Verizon is getting rid of its media businesses that include iconic brands Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion, ending an expensive and unsuccessful run in the media and advertising world. 

Verizon Communications Inc will launch 5G internet for businesses in 21 U.S. cities this month, expanding its presence from Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles.

Based on the latest Grand View Research report, North America is estimated to dominate the 5G services market, after recording a share of 34.3% in 2020. AT&T’s 5G network infrastructure deployment greatly attributes to the overall investments in this market.

New data released from Ookla, a leader in mobile network testing and data analysis, shows T-Mobile customers get the fastest 5G speeds and get a 5G signal more often than customers on any other network. 

AT&T announced a $2 billion investment over the next 3 years to help address the “digital divide”. Through low-cost broadband offers, participation in the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), and community investment, AT&T is set to bring robust broadband connectivity to more Americans.

Verizon and Univision will deliver advanced 5G viewing experiences for fans of the most-watched soccer league in the US, the Liga MX. Through the multi-year partnership, Univision will exclusively launch the TUDN Vision content portal experience and Verizon will work on virtualizing and enhancing production processes over 5G via an Enhanced Data Analytics feature.

KPN NV declined to comment on a media report that said private investors including EQT of Sweden were preparing an attempt to buy the top Dutch telecoms provider. When Telecom review reached out to KPN CEO Joost Farwerck he refused comment.

Telstra has appointed Adam Day to lead its Enterprise and Technology sales group for the Americas region. In this new role, Day will be responsible for both direct sales and indirect channels across the United States and Canada.

Telia Carrier has extended its partnership with Flexential, a provider of data center colocation, cloud and connectivity launching a new Point of Presence (PoP) at Flexential’s Aurora Colorado location. The partnership will allow Flexential’s customers to take advantage of Telia Carrier’s fiber backbone and connectivity providing cloud, application, content providers and Enterprise customers with new diverse routes and capacity at Terabit scale.

Nokia announced that DISH has selected Nokia’s NetGuard solution to assist with securing the United States’ first cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G wireless network. This partnership will enable DISH to safeguard 5G network slices, which will be provisioned to support enterprise and wholesale customers.