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Europe and Middle East Regional ISP Trends
Ray-Svyaz's 500 Mbit/s promotion leaves the post-promotion price unverified
MyCentra’s Sheregesh offer puts a 500 Mbit/s headline beside a 50% discount. The same official page says the discount lasts three months and then gives way to the main tariff agreed at connection. That makes the post-promotion price—not the launch price—the first economic fact a…
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
CPP Investments and Equinix complete $4bn atNorth acquisition
The $4bn deal gives CPP Investments control of atNorth and includes a $4.1bn financing package intended to support the Nordic operator's expansion.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
MasOrange tests 6GHz radio technology with Ericsson
MasOrange has tested 6GHz spectrum with 256TR active antennas and beamforming as it evaluates radio technology for future 6G deployment.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Tottenham Hotspur upgrades stadium network with Wi-Fi 7
HPE will add outdoor Wi-Fi 7 and bring data-centre, campus and edge network management into Aruba Central at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Europe and Middle East Institutional
Haffner launches biomass power-and-cooling offer for data centres
Haffner Energy has launched a modular biomass system that combines onsite power generation with cooling for data centres operating alongside the grid.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Sparkle, Hellas Sat test quantum-safe satellite link
Sparkle and Hellas Sat have extended Sparkle's QSI service from a terrestrial data-centre link to a GEO satellite connection between Greece and Cyprus.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Green Mountain signs 14MW London neocloud customer
Green Mountain has signed an unnamed neocloud customer for the newly delivered 14MW expansion at its LON-East campus in Romford.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Orange acquires Obvios's Dome private 5G core
The acquisition brings Dome's private 5G core and its developers into Orange Business for defence and critical-infrastructure deployments.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Microsoft sets November opening for Saudi Arabia East cloud region
Microsoft has set a November 2026 opening for its Saudi Arabia East region, giving customers a firm date for locally hosted Azure and AI workloads.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
UK PSTN switch-off leaves 1.5m lines to migrate
About 1.5 million Openreach PSTN lines remain ahead of the January 2027 shutdown, while a survey points to gaps in customer readiness.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Adobe moves AI captioning workloads to HUMAIN in Saudi Arabia
Adobe will run regional AI data-captioning workloads on HUMAIN's Saudi infrastructure using Qualcomm Dragonfly accelerators, keeping the related compute and data inside the Kingdom.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Bull wins €387.8m LUMI-AI contract
Bull will deploy LUMI-AI at CSC's new Kajaani data centre in the second half of 2027 under a €387.8m EuroHPC procurement contract.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Nokia sets up Saudi R&D centre for network automation
Nokia is setting up its first Saudi R&D centre in Riyadh to develop network-automation software, with operations expected to begin within two months.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
AWS sets December launch for Saudi Region
AWS says its first Saudi Region is on track for December 2026, while AWS and HUMAIN target up to 50MW in a separate AI Zone by 2028.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
UK firms flag unclear ownership during network faults
A survey found 45% of UK connectivity buyers had faced faults where responsibility between suppliers was disputed or unclear.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Boldyn adds RedCap sensors to West Sussex private 5G
Boldyn is using 5G RedCap to connect a livestock sensor to its West Sussex private network, testing support for simpler, lower-power IoT devices.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Together AI, HUMAIN plan 250MW Saudi data centre
The partnership links HUMAIN's Saudi AI infrastructure with Together AI's cloud platform and customers, with a new 250MW facility planned.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
HUMAIN, DataVolt start 100MW NEOM AI data-centre build
HUMAIN and DataVolt are developing 100MW at Oxagon as DataVolt begins construction on its wider 360MW first phase, targeting service from 2028.
Europe and Middle East Institutional
Nexans qualifies 525kV HVDC repair system for 3,000m
Nexans has qualified a 525kV HVDC cable and repair joint for 3,000-metre depths on the planned Crete-Cyprus interconnector.
Europe and Middle East Institutional
Subsea Cable Assets launches carousel rental service
The new service gives subsea contractors temporary access to 4,000- and 6,000-tonne cable carousels, with a first European contract already secured.