America Movil nears 40% EBITDA margin as revenue, customer numbers improve in Q1
America Movil reported a strong start to 2026, adding over 3 million new postpaid customers and almost 600,000 fixed broadband subscribers. The operator reported revenues up 2.1 percent year-on-year to MXN 237 billion, and EBITDA rose 3.8 percent to MXN 95 billion. Excluding currency effects, revenues jumped 6.1 percent, including 4.6 percent growth in service revenue and 11.3 percent higher equipment revenue, while EBITDA was up 8.0 percent excluding forex.
America Movil nears 40% EBITDA margin as revenue, customer numbers improve in Q1
America Movil reported a strong start to 2026, adding over 3 million new postpaid customers and almost 600,000 fixed broadband subscribers. The operator reported revenues up 2.1 percent year-on-year to MXN 237 billion, and EBITDA rose 3.8 percent to MXN 95 billion. Excluding currency effects, revenues jumped 6.1 percent, including 4.6 percent growth in service revenue and 11.3 percent higher equipment revenue, while EBITDA was up 8.0 percent excluding forex.
Deutsche Telekom considers full merger with T-Mobile US - report
Deutsche Telekom is considering merging with its American arm T-Mobile US, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg. The German operator already owns around 53 percent of T-Mobile US, and is reportedly looking at creating a new holding company that would make a stock bid for shares of both Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile. The combined entity may then seek a listing in the US and on a major European exchange.
Deutsche Telekom considers full merger with T-Mobile US - report
Deutsche Telekom is considering merging with its American arm T-Mobile US, people with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg. The German operator already owns around 53 percent of T-Mobile US, and is reportedly looking at creating a new holding company that would make a stock bid for shares of both Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile. The combined entity may then seek a listing in the US and on a major European exchange.
Claro Ecuador sales up 2.2% in Q1, adds 38K fibre subs
America Movil's Claro Ecuador unit reported a 2.2 percent year on year rise in revenues to USD 260 million in the first quarter of 2026, attributed mainly to growth in the postpay and fibre broadband segments, coupled with a 6.3 percent increase in device sales. Service revenues climbed 2.1 percent to USD 228 million, helped by a 12.9 percent growth in fixed line service revenues.
Claro Ecuador sales up 2.2% in Q1, adds 38K fibre subs
Seacom launches PeeringReach for regional links to South Africa exchanges
Seacom has launched a Layer 2 connectivity service designed to extend South Africa's Internet Exchange (IXP) fabric directly into local municipalities and regional hubs. Seacom PeeringReach is set to provide service level agreement-backed access to South Africa's Internet Exchanges, including JINX, CINX, DINX and NAPAfrica. The service is delivered over Seacom's national long-distance fibre backbone, offering a simpler, more affordable alternative to indirect routing via upstream providers or large scale i
Seacom launches PeeringReach for regional links to South Africa exchanges
1&1 starts services on OXG Glasfaser fibre network
OXG Glasfaser, the fibre network JV between Vodafone Germany and Altice, has started to offer 1&1 internet services on its network. The companies signed a long-term infrastructure partnership agreement last year. Under the agreement, 1&1's fibre backhaul was connected to OXG's regional infrastructure in a large number of cities and metropolitan areas. The marketing of 1&1 fibre services to customers in these areas has now started.
1&1 starts services on OXG Glasfaser fibre network
Claro Peru Q1 revenues up another 7% on 5G boost
Claro Peru's total revenues came to PEN 1.77 billion in the first quarter of 2026, up 7.2 percent from a year earlier thanks to gains in mobile and fixed broadband, offsetting prepay disconnections. Service revenue was PEN 1.39 billion, up 4.8 percent year on year, with the operator's adjusted EBITDA rising 8.0 percent to PEN 709 million in the January to March period and the margin climbing 0.3 percent of a percentage point to 40.0 percent.
Claro Peru Q1 revenues up another 7% on 5G boost
Omantel starts work on BSS/OSS transformation with Cerillion
Cerillion has started delivering a major digital transformation for Omantel, modernizing its business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS). This project is central to Omantel's "Telco to Techco" evolution. By replacing complex legacy systems with Cerillion's pre-integrated, low-code BSS/OSS Suite, Omantel is adopting a product-driven model that simplifies innovation, the vendor said. Built on TM Forum Open APIs and agentic AI, this platform ensures convergence across consumer, enterprise, and digital se
Omantel starts work on BSS/OSS transformation with Cerillion
Apple TV streaming service arrives on Prime Video in France
Amazon Prime Video has expanded its catalogue of subscription services for customers in France by adding Apple TV at the standard price of EUR 9.99/month. A seven-day free trial is currently available to new sign-ups. The service, formerly branded Apple TV+, has now joined rivals such as HBO Max, Paramount+ and Universal+ on the Amazon platform. France follows other European countries, including Italy, Germany, Spain, and The Netherlands, where Apple's subscription service arrived on Prime Video just over a
Apple TV streaming service arrives on Prime Video in France
Calix meets Q1 growth forecast as memory prices put pressure on margins
Calix reported first-quarter results up in line with its guidance and has announced another USD 100 million for share buybacks ahead of an investors day in New York. Quarterly revenues were up 27 percent year-on-year to USD 280.0 million and rose 3 percent from the previous quarter as the company on-boarded another 14 customers. The gross margin improved 120 basis points year-on-year to 56.9 percent, and the net result was a profit of USD 11.2 million compared to a loss of USD 4.8 million a year ago.
Calix meets Q1 growth forecast as memory prices put pressure on margins
EQT announces AI strategy underpinned by EdgeConneX
Swedish investment company EQT has announced an Artificial Intelligence strategy seeded by data centre operator EdgeConneX. EQT will use its platform of digital and energy infrastructure to coordinate chips, data centre capacity, energy and connectivity, as power access constraints form a particular bottleneck to satisfying higher demand.
EQT announces AI strategy underpinned by EdgeConneX
Claro Colombia adds over 507K mobile subs in Q1, profit surges 23%
Claro Colombia, a subsidiary of America Movil, reported a 5.9 percent year on year rise in revenues to COP 4.3 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, compared to a 1.6 percent decline in the previous quarter. Total service revenues were up 7.4 percent to COP 3.3 trillion, driven by a double-digit (10.2%) growth in mobile revenues, its strongest performance in a decade. Fixed-line service revenue also increased by 3.2 percent, up from 2.2 percent in Q4.
