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Nov 12, 2025
Wide Open Space: How Starlink Conquered...
If you're looking for updates on Starlink's expansion, you need to know how this satellite...
By Tom Leins
Tom Leins
Tom Leins is a Senior Research Analyst for TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database. Based out of the company’s UK office, he also contributes to the company’s daily CommsUpdate newsletter, which includes his popular weekly MVNO Monday round-up. MVNO industry aside, Tom has developed a strong specialization in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean, tracking mergers and acquisitions, spectrum auctions, regulatory developments, market opportunities, and growth trends.
Nov 12, 2025
If you're looking for updates on Starlink's expansion, you need to know how this satellite...
By Tom Leins
Mar 26, 2025
Back in early 2019, after months of speculation linking Telefonica to a sale of its Central...
By Tom Leins
Nov 12, 2024
Starlink, the satellite broadband provider operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX unit, is making...
By Tom Leins
Jul 23, 2024
British telecom regulator Ofcom recently published its Connected Nations report for 2023. The...
By Tom Leins
Apr 11, 2024
Last month saw the conclusion of the long-running mega-merger between Orange España and Grupo...
By Tom Leins
Aug 22, 2023
Earlier this month, South African ISP Vumatel announced that its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH)...
By Tom Leins
Jul 26, 2023
Earlier this month, Brazilian regional ISPs Vero Internet and AmericaNet agreed to merge their...
By Tom Leins
Jul 13, 2023
Earlier this month, international telecom group Telefonica entered into its fourth Latin...
By Tom Leins
Jun 20, 2023
In sharp contrast to other regions, only a handful of Latin American telecom markets have seen...
By Tom Leins
Apr 13, 2023
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Denis O’Brien—the Irish businessman who founded...
By Tom Leins
Jan 23, 2023
Back in 2018, the Panamanian government rubber-stamped long-gestating plans to reduce the...
By Tom Leins
Sep 7, 2022
Last month, it was revealed that South Africa’s MTN Group received a $31 million offer from an...
By Tom Leins
Jul 5, 2022
The last year has seen a number of well-known sub-brands withdraw from the Spanish mobile...
By Tom Leins
Jun 8, 2022
Welcome to Part 2 of our analysis of the regional cellular scene in the United States! In this...
By Tom Leins
Apr 13, 2022
The U.S. mobile market is notoriously ultra-competitive, and household names like Sprint...
By Tom Leins
Mar 29, 2022
Recent months have seen an unprecedented level of M&A activity across Asia’s mobile markets,...
By Tom Leins
Feb 23, 2022
Last year, we investigated how major Scandinavian telecom groups Telenor, Telia, and Tele2...
By Tom Leins
Jan 26, 2022
The telecom landscape in Eastern Europe has changed dramatically over the last decade, with...
By Tom Leins
Oct 25, 2021
Starlink—the satellite broadband venture established by Elon Musk’s SpaceX business—has...
By Tom Leins
May 27, 2021
Last month Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular sealed a pair of deals that will...
By Tom Leins
Apr 26, 2021
In September 2020, U.S. telecom giant Verizon announced the surprise takeover of prepaid MVNO...
By Tom Leins
Mar 24, 2021
Earlier this month, Australian telecom group Vocus accepted a $2.7 billion (AUD3.5 billion)...
By Tom Leins
Jan 26, 2021
Latin America has been a hotbed of M&A activity in recent years. And it isn’t just telecom...
By Tom Leins
Aug 19, 2020
On April 1, T-Mobile US and Sprint Corporation completed their long-awaited merger. It was the...
By Tom Leins
Jul 3, 2019
After months of speculation linking Spanish telecom giant Telefonica to a sale of its Central...
By Tom Leins
Mar 26, 2019
Mexican telecom giant America Movil (AM) recently struck an agreement to acquire 100 percent...
By Tom Leins
Jan 14, 2019
As the telecom world prepares to enter the 5G era, our GlobalComms team has been tracking...
By Tom Leins
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