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ESCA and IMCA warn the EU to mind the cable repair gap

The industry groups issue a joint statement to warn Europe that ageing fleets, regulatory delays and skills shortages could cripple repair efforts when subsea cable resilience is most needed

Ooredoo opens Salalah data centre and cable landing station

With its new Salalah data centre and cable landing station, Ooredoo is betting on geographic diversification

CNMC fully deregulates Spain’s wholesale fibre market

Among other things, Telefónica will no longer have to provide access to its fibre networks at regulated prices in certain areas of Spain

MasOrange Vodafone and GIC form Spain’s largest fibreco

MasOrange, Vodafone Spain and GIC create Spain’s largest fibre company as 'SuperNetco' model gains traction

Liberty Global to spin off more subsidiary operators

Following the Sunrise spinoff last year, the company still believes it is undervalued when viewed as a “conglomerate” 

GSA reports on global status of 5G spectrum use in all bands

Concludes low-band remains indispensable, midband is the 5G workhorse and mmWave provides bridge to future 6G planning The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has an...

Nokia chosen for AFR-IX Telecom’s Medusa submarine cable

The new infrastructure will connect the Atlantic coast, Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

Orange, Proximus agree to jointly roll out Gigabit broadband in Wallonia

The joint effort is to reach almost 1.4 million home and businesses in areas of low-to-medium population density – they are awaiting approvals which they hope to win in Q4 2025

Sparkle, Algérie Télécom sign subsea cable MoU to link Italy and Algeria

The deal will see the international infrastructure company offer a clutch of value-added services on top of dedicated connectivity for Algeria

Kenya ICT Authority launches consultation for regional fibre backbone

The Horn of Africa Gateway Development Project is funded by the World Bank and intended to boost digital access in the region and strengthen its economic integration

Sky Broadband offering up to 5Gbps to 4.5 million UK premises

Claims this is the fastest broadband offer in the country from any major service provider

Safaricom hits 10 million subscribers in Ethiopia

After a rocky start due to the market just liberalising, the Kenyan-based operator is winning customers as it build out its network

German networks get regulatory boost but power issues remain

Industry association Bitkom decries the lack of energy relief for telco networks and data centres

UK backs neutral host model for railway connectivity

Network Rail’s Project Reach will see Freshwave building neutral host infrastructure to clear blackspots and Neos deploying 1000km of high-capacity fibre

Romania’s telcos are fixing faults faster

Regulator ANCOM sees rise in telecom security incidents, but impact on users has fallen sharply
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