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PTC’s "New Realities" panel turns political

21 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

The PTC 2021 conference keynote talks OTTs, Trump and politics.

China Mobile and Mobily work with Nokia on industry firsts

21 January 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Nokia has confirmed two technological firsts in recent days following collaborations with China Mobile (CMCC) and Saudi Arabia's Mobily.

OAC to complete installation by December, says Slattery

20 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

SUB.CO founder Bevan Slattery has updated the market on the progress of the Oman Australia Cable (OAC), with installation due to complete in December of this year.

Cloud-native networks "ready for mainstream"

20 January 2021 | Melanie Mingas

RtBrick has declared cloud-native networks as "ready for the mainstream" after it partnered with Deutsche Telekom to connect the first live customer to a disaggregated broadband network.

Sweden concludes 3.5 GHz and 2.3 GHz band auction

20 January 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Sweden has concluded its 5G auction raising SEK 2,317,000,006 (US$276.8 million) and awarding spectrum to all four bidders.

Samsung’s Lee sentenced to 30 months for bribery

20 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

Lee Jae-Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, has been sentenced to a 30-month (two and a half year) prison term by a High Court in South Korea.

Starks backed by US civil rights group for FCC chairman seat

19 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

Geoffrey Starks, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has been backed by a racial justice group for the role of chairman of the FCC.

Orange joins AMITIÉ subsea consortium connecting the US to France

19 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

Orange has announced that its capacity on the Dunant cable is now ready for service and that it is partnering on a new system connecting France to the East Coast of the US.

China greenlights Cisco and Acacia deal

19 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

Cisco and Acacia Communications have been granted conditional approval of its merger from China’s antitrust regulator.

Comviva unveils digital services delivery platform

19 January 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Comviva has launched a "futuristic platform" it said can support telcos to leverage the business opportunities in digital, "without exposing them to risks or escalating costs".

Asian connectivity moves East

19 January 2021 | Paul Abfalter, Head of Global Wholesale, Telstra

The year 2020 brought enormous and unexpected change across the globe, and across our telecommunications networks.

NEC finalises contract for Palau Cable 2 subsea cable

18 January 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

NEC Corporation has signed a contract with the National Submarine Cable Utility Belau Submarine Cable Corporation (BSCC) of the Palau Republic (Palau) for the Palau Cable 2 (PC2) subsea cable project.