13 Feb 2023

Beyond ONE, an investment firm which is part of Priora Management Holding Dubai, has acquired regional MVNO group Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa (VMMEA). VMMEA has MVNO operations in... more

Bouygues Telecom has been ordered by the Paris Commercial Court to pay rival Free Mobile EUR308 million (USD328 million) in damages stemming from Bouygues’ business model. Back in 2014, Free... more

Japanese mobile network operator (MNO) KDDI (au) has tapped South Korean equipment vendor Samsung to provide it with a cloud-native 5G Standalone (SA) Core for its commercial network in Japan.... more

Infrastructure supplier AMN Group has signed a Network-as-a-Service (NAAS) contract with Orange Madagascar to build a minimum of 500 mobile network base stations in rural areas of the country. The... more

Jordanian telco Umniah has partnered with Ericsson for the launch of 5G services. Under the agreement the Swedish vendor will supply its 5G products and solutions and provide integration and... more

Russian network operator Beeline has begun sending its mobile customers in the Moscow region SMS notifications stating that ‘3G is being replaced by excellent 4G: better communication quality, higher speed... more

Australia’s NBN CO has announced that more than one million premises will gain access to full fibre connectivity as part of an ongoing upgrade programme. With the wholesale network operator... more

Claiming a first for Singapore, fixed and mobile provider StarHub has announced plans to trial 10Gbps ‘UltraSpeed Broadband’ nationwide. The trial will utilise 10Gbps-capable Symmetric Passive Optical Network (10G-XGS-PON) technology,... more

Ethiopia’s government is looking to move forward with the partial privatisation of incumbent telecoms operator Ethio Telecom, and to that end has published a Request for Proposal (RfP) inviting ‘proposals... more

Millicom International Cellular (MIC), which offers mobile and fixed broadband services in Latin America under the Tigo brand, has reported revenues of USD5.624 billion for the twelve months ended 31... more

Globe Telecom of the Philippines announced today (13 February) that is has completed the sale and leaseback of 2,988 (42%) of its 7,059 tower portfolio. In the latest tranche of... more

Germany’s Deutsche Telekom (DT) has denied speculation that it is looking to offload its stake in OTE Group of Greece. A statement from DT says the rumour ‘has no substance... more