The Open Networking Foundation's (ONF) SD-RAN project was launched in April 2020 and has published its first software release.
TIM's launches Noovle – Italy's biggest cloud project so far
The new venture will be the centre of excellence for the Group's cloud and edge computing solutions.
Orange, Sanofi, Capgemini and Generali form eHealth ecosystem
The founders claim this is the first joint venture of its kind in Europe and will be based in Paris.
Belgium finally makes progress on first 5G auction
The government has approved the draft legislation – but bidding is not expected to begin before early 2022.
Vodafone Foundation to invest €20 mn in digital skills and education
The money will be spent on local initiatives in 13 European countries and Turkey, over five years.
Orange to raise €1.3 bn from sale of some fibre in France
The operator plans to sell part of the fixed fibre assets in its home market to a consortium.
Vodafone Group separates infra and services in drive to become techco
Scott Petty, CTO of the UK opco, will take over responsibilities at group level for digital and services.
NEC's mmWave with distributed-MIMO supports three times more connections
The vendor claims it is the first to demonstrate this capability, which it expects to be a common requirement.
Telenor and Tele2 waste no time in doubling 5G speed to 1Gbps
Sweden’s latest spectrum auction might have been delayed, but the frequencies’ activation is immediate.
Dutch operator Youfone enters Belgian market as MVNO
Youfone will offer fixed and mobile services on Proximus’ network.
Big four put their shoulders to Open RAN wheel in Europe
They see Open RAN “as the technology of choice for future mobile networks to the benefit of consumer and enterprise customers across Europe”.
BT to connect Dutch diplomatic missions around the globe
Software-defined services will enable secure collaboration and foster digital transformation.
Cellnex, DT merge tower businesses in the Netherlands
They are to fund an independently managed Digital Infrastructure Vehicle (DIV).
France’s SFR joins BICS global NB-IoT ecosystem
The communications wholesaler and enabler already provides IoT connectivity to 700 operators.