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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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Xavier Niel boosts Eir ownership to over 70 percent

Financial/Regulation
As US hedge fund Davidson Kempner exits, Niel is making good his promise of owning Irish incumbent Eir shares until the day he dies
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Liberty Global looking to buy Vodafone out of Netherlands JV for more than €2bn

Financial/Regulation
Liberty Global's CEO Mike Fries reportedly said it was "inevitable" that there would be discussions about the future of VodafoneZiggo
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EQT acquires Crown Castle’s small cells business for $4.25bn

5G & Beyond
The deal by the Swedish asset owner bags 115,000 small cells on air or under contract spread across 43 US states
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Qualcomm acquires Edge Impulse to beef up edge AI 

5G & Beyond
Qualcomm said the deal enables more than 170,000 developers to create, deploy and monitor AI models for edge applications and hardware
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Microsoft invests extra €254m in South African cloud infrastructure

Automation/AI
The investment comes at a time when the market is awash with speculation on just how many billions Microsoft may have wound back on global data centre commitments
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Telefonica rings boardroom changes to gain full complement

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

Financial/Regulation
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
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Telia sells TV business to Schibsted Media for €588m

Cloud/NFV
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
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Telefonica Group accelerates exit from Latin America

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