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Rural telecommunications in New Zealand
Fibre passes around 87 percent of New Zealand households, most of them in urban areas. The remaining 13 percent are rural, but this is an arbitrary distinction. This group includes everything from remote high-country stations to lifestyle blocks…
Telecom Stocks Worth Watching - February 8th
MarketBeat Week in Review – 02/02 - 02/06 AT&T, Dycom Industries, TELUS, Vodafone Group, and SK Telecom are the five Telecom stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Telecom stocks are shares of publicly traded…
Saudi deepens ties with Syria's new leaders through major investment package
Saudi Arabia announced on Saturday a major investment package in Syria spanning energy, aviation, real estate and telecommunications, as the kingdom positions itself as a leading backer of Syria's new leadership. Saudi Arabia launched an investment…
Saudi Firms Agree to Rebuild Syrian Aviation and Mobile Networks
Saudi firms have struck deals to help support Syria's telecommunications and aviation industries, as the country looks to rebuild core infrastructure after years of war. Among the partnerships are those to upgrade its internet infrastructure…
M&A market 'firing on all cylinders', headed for record year: Citigroup
The mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market is expected to have its best year ever, with artificial intelligence dominating activity despite recent volatility in technology stocks and broader jitters across assets, according to senior investment…
Firmus seals $US10b Blackstone deal to fund Australian 'AI factories'
Firmus, the artificial intelligence data centre provider co-founded by Oliver Curtis, has secured a huge $US10 billion ($14.2 billion) debt facility led by private equity giant Blackstone to fund its ambitious plans to build so-called AI factories…
Early Facebook investors back Australian AI that replaces consultants
As public market investors panic about the existential threats to software firms from the artificial intelligence wave, two 25-year-old Australians think they are on the right side of the shift after convincing some of Silicon Valley's best-known…
'Unworkable': Airlines warn aviation reforms could drive up ticket prices
Australia's airlines have criticised the complexity of the government's aviation consumer protections to be turned into law this year, and say the reforms are “unworkable” and could increase prices for passengers. The airlines also…
New bushfires a stark reminder that Black Summer recovery still not over
Communities along the NSW South Coast impacted by the Black Summer bushfires say they are still rebuilding six years later. In the remote Deua River Valley, residents want measures completed to ensure key telecommunications infrastructure is more…
Syria, Saudi Arabia sign investment deals | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Syria, Saudi Arabia sign investment deals DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria and Saudi Arabia signed multibillion-dollar investment agreements on Saturday, including a major telecommunications project, a low-cost joint airline and an international airport in…
Virgin Media is dishing out new TV channels and they are totally free to watch
Freeview might offer a totally free way to watch the telly, but Virgin Media is fighting back with its own blockbuster upgrade. Anyone with the firm's TV platform in their homes is getting a huge boost without paying a penny extra. The UK telecoms…
China digital exports surge as Alibaba and Tencent lead global push
Chinese revenue from digital services sold abroad is soaring as tech champions from Alibaba to ByteDance to Tencent ramp up their overseas push in live streaming, e-commerce and artificial intelligence (AI). The trade surplus from digital services…
Singapore beauty industry sees 76.2% rise in complaints, over $2.1m lost in 2025: CASE
SINGAPORE – There were a total of 2,113 consumer complaints against the beauty industry here in 2025, a 76.2 per cent rise from 1,199 such complaints in 2024. The industry accounted for over $2.1 million lost through prepayments, most of…
Buyers to decide on Russian oil import: Piyush Goyal
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal clarified that India's decisions on Russian oil imports are taken solely by domestic buyers and are not dictated by the recently concluded India-US interim trade agreement framework, noting that it…
Airtel Nigeria commits to infrastructure investment - The Nation Newspaper
Airtel Nigeria, at the weekend, restated its commitment to invest massively on infrastructure this year to improve the end user experience of customers on its network. Speaking to senior editors and industry correspondents, its Chief Executive…
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