The spectrum is to be auctioned with the government promising 18% more capacity for mobile services.

A newspaper report has suggested that Verizon Communications and Amazon could invest more than $4 billion for a stake in the struggling Indian operator.

A US court gave Swiss operator Salt Mobile permission to subpoena Liberty Global's Chair John Malone and CEO Michael Fries (pictured).

The operator (which trades as O2) says it is the first in Germany to build its 5G core to support new industiral solutions in the cloud.

The two ran a successful pilot using IoT and wearable sensors to monitor the crew's proximity to heavy machinery in support of De Beers’ ‘zero harm’ health and safety objectives.

Acquisition is claimed to bring together the world’s largest satellite network and the leading provider of commercial in-flight connectivity.

Telefónica's Executive Chairman José María Álvarez-Pallete promises “outstanding hyperconnectivity in European terms from combining 5G and fibre".

A letter of intents has been approved, with the state-backed CPD Equity, to set up a single company through integration with Open Fiber.

The operator says this will particularly benefit companies like architectural and engineering firms which use resource-intensive applications.

Salt, owned by French billionaire Xavier Niel, has upped the legal ante saying it turned down a takeover approach by Liberty Global to avoid jepoardising its exclusive deal with Sunrise.

French billionaire Xavier Niel, who owns Salt as well as the Free brands in France and Italy, claims the deal breaches an exclusivity agreement.

UPC Switzerland, the local subsidiary of Liberty Global, has published its prospectus for the acquisition of Sunrise Communications.

The Italian government has approved proposal for a single broadband network that could be presented to Telecom Italia’s board next week.

Frost & Sullivan reckons the market will grow at an “astounding compound annual growth rate of 157.4%” to reach $7.23 billion (€6.12 billion) by 2024, up from $64.1 million in 2019.