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Europe’s smartphone market grew 5% in 2024 

5G & Beyond
This is good and bad news for operators who must invest ever more in mobile network capacity if more capable handsets consume even more data
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Orange Egypt signs €284m wholesale fibre deals with Telecom Egypt

5G & Beyond
The deal will help Orange Egypt roll out 5G in the country and the operator believes the commercial terms were improved in the process
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Data-first Intersec sets up operators for success in AI era – Interview with Yann Chevalier, CEO, Intersec

Automation/AI
Partner content: Yann Chevalier, Co-founder and CEO of Intersec, talks to Annie Turner about the company’s roots, evolution and future plans, powered by a...
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Middle East smartphone sales surpass global markets, growing at 14%

Access
Canalys reports that the region, excluding Turkey, surged in 2024, with sales of 48.4 million handsets, although growth slowed in Q4
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Batelco launches fixed-mobile One Plan bundle

5G & Beyond
Beyon’s rebranding of Batelco to diversify into offers like finance now sees a converged fixed mobile bundle hit the market
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Europe’s 5G tariffs continue to offer better value for money than 4G

5G & Beyond
Point Topic’s latest report reveals that unlike most other goods,  the average residential 5G tariff in Europe was $50.11, down from $52.22 recorded in Q3 2024
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Equinix commits to $1bn data centre in Saudi Arabia 

Access
The kingdom’s Leap 2025 tech show has already seen $14.9bn of commitments in AI and cloud infrastructure
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Tauron signs up a dozen operators for wholesale fibre

Access
The Polish telecom and energy company is using funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (KPO) to build fibre in non-commercial areas
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Tunisia to launch 5G services by mid-February

5G & Beyond
Tunisie Télécom, Ooredoo Tunisie and Orange Tunisie have fulfilled all the technical and administrative requirements and will start marketing around Valentine’s day
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Mugler deploys 5G campus network with Kontron

5G & Beyond
The network at the the research laboratory of the Technical University of Rosenheim will be used to deliver its research projects
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Nigerian operators get half their wish with 50% tariffs rise

Financial/Regulation
Earlier this month some operators had asked the regulator for permission to raise prices by up to 100% after they had been held at the same level for 11 years
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Egypt launches Wi-Fi calling services

5G & Beyond
The leading mobile operators, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, e& Egypt and Orange, have already launched the service for customers
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DT achieves its highest ever brand value and top global ranking

Financial/Regulation
According to Brand Finance Global 500 report, DT beats Verizon and AT&T, while e&'s brand increased eight-fold in the last 12 months, but techcos rule the roost
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Orange Polska offers 8Gbps in 39 cities plus Wi-Fi 7

Access
Operator is the first to offer Wi-Fi 7 in the country and can reach 2.5 million households with new service
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Europe’s competitiveness “has one foot in the morgue”

Financial/Regulation
CEOs of Ericsson and Nokia team up for conference, New Industrial Ambition for Europe, in Brussels
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