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M&A
- How much did Softbank agree to pay for Ampere in March?
- Which company completed its acquisition of Intelsat this month, and how much did it pay for the satellite company?
- In February, Nokia completed its acquisition of which optical vendor?
- How much did Three UK and Vodafone UK pledge to invest in improving their mobile networks as part of their planned merger?
- Who is acquiring Lumos for $950 million?
Numbers
- How many subscribers were on T-Mobile’s FWA waiting list at the beginning of the year?
- How many attendees at MWC 2025?
- How many tower sites does Viettel have?
- How many mentions of ‘AI’ in Mavenir’s December 8th press release entitled – ‘Mavenir Confirms Refocus Strategy on Mobile Core and AI Vision With Expanded Leadership Team to Accelerate AI-Native Network Strategy’
- How many times has Jensen Huang travelled to China in 2025?
Recent history
- Which UK MNO is said to have “absolutely shanked” some of its franchise operators?
- How many telcos signed partnerships with Perplexity AI this year?
- How many equity partners in Ericsson’s API JV Aduna can you name? One point for each
- Which model of Nvidia chips has Trump finally approved for sale in China?
- The US is considering revoking the green card of which EU official, as a response to the EU fine on X this month?
Ancient history
- Which telco launched the first 3G network and in what year?
- How much did US telcos pay in the C-band spectrum auction in 2021?
- What year was Ethernet invented?
- What was the name of the first active communications satellite launched in 1962?
- Who wrote As We May Think? In what year?