Commodity Inside covers key telecom news covering major developments in 5g, telecom blockchain, telecom infrastructure, telecom M&A and carriers news.
Opportunity Assessment of Blockchain Technology in the Telecom Industry
Wednesday, 06 February 2019
The telecom industry has been providing almost all the necessary infrastructure for the blockchain technology to operate. The technology itself is in a very nascent and untested stage, and there is no real-life example of its applications on a scale, except crypto business. Besides the finance industry, where cryptocurrencies storm the world, there is comparatively
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Lingo finalised the acquisition of Impact Telecom
Wednesday, 09 January 2019
Lingo Communications closed its acquisition of Impact Telecom in an all-cash transaction. The expected revenue of the combined company is to be approximately $168 million, and the adjusted EBITA will be approximately $26 million. The acquisition created an opportunity to combine both companies network infrastructure into one giant IP-based UC network and an FG-D network
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China’s Huawei faces new bans and challenges in the European telecom market
Thursday, 03 January 2019
China’s Huawei continued to be in hot water as some of the European countries are also avoiding the use of Huawei’s equipment due to security concerns and over spying doubts. Like the US, Australia and New Zealand, European countries are also taking the issue seriously given that in the future 5G technology will play a
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New Zealand bans Huawei from 5G roll-out
Thursday, 13 December 2018
New Zealand’s national security agency Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) bans Spark NZ (New Zealand Telecommunication Company) from using China’s Huawei equipment and services in its new 5G roll-out. The agency considered Huawei equipment and services as a security risk to its country. Huawei and Spark have been in partnership for approximately four years under
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Huawei and CTR to complete Chilean undersea cable project by Q3 2019
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Huawei and CTR (Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company) become partners for deploying submarine cable in the Fiber Optic Austral (FOA) project. This will connect the three southern regions in Chile known as Las Lagos, Aysén and Magallanes. In March 2018, the Chilean government announced the investment by connecting these regions for which Huawei and CTR agreed. Huawei is
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Italian 5G tender closes at € 6.55 billion
Friday, 05 October 2018
After 14 days of the competitive bidding process, Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development announced the completion of its national 5G spectrum tender. The bidding reached €6.55 billion which was € 4 billion more than its minimum reserved price of €2.5 billion. The range of bands in which the spectrums have been offered included 694-790MHz, 26.5-27.5GHz
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Airtel and Telecom Egypt joins hands for global submarine cable systems
Thursday, 16 August 2018
India’s Bharti Airtel and Egypt’s Telecom Egypt made a strategic partnership under which Airtel will get the right to use submarine cable networks of MENA and TE North. The network stretches from Cyprus to France via Egypt. The cable system connects different countries like Italy, Greece, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, India and Hong Kong, and
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Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange won 5G frequency bands in Spain
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Spain awarded 5G frequencies to three companies Telefonica (operates in the mobile segment through Movistar), Vodafone and Orange through a four days bidding process. The auction raised more than €437 million ($509.5 million). The total bid was for 200 MHz of 5G spectrum in which the maximum band limit to a single operator was set
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Amazon, Facebook, and CMI to connect Hong Kong, Singapore and US with 16,000 km long optical submarine cable
Monday, 16 July 2018
The Bay to Bay Express Cable System (BtoBE) consortium which is composed of China Mobile International (CMI), Facebook and Amazon Web Service (AWS) signed an agreement with the NEC (Nippon Electric Company) corporation to build the undersea cable that connects Singapore, Hong Kong and the US. The fibre optic cable will extend about 16,000 kilometres
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National security remains a key issue of concern for developing 5G infrastructure
Tuesday, 03 July 2018
Australia has banned China’s Huawei from developing 5G technology infrastructure on security grounds and rejected its bid. The national security concerns were based around the company founder previous links with the Chinese military as well as risks of potential Chinese espionage which has currently been fueled by anti-Chinese sentiment overflowing from the US. Commodity Inside
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