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The telco expects its LTE network to reach 99% of the Italian population by the end of 2019. Telecom Italia announced plans to invest 11 billion euros ($11.8 billion) over the next three years to launch premium digital services and improve …

The telco plans to widely deploy the Nokia technology this year Finnish vendor Nokia and compatriot operator Elisa have carried out a test of Cloud RAN technology, which allows cellular base stations to be moved to and managed in the …

O2 enterprise customers will have access to BAE’s Managed Security Services and Cyber Technical Service capabilities. U.K. telecommunications company O2 signed an agreement with security solutions provider BAE Systems to provide cybersecurity solutions for enterprise customers. The partnership will provide …

The subsea fiber system is expected to launch commercial operations in late 2018. Ireland-France Subsea Cable Limited announced a partnership with U.S. company Tiger Infrastructure Partners to finance and construct IFC-1, a submarine fiber optic cable system that will become …

European Union leaders last month announced a plan to invest more than $127 million to provide free Wi-Fi services in thousands of cities on the continent. Dubbed WiFi4EU, the plan calls for providing funding to between 6,000 and 8,000 cities …

The new deal is set to extend the MVNO operation until 2021. British Telecommunications and Virgin Media signed a new five-year mobile virtual network operator agreement that will see BT Group’s EE mobile unit provide wholesale mobile network services to …

Intel and Here to collaborate on proof-of-concept for autonomous vehicles and IoT. Intel has agreed to purchase a 15% stake in Here, a global provider of digital maps and location-based services for automotive and the “internet of things.” The deal …

New JV, called VodafoneZiggo, unifies communications in Dutch market; combines mobile and fixed telephony with home broadband and video services. Liberty Global and Vodafone Group announced that Liberty Global Europe Holding and Vodafone International Holdings completed a transaction to combine their …

Trial is said to have achieved 40 Gbps speed using Nokia TWDM-PON technology. Nokia and mobile operator Ooredoo Qatar said they achieved a symmetrical 40 gigabit per second speeds using Nokia’s Time and Wavelength Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Network fiber …

European telco Proximus is looking to reach 85% of enterprises and more than 50% of households with fiber. Belgian telecommunications operator Proximus said it expects to invest 3 billion euros ($3.13 billion) over the next 10 years to accelerate deployment …

Amazon Web Services also recently launched services in Canada. Amazon Web Services launched its first data center in the U.K., enabling local cloud storage for its 100,000 U.K.-based customers. AWS said it now manages three data center facilities in Europe, …

Nokia said it plans to launch so-called 4.9G technology in late 2017. Nokia said it has signed contracts for the rollout of “4.5G” networks with 110 service providers, according to international press reports. “If you want to create a fully …

The broadband fund set to invest in at least 20 countries by 2021. The European Commission and the European Investment Bank plan to launch a fund to invest in broadband infrastructure in underserved areas across Europe. The Connecting Europe Broadband …

The two companies plan to evaluate technical and commercial feasibility of 5G research. Huawei and U.K. telecommunications provider BT have partnered to carry out joint “5G” research activities. The agreement calls for the companies to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility …

Ericsson said it was on track to slash a portion of total jobs cuts as part of massive reorganization, with associated costs pulled into 2016 results. Ericsson has moved on eliminating more than half of the 3,000 jobs it said …

Arrow to market and sell network services tailored for customer applications. Arrow Electronics inked an agreement with Vodafone to market the latter’s “internet of things” services as part of its EVolve IoT offering. The agreement between the two companies creates …

5G demo carried out at DT’s lab in Bonn, Germany. Huawei and Deutsche Telekom said they completed a demonstration of what is claimed to be the world’s first “5G” end-to-end autonomous network slicing. The two companies had previously demonstrated an …

U.K. mobile operator EE and Huawei said they reached mobile broadband speeds of 2.1 gigabits per second over an LTE-Advanced network in a recent lab test. “We are committed to innovating and to be pushing the mobile industry forward by …

Fujitsu said that it aims to cut 1,800 jobs in the U.K. Japanese IT equipment and services company Fujitsu has plans to cut nearly 1,800 jobs from its U.K. operation in a move to improve margins, international press reported, citing the …

Cubic Telecom is recruiting for 60 new positions as connected car projects expand Irish global connectivity platform provider Cubic Telecom is seeking to recruit additional staff for its Dublin office as the company increases its focus on connected car projects. …

Some 238,000 homes and businesses will be connected to fiber U.K. broadband provider Virgin Media announced an investment program to deploy fiber-to the-premise in Scotland. Under the program, Virgin Media committed to connect at least two-thirds of the 360,000 additional …

A LoRaWAN test town for Hungary Szada is a small town on the outskirts of Budapest, Hungary, with a population of around 5,000. Its economy has relied on agriculture for centuries, with a recent trend towards vine growing. Thanks to …

The new data center is set to help Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company to process massive volume of industrial data Huawei and the Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company, a producer of oil and gas from the offshore areas of the …

The carrier completed a fiber network expansion, adding a DWDM route linking Frankfurt and Warsaw Telia Carrier extended the reach of its global IP backbone through the completion of the Frankfurt-Warsaw Express, a direct dense wavelength division multiplexing fiber network …

Fiber-to-the-home network supports speeds up to 1 Gbps; fiber-to-the-premises infrastructure reaches 327,000 homes and business in the U.K. U.K. telecommunications operator BT’s network business unit Openreach confirmed plans to more than double the speeds available over its fiber-to-the-premises network, boosting …