Canal+ and Amazon Fire TV announce enhanced collaboration in Europe
EUROPE 23 JUN

Canal+ and Amazon Fire TV announce enhanced collaboration in Europe

Canal+, the global media and entertainment group, and Amazon Fire TV have announced a new strategic collaboration spanning multiple European countries. The agreement is built around an enhanced cooperation between Canal+ and Amazon, enabling deeper integration of the Canal+ App across Fire TV devices.

EU funds Baltic, Mediterranean hubs for rapid subsea cable repairs
EUROPE 23 JUN

EU funds Baltic, Mediterranean hubs for rapid subsea cable repairs

The European Commission (EC) announced it will grant EUR 5.8 million to establish the first two Regional Cable Hubs in the EU, in the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, as part of efforts to accelerate submarine cable repairs and increase infrastructure resilience. It is also launching a call for EUR 40 million more funding to increase European capacity to repair submarine communication cables.

FTTH Council Europe names new board with Adtran's Fogli as president
EUROPE 23 JUN

FTTH Council Europe names new board with Adtran's Fogli as president

The FTTH Council Europe has elected a new board and restructured its committee framework following its 2026 Spring General Assembly in Brussels, reflecting the organisation's expanding role in the connectivity ecosystem. The newly-appointed president Stefano Fogli, Director Technology and Solutions at Adtran, described the industry body's evolution as part of a strategic shift toward strengthening fibre network resilience and extending fibre applications beyond traditional access networks.

Microamp wins EU funding to advance AI-RAN platform for 6G-era links
EUROPE 23 JUN

Microamp wins EU funding to advance AI-RAN platform for 6G-era links

Microamp, a Poland-based 5G mmWave vendor, has been awarded EUR 6.5 million from the EU's scale-up platform for deep tech business models. The capital from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator consists of a EUR 4 million equity investment and a EUR 2.5 million grant award. Microamp will use the cash to advance its upcoming Any-G mmWave AI-RAN Wireless platform, tailored to AI-capable mmWave links in the 6G era.

R&S merges Lancom and cybersecurity business to form Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity
EUROPE 23 JUN

R&S merges Lancom and cybersecurity business to form Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity

Rohde & Schwarz has completed the merger of its subsidiary Lancom Systems with its network security business to form the new company Rohde & Schwarz Networks and Cybersecurity. The new company will start operating from 01 July, employing around 550 people, including just under 100 from R&S Cybersecurity and 450 from Lancom, across six German locations. The current managing directors of Lancom Systems, Constantin von Reden and Robert Mallinson will continue to lead the merged company, and Lancom founder and

5G availability soars to almost 80 percent across 29 European markets - Opensignal
EUROPE 22 JUN

5G availability soars to almost 80 percent across 29 European markets - Opensignal

Opensignal has published market research exploring 5G performance and adoption in most EU markets plus the UK, Switzerland and Norway. The insights are based on sample connection data collected in Q1 2026. These figures show that user devices were in reach of a 5G signal more than 78 percent of the time, with the figure rising above 90 percent in a handful of markets, namely Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and Cyprus. This indicates that 5G infrastructure has reached maturity across the EU and aligned stat

ESA's Galileo strengthens IoT connectivity with quasi-pilot signal technology
EUROPE 22 JUN

ESA's Galileo strengthens IoT connectivity with quasi-pilot signal technology

Europe's GNSS platform Galileo has been updated to enhance its performance in low-powered IoT and smart city devices. Pre-launch testing conducted by the European Space Agency (ESA) indicates signal acquisition times will be enhanced by a factor of three, with the number of operations required to establish a data call reduced by a factor of eight.

Italtel, OctaiPipe using AI to cut data centre cooling costs
EUROPE 22 JUN

Italtel, OctaiPipe using AI to cut data centre cooling costs

Italian ICT firm Italtel and deep-tech company OctaiPipe have partnered to deploy an AI system designed to help operators meet rising power demands and tighter European regulations by substantially reducing energy use in data centres. The technology, already deployed at a 2MW carrier-neutral facility owned by a major Italian group, has reduced cooling-related energy costs by up to 30 percent and improved overall site efficiency by more than 10 percent, said the partners.

