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Verizon, Corning sign multibillion-dollar fibre deal

Verizon and Corning have signed a multibillion-dollar agreement that will see the telecoms giant receive more than 80 million miles of high-density optical fibre...

Telenor taps Vodafone to streamline international voice operations

Vodafone Procure & Connect has partnered with Telenor to manage the group’s international voice operations across its Nordic markets and Telenor Maritime. The operations are...

Vodafone exits VodafoneZiggo as Liberty Global prepares new Benelux telecom giant

Liberty Global has completed its acquisition of Vodafone’s 50% stake in VodafoneZiggo. As a result of the acquisition, a new Benelux connectivity company serving 13...

TalkTalk offloads 120,000 customers to Rise Fibre

Rise Fibre has acquired around 120,000 broadband customers from TalkTalk. As a result, the relevantly new provider, now delivers broadband over networks including BT, CityFibre,...

Openreach warns firms to ‘act now’ as PSTN switch-off enters final 6 months

Openreach has warned businesses that they have just six months to move away from the UK’s old phone network. This comes as around 350,000 business...

Telcos told to step up as AI, sovereignty and APIs reshape B2B demand

Capgemini’s latest B2B Pulse finds 74% of enterprise customers expect telcos to drive business outcomes, but only 39% say their provider delivers top-line growth

Telenet sells Caviar stake in core service refocus

Telenet says Caviar’s international expansion ambitions no longer align with its own priority to concentrate on Flanders-focused media projects and digital innovation

Understanding RBAC and ABAC: Choosing the Right Access Control Strategy

Partner Content: In complex, microservices-based environments, managing access is complex. Celfocus helps CSPs ensure security without slowing their digital transformation journeys

Orange Business speeds transformation to simplify digital offers

Orange's B2B arm has teamed up with ServiceNow, Splunk, Blue Planet and CSG, and expects to add more tech partners to its IT ecosystem

Play ramps up broadband stakes with free fibre bundle

The Polish operator responds to Orange’s subscription bundle announced in March with 8Gbps service

Poland’s EXATEL opts for Ciena to deliver interconnect up to 400G

It is to support "the first open, disaggregated architecture of its kind in the country"

A1 Group centralises to new Business Delivery Centre in Austria

Matthias Resatz will head the newly established business unit when it kicks off

Netia offers Huawei’s fibre-to-the room on its gigabit services

The Polish operator is bundling Wi-Fi 7 as well to give full household coverage even in larger premises

Telco to techco: What is a telco for – is differentiated connectivity the answer?

Our opening panel of senior execs from BT Business, Orange Business and CEO of MGMN Alliance tackled this tricky, multi-layered question, moderated by TM Forum's Mark Newman

Hrvatski Telekom appoints new leader for IT services unit 

The Croatian operator’s COO for business customers and board member Marijana Bačić replaces Goran Car