Fixed Access

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Backhaul

Backhaul for 5G and the need for speed

Fixed Access

Vodafone Greece acquires CYTA Telecommunications Hellas S.A.

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Transformation

Nokia and China Mobile sign €1 billion network transformation deal

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Broadband

5G might be key to rural broadband, but spectrum must be allocated in a different way first

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5G

Orange Romania completes 5G FWA trial with Cisco and Samsung

4G LTE

Sleep Under The Stars, 518 Feet Above The City Lights With The BT Plus Great Indoors Experience

Policy & Regulation

Right to internet access by the new government to positively drive digital economy and country GDP, says IDC

Wi-Fi

Qualcomm and New H3C ship 802.11ax enterprise access point

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Media & Entertainment

BT pursues content aggregation to overcome content aggravation

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Telstra

Telstra chops a quarter of its staff and splits out its infrastructure

Policy & Regulation

Ofcom reports on more independent Openreach

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Net Neutrality

Net neutrality will be terminated in 10 days but will likely be back stronger than ever

Optical

Huawei and Orange Spain finalize the construction of 200 Gbps Backbone Network

Optical

Nokia wins State Grid Corporation of China optical transport network upgrade in Beijing and Tianjin

Cloud

AT&T and Google Cloud Team up to Connect Customers to the Cloud

Fixed Access

Fiber and cable account for three-quarters of global fixed broadband subscriptions (PDF)

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Telco & CSP

Draft deal on telecoms co-investment has been agreed, details will emerge soon

Fixed Access

Superfast wireless window: Arcep issues its first superfast wireless licence in the Seine-et-Marne department

Green

BT helps customers cut carbon emissions by 11.3 million tonnes

4G LTE

Turkcell offers Gigabit LTE with Ericsson Radio Dot System

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Media & Entertainment

BT offers converged family services on the road to content aggregation

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Broadband

New EU report details "misleading practices" in the sale of telecoms services online

AI & ML

NEC brings AI to submarine cable networks

OSS/BSS

New research finds that telcos are all for 'transformation', they just can't agree what it is