The Philippines’ new third telco, DITO Telecommunity, has published a list of the 15 areas where it will begin offering 4G and 5G SIM cards when its commercial launch takes... more
Libya’s state telecoms sector is looking to cooperate with American technology companies and open up the sector to foreign investment, Libya Herald has reported. Faisel Gergab, chairman of the Libyan... more
Taiwanese mobile network operator (MNO) Far EasTone (FET) has chosen Swedish vendor Ericsson as its vendor for 5G Standalone (SA) and Non-standalone (NSA) dual-mode 5G Core and VoLTE services, the... more
Dr Maria Myers-Hamilton, the Managing Director of Jamaica’s Spectrum Management Authority (SMA), has informed the Jamaica Gleaner that the Request for Proposal for its available 700MHz licence has garnered ‘global... more
Croatian operator Hrvatski Telekom (HT) has begun trialling 5G technology in the 3.5GHz band in central Zagreb. Users with compatible handsets have been invited to test the enhanced 5G service... more
Belarusian state-owned national telecoms service provider Beltelecom has revealed details of its expansion works in 2020, highlighting that as the construction of fibre-optic communication lines (FOCL) based on GPON technology... more
Belgian full-service telecoms operator Proximus has announced it has begun deploying its FTTP network in Bruges. Work is already underway in certain districts and more than 8,000 homes and businesses... more
Chilean ISP VTR is planning to roll out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology to 400,000 premises across 57 communes and twelve regions in 2021, as part of efforts to shore up its... more
Altice USA has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Morris Broadband for an enterprise value of USD310 million. The transaction will expand Altice USA’s footprint in... more
Telefonica is in advanced talks with Canadian pension fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec (CDPQ) to create a wholesale fibre-optic broadband business in Brazil, Bloomberg reports. While negotiations... more
Sweden’s Post and Telecom Agency (Post & Telestyrelsen, PTS) says its focus this year will be on price supervision in regulated markets. The watchdog says it will be also monitoring... more