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    Bitkom and VATM produce base station power guide for grid firms

    The two German associations have identified power connections as a bottleneck for operators trying to meet Federal Network Agency’s (BNetzA) spectrum obligations

    Free freezes two mobile plans until 2027

    The operator continues to innovate on price as Orange’s 5G upgrade offer sees median speeds still growing in France

    Bartolo named as CEO of Ericsson’s telco API venture

    The venture also gets a new name, Aduna, to signify its many members acting as one – in theory

    Virgin Mobile launches pay-as-you-use plans in Saudi Arabia

    The Switch Postpaid Plans allows customers to pay only for the data they consume – automatically

    AI-RAN Alliance publishes white paper to outline mission and vision

    Read all about it – from radio optimisation to alignment with 6G

    Telia first with nationwide 5G across Norway

    Operator says it now covers almost 99% of the population and paves the way to new use cases and the goal of being the world's most digitalised country by 2030

    EOLO to deploy Europe’s first 5G SA mmWave network, in Italy

    New infrastructure, supplied by Nokia, is part of drive to connect underserved communities, including fixed wireless access

    SFR launches standard and bespoke slicing for French enterprises

    Slice Enterprise and Slice More further the cause of differentiated connectivity, and complete SFR's trio of 5G 'firsts'

    Romanian operators hit voice coverage targets

    Regulator ANCOM updates mobile coverage monitoring platform with more granular results and new features

    AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone sign long-term deal

    The long-term partners entered into a definitive long-term commercial agreement through 2034

    Berg estimates private LTE/5G market will reach $8.9bn in 2029

    There were 4,700 such network deployments, and a market value of $1.8 billion, in 2024; a 38% CAGR is expected over the next five years

    Ericsson aims to simplify move to cloud native with Compact Packet Core

    The 'footprint-optimised' solution designed to make upgrading telcos’ packet cores to cloud native 'easy' for 4G and 5G

    Spain, UK step up efforts to harness quantum tech

    Viasat and Vodafone join state-backed initiative in UK; Telefónica Germany, Telefónica Tech and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid join forces with AWS in Spain

    UAE tops Global Digital Powerhouse list, with Finland close second

    New research ranks the world's most connected countries: Italy is the only European country in the bottom 10

    DT, Skylo and Qualcomm text to and from smartphone via GEO satellite

    An interesting development given that direct-to-device comms are usually associated with low-Earth orbit satellites