Europe
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GlobalNet has confirmed another expansion into Central Europe with the launch of a new point-of-presence (PoP) in Warsaw.
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Grid Telecom and Quadrivium are teaming up to create a new cable landing station (CLS) in Chania, on the northern coast of Crete.
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Samsung and O2 Telefónica have launched their first virtualised RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN commercial site in Germany.
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For the next Data Centre of the Month, Capacity looks at Datacenter Mutualisé Lorrain (DCML), a shared data centre built for a hospital, a university, and a regional government – and a successful example of ‘micro-colocation’.
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Nokia and Vodafone have successfully completed an end-to end Open RAN trial on Vodafone Italy’s live 5G standalone (SA) network.
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Future investments into Ukrainian telecoms infrastructure are expected to be both “heavy” and “indispensable” for the country, given the essential nature of Kyivstar’s services, a spokesperson for the company told Capacity.
Forthcoming events
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Telecom Italia (TIM) CEO Pietro Labriola is nearing a second term at the operator after a shareholder vote that is set to be held today.
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Turkey’s national regulator, the Information Technologies and Communication Authority (BTK) is reportedly planning to implement bandwidth restrictions on Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).
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Telecom Italia would be left with US$7 billion in cash after repaying its debts if it sold its Brazilian unit and its domestic consumer business according to activity investor Merlyn Partners.
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Data centre specialist LCL will invest €30 million in a fifth data centre in Diegem, Belgium.
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The GSMA and leading European mobile operators confirm the launch of ‘Connecting Europe to 2030: A Mobile Industry Manifesto for Europe’.
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Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) has been awarded the contract to implement the new Anel CAM subsea project in Portugal.
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For the second Data Centre of the Month, we head north to Iceland – and north again from Reykjavik to Akureyri, where atNorth opened its 12MW ICE03 facility in 2023.
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Phoenix Tower International (PTI) and Cellnex Telecom have reached an agreement by which PTI will acquire 100% of Cellnex’s business in Ireland for €971 million.
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AtlasEdge has completed the acquisition of a new data centre facility in Vienna, marking its entry into the Austrian market.
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French operator Bouygues Telecom has signed an exclusive agreement with La Poste group for 100% of its subsidiary La Poste Telecom, the largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in the French market.
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Vodafone Turkey and Edgenex Datacentres by DAMAC are collaborating to establish a new data centre facility in Izmir Turkey.
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Microsoft is set to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in Spain, with an investment of US$2.1 billion over the next two years.
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Vodafone confirms plans to build new Open Radio Access Network (RAN) sites in 20 cities across Romania.
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Comarch has been awarded one of the first permits to use dedicated 4 to 4.1GHz radio frequencies for private 5G networks in Poland.
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Veon and its subsidiary Kyivstar confirm the implementation of its US$600 million investment in rebuilding Ukraine, as first announced in June 2023.
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Exa Infrastructure has announced significant investments into its networks connecting Sicily to mainland Italy, including upgrades to the Janna cable system and the addition of a submarine route connecting Palermo to Genoa.
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The never-ending story of TIM selling its fixed network to KKR took yet another twist yesterday, as the Italian Government made a bid for 100% of TIM’s infrastructure and connectivity business, Sparkle.
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Historic England, the executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has been asked to list a 70-year-old structure and equipment in Greenwich that enabled the first-ever transatlantic telephone calls.
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KKR’s massive bid to acquire Telecom Italia’s (TIM) fixed line network for as much as €22 billion has been cleared by the Italian Government, but unhappy shareholder Vivendi could still hold up proceedings.
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Orange has signed an agreement with the Romanian government to form a single, combined mobile operator.
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Romanian media outlet Ziarul Financiar, has reported that a merger between Orange and the former state controlled telecom company Telekom Romania has been given the green light by the Romanian Government.
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The Spanish government is set to take a 10% stake in Telefónica to counteract the large investment of stc in the company.
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The iliad Group has submitted a proposal to Vodafone Group for the merger of iliad’s and Vodafone’s Italian businesses with the creation of a new entity (NewCo).
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Veon subsidiary Kyivstar has started restoring voice services on its mobile network following a widespread cyber-attack on Tuesday.
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atNorth has confirmed plans to further expand its network footprint into Finland with a new mega site planned on a 21-hectare plot, in Kouvola.
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Union says that by 2026 Telefonica will reduce its workforce in Spain by 5100
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Bloomberg sources have said Spanish operators Orange and MasMovil will sell assets to Romanian operator Digi to push through their €18.7 billion merger.
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Telecom Italia’s (TIM) CEO Pietro Labriola is to propose to directors to seek further improvements of multi-billion-dollar bids for the company’s landline grid, source from Reuters say.
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RETN confirms the launch of its latest network connectivity route from Padua to Vienna in northern Italy.
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Telefonica is launching a bid to buy 28.19% of Telefonica Deutschland in a bid worth around €2 billion or €2.35 per share.
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As the Russia-Ukraine war rages on, Oleksandr Komarov, CEO of Kyivstar met with Capacity earlier this year to discuss the network rebuild and the battle to keep the country connected.
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Samuel Buttarelli, vice president sales and business development for EMEA and APAC at CommScope tells Capacity how increased connectivity is revolutionising live sports
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Blackstone backed Phoenix Tower International (PTI) has signed a deal with Novec BV, the largest independent telecommunications infrastructure provider in the Netherlands, to acquire its German subsidiary, Novec Gmbh.
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Veon has completed its exit from Russian market with the sale of its business in the country to senior members of the Vimpelcom management team led by CEO Aleksander Torbakhov.
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Vertiv has established a new legal entity in Norway and has strengthens its partnership with colocation provider Green Mountain as it looks to scale across Northern Europe.
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The Netherlands has delayed its 5G spectrum auction yet again, much to the frustration of local telecoms firms.
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Yolanda Diaz, Spains labour minister and second deputy prime minister has spoken out against the sale of a 9.9% stake in Spanish multi-national operator Telefonica.
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A Ukrainian official has slammed Elon Musk after claims emerged that the SpaceX owner ordered engineers to switch off Starlink satellites near Crimea to prevent a Ukrainian offensive on Russia.
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Ericsson has teamed with Danish infrastructure provider TDC NET to switch on the country’s first 5G standalone (SA) network.
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Starlink services were cut off by Musk during a planned drone strike, sparking fury from Ukrainian generals
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French police should be able to spy on suspects by activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed on Wednesday, July 5.
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Capacity caught up with Oleksandr Komarov, CEO of Kyivstar for an update on its operations in Ukraine.
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Veon has announced plans to invest the equivalent of US$600 million in the recovery of Ukraine over the next three years, all through its subsidiary Kyivstar.
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Exa Infrastructure has acquired Univerzalne Telekomunikacije d.o.o (Unitel), a Croatian infrastructure services provider.
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The latest DE-CIX internet exchange (IX) is now ready for service in Helsinki, Finland.
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Nokia has successfully trialled its Cloud RAN solution on A1 Group’s (A1) commercial 5G network in Bulgaria.
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Turning around results in Germany should Vodafone’s leading priority, but there is also much work to do to arrest perennial struggles in Spain and Italy, according to Kester Mann, director of consumer and connectivity at CCS Insight.
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KIO Networks has unveiled a new Tier IV data centre, located in the Valencian Community, an autonomous community of Spain.