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Planned tax relief for energy should apply to telecoms and data centres

Financial/Regulation 27 November 2023

Germany's has among the highest electricity prices in Europe, but tax relief for manufacturers doesn’t help the digital economy

Telecom Italia becomes first Tier 1 European telco to split off NetCo

Financial/Regulation 27 November 2023

The NetCo has been officially formed, but there still maybe legal and other challenges to come

Safaricom Kenya choses Nokia’s AVA Energy Efficiency for 3G, 4G and 5G

News 27 November 2023

Nokia's tech uses AI and machine learning to reduce energy consumption while maintaining network performance

Cellnex to speed sale of assets as it targets investment-grade rating

Access 27 November 2023

CEO predicts consolidation among Europe’s six biggest towercos by 2027

Swisscom’s Fastweb reportedly eyes Vodafone Italy

Access 24 November 2023

Italy is one of Vodafone’s weakest markets, with none of its five mobile operators making a return on their investment according to Vodafone’s CEO

Germany’s fourth mobile network finally will go live on 8 December

5G & Beyond 24 November 2023

In a surprise move, 1&1 customers can roam on Telefonica O2’s 5G network, ahead of the phased move to Vodafone's network next summer

UK Chancellor grants BT’s Jansen his parting wish

Financial/Regulation 24 November 2023

Chancellor Hunt made permanent the policy of full expensing which allows certain companies to deduct capex from their taxable profits

Elisa Polystar lights the way to automation for three European operators

Automation/AI 24 November 2023

The unnamed operators opted for Polystar’s performance data management and analytics platform, Virtual NOC and assuring customer experience

Orange launches super-app for everyone in Africa and the Middle East

Digital Platforms & APIs 24 November 2023

It brings together telecoms services, entertainment, e-commerce and Orange Money, and supports other payment solutions

Reuters reveals yet another twist in the OpenAI tale

Automation/AI 23 November 2023

The news agency says before CEO Sam Altman was fired, several staff wrote a letter to the board warning of an AI discovery that could “threaten humanity”

Vodafone, Ericsson and Qualcomm complete Europe’s first RedCap data call

5G & Beyond 23 November 2023

This shows the potential and paves the way for a “boom in low-power, low-bandwidth connected devices, from enterprise IoT to consumer applications”

Telkom SA reveals asset disposals as half-year profit jumps

Access 23 November 2023

South Africa’s government-owned telco is in exclusive negotiations with a preferred bidder for its towerco business Swiftnet

Fixed Wireless Access needs cybersecurity services – obviously

5G & Beyond 22 November 2023

Partner content: As FWA moves from 4G to 5G, we need network-native security for IoT, faster throughput and the distributed network architecture

Automating optimisation introduces risk to hybrid RANs

Insights 22 November 2023

Partner content: How to mitigate the challenges Open RAN brings to managing mobile networks

Morgan Stanley buys 70% of Altice’s French data centre business

Cloud/NFV 21 November 2023

Altice is owned by Franco-Israeli billionaire Patrick Drahi, has €60 billion debt and is dogged by scandal in Portugal