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May 15, 2021

BT to increase and accelerate FTTP build to 25m premises by the end of 2026

Openreach, the wholly-owned, independent fixed access infrastructure arm of BT, is building Fiber-to-the-Premises (“FTTP”) faster, at lower cost and higher quality than anyone else in the UK..

Member News

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AT&T enables mobile tracking with smart shipping label

Internet of Things solution to help bring full visibility to products shipped worldwide and help transform the global supply chain across industries...

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Eutelsat reports revenues for the third quarter and nine months

Eutelsat Communications reported revenues for the Third Quarter and Nine Months ended 31 March 2021...

Policy and Regulation

•	Ofcom preps strategic review of UK 4G and 5G mobile networks Ofcom has set out the terms of reference for their future UK mobile strategy review, which will examine how the regulator can adjust their approach to improve 4G & 5G networks...

•	Mobilis and Djezzy renew telecoms operating licences for five years The Algerian government has approved the five-year renewal of the telecoms network operating licences of cellcos Mobilis and Djezzy, subsidiaries of Algerie Telecom and VEON, respectively...

Middle East

•	Rising consumer appetite for digital payments in Saudi Arabia According to monthly data issued by the Saudi Central Bank, there were 25.84 million online sales transactions through the Mada system in March...

North Africa

•	Telecom Egypt picks Juniper Networks for network upgrade Juniper Networks has been selected to design and deploy a significant network capacity expansion and upgrade for Telecom Egypt...

3G, 4G and 5G Networks

•	Vodacom deploys new 3G/4G base stations in deep rural areas Vodacom has switched on 21 new 3G and 4G enabled base station sites in deep rural areas across the Central Region province during March and April alone...

•	Orange Slovakia switches on 5G in two cities Orange Slovensko has launched 5G networks in areas of Bratislava and Banska Bystrica...

Satellite & Internet

•	Starlink satellite internet access now available in France High-speed, broadband internet access via satellite is now available in France through the Starlink network provider, part of the global aerospace SpaceX service...

•	Swisscom to deploy nationwide WDM/OTN fiber network Swisscom seeks to create a fully automated, high-capacity wavelength-division multiplexing/Optical Transport Network (WDM/OTN) infrastructure...

South Asia

•	Hungama Play expands to Sri Lanka by offering an extensive library of local movies in the country Hungama Play, a video on demand platform has announced expansion of its content library, now including the widest library of Sri Lankan movies on any streaming platform...

•	Nepal Telecom releases 3rd quarter report The financial reports have improved due to the growth of active users as well as an increase in FTTH subscribers...

Mobile Content, Mobile TV & IPTV

•	Solomon Telekom to launch OTT service using Switch Media platform Solomon Telekom is launching an OTT streaming service on its free-to-air Telekom Television network, using an online video platform supplied by Switch Media...

•	Alchimie and All3Media ink OTT deal Alchimie and All3Media International have entered into a strategic partnership to distribute the OTT channel Inside Outside in the US...

•	Access over 500 Abu Dhabi government services now in a single app Abu Dhabi residents can now access 570 local government services through the TAMM app, so they no longer have to physically visit various establishments...

Global Telecom Update

•	Telia Carrier taps into EdgeConneX San Diego data center EdgeConneX says that Telia Carrier will become the latest network operator to provide interconnection to tenants of the EdgeConneX Edge Data Center in San Diego...

•	Vodafone, Google Cloud to develop global platform to ‘drive data analytics, insights and learnings’ According to Vodafone and Google Cloud, the data platform can process around 50 terabytes of data per day...

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