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Health and safety concerns grow as PPE, fires and sickness threaten worker wellbeing

14h | Melanie Mingas

As those in the global carrier and data industries work to keep the world connected, there is concern around the ability to protect staff from a growing list of health and safety issues.

Capacity Borderless Podcast / Wangiri: simple but effective

03 April 2020 | David Tran

With the coronavirus forcing countries around the world to go into lockdown, Capacity Media is releasing a diverse range of podcasts and webinars covering the global telecoms market. David Tran spoke to Technology Research Institute’s Dan Baker about one of the most popular telecom fraud scams most prevalent today - Wangiri.

US restricts Huawei’s access to mobile chips

03 April 2020 | Natalie Bannerman

Earlier this month it was reported that officials of the Trump administration had agreed to restrict the supply of chips to Chinese vendor Huawei.

TRA-Oman greenlights additional spectrum during Covid-19

03 April 2020 | Melanie Mingas

The Telecoms and Regulatory Authority of Oman, TRA-Oman, is to offer licensees additional frequency bands without obtaining a radio licence, while providing additional C-band spectrum as required.

Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson win China Mobile 5G contracts

03 April 2020 | Melanie Mingas

China Mobile has awarded contracts valued at US$5.2 billion to Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson for the build out of 232,143 base stations to support the ongoing roll out of its 5G network.

RETN steps into Caucasus region

03 April 2020 | Melanie Mingas

As part of its overall global strategy, RETN has expanded its Middle East presence to establish new points of presence (PoPs) in Georgia and Armenia.

Altice drops $980m bid to buy Israel’s Partner Communications

02 April 2020 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Altice Europe has dropped plans to for its existing Israeli operation, Hot Telecommunications, to buy rival operator Partner Communications for US$980 million.

Ethiopia’s central bank embraces fintech, mobile payments for operators

02 April 2020 | Melanie Mingas

New legislation passed in Ethiopia will allow telecommunications companies to step into the non-bank financial services space by bringing basic services to mobile customers through their devices.

Microsoft to “bring 5G to life” with Azure Edge carrier project

02 April 2020 | Melanie Mingas

A series of carrier partnerships will see Azure Edge Zones debut in Los Angeles in late spring, with the rest of the portfolio available “to mutual customers” later this year.

An open letter from the ITW Global Leaders’ Forum

01 April 2020 | Marc Halbfinger

The events which are unfolding globally due to the COVID-19 outbreak have demonstrated the criticality of ICT (Information and Communications Technology) infrastructure, including applications, clouds and networks.

Telco “brand value” declines 11%, but Verizon bucks the trend

01 April 2020 | Melanie Mingas

The “brand value” of global telcos has declined 11% year on year according to new analysis, however the industry remains on track to weather the economic storm caused by Covid-19.

GLF launches ‘Keeping the World Connected’ advocacy campaign

01 April 2020 | João Marques Lima

World’s largest service providers publish an open letter to call on governments in all jurisdictions to assure ICT infrastructure and communications services are classified as “essential services” for COVID-19 response.