‘We have shipped 10,000 base stations for 5G,’ says Huawei boss

20h | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Huawei has already shipped the vendor’s first 10,000 5G base stations, the company’s chairman Ken Hu announced in London today.

Philippines ‘to invest in fibre and towers’ as China Telecom confirmed as licence winner

19 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The Philippines government says it will open up infrastructure to all players, as a group including China Telecom was confirmed today as the winner of the race to be the third mobile operator.

TIM board appoints one of its own as new CEO in place of Genish

19 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Less than a week after firing Amos Genish as CEO, the board of TIM has appointed former Wind CEO Luigi Gubitosi to take over.

LeoSat set to launch MPLS network in space after FCC approval

16 November 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved LeoSat's new low earth orbit satellite constellation, which will provide the first backbone in space specifically designed for global business

Spirit Telecom boosts resiliency with NEC’s 10Gbps wireless solution

16 November 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

Spirit Telecom has selected NEC Australia to supply 10Gbps E-band radio equipment and professional services.

RCS users to top 1bn in 2019 with market set to be worth more than $18bn by 2023

15 November 2018 | James Pearce

The number of monthly users of Rich Communication Services is set to top one billion in 2019, rising to more than 3.2 billion by 2023, according to a report.

Norway’s Ice group to raise €310m to compete against Telenor and Telia

15 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Scandinavian telecoms group Ice is planning to raise around €310 million to build a third 4G mobile network in Norway to compete against Telenor and Telia.

OPIC gives $100m backing to Africell to boost Connect Africa initiative

14 November 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

PICTURE: (Seated left to right) Worku Gachou, MD for Africa at OPIC, and Ian Paterson, Africell CIO. (Standing left to right) Frank Dunlevy, OPIC counselor to the President, and Steve Dowd, US Executive Director for AFDB

Teleology appoints 9mobile board after NCC approves takeover

14 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

The Nigerian regulator has cleared the private-equity takeover of the former Etisalat Nigeria, renamed 9mobile, after many months of delay.

Telkom Kenya names new CEO to replace Mareuse

13 November 2018 | Jason McGee-Abe

Telkom Kenya has announced that Mugo Kibati will replace Aldo Mareuse as the company’s new chief executive officer.

Fired: Amos Genish is out from TIM, despite weekend denials

13 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

TIM fired Amos Genish, its CEO of 14 months, this morning and is looking to appoint a replacement by the weekend

TIM says ‘report was wrong’ about bid to ask Genish to quit

12 November 2018 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

TIM says a Rome newspaper was wrong on Sunday when it said two of the company’s biggest shareholders wanted CEO Amos Genish to quit.