Telecommunications

Vodafone and Three Merger: UK Gives Telcos 5 Working Days to Address Competition Concerns to Avoid in-Depth Probe

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will thoroughly investigate the merger between Vodafone and CK Hutchison's Three unless the two mobile carriers address the regulator's concerns.


US Senators Propose to Auction Government-Owned Spectrum to Boost 5G Networks

Two Republican senators are unveiling a new legislative proposal that would auction some US government-owned spectrum to bolster commercial wireless 5G networks...

BT Telecommunications Aims to Lead UK Telecom Market With Its Own 5G Standalone Network

The inaugural "standalone 5G" network will be released in 2024 as BT Telecom prepares ecosystem readiness and device compatibility following a successful trial...

MWC 2024: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Juniper Networks CEOs Discuss $14 Billion Merger Deal Benefits

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is set to acquire Juniper Networks in a $14 billion deal...


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Vivendi, Telefonica seal $9.3 billion Brazilian broadband deal
French media group Vivendi has finalised an agreement to sell its Brazilian broadband business GVT to Spain's Telefonica for cash and shares worth around 7.2 billion euros ($9.29 billion), the compani
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BlackBerry buys UK mobile technology start-up Movirtu
BlackBerry has acquired a U.K-based mobile technology start-up whose software allows users to have multiple phone numbers on the same device, the Canadian tech firm said on Thursday.
Apple payments service may boost sales of larger iPhones
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Mexico's Grupo Salinas said on Wednesday its chairman will buy out its partner Grupo Televisa's (TLVACPO.MX) 50 percent stake in the country's No. 3 wireless operator Iusacell for $717 million and see
Bharti Airtel to sell over 3,500 African mobile phone masts to Eaton Towers
India's Bharti Airtel Ltd (BRTI.NS) has agreed to sell more than 3,500 of its mobile phone masts in six African countries to telecommunications tower company Eaton Towers in a bid to cut costs, the co
SpaceX Falcon rocket lifts off with communications satellite
A Space Exploration Technologies Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Sunday to put a commercial communications satellite into orbit.
Telefonica prevails in battle for Vivendi's Brazil unit GVT
French media company Vivendi (VIV.PA) picked Telefonica (TEF.MC) for exclusive talks over the sale of its Brazilian broadband unit GVT, spurning a rival bid from Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI).
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