telecom

India’s Jio Gets $750M Boost From Silver Lake
India’s Jio Gets $750M Boost From Silver Lake
May 04, 2020  |  Investments

Private equity firm Silver Lake is investing $750 million in India’s telecommunications giant Jio Platforms, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on...

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Facebook Closes $5.7B Deal For Stake In India’s Reliance Jio
Facebook Closes $5.7B Deal For Stake In India’s Reliance Jio
April 22, 2020  |  Facebook

Facebook closed a $5.7 billion deal on Tuesday (April 21) for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio, giving the social media giant...

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Fed Asks Banks To Be Lenient With Lending
Fed Asks Banks To Be Lenient With Lending
March 13, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The U.S. Federal Reserve is reportedly talking to lenders and saying that if they go through their liquidity reserves while helping customers there won’t be...

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Telecom Axiata Seeks Partnership For Malaysian Digital Banking License
Telecom Axiata Seeks Partnership For Malaysian Digital Banking License
February 21, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Axiata Group, a Malaysian telecom firm, has been in talks with as many as 11 different partners to bid for a digital banking license in...

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EU Countries Gain Ability To Exclude ‘High-Risk’ 5G Suppliers
EU Countries Gain Ability To Exclude ‘High-Risk’ 5G Suppliers
January 23, 2020  |  Regulation

New guidelines from the European Union (EU) allow for countries to restrict or exclude “high-risk” 5G providers from important parts of their telecom networks, according...

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Indian Telecom Provider Reliance Jio To Roll Out UPI Payments
Indian Telecom Provider Reliance Jio To Roll Out UPI Payments
January 21, 2020  |  Payment Methods

Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio, the largest in the country, is entering the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) space to compete alongside rivals, reports said on...

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Viettel Will Debut Commercial 5G Services
Viettel Will Debut Commercial 5G Services
January 20, 2020  |  Retail

Viettel, the largest telecom company in Vietnam, will roll out commercial 5G services this year with technology it created itself that bypasses China’s Huawei, The...

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T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Wins FCC Approval
T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Wins FCC Approval
October 17, 2019  |  Regulation

The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint has officially received enough votes to win approval by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Get the Full Story Complete...

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Vodafone To Shutter 15 Pct. Of European Stores
Vodafone To Shutter 15 Pct. Of European Stores
October 09, 2019  |  Retail

Vodafone has announced it is shutting down 15 percent of its 7,700 stores in Europe, according to Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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