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Rs13bn telecom projects okayed to connect 5.5m rural residents
ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) on Wednesday approved nine new telecom projects worth Rs13.05 billion to provide high-speed internet and voice services to 5.55 million unserved and underserved residents across the…
South Africa telecoms giant Vodacom to take control of Kenya's Safaricom
The deal, which is subject to regulatory approval, would extend Vodacom's footprint across the continent and comes as Kenya's cash-strapped government seeks to fill its coffers by offloading state assets. Kenya's government had agreed to sell a 15…
Promising Telecom Stocks To Consider - December 3rd
Will 2026 Mark a Turnaround for Costco? AT&T, TELUS, Vodafone Group, Dycom Industries, America Movil, Bel Fuse, and KT are the seven Telecom stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Telecom stocks are shares of publicly…
Hundreds of Australians complain of wrongful social media account closures but ombudsman can't help
More than 1,500 Australians in the past two and half years have complained to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman about digital platforms, with a third complaining about wrongful account terminations. But the TIO – which is responsible…
'SA operators can no longer treat risk as a compliance exercise'
Carl Bosma, director for Risk Advisory Services and telecommunications lead at BDO SA. Cyber attacks, security breaches and technology disruptions are top global risks, and a reactive, compliance-led approach is no longer fit for purpose in today's…
Telenor Marks 25 Years on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Today, Telenor celebrated its 25th anniversary as a listed company on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Since its listing in 2000, the company has distributed more than NOK 243 billion to shareholders. Around 70 guests attended the event, including Minister…
Why DoT's SIM-binding directive raises concerns of regulatory overreach
While former telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had, at the time, clarified publicly to the media that OTTs are not under the ambit of the law, lawyers said that the new directive suggests otherwise. “The directive does represent an expansive…
FCC boss Brendan Carr claims another victory over DEI as AT&T drops programs
AT&T told the Federal Communications Commission that it has eliminated DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policies and programs, complying with demands from Chairman Brendan Carr. The FCC boss has refused to approve mergers and other large…
SK Group names 85 new executives in latest reshuffle
SK Group said Thursday it has named 85 new executives in its latest personnel reshuffle with a focus on hiring younger leaders to address the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. The conglomerate, which has SK hynix and SK Telecom under its wing…
Knowledge Nugget: Sanchar Saathi, SIM-Binding and India's Cybersecurity push - What UPSC aspirants must know
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Wednesday revoked its order directing phone makers to mandatorily pre-install the state-owned Sanchar Saathi application. The November 28 confidential order issued under the Telecommunication…
Nominee for newly established media watchdog chief vows to promptly stabilize agency
Kim Jong-cheol, who was nominated last week to lead the newly launched Korea Media Communications Commission, on Thursday vowed to make efforts to promptly stabilize the agency's operation. 'I will spare no efforts to stabilize the KMCC and make…
OpenAI becomes major tenant in $7b data centre deal
ChatGPT-owner OpenAI will become the major customer of a $7 billion data centre to be built by NextDC that will be the biggest in the southern hemisphere. The data centre will be used to run the artificial intelligence models, tasks and queries of…
Mass. manufacturer moving hundreds of jobs to N.H.
A Boxborough-based manufacturer is shifting its operations to New Hampshire early next year, uprooting hundreds of workers in the process. SynQor, which makes power converters for the military, industrial, avionics, rail transportation, medical…
Tech sector posts 42% gains amid winners, losers
An inside look at winners and losers in the TMT sector. (Photograph by Nicola Mawson) As we exit 2025, analysts have diverging views on which stocks were winners and which are the ones to watch next year. ITWeb asked analysts for their top picks…
Why did India order smartphone makers to install a government app?
India has revoked an order to smartphone manufacturers to install a government-owned cybersecurity application on all new mobile devices following massive backlash amid digital rights concerns. According to an official notification issued by the…
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