15 Jan 2021

Mobile operators EE and O2 UK have each announced an expansion to the coverage for their respective 5G networks. For its part, O2 UK revealed that, having continued to roll... more

Taiwanese mobile operator Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) has been told it needs to improve its 4G coverage before it can share the 5G spectrum and network belonging to rival Far... more

Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (MIESCOR), a subsidiary of Manila Electric Company (MERALCO), is reportedly participating in the Philippine government’s common tower programme which seeks to ramp up the deployment... more

Chilean investment firm Scale Capital, which reached an agreement to acquire DirecTV’s operations in Venezuela last summer, is understood to be considering augmenting its satellite TV business with the launch... more

T-Mobile Netherlands announced yesterday (14 January 2021) that mobile customers of its sub-brand Tele2 can now use 5G services across its national network, which was switched on in late July... more

Romania’s National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM) has fined Telekom Romania Mobile Communications RON700,000 (USD143,475) for non-fulfilment of its spectrum licence obligation to provide mobile voice coverage... more

Spanish telecoms firm Grupo MASMOVIL has been identified as the buyer of three blocks of 1800MHz spectrum in the first stage of the auction being held by the National Communications... more

Equatorial Guinean mobile operator Getesa is promoting 4G LTE smartphone usage on its network, having recently switched on the service. In a social media post on 12 January 2021 the... more

The Syrian Telecom Regulatory Authority (SyTRA) has fully restored mobile coverage along the Hama-Aleppo road. According to the Ministry of Communication and Technology (MoCT), the watchdog carried out works along... more

Algeria’s telecoms minister Brahim Boumzar stated this week that a decree to implement number portability is being finalised, with a draft version currently being studied by the regulator before being... more

NEC Corporation has announced the signing of a contract with the Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC) of Palau for the Palau Cable 2 (PC2) optical submarine cable construction project. PC2,... more

Glasfaser Nordwest, which was founded in early 2020 as a joint venture between Telekom Deutschland and EWE, says it has launched its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in 14 cities and communities... more

Latvia’s Public Utilities Commission (Sabiedrisko Pakalpojumu Regulesanas Komisija, SPRK) has initiated a public consultation on new draft rules regarding interconnection. The regulation sets out the requirements, deadlines and information that... more

Nextlink Internet, which is said to be the sixth largest fixed wireless provider in the US, serving more than 60,000 residential/business customers, has acquired SkyWave Broadband Internet, an ISP operating... more

Canadian cableco Cogeco Connexion reported that its revenues in the three months to end-November 2020 – its first fiscal quarter – climbed 2.2% year-on-year to CAD328.0 million (USD258.9 million), citing... more