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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

Vodafone chooses Spirent to automate 5G Core voice network testing

The two reckon jointly developed testing platform helps speed up widespread deployment of multiple vendor 5G software releases from months to days

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

National regulators back EU over X as DSA enters enforcement phase

The EU’s first-ever punishment under the Digital Services Act (DSA) has drawn clear support from national regulators, signalling coordinated enforcement across the bloc

Scaleway rolls out Europe’s first Nvidia Blackwell Ultra

The cloud provider has also expanded its sovereign AI stack, CPU options, quantum capabilities and cloud footprint across multiple new European Availability Zones

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

United Group posts solid numbers as leadership dispute fades

Organic growth in key EU markets helps the telco group put its leadership and governance issues in the rear view mirror for now

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

1&1 consolidates infrastructure with €1.3bn Versatel acquisition

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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