Europe
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MasOrange, Telefónica, and Vodafone Group have teamed up with the i2CAT research centre to launch a multi-operator Open Gateway API lab in Europe. -
Swisscom is working with Ericsson to offer a standalone Mobile Private Network (MPN) to provide enterprises with private, localised connectivity.
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Engineers at Vodafone are working with AMD to design mobile base stations capable of supporting AI workloads in addition to traditional network operations while using less power.
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UK energy regulator Ofgem has greenlit five new subsea energy links in the North Sea.
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Swisscom’s proposed acquisition of Vodafone Italia took yet another step closer to fruition after Italy's communication regulator gave the deal the go-ahead.
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Investment firm DTCP has backed the new sustainable data centre platform GreenScale, to support its efforts to sustainably support hyperscale and AI workloads.
Forthcoming events
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Latvia-based carrier Avelacom has expanded its network to Hong Kong and appointed Timothy Wong to be VP of sales in the Asia Pacific
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French renewable energy company Engie has signed power purchase agreements with data centre operator Digital Realty and French telco Iliad.
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Neterra has increased the capacity of its new metro fibre network in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
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Orange is moving Jean-François Fallacher from running its operation in Spain to become CEO of Orange France from 3 April.
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BT has sold its fibre network in four German cities – Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart – to 1&1 Versatel.
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Orange Belgium and Belgian cable operator Telenet have sign two commercial wholesale agreements providing access to each other’s broadband networks.
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A Swedish group, Netmore, is to roll out a low-power network in France that will be used largely for the internet of things (IoT).
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Ericsson’s new head of Europe and Latin America is to be Jenny Lindqvist, widening of her current role, head of northern and central Europe.
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A quantum computing company co-founded by a winner of last year’s Nobel Prize for physics has raised €100 million in funding.
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The Italian Data Center Association has been newly formed by Microsoft, Equinix, Rai Way, Data4, STACK Infrastructure, Digital Realty, Vantage Data Centers and CBRE Data Centers.
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Nokia and Telefonica Spain have trialled 25G PON technology for the first time in the country.
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The CEO of Veon has issued a stark warning to lenders that it needs more time to pay back its notes, some of which are due in February and others in April.
