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The Digital Digest: TIM's CEO tango; Colt's data centre drive; a cable called Medusa; and Host in Ireland's Garry Connolly

14 January 2022 | Capacity Team

 In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from hyperscale builds to CEO appointments.

Five things to know January 13: Zain teams with Infovista, GBI deploys Ciena's GeoMesh, Luner launches 'ultimate' SIM

13 January 2022 | Saf Malik

Capacity shares five key stories to know from around the world today.

Optage turns to HPE for its Local 5G private network deployments

13 January 2022 | Melanie Mingas

Japanese telco Optage is selected HPE 5G core stack for its testbed Local 5G network.

Vishwanathan named Telstra's head of wholesale, Americas

12 January 2022 | Natalie Bannerman

Telstra has appointed Vish Vishwanathan as vice president of its wholesale group for the Americas.

Tech Mahindra partners Nokia on 5G private wireless

12 January 2022 | Natalie Bannerman

Tech Mahindra has announced a collaboration with Nokia, to drive the global adoption of 5G private wireless.

Strategic Wireless snaps up 11 US tower sites

11 January 2022 | Melanie Mingas

Strategic Wireless has acquired 11 cell towers and an easement, located in various regions across the US, for an undisclosed sum.

Pennington leaves Millicom as Bruha picks up the mantle

10 January 2022 | Natalie Bannerman

Millicom chief financial officer (CFO) Tim Pennington will retire from the role on 1st April and will be succeeded by Sheldon Bruha.

LG Electronics joins IBM Quantum network

10 January 2022 | Natalie Bannerman

IBM confirms that LG Electronics has joined the IBM Quantum Network to advance industry applications of quantum computing.

Ontix hires Huawei exec to be CCO as it continues small-cell plans

10 January 2022 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Ontix, a company building small-cell networks across parts of London, has hired Andy McKinnon from Huawei as chief commercial officer.

T-Mobile ends 2021 with 1.2m post-paid accounts and 5.5m post-paid customers

07 January 2022 | Natalie Bannerman

T-Mobile US achieved its highest ever post-paid net customer additions and post-paid account net additions for full-year 2021.

The Digital Digest: Exa's subsea win; a roaming headache for the UK; satellite plans in the air and Gerd Simon on the Datacloud Awards

07 January 2022 | Capacity team

In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from Subsea cables to roaming charges and satellite launches.

T-Mobile, Crown Castle ink new long-term tower and small cell deal

06 January 2022 | Natalie Bannerman

T-Mobile US and Crown Castle International have signed a new 12-year agreement to support the build-out of T-Mobile's US 5G network.