Frontier shareholders approve acquisition offer from Verizon

(Telecompaper) US operator Frontier Communications said its shareholders approved the company’s acquisition by Verizon during the special meeting held on 13 November… https://www.telecompa…

VK starts sales of smart speaker VK Capsula Pro

(Telecompaper) Russian internet company VK plans to start sales of its new flagship smart speaker VK Capsula Pro on 28 November. The device, including a Zigbee hub and voice assistant Mausya, will cos…

Algerie Telecom boosts speed of top-tier fibre plan to 1.2 Gbps

(Telecompaper) Algerie Telecom is set to revamp its Idoom offers for new fibre sign-ups. From 14 November, most of the plans in the Idoom fibre range will deliver a… https://www.telecompaper.com…

Virgin Media connects more Witham homes using nexfibre network

(Telecompaper) Virgin Media O2 has made gigabit full-fibre broadband available to over 9,000 more homes in the Essex town of Witham… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/virgin-media-connects-more-…

ICANN and Smart Africa tie up to boost internet governance

(Telecompaper) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Smart Africa to enhance internet governance capacity development acro…

Ziply Fiber acquires Pacific Northwest assets of Unite Private Networks

(Telecompaper) Ziply Fiber has agreed to acquire the Pacific Northwest assets of Unite Private Networks (UPN) from owner Cox Communications, for an undisclosed amount… https://www.telecompaper.c…

Ericsson urges African governments to support school internet access

(Telecompaper) Ericsson has urged governments to play a key role in developing strategies that support internet access and online education… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ericsson-urges-afr…

Tele Columbus offers Pure Speed tariffs at reduced price

(Telecompaper) Pyur, the brand of German operator Tele Columbus, is offering the Pure Speed 100 tariff for EUR 17.99 monthly, and the Pure Speed 1,000 tariff for… https://www.telecompaper.com/n…

NBN Co to provide fibre to Western Sydney development

(Telecompaper) Australian government-owned wholesaler NBN Co has won the contract with Cameron Brae Group to deliver full fibre to 2,100 premises at the new Birling… https://www.telecompaper.com…

Netflix grows advertising audience to 70 mln subscribers ahead of year-end live events

(Telecompaper) Netflix announced that it’s reached 70 million customers subscribed to its ad-supported plan, two years since introducing advertising on its streaming platform… https://www.…

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