Wireless/Mobile
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Challenger bank Revolut is preparing to shake up the mobile market, with plans to roll out its own mobile services starting in the UK and Germany. -
Earlier this month, reports suggested Spain was preparing to phase out its nuclear plants. However, a nationwide outage, which forced telcos to run entire networks on backup generators, has likely put those plans on hold.
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Octopus Group, the company which disrupted the UK’s energy and financial services sectors, is reportedly planning to shake up another industry: mobile networks.
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British internet users have moved away from watching events with loved ones to become a nation of split-screeners, according to BT’s annual usage data.
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Researchers at University College London (UCL) have achieved a new wireless transmission record, sending data at speeds over 9,000 times faster than average 5G download speeds.
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Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has announced that it will start to switch off 3G services in 2025 as part of its ongoing network transformation.
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Separate reports from Analysys Mason and Dell’Oro give gloomy outlooks for the telecoms market in 2023.
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Ukrtelecom, Ukraine's incumbent telco, reports that as of this morning, 75% of its regional hubs remain operational and that its national carrier network is still working
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Veon CEO Kaan Terzioğlu said this morning it would be “irresponsible” to provide guidance on the effect of Russia’s attack on Ukraine on the company’s performance
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Orange chooses 5G SA network partners in Europe
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Macquarie Capital has invested in Spain’s Onivia wholesale fibre network alongside Arjun Infrastructure Partners.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from tower sales to contract announcements and the use cases for 6G.
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Capacity shares five key stories making headlines around the world today.
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The economic potential of unlicensed access to the 6 GHz band could add up to US$187.63 billion to the Indonesian economy, and up an accumulated $150.19 billion to the economies of Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
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The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has added Orange to its board of directors.
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ICT arm of PLDT is set to build the additional data centre capacity in Santa Rosa, Laguna province
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Vodafone is looking to sell its entire 28.1% stake in India’s largest cell tower firm Indus Towers according to several reports.
