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  Network & Infra

  UK gov closes broadband voucher scheme after Project Gigabit funding boost

  Building Digital UK shutters applications for Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme as UK government funnels more funding towards Project Gigabit for rural fibre deployments. State says costs now outweigh the benefits of the vouchers, and views are mixed among altnets…

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  Network & Infra

  UK satco Open Cosmos lands role in national defence comms push

  UK-based satellite scaleup to provide space-based connectivity for national defence network. CEO Rafel Jordà Siquier says the contract marks “stamp of approval” for its strategy, as the satco seeks to expand beyond Earth observation and into the direct-to-device comms sector.

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  Network & Infra

  Vodafone sets out to ‘disrupt’ EE-backed ESN with critical infra network slicing

  SuperMobile network slicing and prioritisation portfolio reaches B2B, and VodafoneThree lines up an Emergency Services Network challenge via an upcoming National Critical Slice…

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  Partnerships & Alliances

  European telcos change course on D2D after licence rethink

  Reports raise prospect of a new D2D platform that could provide a European alternative for next-gen services, with telcos said to be eyeing a slice of 2GHz MSS spectrum under contentious new EU allocation plan.

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  M&A

  VodafoneZiggo secures tower sale ahead of spin-off

  Dutch towers offloaded to private investors as Liberty Global closes in on Benelux spin off, while DigitalBridge eyes creation of “new, independent” Benelux platform.

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  Network & Infra

  EC earmarks Greenland as AI infra base

  Greenland mulls data centre construction — alongside enhanced satellite connectivity and other digital infra projects — as investment target using fresh European financing, as businesses keep watch on the territory as a geographically advantageous region for new digital infra…

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  Interview

  New Helium CEO channels Starlink with enabler platform debut

  Helium’s new CEO Mario Di Dio talks with TelcoTitans about the provider’s new mobile virtual network enabler platform, why Wi-Fi is finally ready for prime time, and conversations with Starlink.

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  Network & Infra

  Cost-conscious Vivo pushes to reset Brazilian tower supply

  Telefónica’s Brazilian business is pursuing contractual, technical, and ‘structural’ solutions as it seeks to bring down the cost of its wireless infrastructure platform.

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  Strategy & Change

  Sateliot eyes Americas expansion while plotting move beyond NB-IoT

  Sateliot has expanded its fundraising target to €150mn as it seeks to extend its satellite network from NB-IoT devices to smartphones, with the Spanish satco eyeing up a transatlantic step-up.

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  Network & Infra

  EC earmarks Greenland as AI infra base

  Greenland mulls data centre construction — alongside enhanced satellite connectivity and other digital infra projects — as investment target using fresh European financing, as businesses keep watch on the territory as a geographically advantageous region for new digital infra…

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  Network & Infra

  Vodafone signs pair of data centre deals in $1bn AI bet on Egypt

  Vodafone Egypt enters into potential $1bn data centre joint venture with Cassava Technologies and Elsewedy Electric, plus separate Cassava tie-up for NVIDIA-supported AI Factory collab.

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  Network & Infra

  Vodafone Turkey triples budget for joint data centre project

  A $100m investment has brought Vodafone Turkey’s new Izmir data centre online, and the ‘scalable’ facility is set to attract another $200m in the coming years to quintuple capacity and establish a ‘Mediterranean hub’.

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  Peoplewatch

  Generational shift: DT brings in AWS’ Hofmeyr for AI/network amid wider refresh, CFO exit

  In-depth analysis: German giant looks outside its own ranks to bring in AWS’ telco industry boss Jan Hofmeyr to build out its AI-Team as part of a wider leadership refresh. Group is also bidding farewell to its CFO in a move that could be clearing the path to a CEO refresh as DT also approaches its next strategic supercycle.

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  Interview

  New Helium CEO channels Starlink with enabler platform debut

  Helium’s new CEO Mario Di Dio talks with TelcoTitans about the provider’s new mobile virtual network enabler platform, why Wi-Fi is finally ready for prime time, and conversations with Starlink.

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  Financial & Performance

  DT Q2 In-depth: strong numbers mask Musk worries

  Group delivers further strong growth on revenue and earnings, fuelled by all segments, but fears over high-profile (emerging and existing) competitive threats prompt exec reassurances over strategic direction in largest markets USA and Germany.

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  Network & Infra

  Africa’s fibre boom needs a commercial operating model — not just more network

  Open-access analysis: Building fibre across Africa is only the first hurdle; monetising capacity is the commercial test. From prepaid township offers to carrier-neutral wholesale platforms, operators need scalable operating models to turn network investment into services and returns. Draws on market evidence and ZIRA Group’s fibre and wholesale experience…

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  Peoplewatch

  Generational shift: DT brings in AWS’ Hofmeyr for AI/network amid wider refresh, CFO exit

  In-depth analysis: German giant looks outside its own ranks to bring in AWS’ telco industry boss Jan Hofmeyr to build out its AI-Team as part of a wider leadership refresh. Group is also bidding farewell to its CFO in a move that could be clearing the path to a CEO refresh as DT also approaches its next strategic supercycle.

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  Partnerships & Alliances

  Vi, BSNL seal nationwide network-sharing pact to take challenge to India’s ‘big two’ — reports

  Struggling state-backed duo said to agree infrastructure-sharing and roaming deal to complement Vi’s capex-intensive network upgrade programme, and support an effort to make a dent in Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio dominance…

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