A highly advanced 4G network and competition from market leader Proximus was behind Orange Belgium’s decision to go all-cellular for its IoT offering, according to its CTO.

Digital security player Gemalto has rejected the €4.3 billion bid from French IT vendor Atos, claiming it "significantly undervalues the company".

Mobile Europe has launched its annual survey to explore where innovation truly lies within the mobile industry and which technologies will dominate the year ahead.

Telia has trialled the use of IoT connectivity on its LTE network as it looks ahead to a commercial launch of the technology.

Orange Belgium has hit 100 percent indoor and outdoor coverage for its Internet of Things network with customers now able to select to run services on NB-IoT and LTE-M technology.

MTS has launched an integrated IoT management platform to support enterprises' connected device strategy and monitor equipment performance.

Vodafone has conducted Romania's first national trial of NB-IoT, working with oil and gas provider OMV Petrom to connect wells without access to GSM coverage or fixed line internet.

Cellular technology will cement its leadership over LPWA connectivity in agricultural IoT deployments over the next four years, but will continue to lag behind traditional industry methods of connectivity, new figures claim.

Magyar Telekom is tempting enterprises to the Internet of Things by launching a new NB-IoT network in Budapest.

Deutsche Telekom has rolled out its NB-IoT network to 300 locations across Germany, with more than 150 companies trialling the technology.

Finnish operator DNA has extended coverage of its NB-IoT network to cover 85 percent of the country's population.

Europe will continue to lag behind North East Asia and North America into the 5G era, holding only 16 percent of connections by 2023 and consuming an average of 28GB per month.

Orange's enterprise arm has launched the first in a series of "smart resorts", bringing free Wi-Fi, big data analytics and a bespoke app to an Alpine ski resort.

Deutsche Telekom is co-founding a new Internet of Things focused lab in Dortmund with a specific stress on NB-IoT technology and solutions for manufacturing, logistics and aviation.

Huawei has partnered with Peugeot and Citroën parent Groupe PSA to develop new connected car solutions.

Romanian operator RCS & RDS is beginning a multi-year modernisation project to prepare its network for 5G and the IoT.

Huawei is teaming up with security specialist Gemalto on a new line of NB-IoT modules for connected devices.

Cisco is vowing to back smart city deployments to the tune of $1 billion, after announcing a new fund in addition to updating its smart cities platform.

Deutsche Telekom has leaped into the digital assistant market with plans to launch a new smart speaker in its home market in 2018.

Deutsche Telekom has launched a new research centre to speed up the roll-out of smart cities in Europe and partnered with Cisco on a new application for municipal authorities offering Wi-Fi.