Vivacom Bulgaria ‘up for sale for €1.2bn’ despite legal action

12h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Bulgaria’s Vivacom is up for sale, just three years after the collapse of a bank led to the company being put up for auction.

Cell C ‘needs funds to keep going’ as new CEO warns against ‘illegal activity’

14h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The head of South African mobile operator Cell C has told staff, customers and shareholders that the company is facing “financial and other challenges”.

ZTE supports Slovakian telco perform first 5G video call

12 July 2019 | Laurence Doe

ZTE Corporation and Slovakian mobile operator SWAN Mobile have jointly conducted the country’s first 5G video call in a major breakthrough for 5G commercialisation.

Proximus and Orange Belgium to set up unified mobile network to speed 5G

12 July 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Orange Belgium and Proximus – formerly Belgacom – are to set up a joint company to run their mobile networks.

PCCW Global connects 40 ICAO member states to CRV

11 July 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

The Office of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and its member states in the Asia-Pacific region have gone live on the PCCW Global’s Common aeRonautical Virtual (CRV) private network.

Mobile telcos set out demands for 5G small cell standards

11 July 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The Small Cell Forum (SCF), which represents mobile operators, has set out the standards it needs to stop vendors locking them in as 5G infrastructure expands.

Epsilon names Lee Myall as CCO

11 July 2019 | Natalie Bannerman

Epsilon has appointed former senior vice president and managing director of Interoute, Lee Myall, as its chief commercial officer.

NTT Ltd reveals global leadership team

10 July 2019 | Laurence Doe

Global technology services provider Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) has announced the 19 executives who have formed the global leadership team behind NTT Ltd, its new global company valued at $11 billion.

Huawei still on entity list, says US, and companies face uphill battle to trade with it

10 July 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Huawei is staying on the US list of embargoed companies, but the government will give US companies limited approval to do business with the Chinese vendor.

Australian 5G is slower than its 4G, says Opensignal survey

09 July 2019 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Users of the first 5G services in Australia get slower connections than people on 4G – while Spanish 5G users get no measurable improvement.

Global public cloud spending to more than double over five years, says IDC

08 July 2019 | Laurence Doe

Worldwide spending on public cloud services and infrastructure will grow from $229 billion in 2019 to nearly $500 billion in 2023, according to figures from the International Data Corporation (IDC).

Tata chief Vinod Kumar quits and is appointed Vodafone Business CEO

08 July 2019 | Jason McGee-Abe

Vodafone Group has today announced the appointment of Vinod Kumar as chief executive officer of Vodafone Business, with effect from 2 September 2019.