All Europe articles
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InterviewFrom telecoms to national security: Orange DD&S champions dual-use tech with Drone 360º detection
Interview: As Direction Défense & Sécurité celebrates its one-year anniversary, Director Nassima Auvray speaks with TelcoTitans Orangewatch about the Business division’s sovereign counter-drone ecosystem solution for critical infra, and what’s up next…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone extends Satellite Connect Europe ties into Portugal
Vodafone Portugal to offer direct-to-device connectivity through Satellite Connect Europe tie-up. Deal adds another Vodafone Group market to SatCo’s coverage plans, although launch troubles at AST SpaceMobile have pushed back commercial go-live…
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Strategy & ChangeKPN may rethink fibre ambition after Delta buy blocked
Dutch incumbent’s Chief Executive Joost Farwerck calls watchdog’s decision to thwart bolt-on purchase of fibre assets from rival Delta “very strange”, and warns it may prompt a rejig of its footprint expansion goal for 2030.
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TelcoTitans TVMavenir CEO eyes Snowflake playbook to power telcos’ AI charge
Interview: telcos possess the infrastructure driving the revolution but lack the technological stack to monetise it. Cloud-native software NEP’s Pardeep Kohli outlines a strategic toolkit to transform operators into central players within the enterprise AI ecosystem. Watch/read more…
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone joins UK rivals to create sovereign AI model
Vodafone becomes third telco to partner Cosine on development of alternative, sovereign AI model for software development in mission-critical use-cases. Tie-up sees Vodafone join telco peers BT and Telefónica Tech UK&I in backing UK’s purported “first fully sovereign frontier AI model”…
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Partnerships & AlliancesNew Spanish resilience regs said to prompt expanded Telefónica-Cellnex tie-up
Operator reportedly extends Cellnex energy backup partnership to cover up to 1,000 additional sites. Deal comes as Spanish telcos face more stringent redundancy requirements from the government, following last year’s major electricity grid outage…
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Financial & PerformanceEuroTeleSites hits H1 top-line marks as tenancies flow in
Central and eastern European tower group cites third-party tenancy gains as driver of faster-than-expected revenue growth in H1 FY26.
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M&ATowerco TAWAL said to eye Mobily mast buy in prep for IPO
Saudi wireless infra player reportedly looking to snap up Mobily tower assets, the latest in a string of acquisitions to expand its portfolio and international presence. Move comes as Mobily stakeholder e& reportedly reviewing exits from other assets to refocus on ‘core’ telecoms business…
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Network & InfraVM O2 advances Giga Site rollout amidst UK network upgrade race
Operator reaches the halfway mark in its rollout of new, high throughput Giga Sites, contributing to broader, £1.4bn mobile upgrade programme. Achievement highlights ongoing race between operators to improve network quality, with VM O2 and VodafoneThree seeking to catch up to BT…
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Analyst BriefingEMEA Infrawatch: pressured European infracos rethink ownership models
Analyst Briefing: Latest on EMEA digital infra, including a court rejecting INWIT’s request to block Fastweb + Vodafone and TIM from exiting their MSAs early, Amazon Leo beating Starlink to secure a South African entrance, and rumours of Telefónica and Pontegadea kicking off talks to sell subsea cable operator Telxius.
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InnovationRegulation drives innovation as Vodafone ‘cherry picks’ AI tools at pace
Vodafone’s Andy Linham says early regulation-driven security and compliance investment is paying dividends as the Group leans on an AI R&D framework to accelerate deployments, including the ‘least sexy, most impactful’ deployment so far…
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AnalysisReality check: assessing telco claims of Europe’s High-Risk Supplier crackdown cost — Strand Consult
Guest analysis: with 30% EU exposure remaining, concentrated on 5G RAN, specific countries and three big telcos, John Strand considers media and industry warnings of HRS rip-and-replace costs overstated, evidencing Denmark, the UK and other European markets as showing transition can be managed without derailing 5G rollout. In an age of national security, he also deems it essential for securing future mission-critical contracts.
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Venturing & InvestmentsWayra backs MITO AI as it pursues value-focused vision
Telefónica’s venturing division backs generative AI content platform provider as a startup “capable of generating value” for the Group, in line with new strategic focus.
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M&ATelefónica said to reboot sale of subsea cable interest Telxius
Operator and investor partner Pontegadea reportedly kick off talks to divest Telxius at a €1.2bn valuation. Move aligns with Telefónica Group’s recent reconfiguration of infra assets under Transform & Grow strategy, and follows rumours of previous, unsuccessful sale talks…
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch: SFR takeover becomes a very French affair
Analyst Briefing: Local antitrust body takes on SFR oversight; Orange completes MásOrange takeover; Group builds up Unified Cloud Platform; and more across the operator including AI-native comms, a Nokia deal in Belgium, and a cross-telco digital media deal…
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Network & InfraDT keeps lead role in EU quantum networks build
Group appointed coordinator-in-chief of Europe’s PETRUS2 scheme, with goal of aligning business and government on quantum networks rollout. New project comes as EU kicks off “next steps” in wider EuroQCI initiative…
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Analyst BriefingTelefónicawatch: core market cutbacks
Analyst Briefing: Round-up of developments at Spanish incumbent, including cost reduction plans in Spain and Germany, and B2B tie-ups with CrowdStrike, Crout, Thales, and others. Read more…
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Products & ServicesVodafone Business advances Greek ‘SD-everything vision’ with Fortinet
Vodafone Business goes live with fresh SASE and SD-WAN solutions in Greece, following joint development with long-running technology partner Fortinet in Europe and beyond.
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Public AffairsTowerco-telco tensions: Italy’s INWIT trades blows with reluctant anchor tenants
Fastweb and TIM claim early victories in the INWIT dispute as they attempt to terminate contracts, but the challenged towerco insists the core issues remain unresolved. The battle could have significant implications for tower economics, tenant relationships, and Vodafone-backed Vantage Towers.
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Deep DiveDigital twins for digital wins: US telcos scale use of drones for next-gen mobile infra modelling
Deep dive: AT&T, Verizon, and American Tower have now collectively flown hundreds of thousands of drone missions in the USA, as part of a behind-scenes push to create full-fledged virtual replicas of their vast network estates. Senior execs at the three telco giants ran TelcoTitans through the top- and bottom-line benefits of drone- and digital twin-led automated asset management…