Sunrise partners Satellite Connect Europe to try D2D services
SWITZERLAND 3 MRT

Sunrise partners Satellite Connect Europe to try D2D services

Swiss operator Sunrise is partnering with Satellite Connect Europe to assess the latter's direct-to-device (D2D) satellite connectivity service, and how it could improve 4G and 5G coverage in Switzerland. The partners will test whether smartphones seamlessly transition from mobile to satellite signals in areas with limited or no coverage. Satellite Connect Europe is the joint venture set up by Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile for D2D services which is partnering also with other European mobile network operators

Telefonica Germany moves 5G core functions to AWS Outposts
GERMANY 3 MRT

Telefonica Germany moves 5G core functions to AWS Outposts

Telefonica Germany has moved the operation of its 5G core network to cloud-based architecture from Amazon Web Services, using its own data centre based on the AWS Outposts service. The cloud-based architecture operates in parallel with Telefonica's existing 5G core network, using AWS machine learning services, including large language models (LLMs) from Amazon Bedrock, to automate complex 5G maintenance workflows. Telefonica uses equipment provided by Nokia to run its 5G core network on AWS infrastructure u

Iliad CEO says French mega data centre project held up by environmental regulations
FRANCE 3 MRT

Iliad CEO says French mega data centre project held up by environmental regulations

Thomas Reynaud, CEO of the Iliad Group, has denounced the impact of administrative formalities on a multi-billion euro data centre project unveiled in late 2025 to meet growing demand for AI applications. Iliad is investing in the facility via data centre venture OpCore, co-owned with InfraVia Capital Partners, on a site that previously housed a coal-fired power station. The project is being held back by a compulsory "four-season" assessment, Reynaud stated in an opinion piece published by Les Echos, descri

Freenet runs new TV ad featuring special offer for Samsung Galaxy S26
GERMANY 3 MRT

Freenet runs new TV ad featuring special offer for Samsung Galaxy S26

Freenet is running a new, nationwide television advertising campaign to showcase its brand values, which it names as attractive propositions, emotional connections with digital products, and a modern brand presence. It will air from 26 February until 10 March on high-reach channels under the AdAlliance and ProSiebenSat1 groups. The campaign features a special offer for Samsung's recently launched Galaxy S26 smartphone.

EnviaM and Avacon open EUR 40 mln data centre near Hannover
GERMANY 3 MRT

EnviaM and Avacon open EUR 40 mln data centre near Hannover

EnviaM has announced that a new data centre in Sehnde near Hannover has begun operations, developed in conjunction with energy company Avacon. Construction took approximately eighteen months and the two companies have invested some EUR 40 million in the site. The facility has an area of around 2,000 square meters and offers space for up to 28,000 servers to support business-critical IT applications for companies and public organisations in Lower Saxony.

O2 Telefonica, Ekinops offer B2B 5G mobile fixed line extension solution
GERMANY 3 MRT

O2 Telefonica, Ekinops offer B2B 5G mobile fixed line extension solution

O2 Telefonica and Ekinops, enterprise secured connectivity specialist, have partnered to launch a joint 5G mobile fixed line extension solution for enterprise customers in Germany. This will provide customers with high-speed 5G connectivity, even in difficult coverage areas. 

French watchdog enforces new measures to block Russian media sites
FRANCE 3 MRT

French watchdog enforces new measures to block Russian media sites

French regulator Arcom has strengthened its crackdown on Russian media entities with a new decision requesting ISPs to block 35 websites linked to outlets under EU sanctions. Alongside ISPs, domain name resolution system providers and search engines must take action to prevent access to the sites. Four streaming platforms featuring content from the targeted outlets are also covered by the decision, with a request to delist the sites.

