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5G: Europe’s catalyst for a technological renaissance (Analyst Angle)

The technological advances being shaped by 5G across Europe are so profound, the era is being identified as Europe’s digital decade. There are multiple technology milestones being realized throughout Europe and these achievements are seen as pivotal moments where vision becomes a reality right...

TIM approves sale of fixed network assets to KKR

Optics BidCo, controlled by KKR, will take over the assets from TIM at a current enterprise value of 18.8 billion euros Italian telecom company TIM has approved a proposal from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) to acquire TIM's fixed network assets or NetCo,...

Elisa offloads majority stake video conferencing business in share swap agreement

Elisa will walk away with a 37.5% stake in MVC Mobile VideoCommunication’s international video-conferencing business Elisa intends to sell the majority stake in its workplace collaboration subsidiary Elisa Videra to MVC Mobile VideoCommunication. The deal is a share swap, and so, the Finnish operator will...

Estonia turns to China in damaged Baltic Sea telecom cable investigation

The two cables running between between Sweden and Estonia were mysteriously damaged on October 8th Earlier this month, two underwater telecommunication cables that run between Sweden and Estonia were damaged, and as the European countries are continues to investigate the cause of the damage, Estonia...

HMD Global kicks off smartphone manufacturing in Europe

HMD Global is starting manufacturing in Europe with assembly of the 5G-capable rugged Nokia XR21 HMD Global has begun manufacturing smartphones in Europe, starting with assembly of the 5G-capable rugged Nokia XR21, which the company first unveiled in May and is designed for enterprise customers and...

Cellnex sells Swedish, Danish businesses for $772 million

Cellnex operates 4,557 sites across Sweden and Denmark Europe's largest tower company, Cellnex, has agreed to sell a 49% stake in its Sweden and Denmark subsidiaries to Stonepeak, an U.S.-based investment firm that focuses infrastructure, for €730 million ($772 million). The decision aligned with the...

Europe bolsters cloud-native private 5G for Industry 4.0 with FUDGE-5G kickoff

The technology and government sectors both love an acronym, but FUDGE-5G? Really? It seems a stretch; a random mnemonic to brand a rather complex-sounding EU innovation initiative. The project’s full name is ‘Fully Disintegrated Private Networks for 5G Verticals; just try picking the letter...