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    Cellnex sees Spanish consolidation ahead as Q1 net loss halves 

    The towerco also has opportunities after the arrival of MásOrange and Digi Spain’s subsequent market approach

    Orange boosted by on-going, double-digit growth in Middle East and Africa

    Elsewhere progress is less dramatic but appears to be going to plan, if not fast enough for the stock market

    TIM’s embattled Labriola given another three years as CEO

    Attempts to unseat him and block the splitting out of the infrastructure into a NetCo failed, but opposition wins three board room places so the opera continues

    Proximus to acquire more 5G spectrum from ICT services group

    NRB acquired 20MHz in the 3600MHz band to offer 5G directly to its customers but has now decided to embrace the MVNO model

    Nokia CEO sees a second half uptick with fixed leading weaker mobile 

    Despite a 19% drop in sales, Pekka Lundmark remains confident of a stronger second half and achieving the company’s full year outlook

    Swisscom wins Federal Supreme Court antitrust appeal 

    Sunrise filed a complaint against Swisscom suggesting the telco had behaved improperly in the 2008 tender process to set up a broadband network at Swiss Post sites

    Ericsson CEO says European telco consolidation is still required 

    The vendor sees sales and RAN market in decline in Q1 but first-quarter operating profit and earnings per share still above market expectations

    Telefónica reportedly in bid for MásOrange’s 5G spectrum

    Spanish newspaper says operator keen to acquire 3.5GHz spectrum which the merged entity must sell as part of the pro-competition remedies imposed on it

    Bagnasco confirmed as CEO of Sparkle, Pansa becomes Chair

    The sale of a stake in Sparkle to private funds is still in negotiation

    Pinpointing subject identities with recursive identity lookup

    Partner content: Encryption of digital comms protects individuals' privacy, but obscures payloads and endpoints so law enforcers have shifted their investigative focus

    German regulator releases first of a kind report on fibre wholesale prices

    The draft strives to be a careful balancing act, intended to provide incentives for rivals to build competing fibre infrastructure

    Wildanet secures £41m to roll out fibre in Cornwall 

    UK Government says gigabit-capable coverage now sits at 81% of UK households

    CriteriaCaixa increases stake in Telefónica to 5% 

    The move follows the Spanish government’s investment, widely seen as a counterbalance to Saudi Arabian telco stc’s stake in the company

    Atman ramps up Polish data centre footprint 

    Global Compute Infrastructure-owned firm raises PLN 1.35 billion to build in Warsaw and expand elsewhere in Poland

    South Africa ramps up rural connectivity plans 

    Minister also asks hyperscalers to help Africans implement AI across the continent