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Colt’s second PoP in Turkey supports demand for AI and digitalisation

Optical/IP
Instanbul offers alternative east-west and north-south routes, plus direct connectivity in central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, central Asia and the Caucasus and parts of North Africa
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Broadband spending finally rebounds, returning to growth this year

Optical/IP
Dell'Oro reports shipments of fixed wireless customer equipment rose 11% in 2025 and passive optical customer kit grew 4% during that time, ending a three-year decline
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MTN moves to retake control of IHS Towers in $6.2bn deal

5G & Beyond
The pan-African operator seeks to reintegrate nearly 29,000 African towers as it tests the limits of the towerco model
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Sparkle to build GreenMed subsea cable to boost Mediterranean resilience

Cloud/NFV
A new Adriatic route aims to strengthen diversification, lower latency and reinforce Italy’s role as a digital gateway between Europe and the Middle East
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A1’s Central, Eastern Europe ops drive growth in solid 2025 results

5G & Beyond
Strong mobile subscriber growth, continued fibre and 5G rollouts and expanding ICT activities supported A1 Group's operational performance in 2025, offsetting challenges in Austria
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Rival consortia jockey for new Cayman Islands subsea cable

Cloud/NFV
Declared bidders for the Cayman Islands’ next submarine cable have outlining sharply different network strategies
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Grid Telecom to link Crete with mainland Greece

Access
The new high-capacity Artemis system underlines Grid Telecom’s strategy to position Crete as a major connectivity hub in the Eastern Mediterranean
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Sinal passes one million fibre premises as Norlys strengthens footprint

Access
Sinal has moved beyond one million fibre-covered addresses following regulatory approval to acquire EWII’s network in Denmark’s Triangle Region
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DNS:NET targets single-family homes with Berlin fibre rollout

Access
German operator DNS:NET is expanding its FTTH footprint across Berlin and Brandenburg, focusing specifically on detached housing estates
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New world record of 430Tbps over standard telecoms fibre

Optical/IP
The new technique, developed by an international team of 12 organisations, offers more capacity without deployment of new fibre or much wider spectral bandwidth
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EXA Infrastructure completes Aqua Comms acquisition

Access
Deal adds multiple Atlantic cable systems and follows a series of fibre investments aimed at strengthening route diversity and capacity across Europe
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Nokia teams up with Trump, investing $4bn in US-based R&D, manufacturing

Automation/AI
US Secretary of Commerce: the most innovative tech to power AI, data centers and critical national security will be developed and built in the USA
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1&1 consolidates infrastructure with €1.3bn Versatel acquisition

Access
The move brings the operator’s fixed and mobile infrastructure under one roof and strengthens its position in Germany’s enterprise market
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Sparkle advances quantum-safe AI communications

Automation/AI
Italian operator unveils patent-pending technology for secure, verifiable AI-to-AI interaction, extending its quantum-safe portfolio that already includes a cloud-native service on AWS
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Lyntia launches DC Connect across Iberia

Automation/AI
New service extends Lyntia’s wholesale portfolio amid continued investment and European expansion
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