Bouygues Telecom, Free-iliad Group and Orange have submitted a joint non-binding offer to enter into negotiations with a view to acquiring a range of activities from the Altice group in France, but their offer has been immediately rejected. The offer covered most of SFR’s assets, but excluded stakes in Intelcia, UltraEdge and XP Fibre and […]
An academic paper, prepared in advance of an international conference on network and service management, suggests that Italy’s Piracy Shield causes significant collateral damage. In the paper, 90th Minute: A First Look to Collateral Damages and Efficacy of the Italian Piracy Shield, the University of Twente researchers, Raffaele Sommese, Anna Sperotto, Antonio Prado, Jeroen van […]
Ericsson and Vodafone have announced a five-year strategic partnership to modernise Vodafone’s network footprint using Ericsson’s programmable network solutions across several markets. Ericsson will be Vodafone’s sole RAN vendor in Ireland, Netherlands, and Portugal, as well as a major vendor in Germany, Romania and Egypt. The modernisation of Vodafone’s RAN infrastructure and management will lay […]
UK digital infrastructure provider Openreach has announced a further 94 new exchange locations, covering 959,904 premises across the UK, where the business plans to halt the sale of traditional copper-based phone and broadband services to encourage people to upgrade to new digital services over an ultrafast Full Fibre connection. The business is giving Communication Providers […]
After two consecutive years of declining telecom equipment investments, the pendulum is beginning to shift. Preliminary findings indicate that aggregate worldwide telecom equipment revenues across the six programmes tracked by Dell’Oro Group – Broadband Access, Microwave & Optical Transport, Mobile Core Network (MCN), Radio Access Network (RAN), and Service Provider Router & Switch – increased […]
Telecom networks are the invisible backbone of Europe’s digital society. They power daily communications, online banking and commerce, enable critical sectors like healthcare, energy and transport, and guarantee that emergency services remain accessible at all times. Without them, Europe’s economy, public services and democratic life would grind to a halt. Protecting these vital infrastructures is […]
Telefónica is reportedly considering a major workforce reduction that could affect around 6,000 employees, according to industry sources. However, company representatives have clarified that “there is currently no formal redundancy plan (ERE) on the table”. The potential adjustment aligns with the group’s ongoing efforts to simplify its organisational structure and optimise resources — goals reiterated […]
Mark Jamison, Non-resident Senior Fellow at public policy think tank The American Enterprise Institute, has suggested it is time to disband the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), arguing that it has “run its course”, having become “a convenient political tool”. Writing in the AEIdeas blog, he suggests that current FCC Chairman Brendan Carr now has the […]
The total telecom services revenue in Vietnam is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.6 per cent during 2024-2029, led by growth in mobile data and fixed broadband segments, reports GlobalData, the data and analytics company. GlobalData’s Vietnam Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report reveals that the mobile voice service revenue […]
China’s telecom and pay-TV services revenue is predicted to grow, albeit at a modest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.5 per cent, from $471 billion (€400.7bn) in 2024 to $483 billion in 2029 with broad-based declines in mobile voice service revenues offsetting expected gains in mobile data segment, according to forecasts from GlobalData, the […]