The German newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung quoted the German Secretary of State, Steffen Bilger at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.

The acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting includes MTV Finland, Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4 and streaming service C More.

The tie-up is intended to offer operators more options for cloud-native functions and applications as they move further into 5G and digital services.

BT has demonstrated the use of virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) over 5G to allow clinicians to remotely assess and diagnose a patient, and view medical records.

Vodafone Germany has partnered with Amdocs for a transformation programme they say will be “the largest of its kind in the world”.

Ahead of next month’s General Election in the UK, the Labour Party pledges to connect every home and business with free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins.

They say the new collaboration space will help solve business problems with IoT solutions, foster a European ecosystem and inspire innovation.

Iliad’s founder, Xavier Niel, is to buy a fifth of the French telecoms group’s share capital for €1.4 billion – could he be a bellwether for telcos' stock rising?

Vodafone Group plans to launch an OpenRAN tender across its entire European network within weeks of announcing the first trials in Europe.

Telecom trade association TM Forum reports that while the industry is making progress in using its Open APIs, vendors’ progress is slower, leading some telcos to lose patience and go their own way with implementation.

The infrastructure will be coupled with submarine cables and centrally managed, with the commercial launch planned for Q2 2020.

Ericsson says commercial 5G spectrum-sharing is step closer following a “landmark” data call achievement with Swisscom and Qualcomm Technologies.

Telefónica has adopted Disaggregated Cell Site Gateways (DCSG) technology, developed according to specifications from Facebook’s Infra Project (TIP).

The operator group’s organic earnings rose 1.4% in the second quarter, but it reported a loss of almost €1.9 billion in its half-year results.