Telecom, cloud, chips and the money behind Europe's connectivity and compute.
The infrastructure operator has commissioned two major fibre routes—one crossing the Alps between Milan and Zurich, the other spanning 1,600km from Paris to Vienna—to strengthen data centre connectivity and support growing AI and cloud traffic.
The network operator is committing fresh capital to expand fibre capacity and subsea routes globally, with particular focus on strengthening European hubs and opening new gateways in Africa and Asia.
A sweeping round of workforce reductions is reshaping Europe's telecoms landscape, with carriers and equipment makers cutting thousands of positions to streamline operations and adapt to market pressures.
The Nordic telecoms operator is restructuring its workforce and shifting roles from central functions to country units, targeting over a billion kronor in annual savings by end of 2026.
Nokia has demonstrated how its coherent pluggable optics technology can help submarine cable operators reduce power consumption, save costs and increase data capacity. The company tested the approach on a transatlantic route.
The Nordic telecom operator has restructured the leadership of Telenor Connexion, its IoT arm, bringing in former Nokia chief Pekka Lundmark as independent chairman as part of a strategy to scale the business globally.
The telecom operator has committed to a 10-year engagement with Amdocs to modernise its systems and accelerate digital and AI capabilities across its Eurasian footprint.
The chief executive of Virgin Media O2 has called on the UK government to reconsider BT's £400 million acquisition of TalkTalk, arguing the deal undermines market competition in British telecoms.