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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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00:18:28

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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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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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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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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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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GlasfaserPlus in row with German municipality

Access
Mayor accuses German fibreco of “targeted interference” and suggests to its rollout footprint was incomplete
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Bitkom and VATM produce base station power guide for grid firms

5G & Beyond
The two German associations have identified power connections as a bottleneck for operators trying to meet Federal Network Agency’s (BNetzA) spectrum obligations
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Free freezes two mobile plans until 2027

5G & Beyond
The operator continues to innovate on price as Orange’s 5G upgrade offer sees median speeds still growing in France
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Microsoft to invest $80 billion on AI-enabled data centres

Cloud/NFV
The figure is only for FY25 and comes at a time when the public is finally noticing the industry’s impact
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Vodafone Spain and MasOrange to form new FibreCo

Access
The new FibreCo, plus a wholesale deal with Telefónica, completes the transformation of Vodafone Spain’s fixed line strategy, delivering full FTTH services nationally
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Altice-SFR’s Halimi becomes president of French Telecoms Federation

Access
He will take up the mantle of seeking a new deal for the telecom sector at the European level, in order to find the conditions for sustainable investment in digital infrastructure
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Autonomous networks, automation, and AI demand new approaches in OSS/BSS – Interview with Jason Keane, Ericsson

Automation/AI
NOTE: This is one of two interviews we recorded with Jason Keane on this topic - CLICK HERE to watch the other video. Jason...
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New ITU undersea cable protection group holds first meeting

Financial/Regulation
Most cable damage is caused by human error or natural activity but there are grey areas when it comes to legal responsibilities in international water – and this needs to change
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