The video games market worldwide generated $83 billion (€74.17 billion) income in 2019, which is predicted to reach $95.3 billion by 2024.

Telefónica Movistar in Ecuador and Colombia are to offload more towers to Phoenix Tower International (PTI).

O2 and EE have joined Transport for London’s (TfL) trial to add 4G mobile coverage in Tube stations and tunnels on the Jubilee line for the first time.

Here are the most popular stories from this year – thank you and all the best to our readers for the holiday season and 2020. See you at the other side.

Telcos return to Plan A after Labour Party‘s pledge to renationalise telecoms disappears with election defeat.



Orange (then France Télécom)  and its former CEO, Didier Lombard, are found guilty of “moral harassment” resulting in suicides during a restructuring of the company.

O2, Ericsson and Northumbrian Water are trialling 5G to help manage 1.1 billion litres of water and sewerage services across the UK’s North East region.

ETSI's Open Source MANO group, which focuses on the management and orchestration of virtualised networks, has delivered its latest release, bringing cloud-native applications to network function virtualisation (NFV) deployments.

The two plan to deploy between 900 and 2,000 new mobile network sites between 2020 and 2024, mostly in rural areas and along transport routes.

Project Connected Home intends to develop an open, IP-based standard for devices to simplify their development and improve compatibility for customers.

The move helps Germany's fourth 5G network get off the ground, in line with the regulatory framework put in place to ensure national 5G coverage.

The French government has launched a procedure for assigning 5G spectrum licences after approving specifications proposed by the telecoms regulator, Arcep.

Deutsche Telekom has acquired a 25% stake in SK Gaming, claiming to be the first telco to invest directly in an eSports organisation. 

Altice Europe’s subsidiary, MEO, has agreed to sell a 49.99% stake in Altice Portugal FTTH to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, based on a value of €4.63 billion.