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    Elisa chooses 5G+ moniker for its new standalone service launch 

    5G+ is increasingly meaning different things to different operators as branding begins in earnest

    Nokia declares patent peace on licence renewals 

    Its patent group now has a sales run-rate of approximately €1.3 billion and is expecting significant catch-up payments

    Open RAN to account for up to 30% of global market by 2028

    The RAN equipment market suffered a second year of decline in 2023, but is expected to perk up all round after 2024

    Is Open RAN finally about to break into a run?

    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

    WindTre buys Opnet as deadline on its own network sale looms 

    The Italian operator spends €485 million on the wholesale fixed wireless access provider

    Disaggregation is taking hold in the fixed world

    STL Partners’ report finds fixed has very different drivers to the mobile world and telco cloud is much less of ‘a thing’

    Tech association CCIA hits back at ETNO’s digital network arguments  

    CCIA urges EU policymakers to embrace “forward-thinking solutions” rather than focussing on incumbent players’ “doom and gloom” 

    Court tells Maroc Telecom to pay Inwi $636m in antitrust case

    The Royal-backed number three telco claimed unfair competition practices

    Ericsson names North American lead as new Vonage CEO  

    Niklas Heuveldop won the up-to-$15bn deal with AT&T so becomes the chosen one to sort out Ericsson’s platform business including Vonage

    Ethio Telecom posts 14% rise in 1H as financial services drive growth 

    The telco’s Telebirr service proves popular as the telco shrugs off foreign investment hurdles for now

    Ericsson warns of tough times before any turnaround

    Dell’Oro concurs, suggesting the RAN market will decline again in 2024

    Euro-player Wifirst acquires German Wi-Fi competitor Hotsplots  

    The French WLAN infrastructure company gains more than 17,500 hotspots in Germany

    Polish regulator says nobody wants 26GHz 

    Lack of demand has the regulator asking telcos what it should do with the unwanted 5G spectrum

    Device-to-device comms still hampers public safety 4G/5G infrastructure – SNS 

    But Band 68 progress is tangible in several national markets across Europe

    EU set to approve Orange, Másmóvil merger with conditions – report 

    The European Commission has always insisted on remedies before it will countenance granting approval for the two to merge