New Dutch MVNO launches AI-powered mobile service
NETHERLANDS 09:36

New Dutch MVNO launches AI-powered mobile service

Dutch MVNO start-up Onze.nl has launched its mobile service, combining telecommunications and artificial intelligence in a single offering. Founder Sibbe Jan Noppert told Telecompaper that the company aims to address growing demand for AI-enabled telecom services and is positioning itself as an "AI-native" telecom provider.

Yoxo launches mobile phone, tablet buy-back programme with Recommerce
ROMANIA 09:35

Yoxo launches mobile phone, tablet buy-back programme with Recommerce

Orange Romania's Yoxo brand has launched a buy-back programme for phones and tablets. Customers can visit the buyback.yoxo website to sell their devices and receive cash in exchange. The service is offered by Yoxo in partnership with Recommerce.

ST Digital to launch private cloud services at Lome Data Centre with Societe d'Infrastructures Numeriques
TOGO 09:35

ST Digital to launch private cloud services at Lome Data Centre with Societe d'Infrastructures Numeriques

Togolese state-owned company Societe d'Infrastructures Numeriques (SIN) and pan-African cloud provider ST Digital have finalised an alliance to launch private cloud services at the Lome Data Centre (LDC), TogoFirst reported. They will use the tier-certified reliability of the LDC alongside ST Digital's localised technical expertise to secure Togo's data assets. The partnership aims to strengthen Togo's digital sovereignty and support the development of local digital services.

Onecom Partners announces Vodafone Business partnership
UNITED KINGDOM 09:34

Onecom Partners announces Vodafone Business partnership

Onecom Partners, channel-led aggregator division of UK business communications provider Onecom Group, is offering 30-day contract terms and free premium installation on business broadband for resellers - offered through a partnership with Vodafone Business. The offer is designed to help resellers expands their broadband customer base and migrate customers to SOGEA/FFTP services. 

Movistar Colombia handed COP 1.4 bln SIM swap fine
COLOMBIA 09:27

Movistar Colombia handed COP 1.4 bln SIM swap fine

Colombia's Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC) has fined Movistar Colombia COP 1.358 billion for failing to adequately protect users against SIM swap fraud. The entity said the operator did not use appropriate identity verification tools during SIM replacement procedures, enabling unauthorised access to customers' mobile numbers and, in some cases, their bank accounts.

Mauritius Telecom and State Informatics partner to advance digital transformation
MAURITIUS 09:21

Mauritius Telecom and State Informatics partner to advance digital transformation

Mauritius Telecom and State Informatics Ltd (SIL) have held a high-level working session in Ebene aimed to accelerate digital transformation and drive technology innovation at home and elsewhere in Africa. Following a memorandum of understanding (MoU), personnel from SIL and Mauritius Telecom are collaborating to accelerate regional digital transformation and innovation. At the working session, experts from both organisations aligned their strategic objectives and identified joint innovation opportunities t

Viettel to invest USD 560 mln in Dominican Republic expansion
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 09:13

Viettel to invest USD 560 mln in Dominican Republic expansion

Vietnamese state-run telecommunications giant Viettel is set to invest USD 560 million to launch a new operator in the Dominican Republic, reports TN Global, citing a recent filing on the Hanoi Stock Exchange. The entity, to be called Viettel Dominicana, will compete with the country's existing MNOs Claro (America Movil), Altice and Viva (Trilogy) for the Dominican Republic's 10.6 million active mobile lines.

V.tal and Meta partner to bring submarine internet cable to Southern Brazil
BRAZIL 09:06

V.tal and Meta partner to bring submarine internet cable to Southern Brazil

V.tal and Meta are partnering to build the first submarine internet cable in Porto Alegre, Brazil, boosting connectivity for the entire southern region and neighbouring South American countries. This project, an extension of the existing Malbec cable, will link Porto Alegre to major cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires, with a 280 km branch unit expected to launch in 2027. V.tal says the new cable will connect to a new data centre in Porto Alegre, positioning the city as a major digital

Meta faces UK legal claim over scam ads on Instagram, Facebook
UNITED KINGDOM 09:05

Meta faces UK legal claim over scam ads on Instagram, Facebook

Meta is facing a new group legal claim in the UK on behalf of scam victims who have lost money after seeing fraudulent ads on Instagram and Facebook. The claim is being handled by Richardson Hartley Law and Humphries Kerstetter solicitors, with the aim of securing compensation for fraud victims and putting pressure on Meta to show fewer scam ads. UK consumers can register to join the group claim online. To be eligible, they must have lost money in the last six years, with the legal action only accepting cla

Qualcomm promises up to 700 TOPS AI performance with robotics development chassis
GLOBAL 08:58

Qualcomm promises up to 700 TOPS AI performance with robotics development chassis

Qualcomm is introducing the Dragonwing IQ10 Robotics Reference Design to spur robotics development empowered by compute, sensing, networking and software components harmonised in a unified hardware device. The Dragonwing IQ10 device is set to be unveiled at Computex 2026 in Taipei. It will debut with an extensive partnership ecosystem in place, with the likes of Advantech, Innodisk, Nexcom and Neura Robotics committed to supporting the initiative.

