AT&T to participate in affordable connectivity program
AT&T and Cricket Wireless will participate in the new federal Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The ACP will provide eligible households with a benefit of...
AT&T sells advertising marketplace Xandr to Microsoft
AT&T has agreed to sell its global programmatic advertising marketplace, Xandr Inc., to Microsoft. Financial details were not disclosed.
Xandr’s technology strategically complements Microsoft’s current...
Swiss proposes increasing minimum internet speed
The Swiss government proposed on Friday increasing the minimum internet speeds by a factor of eight.
At present Swisscom has the concession to provide basic...
Migration of 3G-powered IoT devices to 4G in US
Applied Information, a provider of intelligent transportation infrastructure technology, is upgrading more than 3,000 connected traffic control devices to 4G in advance of the...
EU must provide spectrum for next generation Wi-Fi technologies
The EU should ensure that enough spectrum is made available to enable the next generations of Wi-Fi Gigabit technologies, Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7, to...
Orange Belgium in talks with Nethys for buying VOO
Orange Belgium has started negotiations with Nethys for buying 75 percent stake in VOO SA -- based on an enterprise value of €1.8 billion.
VOO...
WorldLink offers Nokia WiFi Beacon 1.1 mesh access point
WorldLink Communications, the largest broadband ISP in Nepal, has introduced Nokia WiFi Beacon 1.1 mesh access point to offer a seamless home Wi-Fi experience...
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market set to boom as 5G grows
The Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market will exceed 180 million subscriptions and generate $70 billion in revenue in 2026. The 5G FWA market will...
Macquarie and CDP win EU approval for Open Fiber acquisition
The acquisition of broadband network company Open Fiber by Italy’s state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) and Australian fund Macquarie has won EU...
U.S. Commerce Secretary reveals plans to spend $65 bn to expand broadband
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo revealed plans to spend $65 billion to expand broadband access and affordability, Reuters reported.
The authors of the new infrastructure...
Altice USA reveals $1.8 bn Capex focusing on FTTH
Altice USA said it expects to accelerate investments in key growth initiatives, increasing cash capital expenditures to ~$1.7 billion to $1.8 billion in fiscal...
Frontier Capex touches $377 million in third quarter
Frontier Communications said capital expenditures (Capex) touched $377 million in the third quarter of 2021 against $314 million in the third quarter of 2020,...
MTN service revenue up 19% to R125 billion in nine months
MTN Group’s service revenue increased 19.1 percent to R125 billion -- driven by growth momentum in major markets Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa --...
Number of US fiber lines to reach 28.2 mn by 2026
The number of US fiber lines will grow at a CAGR of 10.8 percent to reach 28.2 million lines by the end of 2026....
BT achieves $1.37 bn cost savings target ahead of schedule
BT said it delivered its annual 1 billion pounds ($1.37 billion) cost savings target 18 months ahead of schedule.
BT earlier reported revenue of £5.071 billion...
Adapting to the telecoms demands of remote working
Remote working is here to stay, and it has brought with it huge telecommunications challenges. The capacity of the internet and its many comms...