Europe
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As the world’s largest research and innovation programme, the UK’s move to re-associate with Horizon Europe following Brexit, underscores the country’s commitment to innovation and development — but what does this mean for telecoms? -
Data centre operator Serverfarm has formed a joint venture with the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece to build hyperscale data centres in the country.
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Sparkle has partnered with shipbuilding giant Fincantieri to develop advanced solutions for detecting and monitoring subsea cables.
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The EU has signed off on IRIS², a multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellites aimed at taking on Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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Nordic data centre firm atNorth has secured land in Sweden to build a “mega site” data centre.
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Field service management (FSM) provider Totalmobile has announced the acquisition of Irish workforce management firm Gartan Technologies.
Forthcoming events
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Poland now has a unified company planning to build an open access 5Gbps fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network, serving Play Group and other operators.
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Green Mountain will establish a new 54MW data centre site in Mainz, 30km outside of Frankfurt.
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Ericsson is claiming a European record for 5G download speeds of almost 6Gbps, with uploads of 1.6Gbps.
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Telecom Italia is bracing itself for an improved bid from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) for its fixed-line unit.
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Telia Company has started the search for a new CFO after Per Christian Mørland handed in his notice.
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Swisscom’s Italian broadband company, Fastweb, has promoted Walter Renna to be CEO from October.
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Telefonica has joined forces with Qwilt to offer content delivery services in Spain.
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Israeli satellite operator Spacecom is working with an Azerbaijani satellite company to extend services into Africa.
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FibreConnect has chosen Exa Infrastructure to build its backbone across Italy to connect key industrial locations and data centres.
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Italian tower company Inwit is expand coverage to 900 areas in the country’s mountainous regions.
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The Russian military has been attacking Ukraine’s digital infrastructure, as well as its people and buildings, since February 2022. Alan Burkitt-Gray talks to Vodafone Ukraine’s Vasyl Latsanych about how the company keeps connected
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Lumen has expanded its 400Gbps wavelength network across Europe, covering 50 markets.
