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Jio Every 2GB Daily Data Plan Under Rs 1000

Telecom Talk

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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AT&T and Oracle enter new cloud partnership 

Total Telecom

News The partnership aims to simplify and enhance how businesses use IoT technology, making it easier to innovate and improve their services This week, Oracle has announced a boost to its cloud services, which will integrate AT&T’s IoT connectivity and network APIs into its Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP). This means that businesses using Oracle’s cloud applications will be able to easily connect their IoT devices to AT&T’s network without needing to set u

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Telekom Malaysia and Petronas launch private 5G at LNG Complex

Developing Telecoms

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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UK Government pledges £800M towards rural broadband upgrade

Telecoms Tech News

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. For the first time, Wales – currently lagging behind with the lowest percentage of gigabit coverage – will benefit.

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FiberSense and Southern Cross Expand Subsea Cable Monitoring in New Zealand

Telecom Talk

Southern Cross Cable Network (SX) expands its partnership with FiberSense, implementing the DigitalMarine subsea cable monitoring technology across New Zealand.

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Altice offloads BT stake to Airtel as debt pressure grows

Total Telecom

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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Maxis intros enterprise 5G edge platform using Singtel’s Paragon

Developing Telecoms

Malaysian telco Maxis announced on Wednesday it is partnering with Singtel to launch an all-in-one platform for 5G network, edge computing, cloud and services orchestration that enables vertical enterprises to incorporate 5G into their digital transformation strategies.

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Airtel CEO Explains Why 5G SA Makes More Sense for FWA

Telecom Talk

Bharti Airtel has said that it is upgrading its mobile networks to 5G SA (standalone) to offer FWA (fixed-wireless access) services.

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Openreach CEO Clive Selley Urges UK Government to Cut Broadband Red Tape

Total Telecom

News Openreach’s newly appointed CEO, Clive Selley, has called on the UK government to reduce the regulatory barriers hindering broadband rollout In a recent blog post, Selley highlighted that despite the Project Gigabit funding, which aims to extend gigabit-capable broadband to thousands more premises, nearly a million homes could miss out due to outdated planning rules.

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South African 2G and 3G switch-off plans causing concern

Developing Telecoms

Local industry association the Association of Communications and Technology wants the South African government to lift its deadline for shutting down the country’s 2G and 3G networks.

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Bharti Enterprises to acquire majority stake in BT

Telecoms Tech News

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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Airtel’s Focus is Fiber as First Protocol for Homes over Wireless: CEO

Telecom Talk

Bharti Airtel saw its homes business growing in Q1 FY25 driven by accelerated adoption of Wi-Fi services which offer both fiber and AirFiber services.

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EE’s first 5G small cells go live, masts now deployed at 1,000+ locations across the UK

Total Telecom

Press Release Street-level mini masts, known as small cells, take advantage of existing street infrastructure to boost mobile capacity in busy areas Latest deployments include the first 5G small cells in London trial New 4G sites in major cities, towns and tourist sites including Cardiff, Dundee and Cumbria 14 th August 2024 : EE has now deployed over 1,000 small cells across the UK, marking 400 new deployments over the last 12 months including its first 5G sites, recently installed in Croydon,

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SES licensed for satcoms provision in Argentina

Developing Telecoms

Argentina’s telecoms regulator Enacom has permitted another big name in satellite services to enter the market.

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Smart meters and massive IoT – what the next 10 years will look like

RCR Wireless

More Friday market figures for you; these provide a definitive evergreen overview of the smart metering market, arguably, as follows… The total number of smart meters in the world will double over the next decade, from 1.7 billion at the end of 2023 to 3.4 billion at the end of 2033. By the end of […] The post Smart meters and massive IoT – what the next 10 years will look like appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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CelcomDigi, U Mobile, ZTE Achieve 30.8 Gbps Mobile Speeds with 5G-Advanced

Telecom Talk

CelcomDigi and U Mobile, in partnership with ZTE, have set a new record for mobile speeds at 30.8 Gbps with 5G-Advanced technology during a live trial in Kuching, Malaysia.

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Optus clashes with AustralianSuper over slow tower build

Total Telecom

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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Uganda’s troubled service provider UTel to receive major cash boost

Developing Telecoms

In a deal that seems to have been finalised last week but has only recently been widely reported, Uganda plans to sell 60% of its troubled state-owned service provider Uganda Telecommunications Corporation Limited (UTel) to Dubai-based global contractor Rowad Capital for US$225million.

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Brightspeed secures cash to accelerate fiber build, pursue BEAD

Light Reading

Brightspeed has eliminated $1.1 billion of debt and locked in $3.7 million in new funding to fuel a plan to build fiber to more than 4 million homes and businesses, up from its current footprint of 1.4 million locations.