Tencent Cloud opens third European Availability Zone in Frankfurt amid rising AI demand
GERMANY 2 MRT

Tencent Cloud opens third European Availability Zone in Frankfurt amid rising AI demand

Tencent Cloud has announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) the opening of a new availability zone in Frankfurt. The launch expands its European infrastructure to three availability zones in Germany. Tencent says this expansion comes in response to growing European demand for cloud and AI services, highlighting new regional customers of its HY 3D AI creation engine, including Germany's 3D AI Studio; Lithuania-based 3D model marketplace CGTrader; Germany-headquartered Maxon; and Turkish payments platform iyzi

Deutsche Telekom showcases Magenta AI call assistant at MWC
GERMANY 2 MRT

Deutsche Telekom showcases Magenta AI call assistant at MWC

Deutsche Telekom is showcasing for the first time the Magenta AI Call Assistant at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The AI enables live translation, call summaries and answering questions with AI, just by saying 'Hey Magenta' during a call. Based at the network level with no apps required, Telekom developed the call assistant in partnership with software company ElevenLabs and plans to integrate further functions in the future. The company will roll out the AI Call Assistant this year in Germany and late

Deutsche Telekom sets up 6G Innovation Hub with T-Mobile US
GERMANY 2 MRT

Deutsche Telekom sets up 6G Innovation Hub with T-Mobile US

Deutsche Telekom and its US subsidiary T-Mobile have set up the 6G Innovation Hub to develop 6G networks based on AI-native systems. The hub is underpinned by a collaboration between T-Mobile's Innovation Lab in the US and T-Labs in Berlin. The companies will focus on AI-native and autonomous networks solutions, secure wide-area networking through sensing and positioning, and convergence of connectivity and high-performance compute, they said.

Orange Business, Tech Mahindra enter talks on 5-year digital transformation drive
FRANCE 2 MRT

Orange Business, Tech Mahindra enter talks on 5-year digital transformation drive

Orange Business and Tech Mahindra have entered into exclusive negotiations to forge a five-year strategic partnership covering multiple areas of collaboration, including go-to-market initiatives, outsourcing and operational processes. For Orange Business, the agreement would provide access to new markets through a go-to-market approach focused on international customers outside France. It would also involve outsourcing to Tech Mahindra a portion of Orange Business' global customer support, quote-to-bill pro

Deutsche Telekom markets Leica Leitzphone in Germany
GERMANY 2 MRT

Deutsche Telekom markets Leica Leitzphone in Germany

Deutsche Telekom is marketing the new Leica Leitzphone powered by Xiaomi in Germany. The smartphone is equipped with a triple camera system developed by Leica, in which the 1-inch main camera with 50 megapixels and 23 mm equivalent focal length is complemented by an ultra-wide angle lens with 50 MP and 14mm focal length, and a 200 MP periscope telephoto lens with optical zoom (75-100mm). It is therefore aimed at professional photographers and content creators.

GERMANY 2 MRT

Deutsche Telekom partners Nokia to develop AI and open RAN

Deutsche Telekom and Nokia are deepening their strategic cooperation to develop AI‑native RAN (AI-RAN) architectures and accelerate the introduction of intelligent and autonomous RAN functions across cloud, edge and radio domains. At MWC, the companies announced they will cooperate to develop AI-powered receivers, channel estimation and prediction, adaptive beamforming and predictive network optimisation to improve network automation. The technologies will be tested in Deutsche Telekom laboratories and in r

GERMANY 27 FEB

Deutsche Telekom develops O-RAN automation platform with Capgemini

Deutsche Telekom has developed an open platform for intelligent Radio Access Network (O-RAN) automation with Capgemini. The platform for Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) operates across O-RAN and also legacy RAN environments, including 5G and 4G. This means that operators are able to upgrade networks gradually.

GERMANY 27 FEB

BSI approves iPhone, iPad for use with classified NATO data

The German government has approved the Apple iPhone and iPad for use with classified information up to the NATO restricted level, following extensive security testing and evaluation. This makes them the first consumer devices to be certified compliant with NATO information assurance requirements.

