Fourteen Democratic US state attorneys general are striving to block the acquisition through the courts arguing it will lead to less competition and higher prices.

Orange has agreed a €700 million loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB), the long-term lending institution of the European Union owned by its Member States.

Dutch telco KPN plans to connect 320,000 households in Amsterdam with fibre to the home (FTTH), starting early next year.

The operator will use Huawei equipment in the core of its 5G network in Spain and is set to confirm a second supplier next year.

Telecom Italia (TIM) and Open Fiber have crossed swords amid ongoing talks about them joining forces to create a single fibre network for Italy.

AWS Wavelength is a new 5G edge computing service, while Outposts brings AWS – hybrid cloud – into customers’ data centres.

Deutsche Telekom has frozen all 5G deals with vendors, awaiting a decision about the use of Huawei in its networks, according to Reuters.

The operator will set up towercos in 2020, cut telecom costs by €1bn, focus on infrastructure and B2B services, and could spin off MEA properties.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested the UK might ban Huawei from 5G networks to avoid jeopardising the intelligence-sharing alliance between the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

Telefónica and Spanish state broadcaster RTVE have trialled the use of edge computing to replace TV trucks.

Gartner predicts that personalisation will fail to make return on investment (ROI) due to customers' growing reluctance to share data, poor data management or both.

CenturyLink has built new metro networks in Madrid (pictured), Spain and Marseille, France. The firm also connected 90 more data centres to its network in six markets.

The Intelligent Automated Network (IAN) will connect more than 125,000 Mars Inc.' associates across more than 80 countries.

Nokia is installing a mission-critical IP/MPLS network to digitalise and automate the management of the Finnish power grid.