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    EXA Infrastructure to acquire Aqua Comms for $54 million

    Access
    The sale at a knockdown price is the latest of Digital 9 Infrastructure’s divestments but also bolsters EXA’s transatlantic routes
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    Europe’s competitiveness “has one foot in the morgue”

    Financial/Regulation
    CEOs of Ericsson and Nokia team up for conference, New Industrial Ambition for Europe, in Brussels
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    GSMA says Europe is falling behind on 5G

    5G & Beyond
    Despite some bright spots in its latest report, the mobile group warns “urgent policy reforms” are needed to secure critical network investment
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    Sparkle chooses Oceanic Environmental Cables to recycle subsea cables

    Access
    The Mediterranean has several decommissioned subsea cables and TIM’s international division has decided to do something about it
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    VEON partners to list Kyivstar on Nasdaq Stock Exchange in New York

    Financial/Regulation
    This would be the first 100% Ukrainian outfit to float in US, but no mention of how much of the operator will be floated nor how much the actors expect to raise
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    Odido reportedly aims to raise €1bn from IPO in Amsterdam

    Financial/Regulation
    Bloomberg says the Dutch operator, formerly T-Mobile Netherlands, is getting ready to float and now rivals KPN for mobile customers
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    freenet takes centre stage at public hearing on spectrum extensions

    Financial/Regulation
    Germany's regulator, BNetzA, will hold the session today but is minded to extend the 800MHz, 1,800MHz and 2,600MHz bands without an auction
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    Swisscom completes Vodafone Italia deal, hails ‘new era’ in Italian telecoms

    Financial/Regulation
    This is another completed step in Vodafone Group's strategy to reshape its European footprint and business
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    Vodafone Spain and MasOrange to form new FibreCo

    Access
    The new FibreCo, plus a wholesale deal with Telefónica, completes the transformation of Vodafone Spain’s fixed line strategy, delivering full FTTH services nationally
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    Altice-SFR’s Halimi becomes president of French Telecoms Federation

    Access
    He will take up the mantle of seeking a new deal for the telecom sector at the European level, in order to find the conditions for sustainable investment in digital infrastructure
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    New ITU undersea cable protection group holds first meeting

    Financial/Regulation
    Most cable damage is caused by human error or natural activity but there are grey areas when it comes to legal responsibilities in international water – and this needs to change
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    Updated: Vodafone store franchisees launch £120+m claim in High Court

    Financial/Regulation
    They accuse the operator of having "unjustly enriched" itself at their expense and acting in "bad faith". The claim is the week after Vodafone won approval to merge with Three UK
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    CMA agrees to Vodafone and Three UK’s ‘£16.5bn’ merger

    Financial/Regulation
    Approvals are only the starting blocks; the challenge is making the merger work in terms of networks, operations, customers and the bottom line
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    IHS Towers sells Kuwait operations to Zain for $134m

    Access
    The previously debt-laden towerco is slowly fortifying its balance sheet while looking to grow in markets like Latam
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    Telia slashes headcount, moves to country-led model to save €255m pa

    Financial/Regulation
    Last week Telia Finland handed responsibility for the operation and development of its cable broadband and TV services to Teleste
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