Tele2 has made temporary upgrades to its mobile network in two major cities in Lithuania in preparation for the visit of Pope Francis this weekend.

Telenor Sweden has revealed that mobile data traffic on its network in July rocketed 128 percent year-on-year, an increase the operator attributed to extreme weather and the World Cup.

LTE performance in the Netherlands is reaching saturation, a new report from testing agency OpenSignal has found, with average download speeds hitting more than 40MBps and coverage passing the 90 percent mark.

EE is refarming its 2.1GHz 3G band to boost its LTE network in data heavy cities across the UK.

Deutsche Telekom has given 160,000 customers access to its LTE network after upgrading its infrastructure in more than 125 towns and municipalities.

DNA customers are consuming almost 20GB of data per month and remain the most data hungry in the world, new research has found, with Wind Tre emerging as Europe's biggest overall carrier of gigabytes.

Telenor Norway has been deemed the world's fastest mobile network, with consumers able to download with speeds of 72.05MBps.

Belgium is one of Europe's most competitive markets for network quality, as a new metrics report found nothing to separate operators in more than half the categories.

Swisscom and EE have been deemed the best networks in Switzerland and the UK, in two separate tests of market performance.

Vivacom has launched voice over LTE and Wi-Fi calling in Bulgaria by deploying a fast-track Ericsson solution.

Spain is Europe's best country for gigabit internet, new research has claimed, as 301 million people across 49 countries now have access to the service.

3 Denmark has boosted network capacity at the country's recent Roskilde Festival by deploying a Huawei radio solution to alleviate congestion.

Turkcell has boosted capacity and data performance in one of Turkey's biggest arenas after implementing new RAN technology.

Telefónica Deutschland is looking to the next stage of merging the O2 and E-Plus networks after completing integration in several major German cities and rural parts of the country.

Facebook is shuttering its Aquila project, bringing its attempts to build drone-powered connectivity solutions to an end after four years.

Vodafone Germany has extended its LTE network coverage to a further 350,000 people, after switching on 120 new base stations in the last four weeks.

T-Mobile Polska announced late last week that it has met the coverage obligations attached to its LTE spectrum licences.

Norway's Ice has signed an LTE network agreement with Nokia that it says will help it to drive a higher proportion of on-net traffic and pave the way for 5G rollout.

Orange has launched a commercial pilot of LTE-M technology in four Polish cities, including the capital, and has invited interested parties to apply to take part.

Telenor has rolled out voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) technology in Bulgaria, offering services to a select number of customers.