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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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NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Read more » The post Vodafone explores quantum computing for network optimisation appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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JANUARY 6, 2025

Two months after Ghana saw the launch of its first 5G wholesale network, telecoms operators have yet to lease capacity from it to offer commercial 5G services, according to Minister of Communications and Digitalization Ursula Owusu.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

BT has issued an update on its plans to retire its 2G network, marking the end of a technology first introduced in the early 1990s. The companys 2G network, which operates under its EE brand, currently handles just 0.1 Read more » The post BT urges businesses to prepare for 2G network sunset appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

China Telecom Global has officially kicked off operations in Saudi Arabia with the launch of new subsidiary China Telecom Gulf, which has already secured its first cooperation agreements with local telcos STC and state-owned BTC Networks.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Benin-based broadband provider Isocel Telecom has announced ambitious plans to expand its network to reach up to half a million households, emphasising that fibre is still essential to fill the gaps that mobile connectivity cannot yet address.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

News The FCC says the replacement process is more urgent than ever in the wake of the Salt Typhoon cyberattacks late last year The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is pushing ahead with plans for a new spectrum auction to help pay for the removal and replacement of Chinese telecoms equipment from US networks.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Telecom Namibia says it successfully completed eight FTTx projects worth NAB35.5 million) for underserved areas in 2023 and 2024, and will invest another NAB27 million to expand its fibre access network further in the coming year. million (US$1.9

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JANUARY 22, 2025

C3ntro Telecom (C3ntro), a provider of AI-enabled fibre networks and data centre connectivity solutions, has announced the successful deployment in Mexico of a solution from Infinera, a global supplier of innovative open optical networking solutions and advanced optical semiconductors.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Telecom Egypt and Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) announced on Wednesday they have successfully landed the Africa-1 subsea cable system at the first of two planned landing points in Egypt.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

The 45,000 kilometre 2Africa subsea cable systems interconnecting Europe, Asia and Africa is back in the news again, this time thanks to an announcement from Telecom Egypt and Cisco.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

LexisNexis has united telecoms giants on an initiative that promises to improve how patent data is standardised, cleaned, and verified. Read more » The post LexisNexis unites telecoms leaders to boost patent data accuracy appeared first on Telecoms Tech News.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Satellite cellular network provider AST SpaceMobile has further cemented its partnership with telecoms giant Vodafone. Read more » The post AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone expand satellite cellular network agreement appeared first on Telecoms Tech News. With the expanded partnership, the pair take another step.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Tunisia’s three biggest mobile operators – Tunisie Telecom, Orange Tunisie and Ooredoo Tunisia – reportedly submitted their applications for 5G licences on Monday, with approval expected in the next three weeks.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Press Release London, UK Submarine Networks EMEA, the worlds largest annual subsea connectivity event, is returning to London this February for its seventh annual event. Submarine Networks EMEA will take place on the 1819 February at the Business Design Centre, London.

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JANUARY 2, 2025

Turkcell, globally a leading comprehensive telecom and digital services provider, has announced the successful completion of the world's first 2.4Tbps field trial on a live transmission network in collaboration with Huawei.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

Sudans telecoms regulator, the National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC), has partnered with mobile network operator Sudatel and NGOs to connect relief workers in the conflict-ridden country.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

News The deal follows Zegonas 5 billion purchase of Vodafone Spain last June Zegona Communications has announced that Vodafone Spain and MasOrange will form a new fibre network joint venture, dubbed FibreCo. FibreCo will combine the two companies fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks, reaching roughly 12.2 million customers.

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DECEMBER 13, 2024

Spain's leading telecom operator MasOrange has successfully completed the first 1.2Tbps data transfer over a longer distance commercial optical transmission network, using a single wavelength or channel over terrestrial cable.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

State owned service provider Cabo Verde Telecom (CV Telecom) has announced an international public tender for replacing inter-island optical fibre, allowing broadband internet to be distributed throughout Cape Verde, a West African island state.

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JANUARY 24, 2025

With the ageing copper landline network becoming increasingly fragile, its simply too risky to run the UKs essential public services on outdated networks. The move to digital networks offers a range of benefits. However, 60% of the operators CNI customers have yet to develop a transition plan.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

News Discussions between the two companies first began in July last year Australia’s Vocus has announced a binding agreement to acquire TPG’s Enterprise, Government, and Wholesale (EG&W) fixed business and fibre network assets for AU$5.25 billion (US$ 3.35 Once achieved, Vocus will begin integrating TPG’s assets into its operations.

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JANUARY 27, 2025

Boldyn Networks, a shared network infrastructure provider, has announced an agreement to acquire Germany-based Smart Mobile Labs (SML), a provider

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JANUARY 15, 2025

Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) is clearly getting 2025 off to a busy start in terms of network upgrades and rollouts. This week has seen the news that it has partnered with HCLSoftware, the software business unit of Indian global technology company HCLTech, to make its 4G and 5G networks smarter and more efficient.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

Telecom Namibia says it has restored the satellite feed for its Satlink VSAT platform after it lost connectivity in October following the failure of Intelsats IS-33e satellite in October.

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JANUARY 20, 2025

ZTE said it has successfully collaborated with Viettel-backed Peruvian telco Bitel to upgrade its 4G mobile network ahead of the telcos official launch of 5G on Monday.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

concert, sports), online gaming, along with virtual and augmented reality are some of the products and applications growing network traffic and consuming bandwidth. As a fiber optic network provider, Great Plains Communications sees a continued rise in network traffic as an ongoing trend.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

As industries worldwide accelerate digital transformation in an AI-driven era, resilient, high-speed networks have become essential. Intelligent IP Network Summit during the 2024 Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) in Istanbul, industry leaders discussed the future of IP networks in the AI age. At the recent Net5.5G

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JANUARY 16, 2025

16 JANUARY 2025 – High-speed broadband provider LightSpeed has joined forces with Neos Networks, one of the UKs foremost business connectivity providers, to expand its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) and wholesale services. ENDS About Neos Networks Neos Networks has the UKs largest business-dedicated network.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

A partnership between tech giant Nokia and service provider Ooredoo Oman claims that it will do nothing less than transform the nation’s connectivity via the deployment of a state-of-the-art dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) wholesale network.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Malaysian telco U Mobile announced on Wednesday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CIMB Bank to extend financing support for its upcoming 5G network rollout.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Indonesian telco Telkomsel said on Thursday it has teamed with ZTE to implement an AI-powered network solution in its 4G network to optimise base station performance after completing tests in Makassar and Kendari.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

Declining growth in fixed and mobile broadband network investments coupled with the ongoing struggle to monetise new 5G services, and accompanied by the global economic downturn, continued to impact business performance for many telcos, equipment vendors and the wider industry.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Tbps data transmission on a single wavelength in its metro fiber network using Ciena’s WL6e technology, setting the stage for AI-driven applications and sustainable energy efficiencies. Verizon achieves a 1.6

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JANUARY 23, 2025

WOM Colombia has announced plans to roll out its 5G networks this year, following a bailout from new investors that rescued the operator from bankruptcy last week.

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

Galaxy Backbone (GBB), the information technology and shared services provider of the Federal Government of Nigeria, has announced the successful expansion of its state-of-the-art fibre optic network to Lagos, Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State in southwestern Nigeria, and Ilorin, capital of Kwara State in the north-central region.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Iraqi operator iQ Networks says it has signed the countrys first dark fibre IRU framework agreement with Qatar-based subsea cable operator Gulf Bridge International (GBI), whilst also announcing its terrestrial transit network now has over 1 Tbps of capacity.

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