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Vodafone claims UK breakthrough with network slicing

The tech was used to give rugby fans a glimpse of the future of sports broadcasting at the Wales-Ireland match, part of the Mens Six Nations tournament

CSG, Infovista deliver real-time insights to telcos

We talk to Infovista’s Thibaut Becherel about how the two product lines will be integrated to deliver the seamless experience operators want

DT uses drone as flying base station for Ski coverage

While having favourable weather conditions was key, this type of base station will offer new coverage scenarios in emergencies or disasters

Europe’s smartphone market grew 5% in 2024 

This is good and bad news for operators who must invest ever more in mobile network capacity if more capable handsets consume even more data

Orange Egypt signs €284m wholesale fibre deals with Telecom Egypt

The deal will help Orange Egypt roll out 5G in the country and the operator believes the commercial terms were improved in the process

T-Mobile turns to Red Hat for telco cloud across core and ‘far edge’

Vendor says with OpenShift Platform Plus, T-Mobile can automate operations, support cloud-native 5G applications and "unlock new opportunities" in edge, private networks and IoT

Mobile core market slips into decline – Dell’Oro

The fall comes despite Europe seeing some action on carriers like Telefónica replacing their Huawei 5G cores

Batelco launches fixed-mobile One Plan bundle

Beyon’s rebranding of Batelco to diversify into offers like finance now sees a converged fixed mobile bundle hit the market

Release 18: 5G Standalone comes of age

Partner content: A look into why this release is so important and some of the big-ticket items you need to know about

Regulator says Digi Spain grabbed 75% of broadband adds 

Given Digi’s last 9-month net profit soared to €397.1m, hopes are high for the operator to post solid full-year results later this month

Europe’s 5G tariffs continue to offer better value for money than 4G

Point Topic’s latest report reveals that unlike most other goods,  the average residential 5G tariff in Europe was $50.11, down from $52.22 recorded in Q3 2024

Government-backed Digital Catapult joins UK’s national 6G research platform

The Joint Open Infrastructure for Networks Research (JOINER) platform is led by the University of Bristol's Smart Internet Lab whose future networks mission includes 6G

Tunisia to launch 5G services by mid-February

Tunisie Télécom, Ooredoo Tunisie and Orange Tunisie have fulfilled all the technical and administrative requirements and will start marketing around Valentine’s day

Orange France to upgrade 5G radio infra with Nokia’s AirScale portfolio

The French operator is also to trial Nokia's Cloud RAN solution

ETSI launches new 6G multi-access technique group

Europe’s standardisation efforts for 6G are gaining momentum
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