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With grid and battery constraints front of mind for telcos, Spanish wireless infra group says it is discussing tie-ups with ‘several’ European MNOs on new power resiliency offering, and has signed up Telefónica on initial deployment.
Izmir data centre project set to enter operation imminently, a year behind schedule and with investment jumping $50m on initial estimates.
Vodafone–Sumitomo joint venture launches Pairpoint Secure for a post-quantum security ‘injection’. Last year’s ‘strategic realignment’ bears first fruit…
MWC26: Vodafone Turkey CEO Engin Aksoy says infra is in place, focus now on repositioning commercial approach to leverage 5G once live.
MWC26: DT already putting its new AI joint venture to work, highlighting integration of Trust Platform fraud prevention solution at OTE. AI competence lead Jan Hofmann highlights Syntelligence as another step towards the Group’s ambition of developing a “full suite” of AI services.
MWC26: CTO Scott Petty and network strategy chief Marco Zangani highlight work with vendors push AI deeper into the network as tech moves ‘from theory into practice’…
MWC26: Telefónica operating business said to be first in world to bring AWS‑managed hardware inside its own data centre perimeter, enabling lower‑latency and local data processing.
MWC26: networks chief Greg McCall touts expanded Ericsson engagement as laying the foundations for dynamic, programmable, application-aware networks, with network slicing and APIs for real-world use-cases.
MWC26: MNO partners want to extend ‘all-in-one’ IoT connectivity solution into new markets beyond Europe and Japan.
MWC26: Telco duo sign agreements to trial D2D services and explore use-cases with AST SpaceMobile and Vodafone’s satellite joint venture, as the space connectivity player moves towards launching commercial services later this year…
MWC26: Deutsche Telekom unveils Starlink as its latest partner for direct‑to‑device services, with launch planned for 2028.
MWC26: Group adds its logo to Nokia, NVIDIA, and Qualcomm 6G initiatives as BT’s tentative, sometimes dismissive view of 6G begins to give way…
Branding, management, and governance unveiled as Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile take another step towards direct-to-device services launch in Europe. ‘We’re here to complement, not compete’ is the message from leadership, as satco takes on ‘operator-led’ model…