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Telenor, Vodafone partner globally for procurement at greater scale

The operators collectively serve more than 550 million customers in 23 countries – their combined procurement organisations have an annual budget of more than €26 billion

MasOrange and Endesa to offer each other’s products to customers

More than 1 million customers could benefit from the best
offers for energy and telecoms products and services if the proposal is approved by competition authorities

Italy creates fund to safeguard gigabit plan

Italy’s government has created a new National Connectivity Fund to reallocate €700 million in savings from its delayed ultrafast broadband project

CityFibre CEO calls for urgent consolidation to challenge BT

After announcing a £2 billion funding deal in June, the UK altnet naturally wants to be a consolidator, not consolidated

EQT reportedly to sell Nordic data centre and broadband operator GlobalConnect

The great European infra sell off continues as investors' appetite for fibre and data centres ramps up

EMEA’s mobile operators diverge on mobile data growth – Tefficient

Nordic and Baltic operators are pulling away from their European peers with data usage exceeding 50GB per month

NVIDIA to invest $5bn in Intel as its AI chips are banned in China

It's been a torrid 24 hours in AI-land as the US' AI sector becomes even more intertwined, the Chinese step up the rivalry with NVIDIA which splashed the cash in the UK

Vodafone Romania, Digi Romania acquire Telekom Romania’s assets

The deal, announced almost a year ago, should complete by the end of October

Billionaire Mittal and head of Bharti Airtel to sit on BT’s board

The Indian telecoms tycoon acquired 24.5% share in BT Group last year and will now gain greater insight and influence – shares fell more than 4% at news of their appointments

BT sells off Radianz as it continues shedding assets strategically

The UK's former incumbent's goal is on being a national champion and is still figuring out what to do with its international interests

Trade and tech wars bring risks and opportunities for European telecoms

This crisis could be a historic opportunity for Europe to strengthen its economic, technological and political autonomy after decades of deep dependence on Washington

T-Systems appoints first Chief Sovereignty Officer

Sign of the times as call for digital sovereignty in Europe grows louder along with the desire to reduce dependency on US hyperscalers

Turkey sets minimum $2.3 billion for 5G auction 

The tender will open up 11 frequency packages across the 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz band

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

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
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