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• Virgin Media O2 has agreed to sell an 8.33% minority stake in the Cornerstone mobile towers JV to Equitix, while retaining a 25.01% holding in Cornerstone overall
• The deal, which will see Virgin Media O2 receive £186m in cash upon completion, is structured through a 16.66% sale in a holding company which indirectly owns 50% of Corne

A new report published by trade body the GSMA says there are 3.1 billion people who don’t use mobile internet services, despite living within reach of a mobile broadband network

Closing this ‘usage gap’ could mean a $3.5tn boost to the economy between 2023 and 2030, it finds

• Secureworks shareholders to receive $8.50 per share in cash
• Sophos intends to integrate solutions from both companies into a broader and stronger security portfolio for all small, mid- and enterprise customers
• By combining complementary AI-driven security platforms powered by automated prevention, detection and response, the

• SUSTAIN-6G will evaluate and explore sustainable 6G technologies, methods and use cases touching on environmental, economic and societal needs
• The consortium will work out solutions for three specific areas of sustainable development: energy smart grids, e-health and telemedicine, and agriculture

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According to a report, the Open RAN market ‘screeched to a halt’ during this year.

Vodafone, Qualcomm and Ericsson say they have successfully demonstrated the benefits of 5G mmWave via two trials in the UK.

The trials used Ericsson’s AIR (antenna-integrated radio) 5322 and Baseband 6651 technology, as well as various devices powered by the Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System.

Arm Holdings has reportedly cancelled Qualcomm’s licence to develop hardware based on its architecture.

While Qualcomm was busy revealing its latest Snapdragon CPUs at a company showcase in Maui, Arm escalated an ongoing dispute between the two companies over licensing terms by revoking its architectural licence.

Ericsson has reached its 50th customer for Ericsson 5G Charging. Charging is a foundation for 5G monetization and service innovation for CSPs around the world, and the milestone achievement highlights Ericsson’s momentum and leadership in this crucial domain.

To ensure that SMEs have a front-row seat to telecoms standards making, our Standards Champion, Andy Reid, attends key standards meetings to observe, participate in conversations and report back on key themes and discussion points.

Here, Reid shares his reflections on the recent ECOC event in Frankfurt.

Nokia and Lenovo are joining forces for some data centre networking and automation solutions that support ‘the massive and highly precise compute, storage and transit needs’ of AI and ML.

USCellular has entered into an agreement with Verizon to sell a portion of its retained spectrum licenses for a cool $1 billion.

Eutelsat Group has announced the launch and deployment of 20 satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), bolstering the OneWeb constellation.

The satellites, which were built by Airbus US Space & Defense, hitched a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 which lifted off last week from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

• India Mobile Congress 2024 (IMC24) has opened its doors in New Delhi 
• Airtel’s Sunil Bharti Mittal joins rivals Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea to press the government for an auction of satellite broadband spectrum 
• They want a level playing field between satellite providers

• Transatlantic partnership extends potential for capacity, speed and latency while reducing power usage on popular Europe/US route.
• Service trial spanned 8500km subsea and terrestrial route over live production network.
• 800GbE can support advanced network applications like AI data center networking, content delive

The European Commission will contribute €865 million to the development of fibre and 5G networks, among other things, over the next three years and is ready to call for proposals to spend its cash.

While it’s not time to break out the bubbly just yet, there are a few signs that the fortunes of the telecoms industry may have reached some kind of inflection point.

To ensure that SMEs have a front-row seat to telecoms standards making, our Standards Champion, Andy Reid, attends key standards meetings to observe, participate in conversations and report back on key themes and discussion points.

Here, Reid shares his reflections on the recent 3GPP SA1 meeting in Maastricht.

• Deployable in under 48 hours, new T-Mobile 5G Advanced Network Solution delivers low-latency, high-bandwidth connectivity for data-intensive applications from virtually anywhere

Bellevue, Washington –  introduced 5G On Demand; a complete, portable 5G private network and servic

Schiphol has activated Ericsson Private 5G to explore new applications of 5G

The GSMA is teaming up with the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA) to work on connecting terrestrial and space-based networks, which they say will create ‘a new era of ubiquitous global connectivity.’

Nokia has deployed 6 new apps to its Nokia MX Industrial Edge (MXIE) platform, designed to do things like improve worker safety, site security, operational efficiency and secure OT environments.

Advanced multi-speed OLT-ONU platform enables operators to run mission-critical AI applications at the edge while providing the most cost-effective and power-efficient upgrade path for current GPON and 10G PON networks

• Launch 'Green 5G' initiative to improve the energy efficiency of its 4G and 5G networks and significantly reduce carbon emissions
• Solution projected to reduce carbon footprint by an estimated 143,413 metric tons of CO2 annually

Bharti Airtel and Nokia, announced a groundbreaking collaboration on “Green