News
From the growing role of satellite connectivity to subsea sabotage, here are the week’s Top 5 stories from Broadband Communities’ sister publication Total Telecom.
- EE CEO Marc Allera to bow out in Spring
After nine years in the role, Allera will step down at the end of March last year, to be replaced by Claire Gillies - Deutsche Telekom replaces Huawei kit in new Nokia deal
Germany’s biggest mobile operator is set to replace Huawei equipment with Nokia at 3,000 sites - UK govt looks to satellite to solve rural connectivity woes
A trio of new government projects will look to combine both LEO and GEO satellite technologies to help support rural communities - Deutsche Telekom, Skylo, and Qualcomm send direct-to-handset SMS from satellite
The test is the first time ever that SMS has been delivered by geostationary satellites - Sweden asks Chinese ship to return for investigation after Baltic Sea cable damage
After submarine cables in the Baltic were mysteriously severed last month, Swedish investigators have turned their attention to a Chinese vessel that was in the area at the time
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