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Akanda Corp. (AKAN) Today: Full Cultivation License Push, Telecom Growth and Stock Reaction – November 14, 2025

Akanda Corp. (AKAN) Today: Full Cultivation License Push, Telecom Growth and Stock Reaction – November 14, 2025

Akanda Corp. (NASDAQ: AKAN) is back in the news today after outlining the next steps toward a full Health Canada cultivation license at its British Columbia cannabis site, while commentators highlight the company’s unusual mix of Mexican telecom infrastructure and Canadian cannabis “optionality.” Newsfile+1 A fresh Newsfile press release this morning details how Akanda will design and implement Health Canada–compliant security at its Gabriola Island facility, a prerequisite for producing THC- and CBD-rich cannabis under a full cultivation license. Newsfile+1 At the same time, a new MarketScreener feature frames Akanda as a “dual‑track” small cap: cash flow from towers and
14 November 2025
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AT&T Stock 2025: 5G Ambitions, Big Dividend – Telecom Titan or Trap?

AT&T Stock 2025: 5G Ambitions, Big Dividend – Telecom Titan or Trap?

Company & Stock Overview AT&T Inc. is a telecom giant with a 140+ year legacy, now focused squarely on connectivity services. Its business model centers on providing voice and data communication to consumers and businesses via an expansive wireless network and a growing fiber-optic footprint. In the U.S. telecom market, AT&T operates alongside Verizon and T-Mobile in what analysts call a “durable triopoly” gurufocus.com – all three dominate market share, though each pursues a distinct strategy. AT&T’s aim is to be “America’s premier converged connectivity provider,” leveraging both high-speed 5G wireless and fiber broadband networks gurufocus.com. This dual network strategy
4 November 2025
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AT&T Stock Faces Crucial Test: 5G Spectrum Gamble, Fiber Expansion & Earnings Loom

AT&T Stock Seesaws on Subscriber Surge – Will T’s Telecom Gambit Pay Off?

AT&T Stock Price: Latest Moves and Trends AT&T’s stock is hovering in the mid-$24s as of October 24, 2025, after a choppy week. Shares closed at $24.62 on Thursday nasdaq.com, down from around $26.10 on Monday investing.com. That slide of roughly 5.7% erased gains from earlier in the month. The volatility came amid earnings results and broader market swings – AT&T had been mostly range-bound in the mid-$20s throughout October ts2.tech before this week’s drop. Even so, the stock remains about 20% higher than a year ago ts2.tech, reflecting a recovery from 2024 levels. Over the past 12 months AT&T
24 October 2025
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Akanda Corp (AKAN) Soars on Telecom Expansion – What It Means for Investors

Akanda Corp (AKAN) Soars on Telecom Expansion – What It Means for Investors

Stock Price & Recent Performance Akanda’s stock has been on a rollercoaster. After languishing through 2024 “flying under the radar” stocktitan.net, AKAN came alive this October. The share price erupted over 100% intraday on Oct. 1 amid a burst of interest in the company’s new direction stocktitan.net. Traders cite the ultra-low float – under 0.73 million shares – as a catalyst for these outsized swings. When positive news hits a micro-cap with so few shares available, “even modest buying pressure can create explosive moves” stocktitan.net. Conversely, any wave of selling can also trigger sharp pullbacks, making AKAN a volatile ride.
17 October 2025
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BCE’s Bold Plan: Bell Slashes Costs & Invades Telus Territory – What It Means for Investors

BCE’s Bold Plan: Bell Slashes Costs & Invades Telus Territory – What It Means for Investors

Bell Invades Telus Territory – A New Era of Competition Bell’s decision to resell fibre internet in Western Canada using Telus’s network is a landmark strategic U-turn. For years, Bell fought against mandated wholesale access to broadband networks, warning it would deter investment iphoneincanada.ca. Telus, conversely, lobbied for these rules and quickly took advantage by expanding into Eastern Canada over Bell’s lines iphoneincanada.ca. Now, faced with the reality of the regulator’s decision, Bell is adopting an “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” approach iphoneincanada.ca. Under the CRTC’s wholesale fibre policy, large telcos must sell network access to competitors at
14 October 2025
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Why Verizon’s Bold 5G & AI Bets Could Spark a Telecom Revolution – And What It Means for Investors (VZ, Oct 6 2025)

Why Verizon’s Bold 5G & AI Bets Could Spark a Telecom Revolution – And What It Means for Investors (VZ, Oct 6 2025)

Key Facts (as of 6 Oct 2025) Recent News and Strategic Moves (late Sept – 6 Oct 2025) CEO Transition & Board Leadership Verizon surprised markets on 6 Oct 2025 by replacing CEO Hans Vestberg with Dan Schulman effective immediately. Vestberg, who had led Verizon since 2018, will remain on the board and serve as special adviser until Oct 2026 verizon.com. Schulman’s appointment reflects the board’s desire for new leadership as Verizon integrates significant acquisitions and responds to fierce competition. In its news release, Verizon lauded Schulman’s success at PayPal, where he tripled revenue and guided the company’s digital payments expansion verizon.com. Reuters noted that investors reacted positively, with
6 October 2025
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Ukraine’s Telecom Revolution Amid War: 5G Launches, Rebuilt Networks & Cyber Battles (2024–2025)

