Access Archives - Mobile Europe

Lidl to launch no-frill plans in up to 30 countries as MVNO sector heats up

Access 14 April 2026

Walmart Bait has 26m customers in Mexico, fintechs are invading the UK and US Mobile dynamically switches between the main mobile networks, bundles Starlink for home broadband

CEO of Poste Italiane follows up on €10.8bn bid for Telecom Italia

Financial/Regulation 13 April 2026

Matteo Del Fante has outlined the business justification for the offer to the Financial Times, regardless of state-ownership, and suggests the deal could be complete by September

UK extends law designed to make it easier to acquire and operate basestation sites

Financial/Regulation 8 April 2026

Legislation introduced in 2017 has led to a surge in disputes and delays with landowners; expanding it to include 15,000 more sites looks unlikely to improve matters

United’s 600km terrestrial cable links Greek cities and Greece to ME

Access 8 April 2026

It connects eight cities, links Greece to its main PoPs in southeastern Europe and beyond to Turkey and the Middle East, for its own traffic and on a wholesale basis

Helios Towers is to invest $100m next year in DCR

Access 7 April 2026

Helios manages 2,700+ towers in the African country: this latest expansion is with the ongoing support of the country's Agence Nationale pour la Promotion des Investissements

Vodafone partners Glasfaser Nordwest to expand Gigabit footprint

Access 1 April 2026

The operator will be able to offer 1.5 million more premises Gigabit broadband this autumn as it continues efforts to turnaround its fixed connectivity business in Germany

Hayo launches services in Rwanda for operators, enterprise and government

Access 30 March 2026

The country has been one of the fastest adopters of digital services over the last decade

WBA claims ‘step-change’ in Wi-Fi 7’s reliability in real-world trials

Access 26 March 2026

AT&T, RUCKUS Networks and Intel's testing show multi-link operation with commercial devices improve uplink performance – under interference – by up to 116%

Sparkle teams up with Anthropic to offer Claude via AWS Bedrock

Automation/AI 25 March 2026

The wholesale infrastructure provider says the new offer will integrate "seamlessly" with its multi-cloud and connectivity solutions

Digi acquires 51% stake in UK altnet Whyfibre

News 24 March 2026

Whether the Romanian operator group can repeat its profitable success in its home market and Spain remains to be seen

45% of homes in Europe passed by FTTH do not subscribe to fibre

Access 23 March 2026

Monetising the infrastructure remains the most serious challenge faced by those building and selling fibre broadband, although the FTTH/B take-up rate has reached 54.4%

Telenor expands global IoT connectivity with access point name

Access 19 March 2026

The single, global APN configuration boosts capabilities to ensure device traffic always takes the shortest, most efficient route through the network

ASN ceases work on 2Africa cable citing force majeure

Security 18 March 2026

Alcatel Submarine Networks' vessel, Ile De Batz, is stranded at a port in Saudi as conflict closes Strait of Hormuz

Altnets a force in GB broadband, despite debt and consolidation

Access 16 March 2026

Research by Point Topic finds altnets match established broadband brands' growth in full fibre connections, beat them on customer service and are eating into their market share

Broadband spending finally rebounds, returning to growth this year

Optical/IP 11 March 2026

Dell'Oro reports shipments of fixed wireless customer equipment rose 11% in 2025 and passive optical customer kit grew 4% during that time, ending a three-year decline

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Lidl to launch no-frill plans in up to 30 countries as MVNO sector heats up

CEO of Poste Italiane follows up on €10.8bn bid for Telecom Italia

UK extends law designed to make it easier to acquire and operate basestation sites

United’s 600km terrestrial cable links Greek cities and Greece to ME

Helios Towers is to invest $100m next year in DCR

Vodafone partners Glasfaser Nordwest to expand Gigabit footprint

Hayo launches services in Rwanda for operators, enterprise and government

WBA claims ‘step-change’ in Wi-Fi 7’s reliability in real-world trials

Sparkle teams up with Anthropic to offer Claude via AWS Bedrock

Digi acquires 51% stake in UK altnet Whyfibre

45% of homes in Europe passed by FTTH do not subscribe to fibre

Telenor expands global IoT connectivity with access point name

ASN ceases work on 2Africa cable citing force majeure

Altnets a force in GB broadband, despite debt and consolidation

Broadband spending finally rebounds, returning to growth this year

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