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Nov 12, 2025
Wide Open Space: How Starlink Conquered Oceania
If you're looking for updates on Starlink's expansion, you need to know how this satellite broadband...
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 broadband...
Jul 13, 2025
Brazil’s multi-band 5G spectrum auction concluded in November 2021, resulting in total commitments of...
Jun 13, 2025
In May, U.S. cable giants Charter Communications and Cox Communications entered into a definitive...
Apr 15, 2025
French billionaire Xavier Niel rose to prominence in the telecom world for his ownership of domestic...
Mar 26, 2025
Back in early 2019, after months of speculation linking Telefonica to a sale of its Central American...
Nov 12, 2024
Starlink, the satellite broadband provider operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX unit, is making rapid inroads...
Sep 18, 2024
Verizon’s shock agreement to acquire ISP giant Frontier Communications in a $20 billion all-cash deal...
Jul 23, 2024
British telecom regulator Ofcom recently published its Connected Nations report for 2023. The latest...
Apr 11, 2024
Last month saw the conclusion of the long-running mega-merger between Orange España and Grupo MASMOVIL...
Aug 22, 2023
Earlier this month, South African ISP Vumatel announced that its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure...
Jul 26, 2023
Earlier this month, Brazilian regional ISPs Vero Internet and AmericaNet agreed to merge their...
Jul 13, 2023
Earlier this month, international telecom group Telefonica entered into its fourth Latin American...
Jun 20, 2023
In sharp contrast to other regions, only a handful of Latin American telecom markets have seen 5G launch...
Apr 13, 2023
Earlier this year, it was revealed that Denis O’Brien—the Irish businessman who founded international...
Jan 23, 2023
Back in 2018, the Panamanian government rubber-stamped long-gestating plans to reduce the mobile market...
Sep 7, 2022
Last month, it was revealed that South Africa’s MTN Group received a $31 million offer from an unnamed...
Jul 5, 2022
The last year has seen a number of well-known sub-brands withdraw from the Spanish mobile market, as...
Jun 8, 2022
Welcome to Part 2 of our analysis of the regional cellular scene in the United States! In this...
Apr 13, 2022
The U.S. mobile market is notoriously ultra-competitive, and household names like Sprint aren't the only...
Mar 29, 2022
Recent months have seen an unprecedented level of M&A activity across Asia’s mobile markets, with...
Feb 23, 2022
Last year, we investigated how major Scandinavian telecom groups Telenor, Telia, and Tele2 have followed...
Jan 26, 2022
The telecom landscape in Eastern Europe has changed dramatically over the last decade, with sustained...
Oct 25, 2021
Starlink—the satellite broadband venture established by Elon Musk’s SpaceX business—has attracted plenty...
May 27, 2021
Last month Luxembourg-based Millicom International Cellular sealed a pair of deals that will see it exit...
Apr 26, 2021
In September 2020, U.S. telecom giant Verizon announced the surprise takeover of prepaid MVNO TracFone...
Mar 24, 2021
Earlier this month, Australian telecom group Vocus accepted a $2.7 billion (AUD3.5 billion) takeover...
Jan 26, 2021
Latin America has been a hotbed of M&A activity in recent years. And it isn’t just telecom operators...
Aug 19, 2020
On April 1, T-Mobile US and Sprint Corporation completed their long-awaited merger. It was the beginning...
Mar 24, 2020
In December 2019, UK telecom giant BT Group agreed to sell BT Espana to investment fund Portobello...
Jul 3, 2019
After months of speculation linking Spanish telecom giant Telefonica to a sale of its Central American...
Mar 26, 2019
Mexican telecom giant America Movil (AM) recently struck an agreement to acquire 100 percent of Nextel...
Jan 14, 2019
As the telecom world prepares to enter the 5G era, our GlobalComms team has been tracking major 5G...
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