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Bharti Global to Acquire Around 24.5 Percent Stake in BT Group from Altice UK

Telecom Talk

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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Global conflict and rise of AI sees DDoS attacks soar 106%

Total Telecom

News A new report from Zayo Group showed that Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks in H1 this year almost doubled compared to H2 2023, with telcos the primary target New research from Zayo Group suggests that international conflicts and the increasing availability of AI are fuelling a rise in DDoS attacks, with attack up 106% in H1 this year compared to H2 of last year.

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Blue NAP Americas and Zella DC to boost Caribbean data centre development

Developing Telecoms

Blue NAP Americas, which provides businesses with data centre services, and Zella DC, an Australian company that manufactures micro data centres, have entered into a strategic partnership that initiates a reseller programme, enabling Blue NAP Americas to offer Zella DC's hybrid data centre solutions throughout the Caribbean.

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T-Mobile hit with $60M fine over data security violations

Light Reading

CFIUS said T-Mobile has agreed to pay $60 million to settle allegations that the company failed to promptly report instances of unauthorized data access that violated a national security agreement tied to its merger with Sprint.

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US and Sweden to Collaborate on Advancing 6G Wireless Technology

Telecom Talk

The US and Sweden have announced a major partnership to advance 6G wireless technology, with a new Memorandum of Understanding focusing on research collaboration, frequency harmonization, and developing open architectures.

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BSNL and MTNL forgo merger, sign 10-year service agreement  

Total Telecom

News The agreement will see BSNL take over the management of MTNL, with the former joining the latter as a management agency For many years now, India’s state-owned telecoms firms Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) have been haemorrhaging subscribers, struggling to compete effectively against the country’s two largest telcos, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel.

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MCMC instructs Malaysian ISPs to redirect alternate DNS requests

Developing Telecoms

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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4.4 ZB of OT data by 2030 – 10m factories to produce as much as 900bn mobile subs

RCR Wireless

Some scratch-your-head stats just in from ABI Research: the manufacturing industry will generate 4.4 zettabytes of data worldwide by 2030, almost equivalent to the annual volume of data carried by global mobile networks to connect mostly-consumer applications. ABI Research calls the figure, pulled from a new Industry 4.0 research report, “stunning”, and it sure sounds […] The post 4.4 ZB of OT data by 2030 – 10m factories to produce as much as 900bn mobile subs appeared first on RCR Wirele

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Telkomsel Prepares 4G and 5G Networks for Indonesia’s New Capital, Nusantara

Telecom Talk

Telkomsel has ensured the readiness of network infrastructure in Indonesia's new capital city, Nusantara, with 49 base stations for 4G and 5G services.

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Mobile UK launches Better Connected Rural campaign 

Total Telecom

News The UK mobile operators will all be promoting the campaign on their various platforms This week, Mobile UK, the trade association for the UK’s mobile network operators (MNOs), has launched its Better Connected Rural Campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the benefits of connectivity to rural communities. The campaign began today with a podcast episode featuring Iain Milligan, Chief Network Officer of Three UK, which discussed how mobile connectivity is transforming the UK’s agricu

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Tunisia asks operators to deactivate unidentified SIM cards

Developing Telecoms

Attempts across Africa to manage the proliferation of SIM cards are continuing. This time it’s Tunisia’s turn.

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Telstra, Microsoft push AI through Australian fiber network

RCR Wireless

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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Airtel Wi-Fi Services: Entry-Level Plan Options and Benefits Detailed

Telecom Talk

Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has been expanding its Wi-Fi services across the country to additional households, thereby bringing its

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DigitalBridge to acquire JTower in $631m deal 

Total Telecom

News After the acquisition, DigitalBridge will take the company private US investment company DigitalBridge has made an offer to acquire Japanese infrastructure firm JTower, in a deal worth JPY93 billion ($631.2 million) according to a Bloomberg report. JTower’s board of directors has endorsed the offer, recognising the growing need for advanced telecom infrastructure as Japan prepares for further 5G and 6G technologies.

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PLDT, NTT data centre deal collapses, mulls new buyer

Developing Telecoms

PLDT chairman and CEO Manuel Pangilinan said a deal is on the boil for a 49% stake in the operator group’s data centre business, despite negotiations with Japan-based Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT) collapsing.

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Network slicing – a useful 5G tool (but not more) to build enterprise solutions

RCR Wireless

One thing seems clear, after a couple of announcements in recent weeks and several years in the doldrums: network slicing is coming, and it will make a new virtue of nationally-available 5G networks for enterprises. Last week, the analyst community debunked a few myths about slicing, even as the technology starts to gain commercial purchase […] The post Network slicing – a useful 5G tool (but not more) to build enterprise solutions appeared first on RCR Wireless News.

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Cellnex Sells Austrian Tower Operations to Consortium for EUR 803 Million

Telecom Talk

Cellnex Telecom has agreed to sell its Austrian tower business for EUR 803 million to a consortium led by Vauban Infrastructure Partners, EDF Invest, and MEAG.

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TalkTalk narrowly avoids collapse with £400m cash injection 

Total Telecom

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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