrees refinancing deal; Eutelsat in talks over ground stations sale.

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Paloalto Networks

AUGUST 12, 2024

In today’s work environment, securing sensitive corporate data, while ensuring seamless access to resources for all workers, is a constant challenge for enterprises. Enter Prisma Access Browser, the latest innovation in secure access service edge (SASE). This groundbreaking solution redefines how businesses approach secure work in the browser, blending top-tier security with unparalleled performance.

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RCR Wireless

AUGUST 12, 2024

The pros and cons of building an LLM from scratch or tuning an existing LLM for telco AI use cases Whether for automated quality assurance on a manufacturing line, providing a conversational user interface for retail shoppers, or in support of a variety of of telecoms industry use cases, the effectiveness of artificial intelligence (AI) […] The post For telco AI LLMs, is bigger necessarily better?

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Light Reading

AUGUST 12, 2024

Bharti Enterprises is set to become BT's biggest shareholder. Meanwhile, the CEO of Deutsche Telekom thinks the UK telco still has potential to increase value.

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RCR Wireless

AUGUST 12, 2024

Cisco is cutting thousands of more jobs as it shifts focus to growing business segments like cybersecurity and AI In a second round of layoffs, Cisco is cutting thousands of jobs as it shifts focus to growing business segments like cybersecurity and AI. Early reports indicate the number of affecting employees will be similar to the 4,000 […] The post Cisco to lay off thousands as AI ambitions rise appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 12, 2024

WASHINGTON, Aug 12, 2024 – A major network outage is being held against AT&T in the ongoing battle over access to airwaves set aside for public safety organizations. Consumer advocacy groups again asked Federal Communications Commission staff last week not to allocate spectrum to FirstNet, the nationwide first responder network operated by AT&T, arguing the move would amount to a windfall for the carrier.

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RCR Wireless

AUGUST 12, 2024

Rakuten Mobile said it will continue to manage and operate these mobile network assets in Japan Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Group and Macquarie Asset Management announced that Rakuten Mobile will raise between JPY150-300 billion (around $1-2 billion) in funds for the sale and leaseback of a portion of its mobile network assets with a consortium […] The post Rakuten Mobile raises funds though leasing of mobile assets appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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