Europe

The government of Guinea-Bissau has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the World Bank, Orange and MTN for a $47 million project to link the country to the African Coast to Europe (ACE) subsea cable.

Flavio Cattaneo has agreed compensation of €25 million in return for his resignation as CEO of TIM, despite the fact that many elements in the company did not want him to go.

Stockholm Internet eXchange (STHIX) has chosen Coriant’s Groove G30 Network Disaggregation platform to enhance its metro network to support the rapidly growing traffic demands of its end-user ISP customers and over 100 connected networks.

The biggest shareholder in Telecom Italia wants to put Amos Genish, former CEO of Telefônica Brasil, in as managing director of the Italian operator, which trades as TIM.

With a number of global telecoms operators planning to switch off 2G networks in the near future, Vodafone has said it will not turn off its GSM network in Europe until 2025 at the earliest.

Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao has slammed Reliance Jio claims that established operators in India have generated over $15 billion due to inflated prices.

KPN has lost its appeal again the Netherlands telecoms regulator’s decision that it should continue to offer wholesale access to its networks.

The European Union has signed a declaration that will see member states combine resources in order to facilitate the deployment of 5G services across the continent.

Hurricane Electric has further expanded its global IP backbone by deploying its first point of presence (PoP) in Croatia at the SRCE Zagreb data centre.

Intelsat has announced a restructure of its leadership team and three new appointments to head up broadband, mobility and media services segments at the satellite company.

Global cloud and network provider Interoute has today announced a partnership with Montran Corporation and HWG to give companies the ability to securely deploy financial systems in the cloud.

Resello has selected Interxion as its data centre partner for its pan-European Microsoft Azure Stack deployment.

European mobile operators have upped pressure on Brussels to end resistance to longer spectrum licences by saying a failure to do so could discourage investment.

In an appointment Exponential-e says “heralds ambitious growth plans”, experienced financial executive Henry Pepperall has been named as its new chief financial officer.

Over the last few months, ECI Telecom has continued to deploy its Apollo 400G solution, enabling customers to provide faster connectivity and meet growing market demand.