European Union
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The EU has signed off on IRIS², a multi-orbital constellation of 290 satellites aimed at taking on Elon Musk’s Starlink. -
The European Commission will carry out unannounced inspections of companies constructing data centres as part of a potential antitrust investigation.
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Ericsson has joined Spotify, Meta, and SAP in calling out the EU AI Act, warning the “fragmented” regulation would hinder AI opportunities on the continent.
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The European Commission has reportedly produced a proposal which suggests that Europe should start to build or upgrade its subsea cables with the support of state aid if necessary.
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Only last week, 150 executives from a range of businesses including tech, telecoms and manufacturing have signed an open letter to the European Union asking it to rethink its upcoming artificial Intelligence (AI) Act.
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Wednesday saw the European Parliament approve the artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, making it one of the first regions to implement AI specific legislation at this level.
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Astrocast is participating in the European Union (EU)-funded XGain initiative.
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Four European telcos are to form a joint venture to build their own digital marketing technology platform.
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The European Union’s digital and competition commissioner has set out her goal for a “single European telecoms market” as what she calls “the only way to create the conditions to guarantee a return on investment”.
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The European Commission signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a €40 million EU grant to support the Medusa subsea cable project.
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Online platforms in the European Union have until three months today to report their number of users.
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The European Union needs to double its number of IT specialists and companies need to triple their use of cloud in order to meet targets.
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Telecom Egypt has borrowed €150 million to expand its 4G network across the country.
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The European Commission wants to give data users the power to control their own personal or corporate data and to switch between cloud providers.
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The European Union is moving ahead on its controversial plans to create a quantum-secure satellite system that will compete with Amazon’s Kuiper, OneWeb, SpaceX’s Starlink and others.
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The European Union has imposed tariffs on fibre cables imported from China in a bid to tackle artificially low prices.
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Luxembourg is to build a satellite-based quantum key distribution network in association with its local satellite company, SES.
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The EU has granted unconditional antitrust clearance for US chip manufacturer Analog Devices (ADI) to acquire Maxim.
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