British telecoms regulator Ofcom has set out four ‘key expectations’ for the nation’s mobile network operators (MNOs) with regards to what happens when they switch off their 2G and 3G... more

Bouygues Telecom is aiming to shut down its 2G network at the end of 2026, with 3G services to be decommissioned by 2029, local news source L'Usine Digitale writes. Jean-Christophe... more

Telekom Deutschland, the domestic fixed and mobile business of Germany’s Deutsche Telekom (DT), has launched its ‘Hybrid 5G’ solution, bringing fixed network and mobile together to provide fast, reliable internet.... more

Mobile number portability (MNP) and fixed number portability (FNP) have gone live in Barbados, government officials have confirmed. The 1 February launch event was presided over by David Ishmael, the... more

Approximately 60% of T-Mobile US’s post-paid customers had a 5G smartphone as of 31 December 2022 and approximately two-thirds of all traffic is now being carried by the cellco’s 5G... more

Unitirreno Submarine Network (Unitirreno) has announced a contract in force (CIF) for the construction of its new fibre-optic submarine cable system in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The 1,030km system will connect... more

Benin’s Minister of Digital and Digitalisation, Aurelie Adam Soule, has held a meeting with local ISPs to address concerns about the low internet penetration rate in the West African country... more

Deutsche Telekom (DT) has completed the sale of a 51% stake in its tower business GD Towers to US infrastructure investment company DigitalBridge and Canadian asset management firm Brookfield. Effective... more

Cox Communications is expanding its service offerings at the 3,600-acre resort community Lake Las Vegas via the acquisition of network assets from Cable Systems of Nevada. According to Nevada Business,... more

Russia’s Government Commission for the Control of Foreign Investments has approved the proposed management buyout of mobile and fixed network operator Beeline Russia (PJSC VimpelCom), currently 100% owned by Amsterdam-based... more

Troubled Brazilian telco Oi faces an uncertain financial future – less than two months after the judicial recovery process overseeing the company was abandoned. As per a regulatory filing on... more

Kenyan ISP Mawingu has announced that it has raised a total of USD9 million through a Series B funding round, bringing on board new investor InfraCo Africa, part of the... more

Bell Canada reported CAD6.439 billion (USD4.842 billion) in revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022, up 3.7% year-on-year, with a slight improvement in EBITDA, up 0.3% to CAD2.437 billion, while... more

Rogers Communications reported that its total revenue and service revenue each increased by 6% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2022, to CAD4.166 billion (USD3.133 billion) and CAD3.436 billion, driven... more

Taiwan’s Chunghwa Telecom has reported a 3.0% year-on-year rise in revenues for its financial year ended 31 December 2022, ‘mainly due to growing core business including mobile, ICT and broadband... more