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Angola Cables appoints new European CEO

Established in October 2024, TelCables Europe is using its Portugal PoP to attract customers looking for cloud and peering services with its parent

Seacom 2.0 to link India to Southern Europe on rising anti-sabotage tide

Seacom strives for greater resilience, the FT uncovers extent of Russia's subsea sabotage capabilities and preparation, while Japan moves to secure subsea sovereignty

CityFibre CEO calls for urgent consolidation to challenge BT

After announcing a £2 billion funding deal in June, the UK altnet naturally wants to be a consolidator, not consolidated

EMEA’s mobile operators diverge on mobile data growth – Tefficient

Nordic and Baltic operators are pulling away from their European peers with data usage exceeding 50GB per month

The winners of Mobile Europe’s CTO of the Year Awards 2025 are…

Ayman Amiri of Orange Egypt won the Gamechanger Award and Jorge Méndez Prieto of Spain's Onivia is our Trailblazer of the Year – congratulations to them and all those shortlisted

Lynk seeks FCC approval for S-Band trial in South Africa

CEO Ramu Potarazu has also been sharing his views on life after SPAC and LEO market consolidation

Indus Towers charts international debut with Africa move

The plan is to utilise Airtel Africa's presence in 15 markets so it can diversify its revenue streams, but operations in places like Nigeria can be challenging

Serbia kicks off landmark 5G spectrum auction

There doesn’t seem to be any specific rules on infrastructure sharing, apart from current provisions which say operators must negotiate with others

Nokia launches 5G-based mobile broadband radio for railways

The vendor adds this to its core railway solution but Europe’s GSM-R phase-out is still crawling along

Mobile RAN market stabilises and 5G core surges

Dell’Oro data reveals stabilising conditions across key segments, with EMEA contributing to positive momentum

Smartphones are now half of mobile connections across Africa

Canalys said the continent is led by Egyptian growth and a turnaround in Nigeria but Algeria and Morocco saw reversals

UK broadband stalls as full fibre growth offsets wider decline

Total broadband connections slipped to 28.91 million, with full fibre driving limited growth through Openreach and CityFibre as overall market saturation threatens

Turkey sets minimum $2.3 billion for 5G auction 

The tender will open up 11 frequency packages across the 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz band

ESCA and IMCA warn the EU to mind the cable repair gap

The industry groups issue a joint statement to warn Europe that ageing fleets, regulatory delays and skills shortages could cripple repair efforts when subsea cable resilience is most needed

Ooredoo opens Salalah data centre and cable landing station

With its new Salalah data centre and cable landing station, Ooredoo is betting on geographic diversification
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