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Vantage Towers Spain deploys ‘virtual power plants’ at tower sites

Last year Spain and Portugal suffered massive power outages: this partnership with energy optimisation firm Gridle looks to secure greater resilience, value and sustainability

Vodafone contributes network APIs to tackle fraud via Nokia’s NaC platform

From April, Nokia will include Vodafone’s Network APIs in its anti-fraud and authentication products: the vendor's Network as Code platform already links more than 70 partners

Italian navy runs 5G SA trials on the open sea

The pilot was run with Ericsson and defence firm Leonardo, announced to coincide with the Munich Security Conference

Alliance wants to bring hyperscalers and telcos under common ‘trust’ banner

Fifteen companies spanning cloud, telecoms, semiconductors and AI set out shared principles for a “trusted technology stack”, as sovereignty debates intensify in Europe

Private 5G core achieves first NESAS certification in Germany

OPNESAS research project shows the BSI-backed security framework can be applied to campus networks as well as public mobile infrastructure

France blocks Eutelsat ground antenna sale to private equityco

EQT was to have paid £550m for Eutelsat's ground-based antenna but the French government feared the sale would inhibit its ability to compete against Musk's Starlink

Mobile trends that will shape the industry in 2026 and beyond

Deepfake-enabled fraud and account takeovers are no longer peripheral cases; they are driving losses at scale – the industry's response has been equally direct

EC publishes cybersecurity package including proposed updated Act

The revised Cybersecurity Act proposes to make adoption of measures in the 5G security toolkit mandatory and, for the first time, they will apply to fixed infrastructure

Vodafone: connectivity is critical to Europe’s defence and resilience

New report from the operator says connectivity should be treated as a strategic priority – not a commodity – as times become ever less certain

AWS launches European Sovereign Cloud in Germany

The US hyperscaler says it is physically and logically separate from other AWS regions – Dedicated Local Zones in Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal expected to follow

UK regulator opens investigation into Grok sexualising images on X

Indonesia and Malaysia have already blocked access to Elon Musk's platform until the issue, which primarily involves images of women and children, is addressed – who's next?

Telefónica Tech launches sovereign solution for personal info

It should help companies and public organisations implement the European Union's legal and technical framework for Self-Sovereign Identity which comes into force at the end of 2026

Ship suspected of damaging Helsinki-Tallinn cable dragged anchor ‘tens of km’

Finnish police seized the ship on 31 December and their investigation into its activities continue

Encryption, Privacy, and Lawful Access Limits Under the CLOUD Act

Partner content: The company was born out of the shift from analog to digital telephony in the 1990s, which marked a sea change in gathering evidence for law enforcement

Half mobile customers would switch to a provider offering D2D

And 60% would be willing to pay more for direct-to-device satellite services according to report commissioned by Viasat which surveyed more than 12,000 smartphone users globally
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