OADC standardises on Vertiv infrastructure solutions for Parklands Data Centre
SOUTH AFRICA 08:54

OADC standardises on Vertiv infrastructure solutions for Parklands Data Centre

Vertiv said it has supported WIOCC Group company Open Access Data Centres (OADC) to standardise power and cooling infrastructure at its Parklands data centre in Johannesburg, enabling faster capacity deployment, higher density workloads and scalable growth without operational disruption. The Parklands facility was originally deployed by Vertiv as a prefabricated, modular, Tier III-compliant data centre for a pan-African telecommunications provider. It uses integrated Vertiv power protection, thermal managem

BBC Drama appoints new Head of Development
UNITED KINGDOM 08:50

BBC Drama appoints new Head of Development

The BBC has announced the appointment of Callum Akass as Head of Development for BBC Drama. He will take up this role later in summer 2026, moving on from his current executive producer position at BBC Studios-owned House Productions. Before that, he worked for Urban Myth Films and Leopard Pictures. He will report to BBC Director of Drama, Lindsay Salt.

UGANDA 08:46

Nita-U appoints new director of e-government services

The National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) has appointed Julian Rweju as the new director of e-Government services. She has previously served as the acting director and has over eighteen years of experience in ICT management and implementation in the government and telecom sectors. Rweju has spent more than thirteen years at NITA-U, first as a business analyst the senior business analyst, and later manager for business transformation.

NIGERIA 08:40

NCC appoints IPv6 board

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has appointed a new IPv6 Council Board, adding ipNX director Olusola Teniola and MainOne CEO Funke Opeke to support the transition to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). The aim is to accelerate the migration from older infrastructure. Led by chairman Muhammed Rudman and vice chairman Chris Uwaje, the board includes industry figures Mary Uduma, Gbenga Adebayo, Lanre Ajayi and Latif Ladid, alongside key government and regulatory representatives.

SPAIN 08:29

Vodafone Spain awarded EUR 1.6 mln Tarragona city council contract

Vodafone Spain said its business unit Vodafone Empresas has been awarded a four-year contract worth around EUR 1.6 million to provide integrated telecommunications services for Tarragona city council and its autonomous agencies. The deal consolidates the operator's role as a leading technology partner for local governments across the country.

QATAR 08:19

Ooredoo Qatar supports quantum-safe communications project by Hamad Bin Khalifa University

Ooredoo Qatar and the Ministry of Defence have established the country's first quantum-safe communications link. The breakthrough was done in a collaboration between Hamad Bin Khalifa University's Qatar Centre for Quantum Computing (QC2), the Ministry of Defence, and Ooredoo Qatar. Using Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), the project delivers a quantum-safe link that generates and distributes encryption keys using the principles of quantum mechanics.

GLOBAL 08:13

Palo Alto wraps up Portkey acquisition

Palo Alto Networks announced that it has completed its acquisition of California-based AI agent security firm Portkey, after agreeing a deal on undisclosed terms in early May. Portkey's platform provides a centralised control plane to secure autonomous AI agents in enterprise-grade networks. The technology is set to be integrated with Prisma Airs, Palo Alto's flagship IT suite pitched at AI security applications, to create a gateway interface geared to monitoring AI prompts and agentic activity.

ITALY 08:01

Open Fiber extends FTTH to 39 more localities in Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo

Italian wholesale-only operator Open Fiber has finalised the cabling of its FTTH infrastructure in dozens of new localities in the provinces of Alessandria, Asti, Biella, Cuneo in the northwestern Piedmont region. A total of 67,000 homes, commercial premises and offices across 39 localities have been connected to the fibre network, allowing residents and businesses to access the internet at speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps via operator partners.

PORTUGAL 08:00

Portuguese telecom prices fall 2% year on year in April

Telecommunication prices in Portugal continued their downward trend in April, according to Anacom. Compared with March 2026, prices fell by 0.9 percent in April, and year-on-year, they were down by 2.2 percent. Over the past twelve months, the average decrease was 1.6 percent, said the regulator.

AFRICA 07:46

MTN confirms retirements of two long-serving board members

MTN Group has formally confirmed the retirements of long-serving independent non-executive directors Stan Miller and Nkululeko Sowazi. The transition concluded at the company's Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 29 May. They had both joined the MTN Group board on 01 August 2016 and group CEO Ralph Mupita commended both outgoing members during a pre-AGM farewell. 

TUNISIA 07:43

Tunisian Q1 telecom sector turnover exceeds TND 1 bln

Tunisia's telecom sector surpassed the TND 1 billion turnover mark for the first time in the first quarter of 2026, reaching TND 1.03 billion, according to the National Telecommunications Authority. Revenue had reached approximately TND 952.6 million in Q1 2024, rising to TND 962.3 million in Q1 2025. The rebound reflects a digital transformation throughout Tunisian society and the economy, driven by the rapid development of fixed-line services, the roll-out of 5G technology, and the expansion of high-capac

ITALY 07:39

Fastweb ups price of more landline plans by up to EUR 4/mth

Fastweb (Fastweb+Vodafone) has announced on its website that several legacy fixed line plans in its portfolio will be subject to a price increase of up to EUR 4 a month starting on 01 July 2026. The unilateral price hikes range from EUR 1 to EUR 4 a month and are due to the need to continue guaranteeing the best network quality and offer services to always meet customer needs, said the operator.

AUSTRALIA 07:29

AUKUS launches first Pillar II project focused on uncrewed undersea vehicles

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have announced the first AUKUS Pillar II signature project, focused on developing payloads and enabling systems for uncrewed undersea vehicles (UUVs), with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2027. The project will develop technologies that can be deployed across the three nations' UUV platforms, with an emphasis on interoperability, common control systems and shared operational concepts. 

SPAIN 07:25

Vodafone Spain adds La 1 UHD and 30 local channels to TV app

Vodafone Spain said it has further enhanced its TV offer with the addition of a total of 30 local and regional channels as well as the 4K version of RTVE's main La 1 channel. Anyone with a compatible set-top box and a UHD-ready television will now be able to access La 1 UHD on the Vodafone TV app for Smart TVs as well as on mobile phones, tablets and the web.

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