Australian mobile network operator (MNO) Optus claims to have successfully established an end-to-end 5G data call using its spectrum in the 2300MHz band, in what it has claims is a... more

Angolan mobile start-up Angorascom Telecomunicacoes – a partner of state-backed fixed operator Angola Telecom (AT) – will launch services in February 2021, according to the schedule handed to it under... more

Cuba’s state-owned telecoms operator Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA) has signed up more than 124,000 residential fixed broadband customers since the service was officially launched in March 2017, reports... more

Vodafone New Zealand has become the first operator to launch 5G mobile services in the country, after switching on its network in parts of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown. The... more

The Polish telecoms regulator, the Office of Electronic Communications (Urzad Komunikacji Elektronicznej, UKE), has opened its consultation into its planned auction of four licences in the 3.4GHz-3.8GHz band. The watchdog... more

The Agency for Communications Networks & Services (Agencija za komunikacijska omrezja in storitve, AKOS) in Slovenia has said it is being forced to postpone its planned 5G spectrum auction to... more

Vodafone Germany and Deutsche Glasfaser have announced an agreement to cooperate on the expansion of fibre-optic networks for residential customers. Under the wholesale partnership, Deutsche Glasfaser will deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH)... more

Google Fiber – which was one of the pioneers of gigabit broadband in the US when it launched back in November 2012 – has announced that it has discontinued its... more

US-based Hughes Network Systems and UAE-based Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) have announced that their joint venture (JV) to provide satellite broadband services in Brazil is now live. Operating... more

CHT Holdings Dominicana has unveiled a plan to boost broadband connectivity options in the Dominican Republic by leveraging the infrastructure of the Empresa de Transmision Electrica Dominicana (Dominican Electricity Transmission... more

India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has advised all companies – including non-telcos – not to delay payment of dues related to the Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) ruling and to seek... more