All Europe articles – Page 12
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M&A
Cellnex said to be eyeing Swiss exit door
Report in TowerCo’s home market indicates it has appointed advisors to explore sale of 5,500-site business in Switzerland.
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Weekly Briefings
Telefónicawatch Briefing: Germany glitches, Hispam headaches
2025 begins with Telefónica and rivals facing question marks over political and regulatory direction in Europe’s largest market, amid looming elections and continuing squabbles over distribution of spectrum in various bands. Read more…
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Network & Infrastructure
Deep dive: international response to escalating subsea comms risk after Baltics disruption
Latest apparent act of network sabotage in the Baltics underlines heightened need for action to ensure resilience of critical global infrastructure, with UK, EU, and NATO looking to ramp security of increasingly vulnerable cables…
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Operations
BT electrifies fleet, charges on with EV infra transition
The BT/Openreach fleet inches towards zero emissions with a 3,500-vehicle order from Ford, Stellantis, Toyota, and Renault, backed by gov grants. Challenges remain, but Etc.’s charging pilot rolls on with a new focus…
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Network & Infrastructure
Openreach chases ‘one network’ architecture with Nokia Altiplano deployment
Access provider confirms Altiplano onboarding, adding further Nokia presence to FTTP infra.
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Weekly Briefings
Orangewatch Weekly: New venture unfolds on Spanish fibre market
Latest from Orange, including: MásOrange and Vodafone Spain finally sign binding contract to create “Europe’s largest FibreCo”; Spanish price hikes; Slovakia nears 5G SA launch; copper in France…
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Partnerships & Alliances
Ex-Vodafone chief Colao cautions Italy against SpaceX alliance
Former Vodafone CEO and Italian government minister Vittorio Colao urges EU to focus on developing member state-owned satellite constellations to avoid strategic dependence on foreign providers. Comments come after reports that Italian gov is working on a fresh comms pact with Elon Musk’s SpaceX…
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Network & Infrastructure
Ericsson christens telco API venture ‘Aduna’, installs CEO
Vonage exec Anthony Bartolo appointed CEO of Aduna, the Ericsson-led network API joint venture.
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People
Sky pinches tech boss from Liberty Global
Aarne Aho takes on Group Chief Technology Officer role at Sky, after long career leading tech and product development at Liberty Global and Virgin Media.
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People
Vodafone Peoplewatch: Italian migration, Balkans CxO swaps
20+ senior and strategic changes across the Vodafone Group footprint, including a wave of changes following creation of Fastweb + Vodafone in Italy; ExCo changes in Albania, Czechia, and Greece; a swift return for Vi’s CTSO; more in Africa, Group HQ, elsewhere…
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Network & Infrastructure
Orange moves to cash in on decommissioned copper
French operator is reportedly seeking a value assessment of the copper in its legacy network as it works towards switching off the public switched telephone network by 2030.
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Network & Infrastructure
Orange pencils in Slovakia for next 5G standalone launch
Orange Slovakia is said to be next in line for 5G SA after Belgium, France, and Spain.
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Weekly Briefings
BTwatch Weekly: full fibre flying, NaaS launch imminent
Latest from BT and its ecosystem, including more Project Gigabit contracts for Openreach; a strong showing in Clive Selley’s 2024 review; Colin Bannon promotes Global Fabric potential in AI age; and more…
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Network & Infrastructure
UK’s Project Gigabit: billions committed, but just 1.6% take-up at last count
Nearly four years in, government’s Project Gigabit spend reaches £2.2bn with latest Openreach contracts, but connections faltering at just 11,000 as commitments and subsidies yet to translate to boots on the ground. With another £400m in the procurement pipeline for 2025, when will cash finally convert to real impact? In depth non-chummy review of UK rural fibre programme inside…
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Strategy & Change
DT seeks savings with merger of wholesale businesses
Group to meld domestic wholesale unit and international connectivity business T-Global Carrier, creating new arm with more than 1,000 industry clients.
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Public Affairs
UK Home Office backs £650m class action against Motorola in latest Airwave twist
Emergency services network provider faces a claim that excessive pricing policies over a three year period cost up to 2,000 public safety organisations more than £600m.
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Network & Infrastructure
Amazon shuttles towards UK Project Kuiper launch in 2025
Kuiper Systems preparing to commercially launch UK satellite broadband services during 2025, following launch of first-generation satellites expected in the coming months. Move comes as demand for UK satellite connectivity ramps up as rural alternative to full-fibre…
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Public Affairs
Ball in German authorities’ court after 5G defeat
Germany’s BNetzA reported still to be mulling over its response to service providers’ remarkable court victory over 2019 auction terms.
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Weekly Briefings
Vodafonewatch Weekly: Italian deal done to kickstart 2025
Latest from Vodafone and its ecosystem, including the Italian divestment; more federal funding in Germany; a reprieve in India for embattled Vi; and a significant Chinese tie-up in Egypt…
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Network & Infrastructure
MásOrange and Vodafone Spain confirm deal to create ‘Europe’s largest FibreCo’
Rework of consolidated Spanish telco market continues, seeing MásOrange and Vodafone Spain follow up their 2024 M&A deals by combining fibre assets.