Plans to stage Brazil’s long-awaited 5G spectrum auction continue to gather pace, with the National Telecommunications Agency (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes, Anatel) approving certain 5G-related rules yesterday (25 February). While... more

Claro Colombia has confirmed that it has completed the technical implementation required to enable the interconnection of voice, SMS and international long-distance services between its network and that of market... more

Ayala-led Globe Telecom says customers in the provinces of Pampanga, Batangas, Laguna and parts of Cavite will receive improved mobile services from March 2021, thanks to its 4G LTE upgrade... more

Chinese vendor Huawei is to work with Zimbabwe’s state-owned cellco NetOne on the next phase of its ICT service development, with a focus on mobile broadband. A report from Daily... more

GU Holdings (Google) has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting a licence to construct, land, and operate a private, non-common carrier fibre-optic submarine cable system named... more

British pure fibre provider Community Fibre, which focuses on the provision of services in London, has announced that its network now passes 200,000 premises in the capital. In a press... more

Guyanese telecoms watchdog the Telecommunications Agency has published details of the proposed amendments to the licences of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GTT), Digicel Guyana and E-Networks, as well as the... more

Romania’s National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has launched a public consultation to verify its list of localities which do not have access to fixed broadband networks... more

Canadian alternative ISP TekSavvy welcomed a decision from the Supreme Court declining to hear appeals by Canada’s largest telecoms and cable companies (including Bell and Rogers), who sought to overturn... more

AT&T and TPG Capital – the private equity platform of global alternative asset firm TPG – have signed a definitive agreement under which the two parties will establish a new... more

Kazakh mobile operator Kcell announced that, following a request from its 75% shareholder Kazakhtelecom (KT) to delist global depository receipts (GDRs), a meeting will be held on 9 April 2021... more

German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom (DT) has announced that it ‘broke new ground in the 2020 financial year’, reporting that net revenue exceeded EUR100 billion (USD121.9 billion), mainly driven by... more

Ireland’s eir has reported a 5% year-on-year decline in revenue for the three-month period ended 31 December 2020, as the company said it continued to ‘manage declines in traditional access... more

Belgian full-service telecoms operator Proximus has announced its financial results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2020, reporting a 3.6% year-on-year drop in group revenue to EUR5.479 billion (USD6.681... more

Magyar Telekom reported that its total revenues increased by 3.6% year-on-year to HUF188.9 billion (USD639 million) in Q4 2020 thanks to increases in service revenues in Hungary and North Macedonia.... more

Greek telco OTE has reported a 1.3% annual decline in revenues for full-year 2020 to EUR3.26 billion (USD3.95 billion), with adjusted EBITDA dropping 0.5% to EUR1.22 billion. The group said... more