SK Telecom records 1m customers for 5G, as their data use rockets 65%

7h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

South Korea’s SK Telecom has announced that it is the first mobile operator in the world to exceed the 1 million 5G customer mark.

HKBN expands into cyber security in $50m takeover

8h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) has agreed to buy a local systems integrator and cyber security specialist for $50 million.

FCC happy with $26m T-Mobile/Sprint deal as 16 states fight on

16 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The long-running saga of the $26 million T-Mobile-Sprint merger in the US has entered the last lap, as the companies try to satisfy the last objectors.

Law firms pile into GTT over share price fall after Interoute deal

16 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

At least three US law firms are threatening class action law suits against GTT over its €1.9 billion acquisition last year of Interoute.

Australia’s NBN to complete wholesale access network in June 2020

15 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Australia’s wholesale, equal-access broadband network has increased revenue 43% as it says it is on schedule to complete build-out in June 2020.

ZTE and Three Austria deliver 5G ‘smart lake’ to boost tourism

14 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

CK Hutchison’s Austrian mobile operator Drei (Three) has launched 5G operations in the southern state of Carinthia.

Liberty Latin America expands broadband ambitions in Chile

14 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Liberty Latin America’s VTR is to expand its operations in Chile, to add or upgrade its service to 200,000 homes.

Kevin Mulholland, managing director of Deutsche Telekom North America, on the company's transformation

14 August 2019 | Capacity Media

Kevin Mulholland, managing director of Deutsche Telekom North America, speaks to Capacity about the company’s activities in the region and the unique value proposition it offers to its customers.

GTT to sell assets to cut $3.2bn debt as share price collapses

12 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

GTT wants to sell non-strategic assets in order to pay down $3.2 billion of debt and focus on cloud networking services.

Reliance Jio to launch FTTH, Microsoft Azure and blockchain across India

12 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Indian operator Reliance Jio is to introduce Azure in its data centres, gigabit fibre for customers and a pan-India blockchain network.

Huawei to challenge Android and iOS with home-grown HarmonyOS

09 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Chinese vendor Huawei has launched its move to make its phones independent of US-originated software.

Brazil 5G auction in 2020 ‘perhaps the biggest yet’, says Nokia CTO

08 August 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Next year’s 5G spectrum auction in Brazil could be the biggest yet, according to a senior Nokia executive.