Vodafone to offer RugGear devices for mission-critical use cases
EUROPE 22 JUN

Vodafone to offer RugGear devices for mission-critical use cases

Vodafone's mission-critical communications (MCx) customers will soon have the opportunity to purchase RugGear's two-way 5G and 4G radios and toughened smartphones. The devices will connect via Airbus's secure collaboration platform, Agnet, as part of an existing collaboration between Airbus and Vodafone.

Glide appoints new European Sales Director
EUROPE 22 JUN

Glide appoints new European Sales Director

Glide, UK provider of managed internet, Wi-Fi and connectivity services provider, has announced the appointment of Alan Marshall as European Sales Director. He will lead the group's European strategy, helping to build on its established European presence and drive growth across key markets. 

Titan OS to add Apple TV to Smart TVs in Europe and Latin America
EUROPE 22 JUN

Titan OS to add Apple TV to Smart TVs in Europe and Latin America

Barcelona-based technology and entertainment company Titan OS has confirmed plans to expand its content offering by bringing Apple TV to smart TVs running its platform across Europe and Latin America. The rollout will begin in June 2026 on select Philips TV models from the 2025 range, with additional brands and devices to follow in the near future.

Kaspersky Labs registers with German BSI for NIS2 compliance
EUROPE 19 JUN

Kaspersky Labs registers with German BSI for NIS2 compliance

Kaspersky Labs has registered with Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) as a "very important entity" under the German implementation of the EU's NIS2 directive. The registration is valid across the EU for the security company's compliance with the directive. NIS2 outlines stricter security requirements for companies and other critical organisations such as utilities and public administration, including extensive reporting obligations in case of security incidents and penalties for violati

EUROPE 19 JUN

Nokia Defense teams with KNDS to market military 5G and LTE system

Nokia Defense and European land defence vendor KNDS have launched a technology collaboration focused on embedding defence-grade cellular connectivity in ground force squadrons and unmanned systems including autonomous vehicles. The alliance aims to address critical communications deficits in modern battlefield scenarios. Nokia's Banshee Deployable Solution, a fully-independent radio network utilised to equip defence operations with private cellular (5G and LTE) links, will be integrated with a KNDS armoured

EUROPE 18 JUN

European social network eYou tops 75,000 users in first 6 weeks, opens platform to Bluesky

European social media platform eYou reports it has surpassed 75,000 registered users, hitting the milestone just six weeks after its public launch. Nearly half of these users remain active on a monthly basis, eYou said. According to the company, these users – primarily located in Romania, Germany, the UK, and France – spend an average of 45 minutes daily on the platform, logging in nearly eight times a day.

EUROPE 18 JUN

Majority of Europeans happy to pay more for EU-based digital services - study

A new Eurobarometer survey published by the European Commission shows strong public backing for the EU's digital ambitions, with the vast majority of citizens supporting greater technological autonomy and investment in homegrown digital services. The Digital Decade survey, conducted between February and March 2026, found that 79 percent of Europeans consider digital policy a priority for the bloc's future, while 85 percent favour investment in EU-developed technologies and 82 percent want to reduce reliance

EUROPE 17 JUN

OVHcloud unveils comms platform with agentic AI and encryption, strengthens quantum position

OVHcloud is presenting its latest innovations at the VivaTech exhibition, currently taking place in Paris. Unveiled in preview by the company's R&D unit (OVH Labs), a new collaborative comms platform should become available in beta version by November, in time for this year's OVHcloud Summit event. The platform combines tools such as email, cloud storage, videoconferencing and online search with agentic AI capabilities and native end-to-end encryption. When encryption is enabled, the search and agentic AI f

EUROPE 17 JUN

Digital Decade report sees EU missing 2030 target for universal FTTP coverage

The European Union is falling short on its target for 100 percent of premises covered by FTTP by 2030, and also needs to do more to accelerate the roll-out of standalone 5G, the latest progress report on the Digital Decade targets shows. While fibre coverage rose nearly 5 percentage points in the past year to 74.1 percent of households in the EU, the current pace will put the EU at only 90 percent coverage in 2030. 5G meanwhile is used by only around 28 percent of people, despite near-universal coverage. 

