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How Telecom Wrote The Efficiency Playbook That Others Are Copying
Mushfig Aliyev is the Deputy CEO of Azerconnect Group. For most of the last century, owning your infrastructure was a crucial rule for business. Telecom operators owned their infrastructure, airlines owned their planes and banks owned the data…
FCC denies US firm with Chinese links approval to provide telecom services
The Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday it is adding California-based Digitalsystem Technology to a list of companies posing risks to U.S. national security, citing links to Chinese telecom firms and its ownership by a Chinese…
Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0745 GMT – Alibaba Group is likely to benefit from its AI and cloud business, according to…
This telecommunications giant could lose ground to SpaceX's Starlink, Wells Fargo says
AT & T is likely to lose ground to SpaceX's Starlink, putting even more pressure on shares, according to Wells Fargo. The bank initiated coverage of the telecommunications giant with an underweight rating. It also put an $18 price target on shares…
The satellite industry's most expensive problem isn't in orbit
AST SpaceMobile recently deployed three more BlueBird satellites into low Earth orbit as it advances plans for a space-based cellular broadband network of 45 to 60 satellites by the end of the year. SpaceX already has more than 650 direct-to-device…
Malaysia's Global Telecommunications Group buys 36-acre parcel for 210MW data center in Selangor, Malaysia
Malaysia's Global Telecommunications Group has bought a 36-acre parcel in Kota Seri Langat, Selangor, to build a potential 210MW data center. Kota Seri Langat is a 2,890-acre planned development in the town of Banting, southern Selangor, that will…
Wamac Council votes against telecommunications funding request
The Wamac City Council voted Monday evening against a request from the City of Centralia to contribute funding to assist with the Centralia Police Department's telecommunications operations. Wamac Mayor Jackie “Butch” Mathus reported…
Fighting America, arming China: The West's suicidal tech policy
Beijing seeks to aggregate geopolitical power by controlling the infrastructure through which modern life operates, including global communications, cloud computing, financial tech supporting digital commerce, and artificial intelligence. Yet, much…
Starlink licensing limbo fuels Avanti's SA push
Avanti has partnered with Eutelsat OneWeb through South African company Q-KON to offer LEO services. (Image supplied) As Elon Musk's Starlink continues to wait for regulatory approval to operate in South Africa, satellite operator Avanti…
Alphabet's Q2 Includes A Massive Bill Nobody's Talking About (NASDAQ:GOOGL)
Alphabet Inc. maintains a Strong Buy rating, driven by surging demand for Gemini Enterprise and a $460B Cloud backlog despite capacity constraints. Q1 2026 saw 22% revenue growth and Cloud revenue up 63%, but rising Capex and $11B annual compute…
Indonesia's 5G Expansion: US Interference Stirs Digital Colonialism Debate
A diplomatic correspondence related to the US-Indonesia Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) has reignited debate over Indonesia's digital sovereignty. The US government has recently exerted pressure on Indonesia through the ART to exclude Chinese…
Telenor to Buy Majority Stake in Swedish Broadband Provider Bahnhof in $629 Million Deal
agreed to buy a controlling stake in Swedish broadband provider Bahnhof in a deal that values the company at 6.1 billion Swedish kronor ($629 million), including debt. The Norwegian telecommunications provider said the deal will strengthen its…
Shouldn't occur': Change demanded after Telstra outage
Experts and advocates have demanded changes to how telecommunication companies are regulated and held accountable for outages after Telstra became the latest telco to suffer a large-scale network failure. Telecommunications industry expert and RMIT…
Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market Wednesday
My top 10 things to watch Wednesday, July 8 1. Big sell-off this morning, with Dow futures down 400 points. S & P and Nasdaq futures are also sharply lower. WTI crude is up 4% after President Donald Trump declared the Iran war ceasefire 'over'…
Intelligent telco tower optimisation: NEC XON, PowerX join forces across Africa
Chris Duvenage, Digital Solutions Business Unit Manager at NEC XON. NEC Africa and PowerX have announced a strategic partnership to deliver intelligent remote management system (RMS) and energy efficiency solutions for large, distributed…
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