Telecom Talk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has released its enhanced Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework (SLFF) as part of its

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Telecom Talk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Bharti Airtel's Airtel Finance has launched a new fixed deposit marketplace offering up to 9.1 percent interest per annum. Integrated with the Airtel Thanks App, this service allows investments starting from Rs 1,000 without the need for a new bank account.

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Telecom Talk

JANUARY 19, 2025

Bharti Airtel, one of India’s largest telecom service providers, and Bajaj Finance, India’s largest private-sector Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC), have

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Telecom Talk

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Ooredoo Group announces a record QAR 2 billion financing deal to expand its data center and AI business in the MENA region.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The National Communications Authority of Somalia (NCA) partnered with the International Finance Corporation to prepare new regulations for submarine cable landings aimed at bolstering Somalia’s connectivity sector.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has unveiled an enhanced Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework (SLFF), reinforcing its commitment to achieving carbon-neutral operations by 2030. This update introduces more rigorous targets aimed at aligning financing strategies with impactful sustainability goals.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Vodafone Idea faces a setback in securing a long-term loan as Power Finance Corp and Rural Electrification Corp have rejected its proposal.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

PalmPay has announced the launch of its USSD code, a service that offers Nigerians an additional way to manage their finances without the need for internet connectivity.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 19, 2024

North Korea’s Pyongyang Information Technology Bureau is reportedly conducting inspections of the country’s electronic payments network to update equipment and stabilize operations in a drive to boost confidence in the country's transition to digital finance.

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Developing Telecoms

DECEMBER 18, 2024

EdgePoint Towers, part of EdgePoint Infrastructure, the ASEAN-based independent telecommunications infrastructure company, has announced the completed deployment of its Outdoor Common Antenna System (CAS) at The Exchange TRX, a 70-acre development by Ministry of Finance Malaysia in the heart of Kuala Lumpur for international finance and business.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Smartphone financing company M-KOPA hailed reaching the milestone of providing over five million customers with loans in Africa totalling US$1.5 billion.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has approved a $400 million loan for Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL), marking a significant step toward its acquisition of Telenor Group’s operations in Pakistan.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

These steps aim to give TalkTalk more time to organize its finances by extending the repayment deadlines for its Revolving Credit Facilities (RCF) and Senior Secured Notes (SSN), initially due in November 2024 and February 2025, respectively.

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

August 14, 2024 – Internet Service Provider Brightspeed announced that it secured a multi-billion dollar financing deal that will reinforce its ability to successfully build out a fiber build plan.   Through the financing transaction, Brightspeed receives approximately $3.7

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Broadband Breakfast

AUGUST 14, 2024

August 14, 2024 – Internet Service Provider Brightspeed announced that it secured a multi-billion dollar financing deal that will reinforce its ability to successfully build out a fiber build plan.   Through the financing transaction, Brightspeed receives approximately $3.7

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RCR Wireless

JANUARY 16, 2025

U Mobile received approval from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission last November to operate as the countrys second 5G provider Malaysian operator U Mobile has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with local bank CIMB Bank Berhad (CIMB) with the aim of extending financing support for its upcoming 5G network rollout.

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Developing Telecoms

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Argentina’s telecoms regulator Enacom has approved extra financing to finish a project undertaken by Argentinian state-owned telecommunications company Arsat to increase the capacity of its fibre optic network.

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Developing Telecoms

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Those are some of the topics addressed by EIB Finance in Africa 2024 , a new report from the European Investment Bank. Fintech company rollout is accelerating in Africa? And will it be sustained?

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 29, 2024

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets, and tech giant Microsoft have signed a strategic agreement to identify and enhance investment opportunities in digital transformation across Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Telecom Talk

JANUARY 22, 2025

Moody’s Ratings has upgraded its credit rating and outlook on Bharti Airtel to ‘positive’ from ‘stable’, citing the second-largest Indian

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Ukraine’s telecoms industry is about to receive a boost thanks to The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, with support from the European Commission (EC) and the government of France.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

Outgoing FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel is calling for a quick spectrum auction to finance the removal and replacement of Chinese telecoms equipment. The issue has been thrust back into the spotlight following the Salt Typhoon revelations that found Beijing-linked threat groups had compromised US telecoms networks.

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Telecom Talk

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Punjab National Bank (PNB) has reportedly declined Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) request for fresh lending, said the bank’s Managing Director and

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Broadband Breakfast

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

20, 2024 – A draft of an order up for consideration at the Federal Communications Commission’s December meeting would loosen some financing rules for its broadband subsidy programs. The agency has been extending a waiver applying RDOF financing rules to CAF II auction participants since 2020. WASHINGTON, Nov.

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Developing Telecoms

AUGUST 12, 2024

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”. Nigeria’s federal government has launched an initiative to establish digital free zones in the country.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 23, 2024

million in financing from EXIM Bank Malaysia to support the expansion of essential telecommunications infrastructure across Cambodia.

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Broadband Breakfast

DECEMBER 11, 2024

11, 2024 – The Federal Communications Commission moved Wednesday to open more of the unlicensed 6 GigaHertz band to very low power devices, and to loosen financing requirements for some of its broadband subsidy programs.  WASHINGTON, Dec.

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Developing Telecoms

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Yango, one of Cte dIvoires most trusted platforms, which handles millions of rides and deliveries each month through its partners, has teamed up with COFINA, a leading mesofinance institution in the country and Yabx, an embedded finance platform that builds credit profiles for thin or no-file customers, to introduce a driver cash advance service.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 23, 2024

million) social loan facility from HSBC Philippines to finance its fibre infrastructure rollouts to underserved and unserved communities. Philippine telco PLDT announced on Wednesday it has a secured a PHP2 billion (US$34.4

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Telecom Talk

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Oracle has introduced a new set of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven features in NetSuite, one of its corporate finance software offerings,

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Telecom Talk

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

A survey by EY reveals that 94 percent of Indian CFOs and tax leaders believe Generative AI will transform tax and finance operations.

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Total Telecom

JANUARY 6, 2025

The capital, which includes both equity and debt financing, will fuel the company’s next phase of growth as it works to meet the increasing demand for cloud and AI services across the region.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 4, 2024

News The Italian government are said to be focusing investment on critical national infrastructure The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and Retelit, a subsidiary of the Spanish Asterion Infrastructure Fund, has made €700 offer for Sparkle, Telecom Italia’s subsea cable unit, the company has announced this week Negotiations are ongoing, (..)

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Telecom Talk

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Uniqus Consultech, a tech-enabled platform that provides consulting solutions in the accounting and reporting, finance operations, governance, risk, ESG, and

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Telecom Talk

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Swisscom has launched the Swiss AI Platform, offering secure, high-performance AI infrastructure with full data sovereignty for industries like finance and public sectors.

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Light Reading

JANUARY 30, 2025

billion debt financing in the US paves the way for the company to grow its footprint in the country. Boldyn Networks said its new $1.2 pressrelease

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Blandin on Broadband

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Municipal Broadband and Innovative Financing Models: Unlocking Economic Growth will focus on ways publicly-owned broadband networks can be financed and feature municipal broadband providers and financing experts who have successfully navigated the maze of municipal finance.

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