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Telefonica rings boardroom changes to gain full complement

stc's Olayan Alwetaid and Ana María Sala join board of directors, with Carlos Ocaña as new vice-chairman, bringing the board back to 15 members with 40% women

Telefónica exits Argentina with €1.2bn while Murtra plans for Europe

Argentina's President Milei slams Spanish operator group's sale of Argentinian opco while Telefónica's new Chair talks about building European resilience in uncertain times

Telia sells TV business to Schibsted Media for €588m

Globally, operators are reviewing their presence in TV markets as growth slows – a new report suggests a pivot to mid-size B2B services could pay dividends

Telefonica Group accelerates exit from Latin America

Less than a month after the Spanish government replaced the group CEO, there's activity on many fronts in South America

Poste Italiane to acquire 10% stake in TIM from state bank

IItalian government shuffles share holdings as TIM edges closer to bagging Postepay’s infrastructure to consolidate Italy’s domestic communications network

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

Iliad to invest €3bn in AI infrastructure, launches AI assistant

Busy week for the French telecoms group as it is also talking to Italian government about a possible tie up with Telecom Italia

Shake-up at Tele2 continues with more changes to leadership team

Swedish operator appoints Petr Cermak as Chief Commercial Officer, CFO exits and group prepares to cut staff by 15%

BT sells Irish unit as retrenchment continues

BT Business is retaining a presence in its mission to provide "secure multi-cloud connectivity to large organisations globally and in Ireland"

Analyse this: telcos’ opex from 2016-2023

MTN Consulting took a deep dive, analysing 32 telcos' spending on operations from around the globe

Has Vodafone turned the corner?

Germany, the operator's largest European market, is still cause for concern

Martin Ajdari appointed head of French regulator Arcom

This career civil servant takes up the mantle for audiovisual and digital communications

Kirkby drafts in former lieutenant to take charge of BT Business

Carlos Slim reduces stake in operator as BT Group reports falling sales, except in Consumer services, but better margins

Connect Europe signals a crossroad for connectivity 

The former ETNO says that for the first time in seven years, total telecom investment in Europe has declined by 2%, from €59.1bn in 2022 to €57.9bn in 2023

China’s DeepSeek LLM appears to rival US models at a fraction of the cost

NVIDIA stock drops $600bn among fears that Big Tech's AI bubble is about to pop