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Telia H1: “Service revenue sees significant improvement”

Telia, the Swedish multinational telco, has reported that net sales declined 1.1 per cent to SEK 43,691 million (€42.5m) and like for like, net sales increased 2.4 per cent in H1. Service revenues decreased 3.1 per cent to SEK 37,629 million and like for like, service revenues increased 0.4 per cent in the same period. […]

July 21, 2021

Report: UK telcos digging more than ever

There was a 24 per cent increase in the amount of digging work performed by the UK’s telecoms industry last year, according to Digging up Britain 2021. The report by LSBUD, which provides a free to use online search facility for underground pipes and cables, reveals that there were 1,125,843 searches through its portal by […]

June 23, 2021

Analyst: Telco market resilient in pandemic

Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1.55 trillion in 2020, a decrease of 1.4 per cent year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semi-annual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects the market to start its recovery next year, but pre-crisis spending levels will not be reached before 2022. […]

September 28, 2020

Amazon eyes Bharti Airtel stake

Local reports suggest that Amazon is in early-stage discussions to take a stake in Indian telco giant Bharti Airtel. Bharti is India’s third-largest telco with over 300 million subscribers. The reports say that Amazon is looking to pick up a 5 per cent stake in Bharti. Bharti’s rival Reliance Jio has recently seen a slew […]

June 8, 2020By Chris Forrester