Europe
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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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Deutsche Telekom is stirring up controversy by awarding a €64 million telecoms order for the German railway company to Huawei.
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A European authority is to investigate alleged state aid to the Iris subsea cable project in case it breached the rules.
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euNetworks Group is to expand its network through the acquisition of the dark fibre business branch of a Belgian utility company (the Business Branch).
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Vodafone is working with the University of Palermo in Italy to build a €4 million 5G campus.
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Germany is set to ban the use of Huawei and ZTE equipment in the country’s mobile networks, according to reports last night.
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IRIS, the new subsea cable system built by Farice ehf (Farice), the Icelandic telco, is now live and ready for service.
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Colt has expanded its On-Demand infrastructure to interconnect with Equinix Fabric in Spain, Italy and Sweden.
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AtlasEdge has completed its acquisition of Datacenter One, a deal that brings more than 140 customers for its four data centres.
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Equinix has increased its backing of renewable power projects with the addition of five new long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Spain totalling 225 megawatts.
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The government of the Netherlands has set its face against lobbying by giant telcos to charge for internet usage.
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Orange and Vodafone are looking for strategic vendors for a pioneering open RAN collaboration in Romania.
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Service provider RETN has expanded its existing Warsaw metro fibre network
