Malaysian 5G telco U Mobile announced on Monday that Eastel, a new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) from Anchor Communications, has signed a deal to be its first 5G and 4G wholesale access customer.
Bharti Airtel subsidiary Bharti Hexacom has reportedly postponed the sale of 3,400 telecoms towers to Indus Towers pending a new valuation of the deal requested by Hexacom’s minority shareholder Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL).
Nokia has moved closer to exiting Russia, with the country’s President Vladimir Putin authorising state-backed Rostelecom to acquire the Finnish vendor’s stake in a Russian joint venture.
Malaysia’s second 5G operator U Mobile said on Tuesday it has selected Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE as key tech partners in rolling out its next-gen 5G network with the ambitious goal of achieving 80% coverage within the first year of deployment.
