Connect Europe

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• Capacity report on FT-Connect Europe telecom CEO panel

  Capacity reported that executives from Orange, Nokia, Telefónica and General Atlantic used the 23 September 2025 FT Live forum to call for regulatory reform, market consolidation, scale and protection of critical networks in Europe.

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• Connect Europe CEO statement on tech leadership and scale

  Eight telecom CEOs attending the FT-Connect Europe Forum said reforms from the Draghi report, the Competitiveness Compass and sector scaling should support a more prosperous, autonomous and secure EU.

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• Connect Europe telecom leaders meeting with European Commission EVPs

  Connect Europe convened telecom CEOs for exchanges with Executive Vice-Presidents Henna Virkkunen and Stéphane Séjourné on investment, innovation, scale, simplification and a real telecom single market.

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• GSMA and Connect Europe response to EU merger-guideline review

  The GSMA and Connect Europe called for strategic reform of competition policy and a more forward-looking merger framework that accounts for investment, innovation, resilience, security and scale.

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• European Commission White Paper on Europe's digital infrastructure needs

  The Commission's 2024 White Paper identified investment needs, lack of single telecom markets, fragmented spectrum management, dependency risks and security as digital-infrastructure challenges.

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• European Commission review of Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines

  The Commission opened a 2025 review of its Horizontal and Non-Horizontal Merger Guidelines to update merger assessment in light of new market realities and case practice.

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• Nokia leadership profile for Justin Hotard

  Nokia identifies Justin Hotard as President and Chief Executive Officer, appointed on 1 April 2025.

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• Orange governance page naming Christel Heydemann

  Orange identifies its Executive Committee as led by Christel Heydemann, CEO of Orange.

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• Telefónica executive profile for Marc Murtra

  Telefónica identifies Marc Murtra as Chairman and CEO of Telefónica S.A. since January 2025.

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• General Atlantic announcement on Vittorio Colao

  General Atlantic announced Vittorio Colao as Vice Chairman of EMEA and described his prior service as Italy's Minister of Technological Innovation and Digital Transition and Vodafone Group Chief Executive.

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