Sprint and T-Mobile, now both under the T-Mobile brand, face a collective fine of $92m while AT&T faces $57m and Verizon faces $47m. Read more: US fines mobile networks for illegally sharing us...
After years of back and forth rules, the FCC voted to prevent internet providers from meddling in broadband speeds. Read more: Net neutrality is back: US votes to regulate internet providers
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/net-neutrality-is-back-us-fcc-regulate-internet
This comes amid growing trade tensions between the US and China as demand for advanced chips continues to grow alongside the race to build the most powerful AI systems. Read more: China asks it...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/china-us-trade-war-chips-intel-amd-telecom-phase-out-ai
The CMA has begun its second phase investigation into the proposed deal, due to concerns that it could raise prices for consumers and restrict competition. Read more: UK begins in-depth investi...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/uk-cma-vodafone-three-merger-investigation
The two parties now have five working days to respond to the CMA, otherwise the deal will be referred to a more in-depth phase two investigation, which is likely. Read more: UK has antitrust co...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/uk-vodafone-three-merger-deal-cma-competition-investigation
The ECJ ruled that Ireland has failed to bring its telecoms regulations in line with an EU directive and that this failure 'undermines regulatory practices' in the EU. Read more: Ireland hit wi...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/ireland-fined-ecj-telecoms-communications-code
While the telco saw its revenue and customer base grow, its earnings dropped by 3pc to €591m. Read more: Eir’s revenue and customer growth marred by mounting costs
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/eir-revenue-2023-customer-growth-broadband
RETN’s Tony O’Sullivan explains the benefits for companies of switching to IPv6 sooner rather than later. Read more: Why IPv6 is the future of the internet
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/why-ipv6-is-the-future-of-the-internet-retn-ipv4-protocol
As companies race to bring AI technology into their businesses, some experts discuss issues around integrating it properly and getting employees on board. Read more: Generative AI is surging in...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/generative-ai-telecoms-can-it-be-trusted-mwc
As concepts such as advanced 5G and generative AI continue to gain traction, some groups believe advanced technology may be the key to reducing emissions. Read more: ‘We can’t have a green ...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/green-digital-transition-5g-ict-huawei-telecoms
This comes a day after four astronauts began their journey to the International Space Station aboard the Falcon 9 as part of the NASA Crew-8 mission yesterday. Read more: SpaceX launches anothe...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/spacex-starlink-satellites-launch-falcon-9-high-speed-internet
IP Telecom raised €6m last year to fuel its acquisition goals and plans to double its revenue in 2024. Read more: IP Telecom goes for growth with Centrecom deal
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/ip-telecom-acquires-centrecom-ireland
As many companies presented their advanced 5G offerings at MWC, Huawei revealed a wave of products as part of its commercial launch of 5.5G. Read more: Will 2024 be the year of advanced 5G?
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/advanced-5g-huawei-mwc-2024
Formed last July, the GTAA will build multilingual LLMs that are expected to reach a market of approximately 1.3bn people across 50 countries. Read more: Global telco alliance to build LLMs for...
IP Telecom CEO Shena Brien discusses how AI can be used to augment what telecom companies can offer to customers and the importance of setting proper parameters in these systems. Read more: Wha...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/ai-ip-telecom-benefits-challenges-shena-brien
The company said it has surpassed its end-of-year forecasts, but the targets set by NBI have changed multiple times in recent years. Read more: National Broadband Plan is ‘on time and on budg...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/national-broadband-plan-nbi-ireland-network
The agreement will provide ESnet with a dedicated 5Tbps data pipe to accommodate rapid increases in data traffic from science collaborations. Read more: Aqua Comms and ESnet sign transatlantic ...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/aqua-comms-transatlantic-subsea-cable-esnet
With decades of leadership experience, Patrick Masterson discusses the key traits a business leader needs, the challenges Magnet Plus aims to overcome and the future of the connectivity sector. ...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/patrick-masterson-magnet-plus-connectivity-leaders-insights
The two companies claim the merger would boost the roll-out of 5G, but the CMA wants to see if the deal will lessen competition. Read more: Vodafone and Three’s UK merger faces competition pr...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/vodafone-three-uk-competition-probe-cma
Mobile Ecosystem Forum CEO Dario Betti explores the challenges and trends that telecom, internet and media players will have to contend with this year. Read more: How telecoms and media regulat...
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/comms/telecoms-media-regulation-2024-tech-trends