Operators join forces to accelerate open RAN as funding potential looms
European telecoms giants are throwing their weight behind open radio access networks (open RAN), joining forces to accelerate deployments that ...
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Roaming and content bundling partnerships driving connectivity recovery strategies
Expanding 5G roaming agreements this year will be key to growing revenues that nosedived as pandemic-related travel restrictions came into ...
Innovative financing methods pave promising path for connectivity in 2021
Creative investment approaches are emerging as a theme for connectivity in 2021 as telecoms incumbent Orange splits off its venture ...
Connectivity investors weigh incoming renewable energy opportunity
Accelerating renewable energy growth will help fuel and evolve connectivity demand in 2021, after COVID-19 helped deliver a breakout year ...
Tsunami of funding for healthcare connectivity takes aim at pandemic
Healthcare connectivity providers possess enhanced weaponry in the battle against the coronavirus amid a groundswell of funding for telehealth, AI ...
Mobile operators look to satellite communications to improve 5G monetisation
Growing satellite/terrestrial convergence will broaden 5G revenue streams, with ubiquitous connectivity potentially providing a foundational layer for the next ‘killer ...
Connectivity seeing green investment as path to sustainable futures
Social finance might attain greater focus in connectivity as French telecoms incumbent Orange launches a €500m (US$593m) sustainability bond, the latest ...
The state of play for European MNO mergers after Hutchison/O2 u-turn
The European Commission’s interventionist stance lost footing when a court scrapped its veto against a US$13.4bn UK MNO merger. As ...
Buyout firms seeing opportunity for telcos weighed down by fibre deployments
Heavy fibre capex demands in battered economies are opening up opportunities for private equity, reportedly encouraging British telecoms incumbent BT to ...
Drive towards telecoms convergence clearing the way for more M&A
More convergence-related telecoms deals are expected to defy pandemic, economic and other challenges as Liberty Global blazes a path in ...
