Europe – Page 13
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Network & Infrastructure
Telekom Deutschland revs up motorway mobile coverage
German NatCo teams up with Autobahn GmbH to accelerate network expansion.
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Deutsche Glasfaser bags wholesale deal with NetCologne
NetCologne to offer services over Deutsche Glasfaser’s fibre network in certain areas of Germany.
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Network & Infrastructure
Deutsche Telekom comes clean on low FTTP take-up
Group blames its own vectoring success for low utilisation of FTTP networks. Reveals German FTTP customer numbers for the first time.
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INWIT untroubled by Voda-Iliad rumours as new opportunities open up
Prospect of market consolidation seen as more good news than bad for Vantage Towers’ Italian JV.
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Venturing & Investments
Australian pension fund seals Vantage Towers stake
UniSuper announces acquisition of 5% stake in TowerCo after “an extensive due diligence process”.
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DT’s Greiner applauds EU Connectivity Package, with some caveats
EC puts telecoms back in spotlight with three major initiatives.
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DT, Orange look to the skies with IRIS²
Telcos join consortium bidding for new EU space project.
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Partnerships & Alliances
MOWEA partners with ECS Poland on mast turbine pilot
Cleantech startup nets another major tower partner for roll out of wind power solution.
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Eventwatch
FTTH Conference: fibre-rich Spain faces final rural connectivity hurdle
Telefónica’s accelerated timeline for copper exchange closures adds momentum to rural fibre rollouts, as nation targets 100% fibre coverage by 2025.
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People
Cellnex picks ex-chair Patuano for Chief Executive spot
Board overhaul sees Marco Patuano return to Cellnex as CEO.
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Eventwatch
FTTH Conference: Germany’s altnets highlight hurdles in fibre buildout
Altnets continue to complain about DT’s overbuilding tactics and multiple other local FTTP blockers.
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FTTH Conference: Ukraine rallies telecom industry to use rebuild as ‘testbed’ for new solutions
Yuriy Matsyk speaks in Madrid on communications challenges Ukraine is moving to overcome.
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Network & Infrastructure
Telefónica to give itself a full-fibre gift for 100th birthday
Group brings forward plans to close all copper exchanges to April 2024, completing decommissioning programme that began seven years ago.
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DigitalBridge’s Ganzi remains keen on Europe tower tie-ups
Deutsche Telekom partner sees more life in European tower M&A party, and wants to be “at centre” of remaining action.
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HICL makes French fibre play with Altitude Infra deal
HICL Infrastructure set to acquire stake in French fibre builder Altitude Infra.
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1&1 restructures network deployment plan in wake of Vantage dispute
Updated strategy will see operator deploy 1,207 antenna sites by the end of 2023 alongside tower infrastructure partners.
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People
ruhrfibre brings in another ex-Vodafone Germany exec
Ex-Vodafone exec Christian Klein joins ruhrfibre in double role as COO and CIO.
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Venturing & Investments
InfraVia, Iliad close out deal for Polish fibre JV
InfraVia Capital Partners acquires 50% of Iliad Group’s PŚO, which aims to cover “half of all Polish households”.
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Nabiax offloads ex-Telefónica data centres to Actis
Asterion–Telefónica JV shifts operational focus to Spain with sale of North and Latin American data centres to investment firm Actis.
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Telefónica integrates data analytics for 5G network monitoring
Telefónica incorporates new network data analytics function to analyse and make predictions on network operations.