licence
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Within the last week, Nokia has made a series of announcements about new project wins and kit deployments.
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Syria's telecoms regulator has started the process to license another operator in the country – officially Syria's third player.
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China Telecom must cease all operations in the US by early January, after it lost a bid to appeal against revocation of its licence.
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Telecoms companies in Somalia have until the end of the month to apply for licences to operate, or they will have to cease.
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Government officials in Ethiopia have told media that the country will open bidding for its second telecoms operator licence this month.
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The Ethiopian Communications Authority (ECA) has announced that Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia PLC has been issued with a final licence. However, over half of the winning consortium's financing could be in doubt due to US sanctions.
Forthcoming events
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Ethiopia has officially granted the Safaricom Vodacom Vodafone partnership with its telecoms licence, allowing it to compete with Ethio Telecom, the monopoly until this week.
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The German telecoms regulator has issued 123 licences for private 4G and private 5G networks.
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MTN is considering making a second attempt to win a telecoms licence from Ethiopia, the CEO has told shareholders.
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Ethiopia has again extended the deadline for telcos to bid for new operating licences.
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The Philippines’ NOW Telecom has been granted an extension of its provisional authority, allowing it to operate as the country’s fourth telco.
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After months of speculation around who could bid for a stake in Ethio Telecom, the Ethiopian government has u-turned on its earlier decision to allow foreign companies to participate.
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Tata Communications has been awarded a type B telecom license in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, officially upgrading the firm from a foreign carrier to a licensed local operator.
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The Chinese telcos that are facing cancellation of their US licences have protested to the regulator that there is no basis for the action against them.
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Michael Joseph, acting CEO of Kenyan operator Safaricom, has confirmed the company wants to bid for a telecoms licence in neighbouring Ethiopia in partnership with Vodacom and other companies.
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Hammer Fiber Optics has today announced that it is nearing the completion of its Sierra Leone fixed wireless network and expansion of its global SMS messaging network.
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Udenna and China Telecom have signed a $5.4bn agreement to formally develop the Philippines’ third telco Mislatel consortium.
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Turkcell has stated that it expects to win its $4.2 billion lawsuit against MTN by the end of this year.