1 Feb 2021

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has published its ‘Licence Framework for the Establishment of Mobile Virtual Network Operators in Nigeria’, following a consultation period in December 2020. As per the... more

Cypriot mobile operator Cyta (Cytamobile-Vodafone) has launched 5G services capable of providing speeds of 1Gbps. The company advertises population footprint of 70% at launch, with plans to extend the coverage... more

French telecoms operator Orange has ended its negotiations with rival Free Mobile regarding a 5G mobile network sharing agreement. In a statement, the market leader highlighted: ‘Given a divergence in... more

Orange Espana has announced that its 5G network now covers 121 municipalities across 38 provinces. The telco’s footprint includes large cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza, Bilbao, A... more

Telecom Italia (TIM) has presented the Communications Regulatory Authority (Autorita per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Agcom) with its plan for a co-investment offer to deploy fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks across the... more

Czech telecoms infrastructure provider CETIN, a member of the PPF Group, has announced that as it continues to modernise its network throughout the Republic, the average connection speed available reached... more

Turk Telekom (TT) has claimed a ‘world first’ by testing Software Defined Network Enabled Broadband Access (SEBA) technology with a group of customers in Turkey, in cooperation with its R&D... more

Airtel Africa, Bharti Airtel’s majority-owned pan-African division, has reported turnover of USD1.03 billion for the three months to end-December 2020, up 17% from USD883 million a year earlier. EBITDA for... more

Russia’s Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has signed a seven-year USD300 million credit agreement with the New Development Bank (NDB) set up by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)... more