TE (Telecom Egypt) and Vodafone Egypt have reached to an agreement on telecommunication infrastructure sharing. The telecom companies have signed a two ten-year transmission and infrastructure agreements with a total value of US$620 million. The transmission agreement covers the current networks of Vodafone in Egypt and the investments they will make in the future for domestic transmission services for both…

In a landmark achievement for the British Telecom (BT), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in China has approved its applications for a nationwide domestic IP-VPN license and internet service provider license. BT is the first international telecommunication provider to get the licenses in China to provide IP-VPN and Internet services. What BT Can do? The two licenses…

Germany’s Leoni and China-based Hengtong groups have signed a Joint-Venture agreement for mass-production of single-mode optical fibers in Jena, Germany. Leoni’s subsidiary j-Fiber has production facilities in Jena for optical fibers that are used for telecommunication and special applications. The JV will utilize this plant to start production and serve the cable makers not only in Europe but to the…

Furukawa Electric Company announced the completion of production capacity expansion in its optical fiber production facility in the Norcross, Georgia (OFS Optical fiber production). The company announced its expansion plan in 2017 in order to double the fiber manufacturing capacity. The announcement came along with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the facility, attended by the Japanese Consular General, representatives from Gwinnett…

FTTH is the Greenest Network in the Market and Telefonica’s investors show confidence in its continuing FTTH projects. The first of its kind in the telecom industry, Telefonica issues a green-bond amounting to euro 1billion for a term of five years. The transaction came after the presentation of Telefonica’s sustainable financing framework to the telecom market. The final book stood…

Central American subsidiary unit of Telefonica, Telefonica Centroamerica Inversioines has entered into an agreement with America Movil for the sale of the former’s entire shares of Telefonica Guatemala and 99.3% shares of Telefonica El Salvador. The estimated transaction amount in total is US$925 million. Parent Group Telefonica has major shares in Telefonica Centroamérica Inversiones, S.L., which is 60% (directly and…

UK’s telecommunication service providers Vodafone and O2 (Telefonica UK) have revealed their plans for more deeper levels of collaboration to share 5G services apart from network sharing. Their subscribers in the UK will be beneficiaries of the partnership. Both companies have agreed on non-binding heads of terms and intent to extend current network sharing agreement to include 5G at joint…

Windstream and Telxius join together to provide a high-speed international connection over fiber optic cables to Windstream wholesale customers. Windstream ‘s Core Network will be connected to two submarine fiber optic cable systems of Telxius, MAREA and BRUSA at Virginia beach Cable Landing Station. Windstream Windstream is a Wholesale provider of advanced network communications and Telxius is the telecommunications infrastructure…