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French telco consortium boosts SFR offer to €20.4bn

by Harry Baldock | Apr 17, 2026

Bouygues Telecom, Orange, and Iliad have this week submitted a revised bid for rival operator SFR, valuing the business at €20.4 billon.

Nokia and Orange team up for AI RAN

by Harry Baldock | Apr 16, 2026

Nokia and Orange today announced a new collaboration focused on developing and evaluating artificial intelligence radio access network (AI-RAN) technologies powered by Nokia’s anyRAN 5G software and NVIDIA AI infrastructure.

Agentic workflows opening the door to an ‘experience of one’

by Harry Baldock | Apr 14, 2026

For decades, operators have faced a familiar set of challenges, including declining margins, rising operational complexity, and limited differentiation.

How telecom’s most boring data is becoming its most valuable asset

by Harry Baldock | Apr 14, 2026

For decades, inventory management for telcos has been treated as a necessary but unremarkable feature of daily operations.

Telco retail: Going phygital at the dawn of AI commerce

by Harry Baldock | Apr 7, 2026

For Christopher Krywulak, CEO and founder of iQmetrix, the industry now faces the harsh reality of a long-delayed transformation

INWIT’s Italian tower empire crumbling as TIM pulls out

by Harry Baldock | Mar 31, 2026

TIM follows its rival Fastweb+Vodafone in refusing to renew its contact with Italy’s largest tower company

‘Innovation has no ZIP code’: Azercell talks AI leadership

by Harry Baldock | Mar 25, 2026

Interview At MWC 2026, we caught up with George Held, CTIO of Azercell, on how the company’s...

Make sure all tools are present, always

by Rosie Foster | Mar 24, 2026

The high cost of missing equipment in field interventions is becoming a thing of the past. With...

Colt develops Agentic AI engine with Microsoft AI cutting enterprise quote time from days to minutes

by Rosie Foster | Mar 24, 2026

London, March 2nd 2026 – Colt Technology Services (Colt), the global digital infrastructure...

Telefónica Tech expands quantum ecosystem with triple partnership

by Rob Chambers | Mar 23, 2026

Telefónica Tech partners with Qilimanjaro, QCentroid, and Multiverse Computing to integrate quantum hardware and software into industrial-grade AI deployments.

Poste Italiane signals state return with €10.8bn Telecom Italia bid

by Rob Chambers | Mar 23, 2026

The state-backed move seeks to create a national digital champion by integrating TIM’s services and infrastructure into Poste’s diversified portfolio.

Huawei unveils AI-native framework and new generation solutions to enable all intelligence

by Gagan Kaur | Mar 20, 2026

Partner Article Huawei unveils AI-native framework and new generation solutions to enable all...

TIM and Fastweb create JV to build 6,000 mobile towers

by Harry Baldock | Mar 19, 2026

TIM and Fastweb + Vodafone have signed a non-binding agreement for the construction and operation of new mobile towers (passive infrastructure) in Italy, with the prospect of creating up to 6,000 new sites.