EMEA Infrawatch: satellite operator ‘space race’ heats up
Cameron Page2026-07-08T14:24:00
Analyst Briefing: Latest on EMEA digital infra, including AST SpaceMobile and Iridium moving to improve satellite launch capacity, the Spanish government imposing new energy backup requirements for towers, and Deutsche Glasfaser finally firming up its refinancing programme.
This article includes:
- Organisations: Airtel Africa; Allianz; Alpen Glasfaser; American Tower; Ardian; AST SpaceMobile; Blue Origin; Bpifrance; Cellnex; Deutsche Glasfaser; Ecofin Agency; EQT; Es’hailSat; Eurofiber; Eurofiber Netz; EWE Group; International Finance Corporation; INWIT; Knight Frank; Khazna; Magenta Telekom; Meridiam; MGX; Mistral AI; MIH Management; Microsoft; Nscale; Nordkraft; Nordscale Operations; NVIDIA; Ooredoo; Omers; Rocket Lab; SpaceX; Telefónica; Telefónica Deutschland; Telefónica España; Thales Alenia Space; Türksat; Unsere Grüne Glasfaser; Vantage Towers; Verne Global; Vodafone Spain; Vorboss.
- Geographies: Africa; Asia; Austria; Bangladesh; Berlin; Central African Republic; Central Asia; Chad; Congo-Brazzaville; Denmark; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Egypt; Eastern Africa; Europe; Finland; France; Gabon; Gensungen; Germany; Iceland; India; Italy; Kenya; London; Madagascar; Malawi; Manchester; Middle East; Narvik; Netherlands; Niger; Nigeria; Nordics; North America; Norway; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Seychelles; Spain; Sri Lanka; Tanzania; Turkey; Uganda; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; Zambia.
- People: Andreas Pfisterer; Dan Croft; Gonzague Boutry; Volker Libovsky.
- Themes: 5G services; artificial intelligence infrastructure; asset divestment; backhaul agreements; broadband services; constellation deployment; data centres; digital infrastructure; edge computing; energy backup systems; fibre networks; fibre refinancing; hyperscale infrastructure; internet of things sensors; mobile networks; network operations centres; satellite communications; satellite launches; software-defined satellites; spectrum management; telecoms competition; tower infrastructure.