26 Aug 2021

After a week-long postponement, Brazil’s Federal Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da Uniao, TCU) has now approved the public notice for the proposed multi-band 5G spectrum auction. According to... more

Mauritanian cellco Chinguitel has launched its first LTE-based services after being awarded a 4G licence last September. The operator has implemented networks in the capital city Nouakchott, as well as... more

Mobile operator XL Axiata, which earlier this month inaugurated 5G services in the cities of Depok, South Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Surabaya, has revealed plans to expand the network beyond... more

Filipino telecoms group PLDT, via PLDT Enterprise and its wireless arm Smart Communications, has partnered Nokia to develop enterprise-specific IoT services for its customers across the country, reports The Philippine... more

The Czech Telecommunication Office (CTU) is reportedly considering plans to cap wholesale mobile data charges levied by the country’s three main network operators – O2 Czech Republic, T-Mobile and Vodafone... more

Vodafone Germany says it has almost completely refarmed its 3G frequencies for the provision of LTE services after shutting down the older network at the end of June. The firm... more

Romanian telecoms group Digi Communications is said to be ‘actively participating’ in Portugal’s multi-band spectrum auction, as it seeks to establish a presence in the country. The report, which originated... more

UK-based Jurassic Fibre, which is rolling out fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) infrastructure across South West England, has unveiled plans to extend coverage in the counties of Devon, Dorset and Somerset. According to... more

More areas in the Australian state of Victoria are expected to be able to access the highest speed tiers on the National Broadband Network (NBN) following a co-investment agreement between... more

Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has been found guilty of breaching the terms of its licence by withholding high speed data connectivity from a competitor, as well as offering a service... more

Multinational telecoms operating group VEON has been approached by Service Telecom with an offer to buy around 15,000 of its wireless towers in Russia, according to unnamed sources in the... more

Comcast Business has signed an agreement to acquire Masergy, a Plano, Texas-based pioneer in software-defined networking (SDN) and cloud platforms for global enterprises. Masergy currently serves more than 1,400 companies... more

Paris-based Bouygues Group has reported revenues of EUR17.417 billion (USD20.47 billion) for the six months ended 30 June 2021, an increase of 18% from EUR14.758 billion in the year-ago period,... more