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National Telecom company intelligence covers national telecom operators, mobile network groups, fixed-line carriers, wholesale connectivity providers, and incumbent infrastructure companies in Europe and the Middle East, with enough context for readers to understand how these organisations build, operate, finance, regulate, and sell the infrastructure that supports digital markets.
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Deutsche Telekom’s AI savings need a cash-flow bridge
Deutsche Telekom has put a larger number on AI’s expected contribution, but the €2.5 billion headline is a gross cost target. Investors and operating leaders still need a bridge from that accounting measure to the cash spent, the work changed and the benefits retained.
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Korek Telecom's licence war enters its endgame: what is enforced, what is disputed, and the 30 September deadline
Iraq's Communications and Media Commission has moved from cancelling Korek Telecom's settlement to physically closing its offices across eight governorates, with a court now backing the suspension and a 30 September 2026 deadline set for subscribers before network switches begin…
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ER-Telecom's registry record has consolidated; its network names have not
One RIPE organisation entity is recorded as the holder of autonomous systems whose as-names still carry the corporate identities of separately founded regional operators. That is a registry fact with a bounded meaning, and the boundary is the story.
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Telecom Italia After NetCo: €14.2bn Lighter, Still Renting the Network
Telecom Italia closed the sale of its fixed-network unit on 1 July 2024, cutting net financial debt by roughly €14.2bn. The balance-sheet change is done; the dependence it left behind is written into a wholesale contract.
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Orange commissions Telesat Lightspeed gateway
Orange and Telesat have commissioned Lightspeed’s first European gateway in France ahead of the constellation’s planned 2028 commercial launch.
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VodafoneThree puts 9Tbps 5G core live
Ericsson's cloud-native core gives the merged operator one platform for traffic and service control, while sliced-service performance still depends on radio and transport.
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VodafoneThree puts Ericsson 5G core live
VodafoneThree has activated Ericsson's cloud-native 5G core as the merged UK operator moves from shared infrastructure towards a single core platform.
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Openreach finds London behind on PSTN migration
London has 12.92% of WLR lines still to migrate, more than double Liverpool's share as the January 2027 PSTN deadline approaches.
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Cambium UK subsidiary enters administration
Cambium's UK subsidiary entered administration days after the group cut 260 jobs, leaving customers waiting to see how product support and warranties will continue.
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LINX LON2 traffic passes 1Tbps
LINX's LON2 fabric has passed 1Tbps peak traffic after a pricing initiative encouraged members to add a second London peering platform.
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SES and Elveo plan European D2D satellite manufacturing
SES and Elveo are adding European satellite manufacturing and mobile-roaming work, but have not disclosed a production site, output target or timetable.
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Openreach says AI prevents 3,000 fibre cancellations
Openreach says its AI tools are helping keep more than 3,000 full-fibre orders from being cancelled each month when installations run into delays or extra engineering work.
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SES launches final three O3b mPOWER satellites
SES has completed the O3b mPOWER launch programme, but the final three satellites must still be commissioned before their capacity can serve customers.
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Wind Tre unions call overtime restrictions through 12 October
Restrictions on overtime, supplementary work and on-call availability run to 12 October, while planned night work is excluded from the action.
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Poste set for 66.6% stake in TIM
Poste's expected 66.6% TIM stake would give it control, while TIM's fixed network remains separately owned.
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Virgin Media O2 owners target £600m cost cuts
Virgin Media O2 owners are targeting £600m in cost cuts across staffing, operations and investment, the FT reports.
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Nokia launches edge platform for field operations
Cognitive Operations combines local computing with several connection options, giving remote industrial sites more choice over which applications stay local and which depend on outside networks.
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Gamma's UK SME gross profit falls 7%
Gamma added cloud and fibre volumes in the UK, but lower pricing on new and renewed business outweighed that growth in the first half.
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O2 brings Starlink satellite service to UK businesses
O2 is extending Starlink-backed satellite coverage to business customers when its terrestrial network is unavailable.
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Eutelsat joins Greenland satellite connectivity project
Eutelsat will provide OneWeb capacity through Tusass to extend connectivity to remote Greenland communities and critical infrastructure.