Tele2 Russia has expanded its mobile network services to the Altai Republic in West Siberia, bringing its total on-net coverage footprint to 68 regions (out of Russia’s 83 excluding the... more
The government of Japan has announced new measures to fuel competition in the domestic mobile market by making it easier for users to switch to another carrier while keeping their... more
The Prague Morning newspaper reports that 30 metro stations in Prague, or half the total, are now covered by a 4G LTE signal, with Karlovo namasti station being the latest... more
State-backed Uzbek fixed and mobile operator Uzbektelecom (Uztelecom) has confirmed that its mobile division Uzmobile has passed the milestone of six million subscribers. TeleGeography notes that the state-backed provider has... more
GU Holdings (Google) and Edge Cable Holdings (Facebook) have submitted a new application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a licence to construct, land and operate a high capacity... more
Italy’s government has green-lighted a proposal to create a single broadband network company which will now be presented in a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to incumbent operator Telecom Italia (TIM).... more
State-backed cable TV operator and 5G mobile licensee China Broadcasting Network (CBN) has received investment of more than CNY100 billion (USD14.5 billion) from 47 companies, with the funding expected to... more
Citing the ‘increasingly challenging operating environment and early consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic’, Telekom Malaysia has reported a 7.2% year-on-year decline in revenue for the quarter ended 30 June 2020.... more
Malaysia-based Axiata said it felt the ‘full impact of COVID-19 … in 2Q20, particularly in April’, as it reported a 5.9% year-on-year drop in revenue, to MYR5.792 billion (USD1.4 billion),... more
SoftBank Group Corp has revealed it is to sell off around JPY1.33 trillion (USD12.5 billion) of the stock it holds in domestic wireless arm SoftBank Corp, piling up the recent... more
Russia’s VimpelCom (Beeline) has agreed a deal to acquire B2B-focused telco West Call Moscow, according to ComNews citing ‘several sources in the market’, although the transaction has not yet been... more