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Italy’s regulator halts TIM’s proposed tower sharing with Fastweb+Vodafone

5G & Beyond
The two signed an agreement in March and clearly expected a regulatory nod, but the watchdog has a list of concerns and says it will reach a decision before the end of April 2027
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Sovereignty by design: choosing the right cloud partner is your most strategic decision

Cloud/NFV
Partner content: As European regulators tighten their grip on data residency, vendor lock-in and independence from US tech giants, cloud sovereignty is not the question so much as getting it right
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Vodafone to take full control of UK merger with Three in £4.3bn deal

Financial/Regulation
VodafoneThree, formed last summer, is to buy CK Hutchison's 49% stake, gaining full ownership two years sooner than expected
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Anritsu equips CERT Tunisia for national, pan-African mobile certification

Financial/Regulation
The three platform solution covers 2G to 5G New Radio (NR), cellular, IoT, WLAN and up to Wi-Fi 7 Anritsu Europe has deployed a...
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Nigeria’s regulator tells operators to compensate users for poor service

Financial/Regulation
The Nigerian Communications Commission is making good on the promises laid out in its Directive in March, which is designed to encourage investment in mobile networks
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Germany’s largest altnet offered funding as it struggles with €7bn debt

Access
Canadian pension fund Omers and private equity group EQT have jointly offered another €5 billion – they are already investors in the altnet
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OpenAI pulls out of Norway deal with Microsoft as substitute

Financial/Regulation
Just days after 'pausing' Stargate in the UK, OpenAI buys a podcast to better explain its thinking while CNBC notes the AIco is tempering spending plans as a potential IPO looms
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Amazon changes the space race, acquiring Globalstar for $11.6bn

Satellite
A stunning amount for just 24 active satellites – but Globalstar owns 2.4GHz spectrum licences, perfect for D2D, plus unique access to Apple’s ecosystem and more
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Orange wins EC approval to buy out partner in MasOrange for €4.25bn

Financial/Regulation
Orange will acquire the outstanding 50% stake in MasOrange from Lorca, a private equity group that includes KKR, Cinven and Providence Equity Partners
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CEO of Poste Italiane follows up on €10.8bn bid for Telecom Italia

Financial/Regulation
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
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Differing definitions of data sovereignty cause confusion for compliance

Financial/Regulation
Research by Omdia finds more than 100 countries have some form of data sovereignty or localisation laws but often even within countries there are contradictory rules
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UK government chooses City veteran to chair regulator Ofcom

CXO
Sir Ian Cheshire formerly was head of Kingfisher and chair of Channel 4 until last year: he has worked in the public sector, telecoms, e-commerce and banking
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UK extends law designed to make it easier to acquire and operate basestation sites

Financial/Regulation
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
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Global telecoms capex declines in 2026, rising at 1% CAGR from 2027-2030

Financial/Regulation
Wireless capex to revenue ratio is to approach 11% by 2029: some estimates reckon it peaked at 19-25% in 2020-2022 as operators built out 5G and, to a lesser degree, fibre
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DT ‘an anchor of dependability in an uncertain world’

Financial/Regulation
The CEO of Europe's biggest telco group criticises European 'microregulation' at shareholders' meeting as he emphasises stellar performance – €1 per share dividend – and sovereignty
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