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Ship suspected of damaging Helsinki-Tallinn cable dragged anchor ‘tens of km’

Finnish police seized the ship on 31 December and their investigation into its activities continue

EXA Infrastructure completes Aqua Comms acquisition

Deal adds multiple Atlantic cable systems and follows a series of fibre investments aimed at strengthening route diversity and capacity across Europe

Half mobile customers would switch to a provider offering D2D

And 60% would be willing to pay more for direct-to-device satellite services according to report commissioned by Viasat which surveyed more than 12,000 smartphone users globally

T-Mobile Poland mobile data highlights FWA bind

The Polish operator’s streaming data emphasises the dominance of router-based streaming which reflects the issue mobile operators rolling out FWA will face

M-PESA Ethiopia launches telco-agnostic mobile money service

The country is Africa's fastest growing economy but low smartphone ownership and gender-based digitial inequality are holding up growth

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Vodafone accelerates plan to secure power supply, including AI

It says mobile ops could combine assets and participate in electricity markets, using idle capacity and generating revenue by trading energy using Virtual Power Plant services

Proximus offers tri-band Wi-Fi 7 to Ultra Fiber broadband subscribers

Operator says it is the first telco in Belgium to provide the tech which offers faster, more stable and secure connectivity within the home

Something has to give as UK altnets rack up £1.5bn losses

Enders Analysis says some British altnets will never be profitable due to a powerful combination of factors and welcomes consolidation – if only it were that easy

Nokia teams up with Trump, investing $4bn in US-based R&D, manufacturing

US Secretary of Commerce: the most innovative tech to power AI, data centers and critical national security will be developed and built in the USA

1&1 consolidates infrastructure with €1.3bn Versatel acquisition

The move brings the operator’s fixed and mobile infrastructure under one roof and strengthens its position in Germany’s enterprise market

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BT Openreach warns Ofcom it could abandon fibre target

The CEO of Openreach said if the regulator proceeds with its draft regulation for the next five years, it will scrap plans to reach the last 5m homes

KPN to invest €5bn in fibre, 5G, cybersecurity and AI

The operator plans to connect 85% of all Dutch households to fibre by 2030 but in the meantime, the focus is on connecting and activating households to meet demand

BREKO slams German govt over opting for mobile at 6 GHz

The fibre optic association says prioritising the allocation of the upper 6 GHz band for mobile communications would harm Europe’s digital landscape
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