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Report: Satellite backhaul worth $25bn annually by 2030

NSR’s Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 15th Edition report, forecasts $25 billion (€21bn) in annual revenue in 2030 for satellite backhaul, propelled by explosive connectivity demand worldwide and post-Covid-19 recovery in the near term. As it is a core target of virtually every current and new satellite capacity provider, NSR expects Satellite Backhaul to represent one […]

April 12, 2021

T-Mobile, Google expand collaboration

T-Mobile has announced plans to expand its collaboration with Google across a wide array of customer experiences later this year, which  will see YouTube TV become T-Mobile’s premium TV solution in place of its TVision initiative. Messages by Google becomes the default rich messaging solution for millions of T-Mobile customers with Android smartphones; promoting Pixel […]

March 30, 2021

MásMóvil makes Euskaltel bid

The Spanish telecoms sector looks set for further consolidation with the news that fourth-ranked operator MásMóvil has made a friendly takeover bid for Basque regional telco Euskaltel of some €2 billion. In a statement to the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), Spain’s stock market regulator, MásMóvil said that it had the agreement of […]

March 29, 2021By Colin Mann

UK spectrum auction at negotiation stage

UK comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed that the spectrum auction for the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz bands aimed at releasing more airwaves to improve mobile services and support 5G will now move to the negotiation period. Ofcom announced the results of the principal stage of the auction on March 17th. This set out how […]

March 25, 2021By Colin Mann

UK 5G spectrum auction raises £1.35bn

UK comms regulator Ofcom has announced the outcome of the principal stage of its auction to release more airwaves to improve mobile services and support 5G. A total of 200 MHz of spectrum was available to bid for in the auction, split across two bands: 80 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band. These airwaves […]

March 17, 2021By Colin Mann

Nokia to axe up to 10K staff

Nokia is to axe between 5,000 and 10,000 jobs globally in the next two years in a cost-cutting meaure. The Finnish telecoms giant will use the savings to play catch-up on 5G, and also plans to invest in cloud computing and digital infrastructure research. The company currently has 90,000 employees around the world, and has […]

March 16, 2021

Rogers buys Shaw in $26bn deal

Canadian multiplay telcos Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications have reached an agreement for Rogers to acquire all of Shaw’s issued and outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Shares in a transaction valued at approximately $26 billion (€21.8bn) inclusive of approximately $6 billion of Shaw debt. The offer price of $40.50 per share represents a […]

March 15, 2021

Spain: Movistar, Vodafone, Orange ally for 5G funds

Spain’s three largest telco operators -Movistar, Vodafone and Orange- have entered into an alliance to bid for the European financial aids to extend 4G and 5G to rural areas in the country. The operators will submit a joint proposal to get the estimated €4.3 billion in public aids between 2021 and 2025 to deploy the […]

March 12, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

Ofcom 5G spectrum auction set to start

Mobile operators will begin bidding in the UK’s next spectrum auction from Friday March 12th, comms regulator Ofcom has confirmed. A total of 200 MHz of spectrum is being released through the auction, which will help improve existing mobile services and also support the continued rollout of 5G across the UK. After a pause in […]

March 10, 2021By Colin Mann

Shared Access: ‘Ready to boost 4G coverage’

A year on from the £1 billion (€1.17bn) Shared Rural Network (SRN) agreement being signed, wireless telecommunications infrastructure company Shared Access says it is ready to help mobile network operators increase 4G coverage in rural areas to meet government targets – and increase access to grassroots sport at the same time. As an independent owner […]

March 9, 2021By Colin Mann