Roaming
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China Mobile International (CMI) and Batelco (Bahrain Telecommunications Company) part of the Beyon group, have formed a partnership during Capacity Middle East 2024.
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Thomas Therkildsen of Syniverse talks to Capacity's Nadine Hawkins about fast and reliable connectivity, current challenges within the international telecommunications environment and how Syniverse services help to solve these issues.
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T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier have completed the successful testing of 5G standalone (5G SA) roaming.
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The total number of 5G roaming connections will increase from 53 million in 2023 to 526 million by 2027.
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Orange has concluded a long-term agreement for the provision of international roaming services with Germany’s 1&1 mobile network.
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BICS has completed the world's first intercontinental 5G Standalone (SA) roaming connection between two live networks in Europe and the Middle East in collaboration with stc Kuwait.
Forthcoming events
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The reintroduction of European roaming charges by some mobile operators may have cost Brits up to £80 million, data from Virgin Media O2 has indicated.
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Roaming mobile data traffic will no longer be routed back via a customer’s home network if a test by Deutsche Telekom and Telefónica turns into reality.
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Mobile operators in Europe and Asia are speeding up on their plan to close down 2G and 3G networks, according to the industry’s own suppliers.
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The European Union has renewed its “roam-like-at-home” policy, which has applied for five years, for customers in all 27 member countries for a further 10 years.
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Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have recognised in advance some of the challenges that 5G will present when working with vehicles that are roaming across borders.
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Roaming specialist Tomia has put some numbers to the #VoLTEgate scandal that means millions of visitors to the US will be unable to use voice roaming from this summer.
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Thousands of holidaymakers from Europe will be landing in the US in the next few days – for the first time since before the Covid pandemic – to find that, after 20 years, their mobile phones no longer work to make voice calls.
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MTN Ghana and Vodafone Ghana have formed a partnership to pilot national roaming in the Volta Region of Ghana.
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Ukrtelecom, Ukraine's incumbent telco, reports that as of this morning, 75% of its regional hubs remain operational and that its national carrier network is still working
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Macquarie Capital has invested in Spain’s Onivia wholesale fibre network alongside Arjun Infrastructure Partners.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from tower sales to contract announcements and the use cases for 6G.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
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The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has added Orange to its board of directors.
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Australian group TPG Telecom, which merged with Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) in 2020, has agreed a network-sharing deal with rival operator Telstra.
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Netcracker has launched a digital platform to help CSPs accelerate business growth in the digital economy.
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Zoom Video Communications and Deutsche Telekom are collaborating to offer a jointly developed product for the German market called ‘Zoom X’.
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European cloud providers have launched an initiative for common infrastructure that meet Gaia-X requirements.
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Capacity shares five key stories to watch from around the world today.
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Alexandre Pébereau’s Tofane Global has expanded its iBasis operation by buying an internet of things (IoT) company for an undisclosed price.
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STL has partnered with Netomnia to grow its ultrafast full-fibre broadband programme in the UK.
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Oracle will lead Vodafone UK’s network policy for its standalone 5G network, the operator has revealed.
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A very British approach to regulation; altimeter checks in Norway and the cold side of quantum computing
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DE-CIX Frankfurt and DE-CIX New York have achieved two data records at its respective Internet exchange facilities.
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Activist investors; shareholding U-turns; and STL's Ankit Agarwal
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Syniverse will work with Vodafone Oman to enable 5G roaming services in the Middle Eastern country.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
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Vodacom has partnered with Amdocs to create an African Centre of Excellence (COE).
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Telstra and the National Hockey League (NHL) have signed a five-year agreement to distribute up to 1,400 games per year using Telstra’s Global Media Network (GMN).
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Syniverse has concluded a significant deal with Verizon, just a week before its shareholders consider a US$2.85 billion reverse takeover bid.
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Speaking at the Huawei webinar "5Grows Together: Innovation for a 5Gigaverse Society" on 13 January, Daisy Zhu, VP of wireless marketing, outlined how 5G is rapidly on the rise around the world, growing to over half a billion users since mobile operators started launching the technology two and a half years ago.
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CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (CITIC Telecom CPC) has appointed Brook Wong (Ching Wa Wong) as its new chief executive officer (CEO).
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued an order revoking China Unicom Americas authority to provide telecoms services in the US.
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Reconnecting Tonga; rebuffing KKR; digital investments down under; and BDx's Braham Singh
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TIM has given its new CEO Pietro Labriola a mandate to explore strategic alternatives as it ponders KKR’s $12.18 billion bid ahead of a board meeting on March 2.
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Syniverse is collaborating with AT&T on the development of a solution that preserves inbound voice roaming after AT&T phases out its 3G network in February.