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BT urges SMEs to go digital  

Total Telecom

With 73% of UK businesses now relying on high-speed broadband and mobile connectivity, digital transformation is becoming essential. The UKs analogue copper telephone network has a proud history, but its no longer up to the task for businesses. Those that delay may struggle to keep up with modern technology.

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States Reluctant to Opt for BSNL, MTNL Despite DoT Push Amid Concerns Over Service Quality: Report

Telecom Talk

lakh mobile connections, while in 2023, both Jio and Airtel jointly won a tender to provide 1.1 These private operators have increasingly won large government tenders, including those issued by Indian Railways. In 2018, Bharti Airtel secured a contract for 3.78 million SIM cards under a Closed User Group (CUG) scheme. Jio secured 7.28

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Tim Stelzig: Explaining BEAD, Trying to Bridge the Digital Divide

Broadband Breakfast

The FCC’s USF Fund was initially designed as a ratepayer cross-subsidy program to ensure all Americans had access to telephone service. The USF Fund contributed significantly to increasing telephone service coverage from less than 50% of occupied housing units in the 1940s, to 78.3% There also are more mobile devices in the U.S.

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5 Ways VoIP Phone Numbers Can Make Your Business More Flexible

VoIP Review

These numbers look identical to regular phone numbers but are not tied to a physical telephone line or a specific geographic location. While this difference may seem trivial, VoIP phone numbers offer substantial advantages in terms of mobility, cost savings, and functionality as compared to traditional telephone services.

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Techbuyer collaboration yields successful recovery of precious metals from printed circuit board

Total Telecom

Recycling the PCBs from a million discarded mobile phones can recover around 6,000kg of copper, 350kg of silver, 34kg of gold and 15kg of palladium25 million mobile phones discarded in the UK each year. The UK produces 6 million tonnes of e-waste a year.

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Mobile Bundling Built For Rural Providers

Rural Broadband Association

Last year, we collaborated on a special mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) solution exclusively for NTCA members. Under this arrangement, NTCA members have exclusive access to special financing for devices, an activation credit for new mobile subscribers and marketing support to promote their bundled offering and help drive subscribers.

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UScellular sells spectrum to Verizon in $1 billion deal 

Total Telecom

News The transaction is part of UScellular’s ongoing efforts to monetise its remaining spectrum assets, having sold the majority of its wireless operations to T-Mobile earlier this year UScellular has reached a $1 billion agreement with Verizon to sell part of its spectrum holdings, the company has announced. said said LeRoy T.

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