Trump lands $20B US data centre investment
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly secured a $20 billion investment from United Arab Emirates-based property billionaire Hussain Sajwani to build data centres across the US.
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Meta Platforms to end fact checking programme
Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of changes to the company’s social media sites that included ending its third-party fact checking programme in favour of a community notes system also used by Elon Musk-owned X.
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Verizon, Samsung claim 6CC downlink speed of 5.5Gb/s
Verizon teamed with Samsung and MediaTek to demonstrate 5G downlink speeds of 5.5Gb/s in a lab environment using six-component carrier aggregation on sub-6GHz spectrum.
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Ligado files for chapter 11; strikes AST deal
US satellite communications company Ligado Networks filed for bankruptcy as part of a move to address near-term liabilities, while also striking an agreement with AST SpaceMobile for long-term access to up to 45MHz of lower mid-band spectrum in the US.
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US court strikes down FCC net neutrality rules
A US appeals court rescinded the Federal Communications Commission’s
controversial net neutrality rules, that would have prevented operators from prioritising traffic carried over their networks.
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D2D provider Lynk Global misses stock listing deadline
Satellite-to-phone service provider Lynk Global failed to meet its 25 December deadline to be publicly listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange as it attempts to keep pace with rivals.
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NTIA awards SOLiD $28M grant for open RAN development
SOLiD Americas was accorded a $27.6 million grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund to further develop its open RAN technology for in-building use.
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Verizon gears up to track Santa global journey
Verizon Frontline has prepped its network to handle more than 130,000 hotline calls on Christmas Eve as part of a programme to track Santa Claus’ annual journey through a partnership with the North American Aerospace Defense Command.
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Nokia, e& showcase fixed network slicing for gaming
Operator e& and Nokia demonstrated what they claimed was the world's first fixed end-to-end network slicing offering designed specifically for gaming applications, as part of an effort to showcase low latency and faster speeds.
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Apple looks to ByteDance, Tencent for AI in China
Apple held preliminary discussions with Tencent and ByteDance to explore adding their AI capabilities into iPhones sold in China.
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