Cable Compendium: a guide to the week’s submarine and terrestrial developments

Orange Slovakia to complete 3G shutdown on 22 February

Baktelecom deploys GPON network in Baku’s Garadagh district

Zain Kuwait achieves 10Gbps speeds in ‘5.5G’ trial

Telekom claims net profit of over EUR300m in 2023

Tele Columbus gigabit footprint reaches 2.1m homes

Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability now in orbit

MCMC issues final determination on mobile broadband mandatory QoS standards

FullFibre confirms passing 300,000 premises with FTTP

Starlink claims 2.3m customers; Paraguay becomes 70th market

Namibia extends SIM card registration deadline

Turk Telekom’s fibre network now passes 32.2m homes

EC approves ANACOM’s analyses of relevant markets

Telefonica 5G reaches 95% Germans; Vodafone covers 91%

Orange merger agreed with Romanian government

EchoStar completes merger with DISH Network

NBTC presents One MVNO scheme, four MVNOs to launch by 2026

North Korea reported to have commercialised 4G technology

FCC approves assignment of Channel 51, LB 600MHz licences to T-Mobile US

m:tel to absorb Trion Tel

BT misses deadline for removal of Huawei equipment from network core

Entel’s FTTH network now connects 347 municipalities

Charter to snap up council-owned cable network in Michigan

Lithuania to introduce pre-paid SIM registration from 2025

SoftBank to receive USD7.59bn worth of T-Mobile US shares for free after fulfilment of Sprint merger conditions