EMEA Infrawatch: satellite operators mark rollout progress
Cameron Page2026-08-21T16:44:00
Analyst Briefing: Latest on EMEA digital infra, including a refresh of the European Commission’s IRIS2 programme, space partnership progress at AST SpaceMobile and SES, and fibre consolidation advances in Poland and Greece.
This article includes:
- Organisations: African Development Bank Group; Africa50; Altice France; Altitude Infra; Amazon Leo; Arqiva; AST SpaceMobile; AustralianSuper; Bridge Open Access; British International Investment; Cellnex; Celeste; CVC DIF; Deutsche Telekom; Digital 9; DigitalBridge; Elio Networks; Elveo Mobile; Elettra; European Commission; Fiberhost; Green Datacenters; HASTE; IELO; IHS Towers; Iliad (Free); INEA; IRIS2; Liga Portugal; LightSpeed Networks; Lynk Global; Macquarie Asset Management; metrofibre; MTN; Mynaric; Nokia; OTE; PPC; Prysmian; Rocket Lab; Rocket Lab Germany; Santander; SeaEdge UK1; SES; Silver Lake; SpaceMobile; Starlink; Syrian Telecommunications Establishment; T-Mobile Poland; Telefónica; UNIFI Communications; Valoo; Vantage Data Centers; Vantage Towers; Vodafone Greece; World Bank.
- Geographies: Africa; Brazil; Cameroon; Colombia; Cyprus; Ethiopia; Europe; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Latin America; Middle East; Nigeria; Poland; Portugal; South Africa; Spain; Syria; United Kingdom (UK); Zambia.
- People: Bosun Tijani; Eric Sanderson; Marisa Trisolino; Paolo Favaro.
- Themes: AI Gigafactories; asset disposals; broadband services; data centres; digital infrastructure; digital services; D2D connectivity; fibre backbones; fibre consolidation; fibre joint ventures; fibre networks; fibre operators; fibre roll-out; FTTH; global spectrum initiatives; high-speed broadband; infrastructure investment; initial public offerings; low-Earth orbit constellations; mobile connectivity; network build-out; optical satellite components; private stake sales; satellite constellations; satellite infrastructure; satellite manufacturing; satellite services; satellite-to-device connectivity; space-based connectivity; subsea cables; tower infrastructure; wholesale connectivity.