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CityFibre completes its acquisition of FibreNation increasing its rollout plans to pass up to 8 million premises
2020-03-27 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
In what are clearly challenging times with the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, CityFibre, the UK’s third national digital infrastructure platform, has today completed its acquisition of FibreNation from TalkTalk Group following shareholder approval, continuing CityFibre’s long-term strategy of investing in critical national infrastructure. The acquisition of the full fibre network builder enables CityFibre to increase its rollout ambition from 5 million to up to 8 million premises, supporting an investment programme of up to £…read more on TotalTele.com »
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International OTT Voice Traffic Reaches 1 Trillion Minutes in 2019, More Than Double International Carrier Voice Traffic
2020-03-26 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
The annual TeleGeography Report and Database update shows international voice revenues are feeling the effects of more than 5 billion monthly OTT users globally The update estimates that international over-the-top (OTT) voice traffic reached 1 trillion minutes in 2019, compared to just 432 billion minutes of international carrier traffic…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Vodafone finalises Italy tower deal and gets US approval for TPG merger
2020-03-26 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Unperturbed by the coronavirus upheaval, Vodafone has today announced it is following through with a couple of significant deals made on opposite sides of the world. In Italy, the deal to merge its tower holdings with INWIT, Telecom Italia (TIM)’s tower subsidiary, has been approved by the regulator and is ready to take effect on the 31st of March…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Operators agree to share anonymised data with EU to help track COVID-19
2020-03-26 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Yesterday, the GSMA announced that eight major European telecoms have agreed to share anonymised mobile phone location data with the European Commission to track the spread of coronavirus. The aggregation of anonymous data will be analysed to help predict the spread of the virus and help coordinate healthcare responses. “In the fight against this sanitary crisis…read more on TotalTele.com »
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Sell, sell, sell! BT to offload French operations
2020-03-26 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
When BT announced that it would be streamlining its operation to focus on its domestic market, it really was not kidding. Just days ago, the UK incumbent operator announced the that it was moving to sell a large portion of its Latin American businesses to CIH Technology Holdings and now it is looking to offload its French holdings as well…read more on TotalTele.com »
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