Du, part of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has signed a contract with the Polish IT company Comarch to revamp its network inventory and topology management. This transformation project focuses on enhancing resource inventory and catalog, OSS auto-discovery, reconciliation, and OSS mediation, forming the core of du’s network operations, Comarch … Read More
Japanese telecommunications service provider Rakuten Mobile announced on Monday that the number of subscribers for its mobile carrier service surpassed 7 million as of June 16, 2024. The company added 500,000 subscribers in just over two months since reaching the 6.5 million milestone in April 2024, marking the largest three-month … Read More
Virgin Media has announced a wholesale network access deal with National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to deliver superfast broadband and digital TV services to over 254,000 NBI-enabled premises across Ireland. This deal is part of Virgin Media’s EUR 200 million network upgrade, set to continue until 2025, aiming to support speeds … Read More
NEC Corporation has successfully developed and demonstrated a radio-over-fiber system (RoF) with a 1-bit fiber transmission method. By utilising this method, high-frequency analog signals can be transmitted using an inexpensive electrical-to-optical converter for general-purpose digital communications, thereby enabling the realisation of a compact distributed antenna unit (DA) at low cost, … Read More
New Zealand telecommunications provider 2degrees and Ericsson have announced a project to replace large parts of the operator’s existing microwave network infrastructure with Ericsson’s Mini-Link products. This upgrade is part of 2degrees’ ongoing network modernisation program aimed at enhancing network capabilities and service quality. Also Read: 2degrees Selects 5G Core … Read More
The Rural Connectivity Group (RCG) reached a milestone with the 500th rural mobile site going live in New Zealand (NZ). The RCG is a partnership between New Zealand’s telcos 2degrees, One NZ, and Spark, working with Crown Infrastructure Partners to bring wireless internet to previously unserved rural areas of New … Read More
Telenor is establishing a new cyber security company to meet the increasing demands from businesses, amid an unprecedented surge in cyberattacks targeting Norwegian businesses. Telenor cited a recent Norstat survey found that one in five business leaders reported having experienced cyber incidents in the past year, affecting around 130,000 Norwegian … Read More
Manchester city centre is set to enjoy improved mobile connectivity following a new agreement between Freshwave and Manchester City Council. Connectivity infrastructure-as-a-service provider Freshwave will install over 20 outdoor small cells for British telecommunications provider Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) in high-traffic areas of the city, including outside the Arndale Shopping … Read More
Deutsche Telekom has started using 5G frequencies in the millimeter wave (mmWave) range at 26 GHz for the first time to provide services for industrial use cases and is now commercially offering them to industrial customers. This follows a successful trial of mmWave 5G frequencies, Deutsche Telekom said Thursday. Also … Read More
Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia announced on Monday the launch of its commercial operations in the war-torn Tigray region, marking a significant step in providing network services across Ethiopia. In a statement, Safaricom said the expansion into Tigray will be executed in two phases. Phase one, which has been completed, involved the … Read More
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) and Google Cloud have expanded their long-term strategic alliance to accelerate Indosat’s transformation into an AI Native TechCo. This collaboration will combine Indosat’s network, operational, and customer datasets with Google Cloud’s unified AI stack to enhance customer experiences and provide enterprise-grade AI and generative AI (GenAI) … Read More
Cambodian telco CamGSM, operating commercially under the brand Cellcard, announced on Tuesday that it has allocated USD 180 million for network expansion in 2024, with a particular focus on extending coverage to underserved communities across Cambodia. CamGSM termed this expansion as a major network initiative and also said that the … Read More
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