American Tower Corporation Europe recruits partner to help it swallow the €7.7 billion acquisition of Telefonica's towers.

Vehicle leasing giant ALD Automotive wants to improve safety, and reduce cost and emissions, starting this year.

It will also reduce in CO2, water usage and e-waste, according to a joint new study.

European operators have varied approaches to the use of 2G and its longevity.

SNCB has signed up the operator for a further eight years, with an eye on imminent 5G deployment.

Javier Torre de Silva, Global Telecoms Lead at law firm CMS, talked to Annie Turner about what’s next for Europe’s telcos.

Juniper Research cites support of device makers like Apple and Google for the expected jump from 1.2 billion this year to 3.4 billion in 2025.

The operator says it is unifying its IoT offering across the Nordics and internationally with a new operating model.

Telefónica Tech teamed up with Fibocom and aitos.io to develop the first 5G blockchain IoT module that natively records device info.

The operator is offering 5G to companies in the area around the port.

Orange Polska will build a second campus network in Poland after its success with the  Łódź Special Economic Zone, operating in the 3.6 GHz target 5G band.

The deal covers the roll out new 450 MHz LTE infrastructure for mass volume IoT and mission-critical data coverage.

Trusted Connectivity Alliance says growth was driven by new handset models, IoT devices and smartwatches.

Deutsche Telekom IoT became a separate entity on 1 July last year.

Actility claims its ThingPark Exchange platform is the first global LoRaWAN peering hub.

The international carrier claims to be one of the first with this kind of 5G turnkey solution.

This is according to a new report carried out by Omdia: SMEs make up that 99%.

The two have agreed a five-year strategic contract to modernise its Business Support Systems (BSS).

US satellite company Ligado Networks plans to use the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) for private 5G nets.

It will rely on the public platform to process billions of messages monthly and to develop new services.