EUROPE 17 JUN

EU radio spectrum advisor questions proposed licensing reforms

The EU's Radio Spectrum Policy Group is opposing several aspects of the European Commission's proposed Digital Networks Act. In a response to the draft legislation, the RSPG said it may complicate several aspects of spectrum licensing and coordination, rather than deliver the simplification desired by the Commission and market. The advisory body is not in favour of the plan to merge much of its activities with the telecom regulator Berec in a new agency, nor does it support transferring many national spectr

EUROPE 17 JUN

Alibaba Cloud to bring agentic AI services to Europe as new cloud region opens in France

Alibaba Cloud announced that several agentic AI services will become available to its European customers by the end of the year, saying that this development supports its broader strategy of building a full-stack 'AI+Cloud' ecosystem for the agentic era. The services coming to Europe include AgentRun, Starops, ACS Agent Sandbox, Agent Security Center, AI Security Guardrails 2.0, and Agentic SOC. Meanwhile, customers in France can now benefit from a dedicated cloud region featuring two availability zones.

EUROPE 17 JUN

European adolescents spend average of 4.5 hours online on schooldays

A new Eurobarometer survey published on the occasion of the final meeting of the Special Panel on child safety online shows a connection between social media use and wellbeing. The panel will present recommendations to President Ursula von der Leyen on 13 July for improving the EU's framework for protecting minors online. The survey found that on average, young people across Europe spend 4.5 hours online during a school day and 6.1 hours a day at weekends. Fourteen percent of adolescents say them spending o

EUROPE 16 JUN

Sopra Steria, Red Hat strengthen ties to deliver edge AI applications

Sopra Steria and Red Hat announced a further expansion of their long‑standing collaboration at Eurosatory, a defence- and security-focused exhibition currently taking place in Paris. This follows the recent launch by Sopra Steria of modular offers supporting AI adoption powered by Red Hat's OpenShift suite. The two partners said that they are now joining forces on a new initiative to help clients scale automated AI workflows from the data centre to resource-constrained devices at the furthest edge. The coll

EUROPE 16 JUN

EU telecom industry, consumer groups step up lobbying on Digital Networks Act

The mobile industry's lead lobby group, the GSMA has published its response to the EU's proposed Digital Networks Act, overhauling telecom regulation in the bloc. The mobile operators broadly support the plans for easier spectrum licensing but are calling for the EU to go further in withdrawing overlapping regulations in areas such as privacy and net neutrality. An opposing coalition of internet rights, media and consumer groups has called on EU legislators to leave the net neutrality regulation unchanged a

EUROPE 16 JUN

3 Screen Solutions adds search and editorial functions to 3Ready platform

3 Screen Solutions (3SS) said it has added two functions to 3Ready Hero, the user experience (UX) intelligence layer embedded in every component of 3SS' 3Ready content platform. Its new 3Ready Hero Search helps users find content through natural language, while 3Ready Hero for Editors gives service providers' editorial personnel contextual answers and support to simplify operational workflows. 3Ready Hero Search is currently in a proof-of-concept deployment with a major European telco.

EUROPE 15 JUN

European vendors step up advocacy to address internet router security risks

Four European internet router suppliers have joined forces to establish SAFENet, an alliance advocating for European self-reliance in their target market. Fritz!, Devolo, Lancom and TDT will collaborate to foster dialogue with European policymakers and users, aiming to highlight potential measures to make routers more secure and stamp out risks which it believes are linked to foreign manufacturers.

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