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Vodafone Three turns to agentic video intel to speed mobile site upgrades
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (214+ words) Vodafone Three is to use Vyntelligence's Agentic Video Intelligence Work Platform to support its network integration and upgrade programme. The technology is intended to improve the efficiency, accuracy and safety of on-site engineers as they upgrade thousands of mobile network…...
Zain Group wins 25-year mobile licence in Syria
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (534+ words) Zain Group has secured a 20-year licence that could be extended by a further five year to operate a mobile network in the Syrian Arab Republic. This follows a competitive tender for the existing MTN network which was launched in…...
Vodafone Deutschland extends CEO's contract by three years
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (240+ words) Vodafone Deutschland has extended the contract of CEO Marcel de Groot by three years and appointed Michael Bird as its new Managing Director and Finance Director from 1 September. De Groot has been in the role since 1 April 2024. His predecessor, former…...
Digi set to IPO in Spain as it suffers growing pains in a tough market
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (342+ words) Romanian telecoms group Digi Communications plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of its Spanish subsidiary, Digi Spain, on Spanish stock exchanges in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia. The offering will consist of about "150 million in newly issued shares,…...
Party like it's 1999 as BT, Verizon form international JV?
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (930+ words) BT Group and Verizon are planning to combine their international operations in a 50: 50 joint venture, forming a company with about $4 billion (3. 51. billion) in revenue. The two claim this would "transform international connectivity" by creating a company serving multinational organisations with…...
Jio joins the space race at a cost of up to $15bn for 1, 650 satellites
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (343+ words) A week ago, at Reliance's Annual General Meeting, Reliance Jio Platforms (the digital and telecom subsidiary of'Reliance Industries Ltd'or RIL) outlined plans to build its own sovereign satellite constellation. Commentator Sebastian Barros notes, "The financial and operational commitments are massive....
AST Spacemobile to launch three more Blue Birds in August
1+ week, 53+ min ago (354+ words) AST Space Mobile says it intends to launch Blue Bird satellites 11, 12 and 13 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the first half of August. AST Space Mobile describes itself as "the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible…...
From assistance to autonomy: redefining system integration economics in telecoms
2+ week, 1+ day ago (864+ words) While this methodology historically kept systems stable, it simply does not scale anymore. It buckles under the demands of modern digital platforms. This is especially true for high-availability environments like real-time charging, streaming ecosystems, and digital TV platforms where zero-downtime…...
Telecom Namibia pushes to expand local and int'l connectivity
2+ week, 1+ day ago (348+ words) Telecom Namibia continues to expand its satellite and subsea cable connectivity with Angola via three separate agreements. First, it signed a master service agreement (MSA) with Angola Telecom and SATCAB to integrate the Southern African Regional Submarine System (SARSSy) with…...
Syrian subsea cable that links to Egypt suffers sabotage
2+ week, 1+ day ago (135+ words) Mobile Europe Syrian subsea cable that links to Egypt suffers sabotage Syria's News agency SANA says it affected internet access across the country and is part of a wider, systemic sabotage campaign against Syria's infrastructure Alarbiya English reported that Syrian…...