Orange Polska says it plans to launch its first 5G mobile services on 1 July under the name #hello5G. The firm says that around six million people will be covered... more

Kyrgyzstan’s largest cellular operator by subscribers MegaCom has launched a mobile TV service, ‘MePlay’, provided to its customers on a zero-rated data basis i.e. without users incurring any mobile data... more

Mexican open access 700MHz operator Red Compartida has enlisted Spanish satellite provider HISPASAT for the provision of satellite backhaul access. The Amazonas 5 Ka-band satellite will connect 65 remote base... more

Huawei Marine Networks (HMN) has announced the completion of the marine survey for the Maldives Sri Lanka Cable (MSC) aiming to connect Hulhumale, an island in the Maldives archipelago, to... more

A consultation has been launched by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) related to the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Act 2020 (the ‘TLA Act’), which received Royal... more

Gilat Telecom has announced that its VSAT services are now available in every country in Africa. Operational in the continent for 20 years with a strong base in East Africa... more

The chief executive of Italian utility group Enel says a combined nationwide fibre network should remain independent from any one service provider. Enel is a 50% shareholder in Open Fiber,... more

Estonian utility firm Eesti Energia has signed a EUR70 million (USD79 million) loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) which will allow the energy company to deploy an open... more

Orange Group has formally denied Spanish press reports linking it with a rival EUR26 (USD29.3) per share takeover bid for alternative operator Grupo MASMOVIL. Reuters quotes an official statement from... more

State-owned energy utility Power Grid Corporation of India has received a demand from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for INR136.1 billion (USD1.8 billion) in relation to the company’s national long... more

Struggling Indonesian mobile operator PT Smart Telecom (Smartfren) reported a net loss of IDR1.77 trillion (USD125.22 million) in the first quarter of 2020, significantly higher than the loss of IDR424.66... more

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a USD100 million loan to Turk Telekom, supporting plans for investment including modernisation of fixed broadband infrastructure using energy-efficient technology,... more