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Vodafone exits VodafoneZiggo as Liberty Global prepares new Benelux telecom giant

Financial/Regulation
Liberty Global has completed its acquisition of Vodafone’s 50% stake in VodafoneZiggo. As a result of the acquisition, a new Benelux connectivity company serving 13...
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EU launches €30bn AI Gigafactory plan with AMD, Nvidia & Qualcomm backing

Cloud/NFV
The European Union has called for proposals to build up to seven AI Gigafactories across Europe. In a bid to expand its computing power, the...
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TalkTalk offloads 120,000 customers to Rise Fibre

Access
Rise Fibre has acquired around 120,000 broadband customers from TalkTalk. As a result, the relevantly new provider, now delivers broadband over networks including BT, CityFibre,...
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France to sell part of €1.1bn Orange stake

Financial/Regulation
France is reportedly set to reduce its stake in Orange through a share sale that could raise around €1.1 billion. According to Reuters, which cited...
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Vodafone becomes sole owner of VodafoneThree following £4.3bn CK Hutchison stake buyout

Financial/Regulation
Vodafone has completed its £4.3 billion (€4.9 billion) acquisition of CK Hutchison 49% stake in VodafoneThree, giving it full ownership of the telecom giant. As...
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Ofcom moves to block Openreach broadband discount scheme over market concerns

Financial/Regulation
Ofcom has moved to block one of Openreach's proposed wholesale broadband discount schemes after provisionally concluding it could harm competition. According to the regulator, the...
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INCA calls government for clarity over future of UK digital infrastructure

Financial/Regulation
The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (INCA) has urged the government to give broadband and telecoms clearer political ownership following the decision to scrap the...
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EU Huawei ban could cost €40bn, far exceeding original estimate

Financial/Regulation
The European Union's plan to remove telecom equipment from suppliers "high-risk" including Huawei, could cost significantly more than the bloc’s original estimate, new research...
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Omdia: regulators need to shift AI focus from policy to enforcement

Automation/AI
Research house identifies seven key challenges (see graphic) faced by regulators – along with the fact that few have dedicated AI frameworks
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The end of connectivity-only: from ambition to structural stress test

Financial/Regulation
Telecoms is evolving from a single connectivity-led system into a more polarised landscape, in which operators follow increasingly different economic logics
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Ericsson beats profit forecast, shows off 5G drone sensing

5G & Beyond
The Swedish vendor reported higher margins in key areas like mobile networks, but falling sales – meanwhile its drone sensing and tracking trial with AT&T is a whole new ballgame for 5G
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We need to learn from network outages in the era of AI and cyber attacks

Financial/Regulation
Telstra suffered a national network outage lasting up to 12 hours, apparently caused by a software defect – we need more resilient comms infrastructure as risks rise
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Telenor to pay €552m for Bahnhof broadband to become #2 in Sweden

Financial/Regulation
The acquisition will increase its consumer market share from about 15% to around 27% as part of the group's greater focus on its Nordic markets
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Multi-stage sell: promotional pricing is reshaping consumer broadband globally

Access
For more than half of the world’s consumer broadband plans, the standard monthly price is not a single transaction but a multi-stage escalation that make comparisons difficult
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US ruling ‘a wake-up call’ for Europeans relying on US-owned cloud and infra

Financial/Regulation
A US Supreme Court ruling has undermined the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which allows the flow of personal data between Europe and the US. What next?
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