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    KKR, Macquarie reportedly in the chase for Altice fibre unit

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    According to BNN Bloomberg, there is now a shortlist of potential investor’s in Altice France’s XpFibre unit KKR and Macquarie Group are on the shortlist...
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    Open RAN to account for up to 30% of global market by 2028

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    The RAN equipment market suffered a second year of decline in 2023, but is expected to perk up all round after 2024
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    Open Gateway: Orange, Telefonica and Vodafone open mobile nets to developers

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    Developers will have access to the operators’ networks in Spain from anywhere in the world via the Number Verification and SIM Swap APIs
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    EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act compromises get it over the line  

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    Telco industry believes provisional agreement diverges from the Act’s original intentions but pledges to work with legislators
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    Sparkle expands network footprint with Iraq PoP 

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    The new point of presence, in Erbil, is the carrier’s first in the country
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    Is Open RAN finally about to break into a run?

    5G & Beyond
    Vodafone begins its tender for 170,000 sites and Verizon has just announced it has 130,000 that are Open RAN-ready, but we’re not under starter’s orders yet
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    Disaggregation is taking hold in the fixed world

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    STL Partners’ report finds fixed has very different drivers to the mobile world and telco cloud is much less of ‘a thing’
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    Telecom operators voice “strong concerns” over Gigabit Act’s direction 

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    ECTA, ETNO, GIGAEurope and GSMA release joint statement warning Act will penalise rather than support telecom industry
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    Allianz Trade and Sace Group give Open Fiber a €550m line of credit 

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    Surety guarantee relates to PNRR funds tied to the “1 Giga Italy” plan
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    Tech association CCIA hits back at ETNO’s digital network arguments  

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    CCIA urges EU policymakers to embrace “forward-thinking solutions” rather than focussing on incumbent players’ “doom and gloom” 
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    DT Group’s Chief Operating Officer joins BT’s board as new CEO takes helm

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    Raphael Kübler, Chief Operating Officer at DT, will become a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director at BT, replacing fromer head of T-Systems, Adel Al-Saleh
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    ETNO laments the sorry state of digital communications  

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    Report from the European telco lobby group concludes financial health of the sector is far from improving
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    Vodafone and Three ask CMA to approve merger

    5G & Beyond
    The two announced their intention to merge in June 2023 - could Three's Hong Kong-base parent scupper the deal?
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    UK government says UAE’s stake in Vodafone could be national security risk

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    In a deglobalising world, governments are increasingly twitchy about foreign companies’ and governments’ involvement in critical national assets
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    Ericsson announces 7-year funding agreements with EIB

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    The loans from the European Investment Bank will fund R&D into wireless tech from last year to next year
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