Ukraine’s Telecom Revolution Amid War: 5G Launches, Rebuilt Networks & Cyber Battles (2024–2025)

In late 2024 Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced a two-year 5G pilot in three cities—Lviv first, with Kyiv and Odesa testing through 2025—as a step toward a full 5G rollout by 2030. In November 2024 Ukraine auctioned spectrum in the 2100, 2300, and 2600 MHz bands, raising ₴2.8 billion (~$67.7 million) and awarding five lots to Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine, and lifecell with licenses requiring 1,500 new base stations in two years and 500 in the first year, plus six months to restore service in liberated areas. The three major operators scrapped domestic roaming charges, enabling free roaming on each
16 July 2025
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Telecom Infrastructure Equipment Update (June–July 2025)

Telecom Infrastructure Equipment Update (June–July 2025)

Global telecom equipment revenues declined about 11% in 2024 and are forecast to be essentially flat in 2025. Huawei remains the leading telecom equipment supplier with about 31% global market share, ahead of Nokia at 14% and Ericsson at 13%. Ericsson’s Mobility Report (June 2025) projects 5G subscriptions reaching about 2.9 billion by the end of 2025, roughly one third of all mobile subscriptions. 5G networks are expected to carry 80% of global mobile traffic by 2030. Over 80% of surveyed operators offer Fixed Wireless Access, with more than half selling tiered 5G speed plans, and FWA is projected to
3 July 2025
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Internet Access in Norway: A Comprehensive Overview

Internet Access in Norway: A Comprehensive Overview

Norway reaches near-universal online access, with about 99% of residents online, 99.1% of homes able to receive at least 100 Mbps, and 96% gigabit availability as of 2024. Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH/FTTP) is the fixed broadband backbone, with over 70% of households on fiber delivering symmetric speeds from hundreds of Mbps up to multi-gigabit. As of 2023–2024, fixed broadband speeds average 140–142 Mbps download (100–127 Mbps upload), with the average subscribed download speed rising to about 300 Mbps in 2023 and 325 Mbps in 2024. Norway’s mobile networks are highly developed, with 4G coverage virtually 100%, 5G launched in 2020 and by
28 June 2025
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Britain’s Broadband Battle: The Truth About Internet Access Across the UK (and Beyond!)

Britain’s Broadband Battle: The Truth About Internet Access Across the UK (and Beyond!)

By 2025, about 99.8% of UK households are within reach of a decent broadband connection (≥10 Mbps). About 97–98% of UK households have an active internet subscription. In 2024, the average fixed broadband speed was around 157 Mbps, up from just over 50 Mbps in 2022. Gigabit-capable broadband is available to about 84% of UK premises as of January 2025. Full-fibre FTTP coverage has reached roughly 73–74% of premises as of January 2025. The fixed broadband market is led by BT Group with about 8.8 million broadband customers, Sky Broadband with about 5.8 million, and Virgin Media with around 5.74
26 June 2025
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Saudi Arabia’s $90 B Satellite Power Play: How ST Engineering iDirect and Solutions by stc Are Turbo‑Charging the Kingdom’s Digital Future

Saudi Arabia’s $90 B Satellite Power Play: How ST Engineering iDirect and Solutions by stc Are Turbo‑Charging the Kingdom’s Digital Future

The agreement was inked on 20 June 2025 and publicly confirmed between ST Engineering iDirect and Solutions by stc to expand a next-generation ground network for government broadband, 5G backhaul, and mobility services across Saudi Arabia. The deal is timed to support Vision 2030 and aims to secure sovereign, multi-orbit satcom capacity to underpin a digital-economy valued at SR 495 billion (about US$131.9 billion) today and US$90 billion in incremental ICT value by 2030. The scope includes expansion of ST Engineering iDirect hubs, line cards, and software-upgradable modems across multiple Saudi teleports, supporting fixed VSAT, mobility, and cellular backhaul. The
21 June 2025
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Ukraine’s Telecom Revolution: 2025 Market Outlook and Strategic Insights

Ukraine’s Telecom Revolution: 2025 Market Outlook and Strategic Insights

In 2020, Ukraine planned a commercial 5G spectrum auction for end-2021, but the tender was delayed and regulators cut mobile termination rates from ₴0.12 to ₴0.08 per minute in October 2020 as they focused on 4G. In June 2021, Datagroup completed its acquisition of Volia, creating a combined fiber backbone with over 4 million fiber-connected households. In August 2021, Vodafone Ukraine acquired 99.9% of ISP Vega and a cable TV operator to pursue quad‑play services. In March 2022, a missile strike hit Kyiv TV Tower, knocking major broadcasts off air and contributing to early March outages with roughly 500 mobile
12 June 2025
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