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Telia commits to major rural mobile expansion

The Swedish operator will build new mobile sites across 43 municipalities as part of a multi-year programme to strengthen rural coverage

Play reaches 13,000 base stations as it eyes network independence

Polish operator Play has launched its 13,000th base station in Toruń and will end national roaming by the end of 2025, marking full technological independence for its mobile network

Sweden tells operators to block older phones that can’t make emergency calls

Ahead of the 2G/3G switch-off, the Swedish regulator is warning that some 4G phones will no longer be able to reach 112 once the old networks disappear

Vodacom signs multi-year Google Cloud deal

Collaboration aims to modernise Vodacom’s data platforms and scale AI-driven services across the group’s African markets

Germany’s stalled mobile rollout shows uneven progress – Bitkom

The industry association’s implementation monitoring highlights patchy adoption of measures designed to speed mobile network expansion across federal states

EE hits 5G+ target five months ahead of schedule

The operator has expanded its 5G+ network to 44 million people across the UK, reaching 66% of the population

Network slicing progresses apace, at scale, as 5GSA accelerates

Ericsson Mobility Report finds 33 are offering some kind of differentiated connectivity and there are 65 live commercial services with Europe leading

Driving operational efficiency with private networks

Partner content: Visit Druid Software Demo Day, which focuses on mining, on 16 December at the Mermaid Theatre, Dublin, in the heart of the Irish private network ecosystem

Italy mulls extending 5G licences, less cost in return for investment pledges

Italian operators have been lobbying for a free extension of the 10-year spectrum licences that cost them €6.5 billion in 2018, starving them of funds to invest in networks

Mobile core market reaches pivotal point, up 14% outside China in Q3

Dell'Oro says that China aside, revenues from mobile core network kit rose between 9% and 17% in other regions, with North America blazing the trail

Reuters: Europe’s operators to gain lion’s share of 6GHz for mobile

The news agency reports that the remaining160MHz of the available block will be frozen until the WRC-2027 when it could be allocated for Wi-Fi

Germany finally takes decisive action on Chinese net equipment providers

6G will be Chinese-kit free says the Chancellor of Europe's biggest economy

Telenor unifies Nordic operations to create global IoT player

Telenor has consolidated its Nordic IoT activities under Telenor Connexion, forming a single organisation aimed at strengthening its position in managed IoT services

CAF and Cellnex validate CBTC system over private 5G

Train and tram builder CAF and Cellnex have completed what they claim is one of the world’s earliest validations of a Communications-Based Train Control system running over a private 5G network

Eutelsat and 4iG sign satellite usage deal

The Hungarian service provider has agreed a satellite orbit and frequency usage agreement for the HUGEO geostationary telecom satellite of its HUSAT program and the associated frequency usage rights
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