European incumbents push on with OpenRAN rollout
Two of Europe’s biggest telecoms players have announced new initiatives to scale up their early moves into OpenRAN.
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Eurobites: Poland’s Nexera bags €73 million EU loan for fiber rollout
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Virgin Media O2 grows its gigabit network, recruits field engineers; Spain’s La Liga may stream itself; Telefónica combines with STC on cybersecurity.
Eurobites: Musk sets up Isle of Man beachhead for UK broadband assault
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: UK government updates on Project Gigabit; Telecom Italia makes quantum leap; O2 turns on 5G street light in Frankfurt.
Eurobites: Xavier Niel bids €3.1 billion to take Iliad private
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Proximus earnings slip in Q2; Sparkle teams up with Google on subsea links; Orange sets targets.
Eurobites: Pain in Spain punches hole in Orange’s Q1
Also in today’s EMEA regional results-fest round-up: Telefónica’s Q2 boosted by Virgin Media O2 merger and Telxius deal; BT’s fiscal Q1 dented by corporate and public sector struggles; Cellnex puts in a towering performance in H1.
Eurobites: KPN turns a corner in Q2
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: T-Systems heads deeper into the Google Cloud; customer satisfaction (or not) in France; Telefónica Tech takes up with CrowdStrike.
Eurobites: Telefónica moves further into data analytics
Also in today’s EMEA regional round-up: Telecom Italia prepares for DAZN probe; Nokia gets into testbeds with Greece’s 5G Ventures; Virgin Media O2 sets up ‘national databank’ for the barely connected.
Spain nets €1 billion in lacklustre 700 MHz sale
Spain has finally auctioned off spectrum in the 700 MHz band, but bidding was lacklustre at best, with the final total only just exceeding the reserve price.
Telefonica creates another fibre JV, this time in Colombia
Telefonica is spinning off its fibre business in Colombia and has agreed to sell a majority stake to KKR, lopping US$200 million off its debt pile in the process.
Telefónica, Telia, Globe indulge in some 5G back-slapping
There are all manner of metrics that telcos cite when crowing about their 5G milestones, and these last few days have seen some top-notch braggadocio.
Telefonica CEO kicks off MWC 2021 with call to AI
It wouldn’t be Mobile World Congress if the opening keynote session did not feature at least one high-profile telecoms executive seeking to reshape the regulatory landscape.
Telefonica’s latest asset sale makes for interesting reading
News of new asset sales from Telefonica seems to break pretty regularly and this week is no exception.
Telefonica lops €4 billion from debt as towers deals close
Telefonica has lopped the best part of €4 billion from its debt pile in the space of a couple of days by closing the sale of towers in Europe and Latin America.
Spain to auction 700 MHz for 5G, with sweetened conditions
The Spanish government has announced it will auction the 700 MHz by mid-July for the deployment of 5G networks in the country, and has improved commercial terms to encourage bids.
European operators play the green card with smartphones
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, Telia, and Vodafone jointly start Eco Rating labelling scheme to score how sustainable mobile phones are, aiming to encourage device makers and device buyers to be more environmentally minded.
Telefonica, 1&1 Drillisch finalise Germany roaming deal
Telefonica and 1&1 Drillisch appear to have finally made friends in Germany, sorting out the finer details of a deal that should end their dispute on the cost of national roaming.
Telefónica wants €100 million-plus for logistics business
Telefónica is pushing ahead with debt-reduction efforts and this time it is logistics business Zeleris that is up for grabs.
Telefónica generates cash in Q1, but spends it on spectrum
Telefónica’s first quarter results were all about flat earnings, cash generation and debt-reduction, which is as good a performance as the Spanish telco could have hoped for.
O2 to launch standalone 5G in Germany this summer
Telefónica’s German operation has taken its first steps in carrier aggregation for 5G and expects hat to lead to the launch of standalone 5G this summer.
Telefónica hedges its bets on data centres
Telefónica has brokered a deal that will see it offload four more data centres but pick up a stake in the company acquiring them.
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