Organization
General Atlantic
Growth equity firm represented in the panel by Vittorio Colao, its Vice Chairman of EMEA.
What to know first
- IdentityGeneral Atlantic, Government agency, Government bodyHigh confidence
- People and linksUnavailable: Vittorio Colao, Policy, Europe's telco CEOs turn consolidation into an investment-security argumentMedium confidence
Basic information
- Display nameGeneral AtlanticHigh confidence
- Legal typeGovernment agencyHigh confidence
- Directory categoryGovernment bodyHigh confidence
- AliasesGeneral Atlantic LPMedium confidence
- Last updatedAug 28, 2026High confidence
Locations
- Geography scopeUnited States / United States / EMEAHigh confidence
- Other infrastructure servicesUnited States / United States / EMEAMedium confidence
Other network resources
- Service platformGeneral Atlantic United States Other infrastructure services · United States / United States / EMEAHigh confidence
People and contacts
- ContactsPolicyMedium confidence
- Available contact typesPolicyMedium confidence
Source basis
- Capacity report on FT-Connect Europe telecom CEO panelCapacity 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.High confidence
- Connect Europe CEO statement on tech leadership and scaleEight 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.High confidence
- Connect Europe telecom leaders meeting with European Commission EVPsConnect 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.High confidence
- GSMA and Connect Europe response to EU merger-guideline reviewThe 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.High confidence
- European Commission White Paper on Europe's digital infrastructure needsThe Commission's 2024 White Paper identified investment needs, lack of single telecom markets, fragmented spectrum management, dependency risks and security as digital-infrastructure challenges.High confidence