Tmedia family of VoIP Gateways are now certified interoperable with the Metaswitch Call Feature Server and integrated with its management suite. TelcoBridges, a leading designer and manufacturer of carrier-grade VoIP gateways, today announced successful completion of certification testing by Metaswitch, a Microsoft company. This accreditation certifies that versions of TelcoBridges Tmedia gateways are now fully […]
Vantage Towers appoints ex-Ericsson exec as CEO
Vantage Towers unveiled former T-Mobile US and Ericsson executive Christian Hillabrant as its next CEO, with current interim Thomas Reisten set to continue leading the company until the new appointment takes the role in around two months. Hillabrant is currently COO at US tower company Tillman Infrastructure, having previously had a stint as Europe and […]
Telefonica hires Goldman Sachs to sell UK mobile masts stake
Spain’s Telefonica (TEF.MC) has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs (GS.N) to sell its 50% stake in a mobile masts operator in Britain, El Confidencial reported on Monday, citing sources close to the matter. The stake in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited, which Telefonica shares with UK rival Vodafone (VOD.L), would be worth around 2 billion euros […]
Cyprus Announces Tender for Border Security Tech
A tender has been launched for the electronic infrastructure and procurement of materials for the Derinya and Aplic border crossings points. Civil service officers for both crossing points will also be hired, it has been announced. The deadline for electronic infrastructure tenders announced by the Central Tender Committee ends on July 4. Completion of the […]
Biden Administration Announces Massive $42.5b Investment in Broadband
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday how nearly $42.5 billion in Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment funds will be divided among states and territories, marking the federal government’s single-biggest investment in high-speed internet access. Speaking at the White House on Monday, Biden said the goal of connecting all Americans to high-speed […]
Kapsch TrafficCom wins major connected vehicle tender in Bilbao
Kapsch TrafficCom is to begin work on a connected vehicle project in northern Spain, providing hardware and software to help digitise a 60km stretch of the A8 freeway near Bilbao by 2024. It has installed 25 roadside units along the highway, which will act as key points for receiving and distributing information between vehicles and […]
TAWAL Buys Portfolio of Telecom Towers from United Group
TAWAL, a unit of Saudi Telecom Company, agreed to buy tower infrastructure worth 1.22 billion-euros ($1.34 billion) from United Group in its first foray into Europe’s telecoms market, the southeast European firm said on Thursday. TAWAL, a tower infrastructure unit that STC carved out in 2018, will buy the mobile infrastructure unit of United Group […]
Ericsson shareholders withhold approval of board’s actions over corruption scandal
Ericsson shareholders have for the second year in a row voted against a proposal that would have cleared board members of liability for alleged corruption charges. This means that investors can potentially sue board members. Shareholders who own at least one-tenth of all shares in the company voted against discharge from liability for most of […]
Windstream completes removal of Huawei equipment from Its network with full cost coverage from FCC
Windstream, a privately held company that provides wired broadband services, has announced that it has successfully removed all Huawei equipment from its network. The move is in compliance with the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act that was passed by Congress in 2019, which mandates the removal of Huawei and ZTE equipment from American telecom […]
Zayo manages to overtake other U.S. SD-WAN carriers
According to the most recent U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN Leaderboard published by Vertical Systems Group (VSG), the SD-WAN market is still experiencing intense competition. The number of providers on the year-end 2022 roster expanded from seven to nine with the addition of Zayo. In VSG’s ranking, Zayo moved up from the market tier, where businesses […]