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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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From automation to innovation: scaling AI for business success

Automation/AI
Partner content: In a digital landscape, AI-driven automation is essential for maintaining competitiveness and operational efficiency
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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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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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Vodafone UK, Ericsson trial lowers 5G radios’ energy use by up to 33%

Sustainability
The trial was run in London using machine learning and other kinds of AI to automatically achieve the balance between energy savings and performance
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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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FT reports continuing drama at Telecom Italia with predicted €449m shortfall

Financial/Regulation
It seems not all is well in the wake of Europe's biggest ever private equity deal as management's earnings forecasts don't line up with the business case for the NetCo
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BT extends global NaaS infra by expanding partnership with Equinix

Cloud/NFV
Operator says new deal will offer 74% direct coverage of hyperscalers' clouds and pre-provisioned connectivity to more than 700 data centres
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MasOrange, Cellnex reshape hosting deal to match merged operator’s strategy

RAN
The two parties have signed an agreement that runs until 2038, with the option to extend for another 10 years at the end of the initial contract
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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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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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TIM to sell Sparkle to Italian government and Spanish infra fund Asterion

Optical/IP
Telecom Italia's international infrastructure and services arm was excluded from the deal in which US fund KKR bought the domestic network, split off from the services business
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Aduna adds KDDI, Sinch to boost use of network APIs

Digital Platforms & APIs
The Japanese operator joins 12 other carrier groups in the initiative launched by Ericsson, while Sinch lines up alongside platform providers Vonage and Google Cloud
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