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Zain Group wins 25-year mobile licence in Syria

Financial/Regulation
Zain paid a total of $747m for the licence and has committed to invest a further $800 million – it is unclear what will happen next concerning control of rival Syriatel
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Party like it’s 1999 as BT, Verizon form international JV?

Access
In the 1990s, deregulation to encourage competition ‘forced’ major telcos globally to form international alliances that collapsed when the dotcom bubble burst – is this round 2?
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FTTH Council Europe broadens into DC links, passive optical LANs

Access
Spring General Assembly appoints new leaders, new committees and new vision beyond the established FTTH/B ecosystem
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Telecom Namibia pushes to expand local and int’l connectivity

Access
The operator has recently signed a slew of agreements with other service providers, most recently three in Angola, to boost its capacity and reach
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Syrian subsea cable that links to Egypt suffers sabotage

Security
Syria's News agency SANA says it affected internet access across the country and is part of a wider, systemic sabotage campaign against Syria's infrastructure
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Vodafone looks to expand fibre footprint in Greece and the UK

Access
It has entered a preliminary agreement with PPC Group in Greece to form a 50:50 JV of their fibre assets and businesses, and is reportedly bidding for TalkTalk's consumer broadband unit
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Sparkle, GÉANT boost research links between MEA and Europe

Access
With NaiTel and iLevant, Sparkle also plans to extend the GreenMed submarine cable system through Jordan to help create a new digital corridor linking Europe and Asia
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Telefónica acquires integrated microwave backhaul operator

Access
The Spanish operator sold the underlying microwave links to Asterion in 2020…apparently the new transaction "is fully aligned with Telefónica’s strategy" now they are bundled in a platform
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AI’s potential role in future broadband’s delivery and services

Automation/AI
Broadband Forum offers its vision of an AI-powered future which is to be followed by an AI framework to guide service providers' implementations
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Vodafone Deutschland pumps up the volume for DOCSIS customers

Access
Can the operator finally leverage its massive investment in the German market, which is its largest in Europe but has often been a drag on growth?
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Proximus, Fiberklaar, Wyre and Telenet collaborate on GB broadband for Flanders

Access
This 'long-form' agreement builds on an MoU the four signed in July 2024 Proximus, Fiberklaar, Wyre bv and Telenet have signed long-form agreements to support deployment...
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Vodafone launches its own first home router for fibre broadband, in Germany

Access
The Wi-Fi 7 device can be set up, configured and controlled by smartphone - different Wi-Fi networks can be set up and usage monitored...
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Nigeria’s regulator tells operators to compensate users for poor service

Financial/Regulation
The Nigerian Communications Commission is making good on the promises laid out in its Directive in March, which is designed to encourage investment in mobile networks
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Scaleway to replace Microsoft in hosting French Health Data Hub

Security
Screening covered more than 350 technical criteria which appears to have trumped already holding SecNumCloud certification
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BICS, Google bring voice to the cloud for enterprises

Access
BICS enables enterprises to integrate PSTN-like voice services within Google’s suite of communication solutions
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