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    Nokia, A1 and Microsoft deploy ‘industry-first’ 5G edge cloud network slicing

    A1 was able to isolate its public Internet and enterprise traffic while keeping critical business traffic local using 4G/5G core breakout

    Elisa chooses 5G+ moniker for its new standalone service launch 

    5G+ is increasingly meaning different things to different operators as branding begins in earnest

    Airtel Africa launches wholesale fibre unit Telesonic 

    The move follows its December launch of a new data centre business called Nxtra

    KKR, Macquarie reportedly in the chase for Altice fibre unit

    According to BNN Bloomberg, there is now a shortlist of potential investor’s in Altice France’s XpFibre unit KKR and Macquarie Group are on the shortlist...

    Nvidia forms bespoke chip unit to target cloud and wireless markets 

    Ericsson has emerged as a wireless chip partner for Nvidia but is tight-lipped about latest collaboration

    MTN South Africa and Huawei complete 800G optical network deployment 

    Data centre connect network links Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town

    BT, Ericsson and Qualcomm demo slicing for gamers and enterprise

    The operator called the trial “a significant milestone” as it moves towards the launch of its own 5G Standalone network

    Nokia declares patent peace on licence renewals 

    Its patent group now has a sales run-rate of approximately €1.3 billion and is expecting significant catch-up payments

    EY and Dell launch EY Edge Technologies Lab  

    With the arrival of AI in the mainstream, both companies see edge compute critical for Industry 4.0

    Open RAN to account for up to 30% of global market by 2028

    The RAN equipment market suffered a second year of decline in 2023, but is expected to perk up all round after 2024

    TIM rejects Italian government’s €750m offer for Sparkle

    CEO Pietro Labriola has been instructed to negotiate a different offer from the Ministry of Economy and Finance

    Magyar Telekom expands used smartphone options with Recommerce 

    Second hand and refurbished smartphones are gaining ground despite the challenge of getting stock

    E&, Telecom Egypt announce cable to India and Indonesia 

    Indonesian partner Telin named but Indian telco partner has not been named despite being at the signing

    Open Gateway: Orange, Telefonica and Vodafone open mobile nets to developers

    Developers will have access to the operators’ networks in Spain from anywhere in the world via the Number Verification and SIM Swap APIs

    EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act compromises get it over the line  

    Telco industry believes provisional agreement diverges from the Act’s original intentions but pledges to work with legislators