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Ethio Telecom to be the first company floated on Ethiopia’s stock exchange 

Total Telecom

The first listing will be operator Ethio Telecom, the country’s largest telco, which will sell a 10% stake this week. The government has also announced plans to divest a further 45% stake in Ethio Telecom to investors in the future. With over 70 million subscribers, Ethio Telecom is a key player in Ethiopia’s digital transformation.

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MVNO growth, eSIM, and the challenge of differentiation: Vodafone Wholesale talks market dynamics

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Interview The UK’s wholesale mobile market is changing rapily in 2024, with the Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) ecosystem set to expand to almost 25% of the market. billion CMA questions Vodafone–Three merger after second probe

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Kaios and Mastercard to help SMEs in developing markets adopt digital payments

Developing Telecoms

KaiOS,  whose mobile operating system brings the internet to affordable devices, has announced a partnership with payment giant Mastercard to integrate a range of digital payments solutions for developing markets, beginning with Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria.

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Verizon offloads mobile towers to Vertical Bridge for $3.3bn

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Verizon has announced this week that it intends to sell the rights to lease, operate, and manage 6,339 mobile towers to infrastructure giant Vertical Bridge. Vertical Bridge is already the largest independent mobile infrastructure provider in the US, with over 500,000 sites across the country.

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FCC rules all mobile phones must be compatible with hearing aids

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News The new regulations introduced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) also include new Bluetooth coupling requirements The FCC has adopted new rules that require all mobile phones available in the US to be compatible with hearing aids.

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India’s BSNL trials 5G; market leader Jio trials 5G network slicing

Developing Telecoms

However, mobile market leader Reliance Jio is looking much further ahead – to business cases that could monetise its (already launched) 5G network. India’s state-owned operator BSNL has reportedly started 5G trials in the country ahead of its imminent launch of 4G.

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Bouygues Telecom Upgrades Automated Testing Capabilities With Witbe’s Witbox+ Technology

Total Telecom

26, 2024 — Witbe (Euronext Growth – FR0013143872 – ALWIT), a global leader in test automation and monitoring technology for video service providers, today announced that French operator Bouygues Telecom is strengthening its long-running partnership with the company by upgrading its QA testing equipment to the latest powerful models of the Witbox+.