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10 recommendations for operators to move AN forward with AI

Automation/AI 28 April 2026

Here are some ways that telcos should be preparing for a future that has everything to play for but is likely to be expensive and demanding to conquer – and some issues to bear in mind

Germany’s largest altnet offered funding as it struggles with €7bn debt

Access 21 April 2026

Canadian pension fund Omers and private equity group EQT have jointly offered another €5 billion – they are already investors in the altnet

OpenAI pulls out of Norway deal with Microsoft as substitute

Financial/Regulation 16 April 2026

Just days after 'pausing' Stargate in the UK, OpenAI buys a podcast to better explain its thinking while CNBC notes the AIco is tempering spending plans as a potential IPO looms

Lidl to launch no-frill plans in up to 30 countries as MVNO sector heats up

Access 14 April 2026

Walmart Bait has 26m customers in Mexico, fintechs are invading the UK and US Mobile dynamically switches between the main mobile networks, bundles Starlink for home broadband

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Beyond AIOps: How knowledge-driven agentic AI enables autonomous network operations

BSS/OSS/CX 13 April 2026

Partner video: Finbarr Travers of Vitria talks to STL Partners’ Amy Cameron about the shift in telecoms from traditional monitoring and event correlation to autonomous networks

UK extends law designed to make it easier to acquire and operate basestation sites

Financial/Regulation 8 April 2026

Legislation introduced in 2017 has led to a surge in disputes and delays with landowners; expanding it to include 15,000 more sites looks unlikely to improve matters

More proof regulation is failing: European AI ‘is a rounding error’

Automation/AI 7 April 2026

Richard Windsor: The time for the EU to rethink the rules is running out…regulators need to rip up their nascent rules which are causing delays and start again

4 IoT botnets generated attack traffic exceeding 30Tbps

Insights 30 March 2026

The US, Canada and Germany took them down – they were almost exclusively spread through connected consumer devices like routers, smart TVs – but the next wave is already forming

NGMN issues guidance on agentic AI operating models for ANOps

Automation/AI 26 March 2026

Publication outlines how mobile operators can adopt AI-based operating models for increasingly autonomous network operations The Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance (NGMN) has published guidance...

Turkcell secures €1bn to roll out 5G

Financial/Regulation 24 March 2026

The Murabaha financing agreement is with 14 banks as Türkiye's three major mobile operators – Turkcell, Turk Telekom, and Vodafone – prepare to launch 5G on 1 April

45% of homes in Europe passed by FTTH do not subscribe to fibre

Access 23 March 2026

Monetising the infrastructure remains the most serious challenge faced by those building and selling fibre broadband, although the FTTH/B take-up rate has reached 54.4%

Telia and Brookfield partner to boost sovereignty in Sweden, Europe

Security 16 March 2026

It builds on Brookfield’s plans, announced in 2025, to invest up to €8.78bn in Swedish AI infrastructure

Altnets a force in GB broadband, despite debt and consolidation

Access 16 March 2026

Research by Point Topic finds altnets match established broadband brands' growth in full fibre connections, beat them on customer service and are eating into their market share

Ericsson leads 6G consortium in 3-year, €5.4m project to boost sovereignty

5G & Beyond 12 March 2026

Partners in this public-private research are investigating 6G for industrial applications and to develop close integration of network and IT with the applications

VMO2 ‘in talks with VodafoneThree’, CEO ‘surprised’ by reaction to hiking prices

Financial/Regulation 10 March 2026

Virgin Media O2 is all over the headlines – are yet more changes on the way?

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10 recommendations for operators to move AN forward with AI

Germany’s largest altnet offered funding as it struggles with €7bn debt

OpenAI pulls out of Norway deal with Microsoft as substitute

Lidl to launch no-frill plans in up to 30 countries as MVNO sector heats up

Beyond AIOps: How knowledge-driven agentic AI enables autonomous network operations

UK extends law designed to make it easier to acquire and operate basestation sites

More proof regulation is failing: European AI ‘is a rounding error’

4 IoT botnets generated attack traffic exceeding 30Tbps

NGMN issues guidance on agentic AI operating models for ANOps

Turkcell secures €1bn to roll out 5G

45% of homes in Europe passed by FTTH do not subscribe to fibre

Telia and Brookfield partner to boost sovereignty in Sweden, Europe

Altnets a force in GB broadband, despite debt and consolidation

Ericsson leads 6G consortium in 3-year, €5.4m project to boost sovereignty

VMO2 ‘in talks with VodafoneThree’, CEO ‘surprised’ by reaction to hiking prices

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