Amazon working on smartphone with native personalisation features - report
Amazon is developing a smartphone product in a bid to bolster the consumer ecosystem for its services offering, including its refreshed, GenAI-powered smart assistant Alexa, Reuters reports. The newswire cites four Amazon staff members said to be familiar with the project, which is progressing under Amazon's devices and services subdivision. Amazon's codename for the project is 'Transformer'. Reuters was unable to confirm key details of the proposed launch roadmap, including research spend, financial target
Amazon working on smartphone with native personalisation features - report
Amazon is developing a smartphone product in a bid to bolster the consumer ecosystem for its services offering, including its refreshed, GenAI-powered smart assistant Alexa, Reuters reports. The newswire cites four Amazon staff members said to be familiar with the project, which is progressing under Amazon's devices and services subdivision. Amazon's codename for the project is 'Transformer'. Reuters was unable to confirm key details of the proposed launch roadmap, including research spend, financial target
Poste Italiane launches EUR 10.8 bln bid to fully take over Telecom Italia
The Italian post office (Poste Italiane), one of the country's leading financial services groups, has launched a EUR 10.8 billion cash-and-stock bid to fully take over Telecom Italia (TIM). State-backed Poste, which is already TIM's biggest shareholder after building up a 27.3 percent stake in the former incumbent, said the aim is to create a single group by integrating two of Italy's largest and most important industrial companies with aggregate annual revenues of around EUR 26.9 billion and a workforce of
Poste Italiane launches EUR 10.8 bln bid to fully take over Telecom Italia
The Italian post office (Poste Italiane), one of the country's leading financial services groups, has launched a EUR 10.8 billion cash-and-stock bid to fully take over Telecom Italia (TIM). State-backed Poste, which is already TIM's biggest shareholder after building up a 27.3 percent stake in the former incumbent, said the aim is to create a single group by integrating two of Italy's largest and most important industrial companies with aggregate annual revenues of around EUR 26.9 billion and a workforce of
Digi enters UK market with acquisition of 51% in Whyfibre
UK-based Fiber One, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Romania-based Digi Communications, has acquired 51 percent of the share capital of Whyfibre. The company owns a fibre network under construction in the English counties of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire. Fiber One operates the network and expects to launch a trial of fixed broadband services in the near future. This marks Digi's first investment in the UK, adding to Romania, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Portugal where it has a presence. No financial details of t
Digi enters UK market with acquisition of 51% in Whyfibre
Vi, BSNL in talks to share towers, fibre networks, spectrum in India
Indian operators Vodafone Idea (Vi) and state-owned BSNL have officially started talks to share critical telecom infrastructure, including towers, fibre networks and spectrum. The discussions move beyond simple tower sharing into more complex "active" infrastructure sharing. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) confirmed these talks in a report submitted to a parliamentary panel on 16 March.
Vi, BSNL in talks to share towers, fibre networks, spectrum in India
The week in telecoms: OFC and Nvidia events drive data centre networking talk, Orange debuts full French office stack
The OFC and Nvidia's annual conference put the focus last week on the latest advances in data centre networking, with Comcast, Cisco and others also showing off new systems for AI edge and RAN integration. Orange Business also had its own product event with new offers in AI and sovereign services, and Bell and Telia are getting further into the data centre market, too.
The week in telecoms: OFC and Nvidia events drive data centre networking talk, Orange debuts full French office stack
NASK launches first supercomputer for AI in public sector
Polish national ICT institute NASK has launched its first supercomputer which will be used for AI. The project investment of PLN 30 million was funded by the Ministry of Digitisation. The NASK AI Laboratory is an investment in AI implementation in public administration. The new AI cluster launched at NASK benefits from a liquid-cooled infrastructure equipped with 96 NVIDIA B200 cards, over 50 TB of RAM and over 1 PB of very fast All-Flash NVME data space based on weka.io technology.
NASK launches first supercomputer for AI in public sector
Vectra signs agreement on PLN 3 bln credit line
Polish operator Vectra has signed an agreement with a consortium of banks for a credit line worth PLN 3 billion. The consortium includes Pekao SA, Santander Bank, BNP Paribas, PKO BP, BGK and mBank. As part of the agreement, the Vectra Group secured a revolving credit facility and an investment loan; the announcement did not specify the amount of each facility, nor the repayment period.
Vectra signs agreement on PLN 3 bln credit line
Orange Poland plans to run 5,600 5G base stations on C band this year
Orange Poland plans to run at least 5,600 5G base stations working on the C band (3,600 MHz) by the end of this year, reports Telko.in citing Piotr Jaworski, a member of the management board and the CTO of the operator. It currently owns around 4,500 such base stations.
Orange Poland plans to run 5,600 5G base stations on C band this year
Fluvius reconsiders Wyre stake as Liberty Global plans share sale - report
Fluvius is reconsidering its stake in Belgian network operator Wyre, after its partner Liberty Global announced plans to sell around half its stake in Wyre, De Tijd reports. Wyre was set up in 2023 with Liberty Global's Belgian unit Telenet to roll out FTTP in Flanders, where Fluvius and Telenet already cooperate on cable networks. Liberty Global is looking to sell a stake to a large investor as part of efforts to reduce debt at Telenet. A deal is expected once the Belgian competition authority decides on W
Fluvius reconsiders Wyre stake as Liberty Global plans share sale - report
Poland founds Civil Security Hub under European Space Agency
The Civil Security Hub Poland has been founded as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) initiative called Space Resilience Nodes, which translates innovations based on satellite and drone technologies into real-world tools for rescue services, civil protection and crisis management. The Hub collaborates with public administration and emergency services to enable faster and more efficient responses to threats such as floods or fires, as well as with technology providers to create products that genuinely st
Poland founds Civil Security Hub under European Space Agency
Swan buys out HZM Radiokomunikace and CNC, plans acquisition of Slovanet
Slovak operator Swan has announced that it has raised its stake in the ISP HZM Radiokomunikace, which operates in the city of Zilina, to 100 percent from 50 percent. HZM Radiokomunikace has over 3,000 subscribers. Swan also acquired the company CNC from DanubiaTel several days ago and now owns a 100 percent of CNC, too. DanubiaTel is a controlling shareholder of Swan. CNC is a provider of cloud, data centre ITC and security services.
