13 May 2021

Orange Slovensko has launched 5G networks in areas of Bratislava and Banska Bystrica. The cellco is using 3.5GHz spectrum and Massive MIMO equipment to provide peak theoretical download rates of... more

Millicom International Cellular (MIC) has announced that its Tigo Colombia subsidiary will become the first operator in Latin America to deploy Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) architecture. The rollout will... more

The government of Togo has set a cap on the number of active SIM cards that any individual can own, Togo First reports. According to a press release by the... more

Verizon Business now offers enterprises IoT connectivity for mobile assets in 170 countries on a single SIM, including permanent roaming options in North America and Western Europe, enabling organisations to... more

New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has announced it will retain regulation for three wholesale telecom services to continue to promote competition and protect consumers. The three wholesale services under review were... more

Sweden’s Post and Telecom Agency (Post & Telestyrelsen, PTS) has opened a public consultation regarding the award of local 5G licences for industrial and public sector use in fields such... more

The Algerian government has approved the five-year renewal of the telecoms network operating licences of cellcos Mobilis and Djezzy, subsidiaries of Algerie Telecom and VEON, respectively. As reported by Agence... more

Following its initial launch of 5G mobile services in Montreal in December 2020, Canadian operator Videotron announced the expansion of the latest-generation network to Quebec City on 12 May 2021.... more

The UK’s telecoms regulator Ofcom has published its latest ‘Connected Nations’ interim report, which includes data based on mobile coverage and fixed broadband availability across the UK as of January... more

Solomon Telekom (Our Telekom) is launching an OTT streaming service on its free-to-air Telekom Television (TTV) network, using an online video platform supplied by Switch Media. The vendor is supplying... more

Belgian full-service operator Proximus and Finnish vendor Nokia have partnered to develop a technology that they claim allows the servicing of twice as many customers in a single street cabinet,... more

A Swiss private equity fund, Partners Group, is reportedly negotiating with the owners of Indian ISP Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT) regarding a potential takeover, the Economic Times writes, citing people... more

German cable operator Tele Columbus has successfully implemented a capital increase by way of a rights offering resolved on 17 April 2021. All offered shares were either subscribed for based... more

Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica has reported revenues of EUR10.340 billion (USD12.517 billion) for the three months ended 31 March 2021, down 9.0% year-on-year on a reported basis. Group OIBDA for... more

Airtel Africa, Bharti Airtel’s majority-owned pan-African division, has reported underlying revenue of USD3.89 billion for the year to end-March 2021, up from USD3.42 billion in the previous year. Of that... more

South Korea’s LG Uplus has reported a total turnover of KRW3.417 trillion (USD3.03 billion) for the first quarter of 2021, up 4.0% year-on-year, with service revenues rising by 4.7% to... more