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About the author: Aparna, from a journalism background, closely follows the developments in the telecom Industry.

Aparna R December 25th, 2022 7:17 AM 0 COMMENTS

Spark and Bank of New Zealand Partner to Offer Free Mobile Banking to Customers

Spark and Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) have signed a partnership and announced that Bank of New Zealand customers with a Spark or Skinny mobile data connection wouldn't have to worry about data charges when using BNZ banking services. Spark is New Zealand's largest telecommunications and digital services company. Access to BNZ Digital Platforms without Data Charges As a result, Bank of New Zealand customers with a Spark or Skinny... Read More

Aparna R December 25th, 2022 2:26 AM 1 COMMENTS

T-Mobile Expands 5G Network; Deploys Additional 1900 MHz Layer Nationwide

T-Mobile has increased 5G capacity and coverage Nationwide. The telco now offers services to 260 million customers with Ultra Capacity 5G and 323 million with Extended Range 5G. With this, T-Mobile achieves its mid-band 5G year-end target weeks ahead of schedule and gets closer to its aim of providing Ultra Capacity 5G coverage to 300 million people by the end of 2023. Deploys Mid-Band Carrier 1900 MHz T-Mobile is adding... Read More

Aparna R December 20th, 2022 8:26 PM 2 COMMENTS

Telecom Egypt and Grid Telecom to Build Subsea System Connecting Egypt and Greece

The wholly owned subsidiary of the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece, Grid Telecom and Telecom Egypt, Egypt's first integrated telecom operator and one of the largest subsea cables operators in the region, signed a collaboration agreement to build a subsea system connecting Egypt and Greece. Adel Hamed, CEO of Telecom Egypt, and Manos Manousakis, chairman and CEO of IPTO, signed the Agreement. Commenting on the Agreement, the Managing... Read More

Aparna R December 18th, 2022 8:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Cloud4C Sets up New Cloud Data Center in Collaboration With Telecom Egypt

Cloud4C, a Managed Services Provider (MSP), has unveiled a new in-country cloud data center in the Arab Republic of Egypt in collaboration with Telecom Egypt, the country's primary telecom service provider. Adel Hamed, managing director and CEO of Telecom Egypt, and Rakesh Reddy, regional director MEA at Cloud4C, signed the agreement for establishing a data center in the last week of November. SAP is Assisting the Digital Transformation The increasing... Read More

Aparna R December 18th, 2022 5:48 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vivacom Starts Construction of a New Ground Station for OneWeb in Bulgaria

Vivacom, part of the united Group network and OneWeb, announced the development of a dedicated Satellite Network Portal (SNP) or ground station for OneWeb in Bulgaria. The facility will boost accessibility to OneWeb's constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites for EU nations and broaden communications capabilities. In addition, this will improve broadband coverage and enhance system resilience for areas stretching Central Europe and Central Asia, including the Black Sea and the... Read More

Aparna R December 18th, 2022 1:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vantage Announces Second Data Center Campus in South Africa

Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, announced the construction of a second campus (JNB2) in Johannesburg, South Africa. The new DC is approximately 17 Kms from Vantage's growing JNB1 Midrand campus. Located Strategically The JNB2 Isando campus is strategically located in Ekurhuleni, the center of trade and industry for the wider Johannesburg Metropolis, and is about 17 kilometres from Vantage's expanding JNB1 Midrand campus.... Read More

Aparna R December 18th, 2022 10:56 AM 0 COMMENTS

Nokia and O2 Telefonica Germany Achieve Breakthrough 5G Uplink Speeds

O2 Telefonica Germany and Nokia have aggregated sub-6 GHz spectrum frequencies in an industry-first two-component carrier uplink Carrier Aggregation (CA) trial on a 5G Standalone Network. Nokia has already demonstrated four component carrier downlink 5G Carrier Aggregation and uplink Carrier Aggregation on the millimeter wave spectrum. Nokia is the first to combine sub-6 GHz spectrum with O2 Telefonica Germany to increase uplink throughput. Carrier Aggregation Carrier Aggregation enables operators to maximize... Read More

Aparna R December 17th, 2022 6:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

The Mandalorian Season 3 to be Available on Disney+ Hotstar on March 1, 2023

The first season of the American space western series The Mandalorian was released in 2019. The second season of the show was published in 2020. The start date for the third season of the show has been announced after much anticipation. The series was the first to feature live-action Star Wars content. For Indian viewers, the first two seasons of this action-adventure series are streaming on Disney+ Hotstar. The series... Read More

Aparna R December 13th, 2022 3:08 AM 0 COMMENTS

UScellular Expands 5G Coverage to 1.4 Million More People

UScellular, the fourth largest full-service carrier in the US, is expanding its 5G coverage in several states. The telco has used a software update that enhances coordination between its cell sites to deploy smart 5G Networks. With this update, UScellular is able to provide 5G coverage to 1.4 million more people, representing a 5% increase in the company's 5G coverage. X2 Coordination Feature US Cellular is utilizing X2 coordination, a... Read More

Aparna R December 11th, 2022 3:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

Norwegian Operator Ice Signs Equipment Contract With Griptel for 5G

Only a few months after the Lyse Group acquired Ice, the Norwegian Operator Ice got approval for investments in developing the national 5G Network of Norway. This involves 3,200 base stations to be upgraded and around 3,900 new base stations to be rolled out. On the 5G development, Eivind Helgaker, CEO of Ice, said 5G and a sharp increase in capacity in the network will benefit all customers on both... Read More

Aparna R December 11th, 2022 12:29 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telefonica Partners Google and Ericsson to Move 5G Core to Cloud

O2 Telefonica has implemented Google Distributed Cloud Edge in its data centre, through which the 5G core network, provided by the Ericsson dual-mode 5G core, is operated. The telecom company relies on a cloud security concept that complies with stringent data protection laws and protection measures. Mallik Rao, Chief Technology & Information Officer at O2 Telefonica, commented: "With our new 5G cloud core network, we are going in an innovative... Read More