PCCW Global signs up to extend PEACE cable to southern Africa

10h | Jason McGee-Abe

PCCW Global and PEACE Cable International Network will collaborate on extending the Pakistan East Africa Connecting Europe (PEACE) submarine cable system to southern Africa.

CityFibre resumes £200m TalkTalk, FibreNation acquisition deal

11h | Natalie Bannerman

CityFibre has reportedly reconvened talks with TalkTalk for the sale of its UK wholesale fibre carrier, FibreNation for approximately £200 million.

CMC Networks and Neutrona Networks announce exclusive agreement to provide advanced SD-WAN and cloud network services across three regions

11h | Sponsored Content

New carrier partnership to provide expanded network connectivity between Africa, Middle East and Latin America

Angola Cables trial Nokia’s PSE-3 on the SACS subsea cable

17 January 2020 | Jason McGee-Abe

Nokia has announced that Angola Cables is trialling its Photonic Service Engine 3 (PSE-3) chipset for the first direct optical connection between the USA and Africa.

Aamir Hussain rejoins MEF amid appointment at Verizon Business

17 January 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Aamir Hussain has rejoined the MEF board of directors, a position he held in 2018 during his tenure at CenturyLink.

Annette Geuther named VP of new business development at Colt

16 January 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Colt Technology Services has appointed Annette Geuther (pictured) as its vice president of new business development, effective as of 1 January 2020.

Prysmian awarded £38m broadband project in Mexico

15 January 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Prysmian Group has won the contract to build a $38 million fibre broadband project in Mexico.

Liberty Global adds to European executive leadership team

15 January 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Liberty Global (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) has announced the appointments of Severina Pascu as CFO and deputy CEO of Virgin Media, and Baptiest Coopmans as CEO of UPC Switzerland.

5 things to know for January 15: Satellite investment tops $5bn, CITC to licence MVNOs and virtual broadband to pass 500m

15 January 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Capacity shares 5 key stories from around the world making headlines today!

Australia’s bushfires leave operators struggling to get back online

14 January 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Since the New South Wales (NSW) government officially declared a state of emergency in December, Australia has been in the grips of one of the worse bushfires in recent memory.

MTS to sell Vodafone Ukraine to Bakcell for $734m

14 January 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Russian operator MTS has entered into an agreement to sell Vodafone Ukraine to Bakcell, a subsidiary of NEQSOL Holding for an approximate $734 million.

TM Forum adds three new names to board of directors

13 January 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

TM Forum confirms the appointment of three new people to its board of directors.