All Network & Infrastructure articles – Page 32
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Strategy & Change
UK Infrastructure Bank keeps watch on ‘stretched’ fibre space
Digital remains a sector of focus for new, state-owned investment house, attracting four more deals and more than £500m of commitments during its last fiscal year.
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Financial & Performance
Troubled Vi to plough funds into 5G as losses mount
Aditya Birla Group Chairman pledges “significant investment” in Vi’s 5G rollout, but timelines and funding remain unclear.
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Venturing & Investments
Pressured infra group Digital 9 to exit Icelandic business
Group’s disquieted shareholders compel management to speed up and expand asset sales in order to cut leverage and raise funds.
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People
Tom Bartlett steps down as American Tower CEO
Steve Vondran appointed to lead TowerCo starting in February 2024.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone urges top operators to shoulder responsibility on scaled open RAN adoption
Vodafone’s Head of Open RAN Francisco Martín Pignatelli emphasises duty of ‘top 20’ operators in supporting smaller players on their “open RAN journey”.
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Interview
Interview: Orange Wholesale chief says hyperscalers, cloud, AI fundamentally changing subsea cable
In an exclusive interview with TelcoTitans, Michaël Trabbia, CEO of freshly-reconfigured €7.4bn Orange Wholesale, highlights how the transatlantic currently dominates strong subsea investment (Pacific, Africa also in the frame), with hyperscalers (except Apple) key drivers on major routes. And much more…
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Strategy & Change
Orange not in a hurry for Polish tower spin-off
Orange Poland CFO Jacek Kunicki says tower separation is not a priority, despite rivals’ recent moves and apparent Group-level interest in a carve-out.
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Public Affairs
Wait goes on for EC’s investment revival ‘vision’
European Commission guidelines for new Digital Networks Act expected before June 2024, but draft legislation not until 2025.
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Products & Services
Vodafone brings on blockchain buddy in IoT monetisation drive
Economy of Things JV Vodafone DAB demonstrates potential of smart contracts for IoT customers, leveraging Chainlink tie-up.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone looks to 6GHz spectrum to counter ‘capacity crunch’
Trials for use of upper 6GHz frequency band successfully completed by Vodafone engineers in Spain.
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Network & Infrastructure
UK MNO trio call for deadline extension as Shared Rural Network stagnates
Laggards Three, VM O2, and Vodafone ask for two-year delay to interim timeline to account for claimed planning permissions and pandemic obstacles. EE smugly maintains committment.
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People
Cellnex appoints new finance chief as reorg continues
Raimon Trias joins TowerCo after José Manuel Aisa Mancho seeks new horizons.
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Strategy & Change
Blackstone targets ‘compelling’ digital infra gains
Investment behemoth wants to more than double the value of its infrastructure business, aided by AI-fuelled growth in data centre capacity and other digital assets.
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Interview
Interview: Sateliot places operators at heart of satellite-IoT growth strategy
Sateliot CEO Jaume Sanpera sees MNO relationships with the likes of Telefónica as key to competing in the satellite-IoT market.
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Network & Infrastructure
The Backfill: Investors join forces to improve UK public-private infra projects
Investment firms want better approaches to planning, operating, and maintaining infrastructure projects in UK. Tower operators in the country also group up to improve regulation and standards in wireless infra rollout. Elsewhere, KKR submits binding offer for TIM’s fixed assets. Read more…
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Interview
TOTEM CEO eyes pole position in MNO network strategies
Network X: TOTEM CEO Nicolas Roy discusses the TowerCo’s industrial plans and strategic site ambitions.
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile US agrees spectrum payment extension with DISH
Payment deadline extended to 1 April 2024.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone and Snam agree 5G deal as MPN market gathers steam
5G private network deal, described as one of Vodafone’s biggest in Europe, to see the operator deliver dedicated coverage for the natural gas company at 23 sites across Italy.
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M&A
Cellnex takes over WHP’s Scottish tower assets
Behind-scenes acquisition sees group become tower partner for Scotland’s publicly-funded 4G rollout initiative.
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile is biggest spender in Poland’s long-awaited 5G spectrum auction
T-Mobile and Orange each pick up one of four 100MHz blocks on offer.