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    Acquisition of Vodafone Spain to Zegona gets green light from country’s regulator

    Financial/Regulation
    The sale is expected to complete at the end of May 2024
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    Vodafone’s annual profits up 2%, CEO says recovery on track

    Financial/Regulation
    Is progress fast enough to keep investors happy with dividend halved from next year?
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    UK’s CityFibre acquires Lit Fibre to extend footprint, explore ISP possibilities

    Access
    Lit is a vertically integrated altnet – both a network builder and ISP with a footprint of over 220,000 premises across more than 20 towns
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    German regulator imposes new conditions on spectrum extensions 

    5G & Beyond
    BNetzA’s consultation shows it has listened to newcomer 1&1’s complaints around extending existing frequency usage rights for Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefónica
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    Microsoft and Amazon to invest billions in cloud, AI in France 

    Automation/AI
    Hyperscalers commit to splash the cash on cloud and AI infrastructure at the annual “Choose France” summit
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    Avanti Communications launches LEO services in South Africa

    Satellite
    This bolsters the firm’s multi-orbit capabilities and is a step towards the ambition of making Africa its primary market by 2027
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    Starlink could reach $6.6bn revenue this year – Quilty Space 

    Satellite
    Analysts bullish on Starlink’s revenue levels but the company’s cash burn is still a mystery
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    Airtel Africa to IPO mobile money unit in 2025 

    Financial/Regulation
    The telco's most profitable subsidiary, Airtel Money, will be listed either in the UAE, the UK, Europe or somewhere else...
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    Government gives security green light to Three UK, Vodafone merger

    Financial/Regulation
    This comes with some conditions – and it is still unclear whether the merger will be permitted by the Competition and Markets Authority
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    Cameroon and Angola connect their cross-border networks to subsea cables 

    Middle East & Africa
    Camtel and Angola Cables act on their agreement to develop business opportunities in West Africa and the Atlantic region
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    UK fibre overbuild now reaches 7 million premises 

    Access
    As BT’s Openreach accelerates its FTTP to 946k homes in Q1, fixed broadband overbuild in the UK is almost getting like Spain
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    Government plans to stop cryptocurrency mining in Norway

    Cloud/NFV
    Ministers believe crypto-mining is not socially beneficial, regulated or green – and this is the first such step by a government in Europe
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    IoTco Pairpoint and Sensos run pilot to address supply chain fraud

    Digital Platforms & APIs
    Pairpoint is a global platform for the “Economy of Things (EoT)”, owned by Vodafone and Sumitomo – supply chain fraud is a growing problem
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    Telefonica Germany moving 5G subscribers onto AWS-based core this month

    Cloud/NFV
    It is the first time an established mobile operator has moved its core network to the public cloud – and a breakthrough for AWS in Europe
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    Evidence grows that consumers are warming to AI in their handsets 

    5G & Beyond
    ‘AI-less’ Apple still holding its own as consumers warm to AI hype, but for how long?
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