All Europe articles
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Finance & StrategyEutelsat sees €10bn commercial opportunity as IRIS² work begins
IRIS² construction brings Eutelsat billions in revenue but limited margin and substantial delivery risk. Management is instead focused on the next phase, with hopes of turning OneWeb into a 50%-plus-margin business.
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InnovationTelefónica turns to R&D to reinforce space platform credentials
The operator is participating in two R&D schemes that focus on integrating terrestrial and orbital networks and may provide tech backup for the operator as it jostles for a major supporting role in delivery of next-gen satellite services.
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Finance & StrategyOrange Spain holds nerve to retain value-over-volume focus
Orange resists pressure to chase aggressive rivals on price, betting that convergence, lower churn, and a broad brand portfolio can support an improved service revenue trajectory.
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B2BVodafone plots cloud-like future to crack 5G SA monetisation
Vodafone wants to move 5G standalone beyond selling customers an ‘insurance policy’, using digital twins and greater network observability to support a more cloud-like, on-demand commercial model.
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OperationsAgentic AI forces telcos to rethink data, skills, network operations
Orange, Vodafone, and Telenor execs consider AI’s toughest challenge to be capturing human expertise, organisational context, and the guardrails needed to let agents acts safely.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone rekindles Polkomtel flame with shared services link-up
Polkomtel is back in Vodafone’s off-footprint orbit more than a decade after their previous Partner Markets relationship went quiet, with the pair targeting AI-led customer improvements and new B2B revenue opportunities.
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Finance & StrategyKPN ponders fibre end game after hitting six million homes mark
Dutch incumbent evaluating options on how to wrap up multi-billion-euro fibre rollout programme most cost-effectively, as it comes within reach of 85%-coverage goal with four years in hand.
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Technology & ITOrange tests D2D appetite as Europe eyes satellite sovereignty
Orange is using its first commercial direct-to-device offering to test customer appetite rather than chase mass adoption, while trials with AST SpaceMobile and the battle over European MSS spectrum point towards a broader satellite strategy built around multiple technologies and partners.
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InterviewEY-Parthenon: in face of disruption, telcos must think differently about differentiation
Analysis: Can telecom operators transcend infrastructure before non-traditional challengers capture the enterprise frontier? Drawing on global C-suite research, this analysis explores why differentiation, agentic architectures and national sovereignty represent the industry’s most viable growth engines, and why defensive cost-cutting will not secure long-term relevance.
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Public AffairsDigi warns of existential threat as Portugal looks to maintain low-band spectrum squeeze
Digi has threatened to reconsider its future in Portugal if regulators lock existing spectrum holdings in place into the 2040s, spotlighting a fight over whether investment certainty for incumbents should trump opportunities to rebalance competition.
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InfraUK debate over how to power AI infra escalates
Microsoft’s withdrawal from Nscale’s Essex project has reignited questions about whether the UK can deliver AI infrastructure on commercial timelines.
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OperationsDT boss says ‘shit MVNOs’ are most at risk in era of AI buying
Deep dive: Transatlantic group’s execs say transparency and communications will be key as they ponder disruptive power of AI assistants as analysers and buyers of broadband, mobile and TV retail services — and claim smaller discounters will be at most disadvantage.
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NetworkOrange puts AI-RAN through its paces as NVIDIA, Nokia hail momentum
Orange’s AI-RAN scepticism is giving way to live network experimentation, with the operator testing whether spectrum efficiencies and shared edge compute can justify deployment. NVIDIA and Nokia now count nearly 20 telcos among their AI-RAN collaborators, with BT, DT, and Elisa among those advancing the tech towards commercialisation.
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InfraVodafone warms to EU’s AI Gigafactory potential — report
Group linked to a Hochtief-led application under the EU’s €30bn hyperscaler data centre programme. Appetite for the scheme differs among Vodafone’s European telco peers…
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NetworkNokia opens the door as Europe arrives at NVIDIA’s AI-RAN party
NVIDIA’s alignment with Nokia shows through via a deluge of telco link-ups. BT, Deutsche Telekom, Elisa and Orange are progressing AI-RAN while peers simultaneously build the distributed compute and agentic software layers needed to support new services.
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B2BTelefónica ties with NOS to drive defence push at European level
Telefónica and NOS are combining 5G, edge, AI and secure communications expertise for defence applications, reflecting a wider European telco push to turn existing technology capabilities into new business as governments increase military investment.
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OperationsTech Mahindra completes large-scale takeover of Orange B2B teams
Indian services giant indicates major new outsourcing and tech development relationship with Orange Business is now up and running, boosting top line and headcount.
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NetworkEuropean telco giants step up united front against US satco threat
Telekom, Telefónica, Orange, and Vodafone are preparing a collective grab for satellite spectrum as operators and policymakers confront the prospect of Starlink and other non-EU players disrupting the market.
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B2BGerman fibre: 1&1 is GlasfaserPlus’ new plus one
New wholesale agreement gives Telekom Deutschland fibre JV a handy and potentially substantial RoI boost while also helping 1&1 address flat performance in Germany’s cutthroat broadband market.
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Finance & StrategySatcos and price hikes on customer minds as Ericsson begins new era
New Ericsson CEO Per Narvinger is beginning to put his stamp on the vendor, streamlining management while identifying satellite-terrestrial convergence and AI RAN as growth opportunities. Persistent AI-driven component inflation means customers may also have to swallow higher prices.