QuattroCom announced a partnership with Telia Carrier to provide dedicated Internet access to its enterprise businesses in the city of Querétaro, Mexico. The partnership gives QuattroCom access to Telia Carrier’s number one ranked global network, supporting enterprise business demands for the increasing need for scalable, high-performance connectivity in the city’s growing business market. The city […]
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Telkom Kenya has announced the so-called “bold decision to carve out a new direction”, according to Developing Telecoms. This move came out after an abrupt end of the planned merger with Airtel Kenya. Telkom Kenya, the East African nation’s smallest telecom operator, is 60% owned by Helios Investment Partners LLP and the rest by the […]
Argentina has extended a price freeze on mobile, internet, and TV services until the end of 2020 after labelling them as “essential public services”, according to Developing Telecoms. Telecom operators would not be able to increase tariffs unless they receive permission from the government, according to a statement sent on Friday 21, 2020 reported Bloomberg. […]
As part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan to transform the Kingdom for a post-hydrocarbon age, a project entitled NEOM is currently being developed in Tabuk, in northwestern Saudi Arabia. On August 23, Saudi Energy Minister Abdul Aziz bin Salman said that his Ministry is ready to offer assistance to NEOM – […]
London-based retro game streaming service Antstream Arcade today announced an exclusive partnership with StarHub, a leading provider of communication, entertainment and digital solutions in Singapore, to enable customers to experience supercharged gaming with zero lag on StarHub’s first-to-market 5G service. This tie-up between StarHub and Antstream Arcade is the first such partnership in the Asia Pacific […]
China has been working seriously on including 5G initiatives as part of the aviation infrastructures. “Digitalization is a new value-growth point of the whole aviation industry”, said Xu Jun, vice president of Asia-Pacific OEMs of Honeywell Aerospace, according to Xinhuanet. On August 24, 2020, The Shanghai Airport Authority signed an agreement with Shanghai branches of […]
Telecommunications customers around the world have been suffering from poor services. However, under the scheme proposed by the UK telecom regulator Ofcom, broadband and landline customers who suffered from poor service have received £20.7 m in compensation payments between July and December 2019, according to The Guardian. Companies automatically pay out £8 for each day […]
Spanish Telecom operator MásMóvil is expected to launch 5G in five major cities in Spain by the week of September 7, 2020, according to Spanish Network Expansión. MásMóvil will be the third Spanish Telecom operator to provide a 5G network for its customers. Vodafone already launched 5G operations last year. Téléfonica has yet to announce […]
In the past few years, the Sultanate of Oman has been considered as the most progressive telecom market in the Middle East for its liberalization and promotion of competition. Oman has a total of 16 telecom service providers operating under 3 categories. The competition between the telecom operators has engendered significant growth for different sectors […]
Chinese Telecom operators are showing significant growth in their 5G business. Reports shared by China Telecom showed that the company gained 37.8 million 5G subscribers by the end of the first half of 2020. However, this number is equal to 11% of its overall mobile customer base, states Telecoms.com. According to the 2020 H1 financial […]