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.
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Telefónica has hired Andreas Laukenmann from Vodafone to become chief consumer officer (CCO) of its O2 operations in Germany.
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Rostelecom, one of Russia’s largest providers of digital services has commissioned the construction of the first-ever data centre in Murmansk, a port city in the far northwest of Russia.
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TIM is wanting to stimulate innovative solutions for smart cities by running a competition to identify the best solutions for the cities of the future.
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Orange revenues rose 1% year-on-year in Q3 2022, spurred by solid performances in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Residents of Aarhus, Denmark’s second biggest city, are about to have their broadband provider switched, after the network ended its contract with Stofa after 44 years.
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Independent carrier RETN has expanded its backbone network with a new long-haul DWDM route, connecting Budapest, Belgrade and Sofia.
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Panellists at Capacity Europe’s ‘Is the development of the European fibre market being curtailed?’ fireside chat agreed that fibre consolidation is inevitable as costs increase.
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French fibre and equipment company Celeste has introduced a data-centre-in-a-box for businesses willing to host and protect their data on-site in a dedicated, sovereign and secure space.
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Islalink has announced its new wholesale subsea cable connecting Italy with Greece will be ready for service by the end of 2022.
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Verne Global has announced that Ficolo Oy, which operates three sustainable powered data centres in Finland will operate under the Verne Global brand.
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Italian carrier Unidata has chosen two vendors to share the work in building a new subsea cable system connecting Sicily with two cities on the Italian mainland, Rome and Genoa.
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Exa Infrastructure this morning announced it will be investing in a new terrestrial transport route to Lisbon and Sines in Portugal.
