The Financial Times says a new report tells mobile operators from whom to buy network equipment having kicked Huawei out of the UK market.

The Spanish infrastructure investor agreed to buy CK Hutchison’s Europan tower estate for €10 billion in November.

The operator says it has converted 1,000 antennas to “full 5G”, to offer lower latency and network slicing.

The new concern is expected to roll out fibre to 1 million homes and businesses by 2025.

Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière, Deputy CEO Europe at Orange, talks to Annie Turner about her local and group priorities, converged networks, cloud strategy, AI and more.

Cellnex has raised €7.7 billion from selling equity in the last two years – the amount it paid for Telefonica group’s European tower estate.

The operator says dedicated mobile network services are available for enterprise and public sector customers.

Aqua Comms, which owns and operates subsea networks running from the US to Europe, is to be acquired by an investment company, Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9).

The operator's 5G is all in the 3.6GHz range, which its CEO says means enough capacity for everyone, even in big crowds.

TIM showed off its 10Gbps FTTH  via the AMICI TV studio – the first Italian TV station to rely on XGS-PON technology.

Belgium's biggest mobile operator opts for ADVA's solution to protect against global navigation satellite system (GNSS) outages.

The pension fund is to invest €1 billion in bringing fibre to almost 1,000 villages a year sooner.

The British Defence Secretary says the government is worried that Russia could sabotage the critical infrastructure.

The disruptive French mobile brand says it will cover every arrondissement in the city within weeks.

Nokia will deploy self-organizing networks (SON) to boost automation and support 5G optimization across Orange's affiliates.

The operator now provides 4G coverage in 98.7% of the country and is continuing to densify that coverage.

The second phase plus extensions to first-phase builds “will cover almost a third of the UK market” – and be largely done by 2025.

The auction will begin on 12 March and be for blocks in the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz ranges.

Regulator Arcep published the numbers for the country’s fibre and other broadband deployments last year.

The German operator has carried out a video call in a 5G-only environment.