European Commission gives the go-ahead to a new Flemish streaming service.

The long saga of the 5G spectrum auction shows no sign of happy resolution as the process gets underway.

The bid follows Sunrise’s failed attempt last year to acquire UPC Switzerland, which is owned by Liberty Global.

This was a rise of 10% over the previous quarter, coinciding with the Trump Administration increasing the tension with China.

The Swedish vendor says the figure includes 58 publicly announced contracts and 56 live 5G networks, spanning five continents.

Deutsche Telekom hits its September homes deadline early, but now must provide coverage on major roads.

Proximus CEO Guillaume Boutin and Marco Visser, CEO of DELTA Fiber, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build out FTTP in Flanders, Belgium, jointly.

The consortium won the award through the 5G Create competition run by the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS).

Telecom Italia, Telefónica and América Móvil look to have prevailed despite a counter bid from Digital Colony and rumours of interest from the Middle East.

A study by Juniper Research finds that AI-powered firewalls for business SMS are reducing illegitimate traffic.

One of the former UK incumbent’s biggest debt headaches is the hole in its pension fund.

The industrial conglomerate says it is testing network optimisation and 5G’s suitability for Industry 4.0 with partners including ABB, Ericsson, Orange and T-Systems.

Sparkle is TIM Group’s fully owned global operator, with around 540,000 km of fibre reaching from Europe to Africa, the Americas and Asia.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched the initiative, which is widely seen as an effort to counterbalance China’s success in these sectors rather than about national security.