Voice & Data

Syria and Cyprus have signed an agreement to build the UGARIT 2 subsea cable, a 240-kilometre submarine cable that will connect the two countries across the Mediterranean. The project involves UNIFI Communications, the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment and the Cyprus...

Keppel and its wholly owned subsidiary Keppel Kruger Holdings have secured a Facilities-Based Operator licence from Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority for the Kruger Cable System. The licence represents a significant regulatory milestone for the planned subsea cable project...

AST SpaceMobile has announced a collaboration with several of Europe’s leading mobile network operators to advance the rollout of its space-based cellular broadband network across the continent. The Satellite Network Partnership brings together Vodafone, Orange, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Vodafone...

AT&T has selected Ericsson to supply 600MHz dual-band radios as the American operator moves to deploy newly acquired low-band spectrum across its nationwide wireless infrastructure. The deal forms a central part of the carrier's broader wireless network modernisation programme,...

Furukawa Electric has unveiled a substantial fibre network investment plan valued at approximately 100 billion yen, or around US$635 million, aimed at expanding optical fibre and rollable ribbon cable production capacity across four countries. The Japanese industrial and electrical...

The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) has committed a combined US$82.8 million in private debt financing to expand telecommunications infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and strengthen a pan-African fibre-optic network, supporting digital connectivity across...

AT&T has completed its US$23 billion acquisition of wireless spectrum from EchoStar, adding nationwide mid-band and low-band licences to strengthen its 5G network capacity and broadband expansion across the United States. The transaction, first announced earlier this year, gives AT&T...