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UK Lowers Boom On Huawei With Equipment Purchase Ban
UK Lowers Boom On Huawei With Equipment Purchase Ban
July 14, 2020  |  International

The United Kingdom has reversed course on Huawei, announcing plans Tuesday (July 14) to start banning companies in the country from buying equipment from the...

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Vodafone Reports Difficulties In Paying Vendors In India
Vodafone Reports Difficulties In Paying Vendors In India
July 12, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Vodafone, the U.K.-based telecom giant, has run into trouble making payments to vendors in India, according to Sputnik News. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Ericsson Says UK Telecom Rules Are Slowing 5G, Driving Up Costs
Ericsson Says UK Telecom Rules Are Slowing 5G, Driving Up Costs
June 19, 2020  |  Mobile

Swedish telecom giant Ericsson said the United Kingdom could lose out on the newest fifth-generation (5G) wireless network because of government rules that are making it expensive...

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Big Tech And The Lure Of India’s (Mobile Payments) Market
Big Tech And The Lure Of India’s (Mobile Payments) Market
June 08, 2020  |  Mobile Payments

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Silver Lake Increases Stake In Indian Telecom Jio Platforms
Silver Lake Increases Stake In Indian Telecom Jio Platforms
June 05, 2020  |  Investments

Silver Lake has upped its ante on India’s Jio Platforms. The Menlo Park, California-based private equity firm said Friday (June 5) it will buy an additional...

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UAE Fund Pumps $1.2B Into Jio Platforms, India’s Telecom Giant
UAE Fund Pumps $1.2B Into Jio Platforms, India’s Telecom Giant
June 05, 2020  |  Investments

Mubadala Investment Co., an investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is investing $1.2 billion in Jio Platforms, the Indian telecommunications firm,...

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Google Eyes Vodaphone As Part Of India Investment Plan
Google Eyes Vodaphone As Part Of India Investment Plan
May 28, 2020  |  Investments

As it looks for a new way to hop into India’s hot mobile market, Google may be ready to take on rival Facebook, which has...

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Rakuten Mobile To Acquire InnoEye To Expand Cloud Network Services
Rakuten Mobile To Acquire InnoEye To Expand Cloud Network Services
May 13, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Rakuten Mobile Inc., a Tokyo internet services provider, plans to acquire InnoEye, an engineering technology company based in Virginia, per a company statement. Terms of...

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Pandemic Prompts Ericsson To Up 5G Projections
Pandemic Prompts Ericsson To Up 5G Projections
May 11, 2020  |  Mobile

The pandemic has prompted Stockholm-based telecommunications technology firm Ericsson to up its forecast for worldwide 5G subscriptions to 2.8 billion by 2025, the company said...

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