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Orange goes live with ‘European first’ satellite SMS service

Orange has activated its Message Satellite offering in France, enabling users to send and receive text messages via satellite when terrestrial coverage is unavailable

Italy heading towards 5G spectrum licence renewal 

Italy’s regulator has signalled support for extending 5G spectrum rights to 2037, an inevitable response to the financial pressure facing mobile operators

Telekom brings 5G+ Gaming and NVIDIA GeForce NOW together

Deutsche Telekom has launched a new 5G-enabled cloud-gaming offer, integrating NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW platform into its 5G Standalone network

T-Mobile Poland mobile data highlights FWA bind

The Polish operator’s streaming data emphasises the dominance of router-based streaming which reflects the issue mobile operators rolling out FWA will face

Telia commits to major rural mobile expansion

The Swedish operator will build new mobile sites across 43 municipalities as part of a multi-year programme to strengthen rural coverage

TIM makes case for smarter national infrastructure

The Italian operator’s new report highlights how AI- and IoT-enabled monitoring could cut costs, extend asset lifecycles and reduce environmental impact across road, energy and water networks

Play reaches 13,000 base stations as it eyes network independence

Polish operator Play has launched its 13,000th base station in Toruń and will end national roaming by the end of 2025, marking full technological independence for its mobile network

Sweden tells operators to block older phones that can’t make emergency calls

Ahead of the 2G/3G switch-off, the Swedish regulator is warning that some 4G phones will no longer be able to reach 112 once the old networks disappear

Germany’s stalled mobile rollout shows uneven progress – Bitkom

The industry association’s implementation monitoring highlights patchy adoption of measures designed to speed mobile network expansion across federal states

EE hits 5G+ target five months ahead of schedule

The operator has expanded its 5G+ network to 44 million people across the UK, reaching 66% of the population

Telenor unifies Nordic operations to create global IoT player

Telenor has consolidated its Nordic IoT activities under Telenor Connexion, forming a single organisation aimed at strengthening its position in managed IoT services

CAF and Cellnex validate CBTC system over private 5G

Train and tram builder CAF and Cellnex have completed what they claim is one of the world’s earliest validations of a Communications-Based Train Control system running over a private 5G network

Eutelsat and 4iG sign satellite usage deal

The Hungarian service provider has agreed a satellite orbit and frequency usage agreement for the HUGEO geostationary telecom satellite of its HUSAT program and the associated frequency usage rights

Eutelsat’s OneWeb makes 5G-Advanced NTN test call

ESA and partners achieve world’s first 3GPP Rel-19 5G-Advanced NR-NTN connection over the OneWeb constellation

BREKO slams German govt over opting for mobile at 6 GHz

The fibre optic association says prioritising the allocation of the upper 6 GHz band for mobile communications would harm Europe’s digital landscape
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