Wireless/Mobile

Facebook signs first clean energy deal in India

16 April 2021 | Antony Savvas

Facebook has signed a major deal to buy clean wind power from a company in India to help power its offices and data centres in Asia.

Vantage Data Centers announces new senior executives

16 April 2021 | Antony Savvas

Vantage Data Centers has hired Jeff Tench as its president for North America and Valerie Finberg as chief of staff and vice president for investor relations.

Canadian regulator tells majors to grant wholesale access to MVNOs

16 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

In its latest move to reduce mobile prices for consumers, the Canadian regulator has said Bell Mobility, Rogers and Telus must allow MVNOs wholesale access to their networks.

Three wins accolade for 5G availability in UK

16 April 2021 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

CK Hutchison’s Three UK has emerged as leader for 5G availability in the country, ahead of BT’s EE, Telefónica’s O2 and Vodafone.

Bharti Airtel splits Indian business into four units in major reorganisation

16 April 2021 | Alan Burkitt-Gray

Telecoms giant Bharti Airtel, which owns mobile operations in Africa as well as India and Sri Lanka, is to split its business into four separate units.

GTC boosts telecoms M&A advisory work with VSC merger

16 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

In response to the growing demand for M&A advisory services, Global Telco Consult has acquired VSC.

The Digital Digest: MTN's mobile money strikes gold, PDG's billion-dollar data centre plan, a boost for satellites in Kazakhstan, and taking carrier networks cloud native

15 April 2021 | Capacity Team

Season 2, episode 13 is presented by deputy editor Melanie Mingas and features editor-at-large Alan Burkitt-Gray, senior reporter Natalie Bannerman, and special guests Hannes Gredler and Richard Brandon from RtBrick.

IPI Partners raises $3.8bn for more data centre investments

15 April 2021 | Antony Savvas

IPI Partners has raised $3.8 billion from its backers to plough more into data centre assets. This second fund raising means IPI has generated more than $5.25 billion in total equity since its inception in 2016.

Dell Technologies finally spins-off VMware to raise $9.7bn

15 April 2021 | Antony Savvas

Dell Technologies last night announced plans to spin-off its 81% equity ownership in data centre and cloud software firm VMware.

AT&T pledges 3-year $2bn investment to bridge the digital divide

15 April 2021 | Natalie Bannerman

AT&T has announced a $2 billion investment over three years in an attempt to bridge the digital divide in the US.

Lumen names VP of sales and customer success for EMEA

15 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Lumen Technologies has named Ian Cunningham as its new VP of sales and customer success for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

Neterra breaks ground on SDC-2

15 April 2021 | Melanie Mingas

Bulgarian telecoms operator Neterra has broken ground on its new data centre in Sofia.