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The article discusses the profiles of 50 women to watch in the telecommunications industry according to "Global Telecoms Business." Topics covered include the profiles of chief executive officer (CEO) Muna Al Hashemi of telecommunications company Batelco Bahrain, CEO Chua Sock Koong of telecommunications company Singtel and CEO Domnique Leroy of telecommunications company Belgacom. It discusses the underrepresentation of women in the telecommunications industry.

China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom have signed separate agreements aimed at reducing their tower leasing rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eutelsat said it has initiated the process of divesting its 33.69% stake in Spanish satellite operator Hispasat by implementing the put option granted in 2008 by Hipasat's majority shareholder, the Abertis Group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wind Hellas and Vodafone Greece have entered into a memorandum of understanding to work together on the implementation and use of fixed fibre infrastructure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vodafone and Liberty Global have offered concessions to the European Commission in a move to gain approval for their planned merger in the Netherlands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Saudi Telecom has been seeking potential bidders for its mobile towers as it considers options for its infrastructure assets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Damien Staples, BT's new VP of global wholesale voice and roaming, tells Capacity's Jason McGee-Abe how its move back into mobile has provided an opportunity to reflect on the way it serves global carriers [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Carriers and enterprises alike are looking to tap into the booming big data market. Agnes Stubbs looks at four launches and partnerships in the space [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

RWG Mobile is to become the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in Wales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Turkmenistan's ministry of communications has deployed a national backbone network with coherent DWDM, MPLS-TP and service management technologies from Coriant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Orange has selected optical transport solutions provider Ekinops to supply 100G services for its global long haul networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The UK's imminent departure from the European Union has injected a vast sea of uncertainty and instability into the telco ocean. Bill Boyle looks at the Brexit aftermath. Agnes Stubbs looks at the impact on roaming and wholesale [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The greatest challenge for Richard Grohol, chief operating officer of Globetouch, is spreading the word of Globetouch in an already crowded and convoluted connectivity market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pan-African submarine cable operator Seacom has established a peering link at the Netnod internet exchange point in Stockholm, Sweden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Angolan state-run company Angola Cables has offered to co-share with Brazilian operator Telebras a submarine cable landing station and data centre being built in Fortaleza, Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Verizon has claimed to be the first US carrier to complete its 5G radio specification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Swisscom's Fastweb has called on the European Commission to evaluate IIiad's proposal to launch an operator in Italy [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Deutsche Telekom has appointed Bharti Airtel executive Srini Gopalan as its European chief next year [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Singtel has launched an OTT video portal application, delivered on its 4G network [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Intelsat has partnered with AfricaOnline, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gondwana International Networks, to provide a managed broadband service for sub-Saharan Africa [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Altice is reportedly considering selling its Belgian business in a move to narrow its focus [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Europe's leading telcos have presented a 5G manifesto aimed at developing and deploying the technology across the region [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

India has appointed Manoj Sinha as its new telecoms minister as its former custodian Ravi Shankar Prasad takes on a new position as law and justice minister [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

French web hosting provider Online.net has migrated from four 10Gbps ports to two 100Gbps ports on France-IX's internet exchange to bolster its capacity and performance [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sweden's telecoms regulator has invited bids for two spectrum auctions due to take place by the end of the year [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Equinix has completed the sale of eight European data centres assets to Digital Realty Trust for $874 million as part of its move to acquire Telecity Group [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telecom Italia has claimed to be the first European operator to deploy Huawei's CloudRAN technology in Palermo, Italy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Globe Telecom has announced the closure of its European offices in the UK, Italy and Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

TDC has reportedly rejected a takeover offer from US private equity firm Apollo Global Management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telecom Italia's general counsel and executive vice president of legal affairs will depart the group in September 2016. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Facebook has launched OpenCellular, an open source wireless access platform that aims to bring more affordable connectivity to remote parts of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The FTTH Council Europe has appointed Erzsébet Fitori as its director general effective September 2016. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson have announced a partnership to deploy what they claim to be the world's first transcontinental 5G trial network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Satellite operator O3b has partnered with regional distributor Ozonio to deliver 3G and 4G connectivity to Tefe, Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telefónica looks to be abandoning its earlier plan to sell a stake in O2 following the UK's decision last week to exit the European Union. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AT&T has completed the acquisition of online TV platform provider Quickplay Media. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telstra will spend €167 million (A$250 million) in its network over the next six to 12 months to improve its resiliency and reliability following a spate of outages earlier this year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A consortium of six companies has announced that the FASTER cable system is ready for service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Vocus is set to acquire Nextgen Networks for $600m (A$807m) as the operator seeks to beef up its fibre assets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BT and Oracle have entered into a partnership in which the latter's customers will have access to BT Cloud Connect environment, connecting directly to the Oracle Cloud. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Liquid Telecom and Royal Bafokeng Holdings are to acquire South African network operator Neotel for $429 million (655 billion rand) from India's Tata Communications and minority shareholders led by Nexus Connection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tele2 has appointed former Orange and EE executive Guillaume van Gaver to lead its global operations as EVP effective July 5, 2016. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

CityFibre and Gigaclear have partnered to bring fibre broadband to rural homes and businesses in the UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The parent companies of Mobilink and Warid Telecom have completed a deal that will enable them to merge the two companies to form Pakistan's largest mobile operator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Verizon and KT have signed an agreement to establish global standards and develop technologies for 5G network. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

3GPP has completed the standardisation of narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT), the narrowband radio technology developed for the IoT over mobile networks using licensed spectrum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telstra has partially acquired mine networking specialist CBO Telecommunications to form Telstra Mining Services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Google Fiber has entered into an agreement to acquire internet service provider Webpass in a move to accelerate its plans to deliver high-speed broadband to major cities in the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Telco Systems has deployed a 10GE high capacity carrier Ethernet network for the Kenya Education Network (KENET) in Kenya. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MTN has appointed Godfrey Motsa as VP for South and East Africa following a review of its governance and management structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]