Srikapardhi

Passionately following the Indian #Telecom Industry for over a decade from Business, Consumer and a Technical perspective. My primary focus area is Consumer & Digital Experience.

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IHS Towers and MTN Group Strengthen Collaboration with Recent Contracts

IHS Towers and MTN Group Strengthen Collaboration with Recent Contracts

IHS Towers and MTN Group have announced the strengthening of their strategic partnership through the renewal of infrastructure sharing and master lease contracts. Both companies have extended their communications infrastructure deals in Nigeria and completed the renewal of all contracts across IHS Towers-MTN markets. Also Read: MTN Nigeria Renegotiates Tower … Read More

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Maxis Partners Singtel to Deploy Paragon 5G Orchestration Platform

Maxis Partners Singtel to Deploy Paragon 5G Orchestration Platform

Maxis has partnered with Singtel to introduce an all-in-one platform for 5G network, edge computing, cloud, and services orchestration, built on Singtel’s Paragon platform for telco networks. The platform will make 5G-Advanced (5G-A) and 5G technology, edge, and multi-cloud computing more accessible to Malaysian businesses and accelerate digital transformation across … Read More

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Edged Expands with New Data Center in New Albany, Ohio

Edged Expands with New Data Center in New Albany, Ohio

Data center firm Edged Energy will be expanding its North American portfolio with a new facility. The company officially announced plans this week for a new data center in New Albany, Ohio. Construction is underway and expected to be completed in July 2025. The facility, named Edged Columbus, is designed … Read More

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TIM to Sell Remaining 10 Percent Stake in INWIT

TIM to Sell Remaining 10 Percent Stake in INWIT

Italy’s telecommunications provider, TIM has agreed to sell its remaining 10 percent stake in Daphne 3, the holding company that owns 29.9 percent of Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane (INWIT), to Impulse I, a consortium led by Ardian. The deal values INWIT shares at EUR 10.43 each, translating to approximately EUR 250 … Read More

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Orange Egypt Deploys First Bare Metal Container-based SPC

Orange Egypt Deploys First Bare Metal Container-based SPC

Orange Egypt and Huawei have announced a new step in their long-term cooperation by implementing the first bare metal container in Egypt, delivering services through the operator’s virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) deployment. Under the partnership, Huawei deployed the container-based Single Packet Core (SPC) at Orange to support the seamless … Read More

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Maxis Inks MoU to Launch 5G-Advanced Joint Innovation Centre in Malaysia

Maxis Inks MoU to Launch 5G-Advanced Joint Innovation Centre in Malaysia

Maxis and Huawei Technologies (Malaysia) have announced a strategic collaboration to establish a Joint Innovation Centre focused on 5G-Advanced technology. This centre will explore and develop new services and cultivate homegrown talent for industrial and entrepreneurial activities. The partnership was formalised during a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) exchange at the … Read More

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SK Telecom to Monitor Fibre Network Status With AI

SK Telecom to Monitor Fibre Network Status With AI

SK Telecom (SKT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Nokia to demonstrate and commercialise “fiber sensing,” an AI technology for fixed-line networks that monitors the environment around optical cables. SKT and Nokia will gather empirical data through machine learning on SKT’s commercial network, aiming to commercialise “fiber sensing” … Read More

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Telstra Expands Partnership with Microsoft, Invests in 21,000 Copilot AI Licenses

Telstra Expands Partnership with Microsoft, Invests in 21,000 Copilot AI Licenses

Australian telco Telstra and Microsoft today announced an expansion of their strategic partnership. Telstra is purchasing 21,000 Copilot for Microsoft 365 licenses for its employees, and Microsoft has now signed contracts for the first routes on Telstra’s Intercity Fibre Network project, which is currently under construction. By combining Microsoft’s AI … Read More

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