GERMANY 27 FEB

Freenet lifts financial targets for 2028 on Waipu.tv growth

German operator Freenet has increased its financial targets for 2028 in light of changed circumstances. The company is now targeting adjusted EBITDA of at least EUR 620 million, up from a previous target of EUR 600 million, and adjusted free cash flow of at least EUR 340 million. Waipu.tv is considered a key factor in achieving those goals, with a projected contribution of at least EUR 120 million to adjusted EBITDA in 2028. For FY26, the company expects significantly higher revenues from both mobile and IP

GERMANY 26 FEB

O2 Germany campaign aims to address network quality prejudices

Telefonica Germany is launching the next phase of an advertising campaign to address public misconceptions about the quality of its mobile network. The campaign uses the motto 'The network that's better than you think' and has been created to close the gap between the perception and actual quality of the O2 mobile network. 

FRANCE 26 FEB

Orange to exhibit connectivity innovation at MWC

Orange will be present at this year's Mobile World Congress with a fully redesigned stand, where it will present several demonstrations around the themes of augmented networks and connectivity-enabled applications. The programme aims to showcase how the group's core expertise can underpin new services, in line with the recently unveiled 'Trust the Future' strategic plan. In particular, Orange will highlight the transformation of its networks through a platform-driven approach, supported by softwarisation, a

AUSTRIA 26 FEB

Magenta Telekom posts small increase in revenue, EBITDA in 2025

Magenta Telekom said revenues increased only slightly year-on-year in 2025, by 0.9 percent, to reach a total EUR 1.50 billion. EBITDA AL grew by 1.6 percent to EUR 555 million during the period. The Austrian operator, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, invested EUR 317 million last year, up 17 percent compared with 2024, to expand infrastructure networks.

AUSTRIA 26 FEB

A1 helps Erste Group deploy commercial quantum encryption solution

Erste Group has worked with A1 and technology provider zerothird to become the first banking group in Europe to test the commercial use of entanglement-based quantum encryption for critical financial infrastructure. A pilot project in Vienna successfully integrated a commercial quantum security solution into the bank's existing fibre network - establishing a quantum-secure connection between Vienna and Frankfurt financial centres.

FRANCE 26 FEB

Bouygues Telecom targets stable EBITDA in 2026 after 1% rise in Q4

French operator Bouygues Telecom met its 2025 EBITDAaL guidance, reporting a broadly unchanged result year-on-year. The stable EBITDAaL performance is expected to continue in 2026, with virtually no contribution from La Poste Telecom activities. Sales billed to customers should also remain flat compared with 2025, while gross investments are forecast to decrease from the peak reached in recent years. In the three months to December, EBITDAaL rose 1 percent year-on-year to EUR 537 million, following a fracti

GERMANY 26 FEB

Deutsche Bahn tests remote train control with Boldyn Networks

German railway company Deutsche Bahn has tested remote control of a train for the first time by deploying a 5G network from Boldyn Networks. During the test, an S-Bahn suburban rain at the depot in Munich-Steinhausen was remotely shunted from an indoor operating station, using real-time video images instantly transmitted on Boldyn's 5G private network.  When performing shunting manoeuvres, a locomotive driver normally has to walk to the vehicle and, if needed, switch driver's cabs.The Remote Train Operation

GERMANY 26 FEB

Deutsche Telekom lifts German revenues and EBITDA in Q4

Deutsche Telekom reported revenues in Germany up 2.7 percent year-on-year in Q4 2025 to EUR 6.75 billion. Adjusted EBITDA after leases (AL) progressed during the period by 2.5 percent to EUR 2.71 billion. In the full year, however, revenues decreased by 0.4 percent to EUR 25.61 billion on the back of lower mobile phone sales.

GERMANY 25 FEB

Deutsche Telekom expands Google AI in network operations

Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Google Cloud to introduce an artificial intelligence (AI) system to check operations across networks. The system, called Multi-Agentic Intelligent Network Diagnostics & Remediation (MINDR amd designed by Deutsche Telekom with Google's Gemini models, can detect, diagnose and resolve network issues without resorting to troubleshooting.

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