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Telefónica sells Argentinian unit to Telecom Argentina for $1.25 bn 

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Telecom Argentina has said that it will continue to develop the country’s digital infrastructure and increase fixed and mobile broadband coverage, and accelerate the deployment of fibre optics and 5G. News Telefnica has announced the sale of its Argentina to Telecom Argentina for $1.25

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Eutelsat, Mediatek, and Airbus successfully trial 5G NTN over LEO satellites 

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News The trial is a step towards integrating satellite and terrestrial networks, making satellite broadband more accessible for 5G devices worldwide Eutelsat Group, MediaTek, and Airbus Defence and Space have completed the first successful 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) trial using the Eutelsat OneWeb low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite system.

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Re-Introduced Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act put some onus on “Big Tech”

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Broadband Breakfast reports The Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act of 2025 proposes to reform the $9 billion Universal Service Fund, which supports broadband access in rural and Tribal areas. The bill updates Section 254 of the Communications Act to include broadband and edge providers (e.g., Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.,Mike

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BT picks up job to plug in fibre to the Swansea Bay City region

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BT has signed a 10 million deal to deliver full-fibre broadband to the Swansea Bay City region, filling in connectivity gaps along the south coast of Wales.

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Openreach secures £289m in Project Gigabit contracts 

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News The funding aims to close the digital divide, giving rural residents the same opportunities as urban areas The UK government has announced the latest tranche of Project Gigabit funding, with 289 million in contracts being won by Openreach to bring high-speed broadband to some of Britains most isolated areas under the ongoing Project Gigabit.

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Openreach to plug in Nokia's Altiplano platform across network

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Openreach will deploy the Altiplano Access Controller cloud (SDN) platform from Nokia across its full fibre broadband and ethernet network.

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Brits urged to go ‘urban mining’ for copper in ‘drawers of doom’

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Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be reused and recycled and there’s somewhere near you to do it.” As the world’s broadband networks transition to fibre optic technology, the now obsolete copper networks largely remain buried underground, waiting to be reclaimed.

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