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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Millicom and Telefonica Explore Merger in Colombia

Millicom and Telefonica Explore Merger in Colombia

Millicom (Tigo) and Telefonica have announced a non-binding memorandum of understanding to potentially merge Telefonica Colombia (Coltel) with TigoUne, reducing the number of telecom operators in the country from four to three. Millicom plans to acquire Telefonica’s stake in Coltel for approximately USD 400 million in cash and is also looking … Read More

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Digi Communications to Acquire Nowo for EUR 150 Million

Digi Communications to Acquire Nowo for EUR 150 Million

Romanian telecom operator Digi has reached an agreement to purchase Portuguese operator Nowo for EUR 150 million. Digi Communications’ Portugal subsidiary, Digi Portugal, has entered into a share purchase agreement with Lorca Jvco Limited to acquire 100 percent of Cabonitel, which owns Nowo Communications. This acquisition follows Vodafone Portugal’s bid … Read More

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CtrlS Acquires Land in Patna for New Greenfield Datacenter

CtrlS Acquires Land in Patna for New Greenfield Datacenter

Asian datacenter operator CtrlS Datacenters has acquired a new land parcel in Patna’s Pataliputra Industrial Area through the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA) for its upcoming Greenfield Edge Datacenter. The site, located 300 meters from the existing Patna DC1 facility, will host a new datacenter with a 10 MW … Read More

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Dhiraagu Inaugurates SEA-ME-WE 6 Submarine Cable in Maldives

Dhiraagu Inaugurates SEA-ME-WE 6 Submarine Cable in Maldives

Maldivian telecommunications company Dhiraagu has officially inaugurated the SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 6 – SMW6) submarine cable landing in the Maldives. The telco says this is the first time in the country’s telecommunications history that a Maldivian digital service provider is joining as a co-owner of a global … Read More

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Five UK Alternative Fibre Operators Form Coalition for Fair Access to Openreach Infrastructure

Five UK Alternative Fibre Operators Form Coalition for Fair Access to Openreach Infrastructure

Five of the UK’s largest alternative fibre network operators have formed the Physical Infrastructure Access (PIA) Coalition to advocate for fairer access to physical infrastructure operated by Openreach. The coalition, initiated by Nexfibre and including AllPoints Fibre, Community Fibre, Gigaclear, and the newly merged Netomnia and Brsk, represents over 5 … Read More

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MiFibra Selects Tecnotree for Operations Support System Upgrade

MiFibra Selects Tecnotree for Operations Support System Upgrade

Digital BSS software vendor Tecnotree has announced a contract to upgrade the Operations Support Systems and transform the Fulfillment and Assurance processes of MiFibra, a broadband Internet service provider in Peru. This partnership will enable MiFibra to fully realise the potential of its Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network infrastructure … Read More

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