BROWSING: Wholesale

The Malaysian government established an August deadline for operators to accept the stake in DNB or else lose 5G spectrum access Malaysia’s transition to 5G has been plagued by a significant bottleneck stemming from the government’s decision to forego a spectrum auction and instead launch...

FOREST HEIGHTS, MARYLAND—Telecom companies want to set out a path for growth in a rapidly evolving technology and connectivity landscape, but they are wary of the lessons learned from recent rounds of expensive network investment where most of the resulting economic gains associated with...

Ufinet first entered Brazil in 2019 with the purchase of São Paulo-based Netell Wholesale telecommunications company Ufinet has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in NB Telecom, a Rio de Janeiro-based carrier. According to Stefano Lorenzi, executive chairman at Ufinet, the company will expand NB Telecom’s network...

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to allow the proposed merger between mobile operator O2, owned by Spanish telco Telefonica, and fixed operator Virgin Media. The regulator had issued a provisional approval of this merger last month. Both Virgin and O2 sell wholesale...

The U.K.’s competition authority dismissed concerns that a merger of mobile operator O2 and fixed operator Virgin Media would have negative implications on wholesale services, provisionally clearing the proposed deal without conditions. In a statement, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said its investigation concluded...

Sprint and T-Mobile US have indicated that they are prepared to put prepaid brand Boost Mobile up for sale if their proposed merger is approved. Reuters reports that there is an interested buyer: Amazon. Amazon is interested "mainly because the deal would allow it to...

Rivada Networks names four former Sprint wholesale and enterprise executives to leadership positions Rivada Networks continues to tap former Sprint executives to fill its ranks, announcing the hiring of four former leaders of the carrier to senior positions at its Rivada Mercury business. The new...