Telia Lithuania has announced plans to trial the country’s first standalone (SA) 5G network by deploying a private 5G system at the Baltic Sea port of Klaipeda, marking a key step in its nationwide rollout strategy.
The GSMA has found that operators are struggling with spectrum costs, holding back investment to improve the performance of mobile networks. According to the GSMA, on average, consumers are actually paying about 38% less for mobile services than a deca…
Philippines-based operator Globe Telecom has revealed that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has helped reduce its operating costs, with plans underway to deepen AI integration across the business.
Malaysian telco U Mobile sold its entire 16.28% stake in 5G wholesale operator Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) on Tuesday to DNB’s remaining shareholders – CelcomDigi, Maxis, YTL Power International and the Minister of Finance (MOF) – for MYR100,000 (US$23,…
Telefónica has reportedly appointed investment bank Citi to advise on the sale of its Chilean unit, as the group continues to scale back its presence in Latin America.
The two competitors in the Ethiopian mobile communications duopoly can both claim to have inspired positive headlines in recent days, with Ethio Telecom announcing a major new e-commerce service launch and Safaricom Ethiopia highlighting improved finan…
Airtel Africa returned to profit in its latest financial year driven by a rise in subscriber base despite a continued hit from currency devaluation across its markets.
The path towards next-gen superfast fibre optic networks has accelerated thanks to 50G-PON and 25GS-PON interoperability tests at Plugfest. This vital progress stems from the latest ‘Plugfest’ organised by the Broadband Forum (essentially an intensive …
Indonesian telco XLSmart on Tuesday released its last quarterly results for XL Axiata before last month’s merger with Smartfren, which showed the telco reporting modest growth in revenues and customers but a dramatic slide in its net profit.
UAE-based telco du says has officially set a new Guinness World Record for the “longest promotional livestream” with TikTok Live MENA, in which a single smartphone livestreamed across the country’s seven emirates for 48 hours straight over du’s 5G netw…