Europe and Middle East Trends
Europe and Middle East Trends
Europe and Middle East market trend intelligence tracks cloud service, regional ISP, national telecom, data centre, and institutional infrastructure signals across European and Middle Eastern internet infrastructure markets. BTW.
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Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
UK SMEs face cyber threats as 2 million skip cybersecurity training
BT reports 2 million SMEs lack cybersecurity training as phishing and ransomware threats rise across the UK.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Google's Châteauroux data-centre plan enters French public scrutiny
Google's proposed Ozans-Châteauroux data-centre campus matters because it turns French AI infrastructure from a land signal into a public-interest infrastructure test. CNDP materials name Google France, its subsidiaries Tricolore Computing and Violet Computing, and RTE as project…
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
Netherlands bids to host EU AI supercomputing centre
What happened: Netherlands launches bid to host European AI supercomputing centre A Dutch consortium has submitted a proposal to the European Commission to host one of the EU’s new AI “gigafactories” under the InvestAI programme. The bid—led by the De Groot Family Office (DGFO)…
Europe and Middle East Regional ISP Trends
Inca warns Ofcom plan tilts market in Openreach’s favour
What happened: INCA flags Openreach bias The Independent Networks Cooperative Association (Inca), representing UK alternative fibre providers, has responded to Ofcom’s ongoing Telecoms Access Review (TAR) in June 2025. It strongly entities to a proposal that designates Openreach…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Tehran cuts global internet by 97% to counter cyber threats
What happened: Iran imposes major blackout In mid-June 2025, Iran implemented a near-total internet shutdown, cutting approximately 97% of its global internet traffic. This followed reports of cyber-attacks on local banks and the cryptocurrency platform Nobitex, which authorities…
Europe and Middle East Regional ISP Trends
FiberCop's enlarged bond pricing turns fibre rollout funding into a market-confidence test
FiberCop's bond pricing is a financing event around Italy's fixed-access fibre control surface, not a corporate identity story called 'bond offer'. FiberCop launched EUR1.4bn of senior secured notes on 16 June 2025 and, two days later, priced EUR2.8bn after strong investor…
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
UK industrial strategy faces mixed industry reaction
What happened: Industry reacts to UK’s new industrial strategy The UK government has unveiled a new Industrial Strategy aimed at stimulating growth, reducing energy costs, and steering investment towards eight priority sectors—such as advanced manufacturing, clean energy, AI, and…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Geopolitical cyberattack shakes crypto markets
Hackers linked to Predatory Sparrow breach Iran’s Nobitex exchange. $90m in Bitcoin and other crypto assets burned amid Israel–Iran conflict.
Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
ESA and Hispasat turn quantum security into a satellite architecture test
ESA and Hispasat are using Q-Design to test whether satellite quantum-key distribution can become an operating architecture for sovereign and critical-infrastructure communications. The evidence-led event is a June 2025 agreement for a first-phase design study that combines GEO…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Iran bans officials from using internet-connected devices
Iran bans officials from using internet-connected devices to stop cyberattacks and data leaks, focusing on national security.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Eutelsat secures $1.3B deal with French military
What happened: Eutelsat signs £1 billion deal with the French military Eutelsat has recently signed a significant £1 billion deal with the French military, marking a pivotal moment in the satellite communications sector. This contract aims to enhance France’s military…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Xela Energy rebrands to support private-wire renewables
What happened: Clean Energy Capital rebrands to Xela Energy Clean Energy Capital has rebranded as Xela Energy, signalling a shift from a renewables developer to an Enterprise Independent Power Provider (EIPP) in the UK. Founded in 2019, the firm now focuses on designing…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Swedish military teams up with Telia and Ericsson on defense tech
What happened: Sweden secures telecom partnership for defense upgrades The Swedish Armed Forces start a new deal with telecom company Telia and equipment maker Ericsson. The aim is to improve military communication. The plan, shared on 17 June, includes secure mobile networks. It…
Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
UAE‑IX launches region’s first 400GE internet ports
What happened: Middle East’s largest IX gets 400GE upgrade DE-CIX, the world-leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, in partnership with Datamena(du’s carrier-neutral data centre and connectivity arm), has launched 400 Gigabit Ethernet (400 GE) ports at UAE-IX in Dubai—the first…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Capacity Eurasia 2025 set to unite connectivity leaders in Istanbul
What happened: Connectivity leaders to gather in Istanbul for Capacity Eurasia 2025 Capacity Eurasia 2025 will take place on 1–2 July at the InterContinental Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. Now in its latest edition, the event gathers over 500 decision-makers from 40+ countries across…
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Nokia and Elisa upgrade core network for future 5G use cases
Nokia helps Elisa complete cloud-based 5G core network upgrade across Finland to support automation and digital services.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia plan German industrial AI cloud
Deutsche Telekom and Nvidia plan a German industrial AI cloud with up to 10,000 Nvidia GPUs, targeting manufacturers that need local compute for simulation, robotics and AI workloads.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
CityFibre boosts Ethernet services for UK businesses
CityFibre expands business Ethernet to 260,000 UK sites, offering faster installs, lower prices, and broader coverage.
Europe and Middle East Regional ISP Trends
Vodafone and Three explore new subsea cable to Shetlands
What happened: Feasibility study launched for Shetland–mainland fibre link amid connectivity concerns Vodafone and Three UK, operating under their merged entity, have announced a new feasibility study exploring the potential for a subsea fibre-optic cable connecting the Shetland…
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Openreach moves businesses off PSTN to avoid future disruption
What happened: Openreach urges UK businesses to upgrade from PSTN ahead of 2025 switch-off Openreach, a division of BT Group, has launched a national push urging UK businesses to move away from the ageing Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) before its full retirement in…