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Major telcos in France have agreed a deal to split SFR, the country’s second-biggest operator, between Bouygues Telecom, Orange, and Iliad. The transaction boosts their commercial scale, investment capacity, and sovereignty ambitions, but it has to get past regulatory approval …

Runtime security is becoming a network architecture imperative for telecom operators, writes Nokia. To detect threats earlier without compromising performance, security must deliver continuous visibility, operate predictably under load, and align with stringent operational, validation and regulatory requirements. Telecom networks …

Telcos are being asked to fund the next wave of AI and 5G innovation while already burdened by enormous debt and relentless infrastructure costs. By breaking down carrier finances with a simple lemonade-stand analogy and real 2025 operator numbers, Vish …

Germany’s sovereign cloud push is advancing with Deutsche Telekom and SAP winning a BMDS AI platform tender built on the “Deutschland-Stack”, while Thales expands its Google Cloud-powered sovereign model in Germany alongside its French PREMI3NS infrastructure. STL Partners has a …

The GSMA has issued a lobbying report to argue for sweeping regulatory reform in the EU as telcos face a €475 billion investment gap to catch up with rivals in other regions – and to deliver the sovereign infrastructure for …

Vodafone’s sovereign-cloud deal with AWS in Germany and BT’s brand refresh and UEFA deal in the UK, plus lots else, shows how European telcos are repositioning as trusted intermediaries for AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and critical infrastructure. In sum – what …

Colin Bannon, chief tech officer at BT Business, reframed the sovereignty debate at FutureNet World in London last week: data sovereignty is largely secured, tech sovereignty is unrealistic, and operational sovereignty is about resilience, he said – about who controls …

Hyperscalers continue to dominate AI infrastructure globally, but regulatory dynamics are opening space for telcos in specific segments, observes Omdia In sum – what to know: Demand-led models – Telcos must secure anchor tenants and real workloads early, as AI …

HPE reinforced the telco shift at MWC: the urgent mid-gen upgrade of fiber interconnect and longhaul networks for the AI era, plus the edge inference agenda just coming on-stream – as served by its PTX and MX portfolios, respectively, as …

Coherent optics, photonic line systems, and software agents are helping cloud providers and telco companies to manage the explosive AI workload demands on fiber networks – across cutting-edge interconnect systems, upgraded longhaul infrastructure, and emerging mobile access networks. As told …

The eSIM is rapidly becoming the default across flagship smartphones, smart glasses, smart watches, and other companion devices. This is increasingly raising an important question, says telecom software provider Motive: are operators truly ready to offer and activate the next …

Eric Yang, president of carrier business at Huawei, said that China Telecom is upgrading VIP services with fiber-to-room packages combined with home AI agents In sum – what to know: Massive AI scale ahead – Huawei predicts 10x AI capability …

By 2035, global active data center IT capacity is forecast to surge nearly six-fold, from roughly 24 GW today to around 147 GW, as a new ABI Research forecast shows. A staggering expansion driven largely by artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, …

India’s telecom department is surveying large enterprises on interest in private 5G spectrum licensing, reviving earlier plans amid improved 5G device availability and rising interest from system integrators. In sum – what to know: Demand response – the Indian DoT …

For telcos, the surest AI wins come in their operational heartlands – streamlining customer care, enhancing enterprise services, and turning network data into actionable insights. System support – AI in telecom has primarily advanced in low-risk OSS/BSS, focusing on customer …

BT’s 2024/25 results show fibre gains amid slumping enterprise and consumer revenues. The UK telco is shrinking its international footprint, refocusing on domestic enterprise growth, and eyeing managed service expansion – which is a good model for most telcos, reckons …

In sum – what to know: Clean data drives AI intent – by breaking telcos’ silos, creating global visibility, and enabling contextual models; and by providing a unified foundation for AI models to understand their desired outcomes. AI intent drives …

Despite good work by industry groups, there remains a glaring lack of knowledge among software developers about application programming interfaces (APIs) for new 5G networks. A new survey by UK-based research group STL Partners claims 55 percent of software developers …

Microsoft has signed a deal to sell its networking business Metaswitch to Utah-based cloud communications provider Alianza. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025; the fee has not been disclosed. Microsoft only acquired Metaswitch in …

Picture a future where your telecommunications company doesn’t just keep pace with your expectations — it anticipates and exceeds them at every turn. With the onset of generative AI (gen AI), this scenario is becoming a reality, building change for …

The big announcement last week from IBM and the GSMA about teaching telcos in the ways of the force – as in generative artificial intelligence (AI) – is not just about telcos. Or rather, it is not just about showing …

AWS is working to help operators understand use cases, assemble an ecosystem and accelerate time-to-value Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars operators around the world have pumped into deploying 5G networks, service revenues have largely remained stagnant. While there’s …

This report, a companion to the Women in Telco event, aggregates and contextualized the discussions from expert speakers about the importance of diversity and inclusion in the telecom industry. It also provides readers with practical information to enhance their professional …

Game, set, and match at MWC, and the contest hasn’t even started. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has bought Italian private core network specialist Athonet for an undisclosed fee. For our money (old Enterprise IoT Insights money), this is likely to …