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Sparkle chooses Oceanic Environmental Cables to recycle subsea cables

The Mediterranean has several decommissioned subsea cables and TIM’s international division has decided to do something about it

Colt expands NaaS’ reach, adding 130,000+ new European locations

The new locations are served by Colt's dedicated fibre infra in the UK, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland

Hrvatski Telekom and Markoja introduce wooden mobile tower

The tower made of technologically treated wood provides support for mobile antennas and other telecom kit for up to four carriers

e& and ZTE to collaborate on private 5G and 5G-A nets and sustainability

The Middle Eastern powerhouse and Chinese vendor say this marks "a significant step towards fostering innovation and collaboration"

Nokia to lead EC lighthouse project on 6G sustainability

SUSTAIN-6G consortium is to explore 6G technologies, methods and use cases and solutions for energy smart grids, e-health and telemedicine, and agriculture

BT’s trials first wind and solar power tower site

The site, in the Shropshire Hills, supports 4G and 5G services and will be 70% powered by wind and sun – a prototype for more to follow

Beyond.pl and Veolia partner to recover data centre waste heat

Poland will be the latest to see that the overheating data centre market can find useful ways to dissipate the root cause

Broadcom launches ‘first merchant silicon 50G PON’ to distribute AI workloads

Alphabet soup aside, the speed boost is impressive, but arguably the most important development is embedding processing for AI workloads at the edge

Telefónica tops ranking in Europe and Americas for telco to techco transition

OMDIA's latest global benchmarking study puts the Spanish operator group fourth in the world behind three Asian leaders

Saudi to build more sustainable data centres as part of cloud-first strategy

The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) has not said how many will be built or their total capacity

INWIT uses towers to help detect forest fires 

Not only working with IoT sensors and smart cameras, the towerco is adding artificial intelligence to the fight to protect Italy’s forests

Kyivstar adds more network resilience in Ukraine

The operator has announced new measure to addresses power blackouts with industrial-grade generator fleet

Will AI boost Africa’s growth across agriculture, energy and climate change?

Maybe. A new GSMA report identifies mobile-enabled edge as a key solution to overcoming critical infrastructure challenges 

Business & Technology: a masterclass on the multi-faceted business of telecoms

Mobile Europe's live, in-person event in central London was bursting with insights and inspiration; watch videos of all the sessions now

Telefónica repurposes more than 19 million routers and set-top boxes

The operator developed and runs the VICKY platform, based on blockchain technology, to trace kit more efficiently throughout its lifecycle – reuse is greener than recycling