Light Reading

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Startup Clerk Chat said it scored $7 million in seed funding to finance its efforts to build AI messaging tools in partnership with telecom companies. pressrelease

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 4, 2024

If accepted, the deal could significantly reduce TIM’s debt burden and provide the company with the financial flexibility to invest in its core operations and future growth.

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 10, 2024

News The move is the largest direct foreign investment in Ukraine since the war began This week, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have confirmed they will jointly invest $435 million into Ukraine’s newest converged telco.

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VoIP Review

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Korea Telecom has joined forces with Microsoft in a groundbreaking, multibillion-dollar AI partnership set to revolutionize the digital landscape in South Korea. The post Korea Telecom and Microsoft Forge AI Partnership to Transform Sectors appeared first on VoIP Review.

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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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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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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Deloitte cited serious concerns over the telecom company’s financial controls. The new agreement will push the debt maturities out to September 2027, giving the company more time to square up its finances.

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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

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

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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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Keep up to date with the latest international telecoms news by subscribing to the Total Telecom daily newsletter Also in the news: Hurricane Helene knocks out a fifth of mobile sites in US Southeast Vodafone Germany leans into fibre infrastructure sharing to reach 11m EE activates 25 Freshwave small cells in London

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Total Telecom

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The partnership combines AWS’s sovereign cloud infrastructure with e&’s network, catering to the public sector and regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, and oil and gas. The collaboration follows AWS’s launch of its second Middle East cloud region in 2022 , which was backed by a $5 billion investment.

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VoIP Review

AUGUST 21, 2024

Potential areas include finance, retail, traffic, and logistics. The post DoCoMo and D-Wave Elevate Telecom with Quantum Optimization appeared first on VoIP Review. He added that the company aims to set a new standard in the telecommunications industry with D-Wave’s technology.

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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. These solutions will equip organizations with the state-of-the-art infrastructure, operational features, and developer tools they need to accelerate digitalization at scale,” he continued.

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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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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

OCTOBER 7, 2024

billion that the company raised in April and May via equity financing , and it is quickly putting these funds to good use. However, Vi did successfully raise $4.4 Last month, Vi inked a $3.6 billion network equipment deal with Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung. The deal will see the vendors supply Idea with equipment over the next three years.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 22, 2024

In summer last year, however, the company was dealt a major blow to its finances when the new Nigerian government relaxed foreign exchange restrictions, leading to the rapid devaluation of the naira. Since the start of the 2020s, IHS has been on an M&A spree, buying up thousands of towers, most notably in Africa and Brazil.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 20, 2024

This cash increase is expected to enhance the SSIIF’s ability to finance crucial semiconductor projects aimed making China less reliant on foreign technology.

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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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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

billion telecoms equipment deal with Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung. billion Idea raised in April and May via equity financing. Keep up to date with all of the latest telecoms news with Total Telecom’s daily newsletter Also in the news: Meta resumes use of UK user posts to train its AI models Verizon’s 4,800 job cuts will cost over $1.9

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VoIP Review

OCTOBER 4, 2024

” The post CityFibre Seeks Funds to Boost UK Telecom Growth Potential appeared first on VoIP Review.

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Developing Telecoms

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Hormuud Telecom strengthened its EVC Plus mobile money platform by making it interoperable with MyBank and Agro Bank, with plans to onboard more banks in 2025.

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Total Telecom

AUGUST 29, 2024

The decision will leave the four participating telcos with 16.28% stakes in the business, for a collective stake of 65.12%, as per a contingency plan devised by the Ministry of Finance. Fadzil says the government is likely to choose a winner by the end of the year.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

billion telecoms equipment agreement with Nokia , Ericsson , and Samsung. billion raised by Vodafone Idea earlier this year via equity financing. The telecom giant has been on the brink of bankruptcy, losing subscribers to competitors like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Vodafone Idea has secured a $3.6 billion to 1.2

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VoIP Review

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The impact of improved AI capabilities will touch multiple sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and local public services. Recently, it announced a multibillion-dollar partnership with Korea Telecom to develop specialized AI models for Korean markets. The post Microsoft’s €4.3B

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HCL Tech

AUGUST 19, 2024

Shiv Walia started his professional career with HCL in 1993 and served across several finance leadership roles over the last many years. He is currently Corporate Vice President & Global Head of FP&A and Business Finance Operations. Shiv Walia has been integral to our success over the last many years.

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EldoTelecom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Some critics, including telecom writer Karl Bode, have characterized Tier 1 players’ sudden embrace of public-private partnerships, including those based upon an open access approach, as a strategic move to capture federal subsidies before smaller players can.

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VoIP Review

OCTOBER 7, 2024

billion through equity financing in April and May of this year, signaling its commitment to using these resources wisely. These significant moves could propel Vodafone Idea’s efforts to regain competitive ground within the telecom sector. Despite these financial hurdles, Vodafone Idea successfully raised $4.4 billion to 1.2

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Mark Goldberg

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

New Frontiers in Broadband, an Ivey telecom policy workshop , is coming up on the afternoon of October 16 in downtown Toronto. The post New frontiers in broadband appeared first on Telecom Trends. You can download the program agenda here [ pdf , 650KB].

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

to telecom infrastructure firm Vertical Bridge. The financing involves contributions from DigitalBridge, the parent company of Vertical Bridge, and CDPQ, a significant shareholder in Vertical Bridge. Verizon has finalized a $3.3 The structure is a prepaid lease involving $2.8 billion in immediate cash. tower company.

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Total Telecom

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

In 2023, it announced it would provide young people across Africa with hardware, IT training and micro-financing. From her role in the NHS to her leadership roles in telecoms, she’s inspiring and in this role, Catherine will communicate our core values across the group.

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VoIP Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This round also attracted interest from IT and defense firm Indra Sistemas, telecoms tower company Cellnex , and Sociedad de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI) Desarrollo Empresarial (SEPIDES), a Spanish business group affiliated with SEPI. All investors in this round are Spanish entities.

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EldoTelecom

JUNE 27, 2024

Stankey however raises a broader policy issue of how universal service is to be attained and specifically the high cost of the ownership, financing, and operation of its infrastructure in the digital IP era as it was for copper cable delivered analog voice telephone service in the previous century.

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Broadband Breakfast

OCTOBER 5, 2024

Doug Dawson, president of CCG Consulting, has worked in the telecom industry since 1978 and has both a consulting and an operational background. He and CCG specialize in helping clients launch new broadband markets, develop new products and finance new ventures.

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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. “It’s tax exempt.

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ersi

MARCH 4, 2020

So we set out to ask a few geographically enlightened participants in the telecom and cable industry for their thoughts about resource optimization. Here are some of their insights: What does resource optimization mean to you as a telecom professional? Traditional telecom operations are very siloed.

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