The Czech Telecommunication Office has published draft conditions governing its forthcoming sale of frequencies suitable for 5G mobile services, noting that reserve prices on the available spectrum mean the process should net upwards of quarter of a billion euros for government coffers and that the conditions of the sale are designed to facilitate the entry of a new player to the market…
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Bharti Airtel has finally completed the acquisition of Tata Teleservices but the deal has little impact on its position in the Indian mobile market. "We are pleased to announce that the schemes of arrangement have become effective today, i.e. 1 July 2019," Bharti said in a short statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange…
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KT has launched a 5G service in the demilitarised zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, it emerged late last week. The telco has rolled out two 5G base stations in the Taesung Freedom Village…
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NTT on Monday announced that it will headquarter its new international tech services business NTT Ltd in London, following reports to that effect earlier this year, as it seeks to build up its business outside its home market. The Japanese giant is creating a new, US$11 billion business with NTT Ltd, which will comprise 28 existing NTT operations…
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INDIA - Dairy cooperatives and companies have increased milk procurement prices by Rs 5-6 a litre over the last three months to prop up dairy farmers and ensure steady supply of milk at a time when the sector is facing water shortage and higher fodder prices.
US - At the beginning of the year, the cowherd was still showing signs of expansion with an ever so slight increase of half a percent. The dairy cowherd was contracting due to continued depressed profitability while the beef cowherd was up a full 1 percent, reports Steiner Consulting Group, DLR Division, Inc.
UK - The factors behind the weakening of prime cattle prices, which have eased significantly since mid-May, are the subject of the latest market analysis from Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).
IRELAND - Reacting to the outcome of the trade talks with the South American trade bloc Mercosur, IFA President Joe Healy said EU negotiators have colluded in a deal that has sold out Irish and European farmers.
GLOBAL - There is a growing realization that food and agriculture must play a vital part in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals and that in this context, FAO provides a neutral forum to address global issues of transboundary dimensions, the UN agency's Director-General, José Graziano da Silva said last week (Friday, 28 June).
CANADA - Dry conditions in the province have some Manitoba beef producers worried about how they will feed their cattle.
RMT on Freightliner’s parent company being sold to Singapore infrastructure fund
A surface-to-air missile (SAM) reportedly fired from Syria at attacking Israeli aircraft in the early hours of 1 July crashed into Northern Cyprus instead. Images of the crash site posted online showed the burnt-out remains of a missile that had landed in scrubland in the Turkish-occupied part of
Key Points As law enforcement efforts continue to take down dark web drug markets and extremist content, and to successfully attribute criminals offline, threat actors needing secure and anonymous online channels have sought alternatives. The increasingly fragmented market of alternatives to Tor
US company Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a USD36.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to meet RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) requirements from the US Navy (USN) and Japan, the US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on 28 June. The
The Nicaraguan National Assembly has approved the entry of military personnel from countries including Mexico, Russia, Taiwan, and Venezuela, between 1 July and 31 December to carry out training exercises and improve bilateral military relations. A number of Nicaraguan defence personnel will also
L3 and Harris have completed their all stock merger forming the new L3Harris Technologies, while also announcing a new business structure under which the electronics firm will operate. The companies first revealed plans to merge in October 2018, forming a defence electronics firm with a market
Rheinmetall and BAE Systems have completed the establishment a new joint venture (JV) in the UK following the granting of British government regulatory approval for the deal on 13 June. The proposed establishment of Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land (RBSL) was announced in January, merging BAE
Airbus and the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) announced on 1 July that they had signed a new Support contract for the A400M transport aircraft, replacing a previous agreement from 2016. The A400M Global Support Step 2 contract includes all of the launch nations of Belgium,
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has signed a INR2 billion (USD29 million) deal with Russia for the acquisition of an undisclosed number of 9M120 Ataka (AT-9 ‘Spiral-2’) anti-tank missiles to arm its fleet of Mil Mi-25/35 ‘Hind’ twin-engined attack helicopters. Official sources
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has retired auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ship HMAS Success (II) and Adelaide-class (US Oliver Hazard Perry design) guided-missile frigate HMAS Newcastle . After 33 years of service, Success (pennant number OR 304) was decommissioned in a ceremony held on 29
Several people were killed and more than 90 others, including children, injured when Taliban fighters launched an attack against a government building on 1 July in an area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, housing military and government buildings, according to local media reports. The attack began
The Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defence Corporation presented a new transporter, erector, launcher and radar (TELAR) vehicle designated as the 9A383E at the Army 2019 defence exhibition held in Kubinka close to Moscow on 25–30 June. The 9A383E is being offered to foreign customers as an
An EC135 training helicopter of the International Helicopter Training Centre in Bückeburg, Lower Saxony, northern Germany, crashed in the nearby Hameln-Pyrmont district on 1 July 2019, the German Army announced on its website. The crash occurred at around 1400 h during a training flight,
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 27 June that it had signed contracts for the acquisition of defence equipment worth over RUB1 trillion (USD15.8 billion). Sukhoi, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation, will deliver 76 Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation multirole combat aircraft
Specifications of Russia’s new silo-based inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) were revealed at the Army 2019 exhibition in Kubinka, Russia, according to a report from the Russian state-operated domestic news agency Ria Novosti. The report includes an image of a set of specifications