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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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CAMARA’s Spring25 Meta-release offers 13 new and 23 updated APIs

Automation/AI
They have been vetted for quality, consistency, and stability through rigorous release management processes, the Linux Foundation says
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Pulsant acquires two edge data centres from SCC

Access
The UK edge DC company continues to expand its footprint with the acquisition of SCC data centres in Birmingham and Fareham
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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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Elisa launches ‘world first’ 5.5G network for Finnish consumers

5G & Beyond
The operator says increased uplink, as well as downlink, speeds are important as Finns upload more and more data – services for remote workers and companies to follow in the spring
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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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CEO strengthens exec team at Orange Business

CXO
Both are internal promotions from within the Orange Group
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Finland’s Valoo raises another €200m to speed fibre broadband build

Access
The network operator will target underserved areas and about 30 municipalities and cities across the country – the country's fibre penetration is about 68%
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Are we past peak data centre as Microsoft reportedly pulls out of leases?

Automation/AI
Pullback apparently follows the tech giant's decision not to take on additional training workloads for OpenAI, owner of ChatGPT in which Microsoft has invested almost $14bn
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Europe’s fibrecos move from land grab to monetising active links

Access
FTTH Council Europe's launches a slew of reports and resources at its flagship event in Amsterdam this week
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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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MTN Group, Airtel Africa to share networks in Uganda and Nigeria

Access
This could be just the first such agreement between the two and could be extended to the RAN and fibre, but the partnership does not exclude deals with other parties
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UK’s CityFibre acquires Connexin to gain east Yorks footprint

Access
CityFibre takeover includes Project Gigabit contract CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent fibre platform, has announced the acquisition of Connexin’s fibre infrastructure. This gives CityFibre "a...
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BT sounding out Orange and AT&T as potential partners for global ops

Cloud/NFV
The move, reported by Bloomberg News, is no big suprise given BT Group's strategy to focus on home market and explore options for its global infra
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Cassava to upgrade data centres with NVIDIA super computers

Automation/AI
The firm says data centres will allow Africa to develop its own AI technologies, boost productivity, protect data within its own boundaries and support businesses
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