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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For the next Data Centre of the Month, Capacity looks at Datacenter Mutualisé Lorrain (DCML), a shared data centre built for a hospital, a university, and a regional government – and a successful example of ‘micro-colocation’.
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Nokia and Vodafone have successfully completed an end-to end Open RAN trial on Vodafone Italy’s live 5G standalone (SA) network.
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Future investments into Ukrainian telecoms infrastructure are expected to be both “heavy” and “indispensable” for the country, given the essential nature of Kyivstar’s services, a spokesperson for the company told Capacity.
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Telecom Italia (TIM) CEO Pietro Labriola is nearing a second term at the operator after a shareholder vote that is set to be held today.
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Turkey’s national regulator, the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) is reportedly planning to implement bandwidth restrictions on Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).
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Telecom Italia would be left with US$7 billion in cash after repaying its debts if it sold its Brazilian unit and its domestic consumer business according to activity investor Merlyn Partners.
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Data centre specialist LCL will invest €30 million in a fifth data centre in Diegem, Belgium.
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The GSMA and leading European mobile operators confirm the launch of ‘Connecting Europe to 2030: A Mobile Industry Manifesto for Europe’.
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Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has been awarded the contract to implement the new Anel CAM subsea project in Portugal.
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For the second Data Centre of the Month, we head north to Iceland – and north again from Reykjavik to Akureyri, where atNorth opened its 12MW ICE03 facility in 2023.
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Phoenix Tower International (PTI) and Cellnex Telecom have reached an agreement by which PTI will acquire 100% of Cellnex’s business in Ireland for €971 million.
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AtlasEdge has completed the acquisition of a new data centre facility in Vienna, marking its entry into the Austrian market.
