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Smartphone shipments stutter as tariff impacts loom

5G & Beyond
The tech sector shock looks set to rumble on as supply chains realign and European companies rethink cloud suppliers
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NVIDIA’s CEO accepts invitation to Beijing after billion dollar losses

Financial/Regulation
The fallout from weaponising tariffs and trade restrictions is a series of unexpected consequences, which don't look likely to benefit the US ultimately
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NorthC acquires six Colt data centres in Germany and the Netherlands

Cloud/NFV
The transaction includes data centres in key metropolitan regions including Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf and Amsterdam
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German watchdog’s initial legal findings uphold 1&1 complaints against Vodafone

Financial/Regulation
Vodafone, Vodafone Germany and Vantage Towers are accused of deliberately obstructing the progress of market entrant 1&1, failing to comply with contracted obligations
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Telefónica’s new chair lays out ambitions as DT’s CEO celebrates success

Financial/Regulation
The Spanish group's new boss Marc Murtra talks up scale and being a European champion as the German group's leader announces record results and dividends
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S Africa 2024 revenues reach €12.8bn – affordability and accessibility still issues

Financial/Regulation
According to the regulator Icasa's annual report, mobile data services grew 10% year on year and fixed internet income rose 15% – social media was key driver
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Brussels outpaces Britain on 5G – but better policy could fix it

5G & Beyond
Britain has learned that 5G networks don't run on ambition alone and its time to change the current rollout model
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Raxio secures $100m to expand African data centres

Cloud/NFV
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) loan will help to operator expand its footprint in sub-Saharan Africa
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Iliad completes hyperscale deal with InfraVia

Cloud/NFV
Europe now has a new sovereign “made in Europe” competitor to the US hyperscalers
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FT says MasOrange’s private equity backers considering a 2026 IPO

Financial/Regulation
Separately, MasOrange's fibre JV with Vodafone Spain is seeking an investor
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Vivendi sells 15% stake in TIM to Post Italiane for just €684m

Financial/Regulation
French media conglomerate sells most of its remaining stake to state-backed Poste – a fraction of the €4bn it invested in TIM over an eight year period
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Nokia to upgrade VIL’s 4G network, support 5G deployment

5G & Beyond
Finnish vendor also signs patent agreement with Amazon for video technologies, ending all pertinent litigation in all territories
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Brussels expands probe into alleged bribery of MEPs and staff by Huawei

Financial/Regulation
Lobbyists, MEPs and European parliamentary assistants are under investigation by Belgian authorities for allegedly accepting gifts in exchange for promoting the vendor's interests
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Arcep sees first evidence of EU Digital Markets Act working

5G & Beyond
Despite the plaintive cries from big tech, the French regulator reports that users are seeing browser choices on handsets
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Telenor and Jotta merge their cloud storage businesses

Cloud/NFV
Data sovereignty in Europe is inevitably going to get redefined in the current geopolitical climate
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