Latest Regional News – Page 29
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Network & Infrastructure
T-Mobile is biggest spender in Poland’s long-awaited 5G spectrum auction
T-Mobile and Orange each pick up one of four 100MHz blocks on offer.
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M&A
Cordiant plots next stage of expansion after completing move for Ireland’s Speed Fibre
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure closes out expansion into Ireland’s digital infrastructure market, gaining regulatory clearance for acquisition of Speed Fibre.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Bang & Olufsen withdraws from more than 700 T-Mobile US stores
Danish maker of high‑end audio equipment “didn’t get the results” it wanted from operator partnership.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vodafone–e& cross-border alliance signs first customer
Dubai’s Al-Futtaim Group signs MoU for connectivity services from Vodafone and e&.
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Elsewhere in BT Technology: Ofcom delays mmWave auction
Ofcom delays mmWave auction as UK market changes shape.
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Elsewhere in EU Cluster: Vodafone Czech Republic deploys IPv6
Vodafone Czech Republic deploys IPv6.
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Vodafone Greece goes Public in retail expansion bid
Partnership with Public Group seeks to enable omnichannel innovation for Greek operator.
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Elsewhere in Associates and JVs: Vantage looks to increase political presence
Vantage looks to increase political presence with Berlin office.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica Tech launches new Spanish node for VDC service
Telefónica Tech sets up new node for Virtual Data Center service in Barcelona, harnessing tech from VMware and Zerto.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Europe: More Cell Broadcast success for Vodafone Germany
More Cell Broadcast success for Vodafone Germany.
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Vodafone names allies to accelerate open RAN adoption
Open, disaggregated tech gets key role as Vodafone confirms plans for Europe‑ and Africa‑wide, 170,000‑site RAN supplier refresh.
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Financial & Performance
Virgin Media O2–Tesco joint venture nears £1bn revenue mark
Twenty-year old joint venture, UK’s largest MVNO, posts a jump in sales despite being a rare hold-out on inflation-linked price rises.
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Network & Infrastructure
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier tests 5G SA international roaming
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier successfully completes testing programme, involving T-Mobile US, Sunrise (Switzerland) and AIS Thailand.
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Network & Infrastructure
US underwater data centre startup plans two hubs in Europe
Subsea Cloud prepares to expand tech beyond the Americas with the launch of new facilities in Norway and the UK.
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M&A
Vocus seeks debt partners to keep TPG bid rolling
Consortium of banks sought to fund acquisition of TPG’s non-consumer fibre business in what could be Australia’s biggest refinancing deal of the year.
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Eventwatch
Deutsche Telekom calls for industry support to solve challenges of driving AI at scale
During Fyuz, DT’s Jochen Appel said that “the question is not ‘where do we use AI’; the question is, ‘where do we not use it’?
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Venturing & Investments
Wayra Hispam invests in retail analytics provider Celes
Startup accelerator’s latest investment part of $1m funding round.
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Strategy & Change
DT steps up ‘cloudification’ with Amazon to tame its IT jungle
Peter Leukert outlines the main challenges of pivotal Route 60 cloudification programme, particularly around securing management support and bedding in cultural and organisational change to accompany technology investments.
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M&A
Phoenix Tower dips a toe into Germany with 220-site NOVEC buy
US wireless infra group takes first step into German market through acquisition of rural-focused NOVEC.
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Venturing & Investments
Vodafone revamps Italian startup scheme in hunt for next ‘deeptech’ success story
Vodafone Italy launches innoVaction, a reworked Action for 5G replacement, as it seeks startups for equity investments.