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Here’s a look at the top stories from the past week on Total Telecom.

AT&T’s multi-year deal with Corning was one of the top recent stories from Total Telecom, the sister publication of Broadband Communities. Here’s a look at some other recent global highlights.

  1. German fiber market shrinks as Unsere Grune Glasfaser acquires Infrafibre
    The German fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider says the move will allow it to help the company reach its goal of reaching 2.2 million homes.

  2. AT&T signs $1bn fiber supply deal with Corning 
    The deal will support AT&T’ ongoing fiber network rollout AT&T has signed a multi-year deal with glass specialist Corning to supply the fiber optics and related technology to help expand its high-speed broadband network to more communities across the US.  

  3. PPF and e& close €2.15 billion deal 
    The “extremely complex” deal has been more than a year in the making, say the companies. Czech telco group PPF has completed the sale of a 50% plus one share stake in its telecom assets in Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, and Slovakia to Emirati-based telco e&.

  4. German operators team up to test railway 5G
    The railway line between Hamburg and Berlin is set to receive ‘seamless’ 5G coverage, thanks to a declaration of intent signed by Deutsche Bahn, the federal government, and the German telcos 1&1, Deutsche Telekom, O2Telefónica, and Vodafone.

  5. CMA set to approve Vodafone–Three merger
    The UK Competition and Markets Authority has given the Vodafone–Three merger the provisional green light, if both companies commit to major network upgrades and customer protections, according to a new press released published this week.

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