(Telecompaper) Apple has followed the launch of its Apple Pay service in Chile by announcing that the Apple Store is now available online in the country, allowing… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/apple-debuts-online-store-in-chile–1479269

(Telecompaper) Infrastructure equity fund manager DIF Capital Partners has acquired a majority state in German fibre-optic network operator Metrofibre for an undisclosed sum… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/dif-capital-partners-buys-majority-stake-in-metrofibre–1479253

(Telecompaper) The German association for the protection of consumers (vzbv) is calling for compensation of EUR 15 per month from internet service providers unable to deliver promised speeds… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/german-consumer-group-calls-for-monthly-compensation-for-slow-internet-speeds–1479255

(Telecompaper) US operator Consolidated Communications has agreed to its acquisition by private equity group Searchlight Capital Partners and pension fund British… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/consolidated-agrees-to-buyout-offer-from-shareholder-searchlight-bci–1479263

(Telecompaper) Google has opened the applications for another ‘Google for Startups Growth Academy’ programme, this time focusing on AI cybersecurity startups in both Europe and the US. Applications are now open… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/google-launches-second-growth-academy-call-for-ai-cybersecurity-startups–1479260

(Telecompaper) Ingram Micro has announced a distribution agreement with Supermicro, a total IT solution provider for cloud, artificial intelligence (AI)/machine… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ingram-micro-to-distribute-supermicro-products-in-mea–1479136

(Telecompaper) Exa Infrastructure has announced that European academic network Geant and broadband provider Madcom are among the first clients of the Trans Adriatic… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/exas-trans-adriatic-express-route-provides-connectivity-to-geant-and-madcom–1479192

(Telecompaper) Iliad Italia has marked one year since the launch of its Iliadbox-branded Wi-Fi 6 router by contacting mobile users to offer them a EUR 5 a month discount on a fibre plan… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/iliad-italia-discounts-fibre-to-under-eur-20-for-mobile-subs–1479147

(Telecompaper) Subco has selected Ciena to provide an undersea corridor between Australia and Europe via the Oman Australia Cable (OAC)… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/subco-deploys-ciena-geomesh-extreme-for-oman-australia-cable–1479124

(Telecompaper) LS Cable & System Asia has signed a deal with a subsidiary of Vietnam’s state-run oil and gas group PetroVietnam to explore seabeds in the Southeast… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ls-cable-ptsc-to-develop-submarine-cable-projects-in-vietnam–1479123