Canal Plus adds new basic bundle for under-26s at EUR 14 per month
FRANCE 13:17

Canal Plus adds new basic bundle for under-26s at EUR 14 per month

Canal Plus has launched a new package for young people in France. Adding to the existing Rat+ range for subscribers under 26, the new plan is the cheapest yet, at EUR 13.99 per month. It includes access to the live DTT channels and six Canal+ channels with a selection of recent films, Canal+ series and documentaries, the Wednesday night Champions League match, Formula 1 and MotoGP, Top 14 rugby and two Premier League matches per game day. It's available for just one user as an app on connected devices, in H

Kenyan ICT authority invites international bids to expand national fibre infrastructure
KENYA 13:07

Kenyan ICT authority invites international bids to expand national fibre infrastructure

Kenya's ICT Authority (ICTA) has launched an international tender (KE-ICTA-538567-NC-RFB) to expand the National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI) and boost cross-border and metropolitan connectivity. Under the World Bank-funded Kenya Digital Economy Acceleration Project (KDEAP), Lot One for national backbone links will select between five and 20 service providers, and Lot Two for metro and cross-border connection will pick five to eight providers. The resulting framework agreements will run for a

Community Fibre installs first 8.5 Gbps residential connection in London
UNITED KINGDOM 13:01

Community Fibre installs first 8.5 Gbps residential connection in London

UK fibre altnet Community Fibre has installed the first 8.5 Gbps residential broadband connections in London. This boosts the fastest broadband speed available in the city by 70 percent from 5 Gbps to 8.5 Gbps, with both services available exclusively from Community Fibre.

Gfiber rolls out brand refresh
UNITED STATES 12:54

Gfiber rolls out brand refresh

The US operator gFiber has refreshed branding, with a new logo and house style. The visual updates are rolling out across all its markets and follow the agreed sale of the FTTH business by Google earlier this year. CEO Dinni Jain said the company's "core values stay the same: uncompromising standards for speed and reliability, phenomenal customer experience, and continuous innovation."

O2 UK activates new outdoor small cells in Tonbridge
UNITED KINGDOM 12:52

O2 UK activates new outdoor small cells in Tonbridge

Virgin Media O2 has activated five outdoor 4G and 5G small cells across Tonbridge in Kent, providing increased network capacity and improved mobile connectivity for customers across the town centre. The small cells were installed for O2 by Freshwave Group, working with Kent County Council. The  deployment is part of Virgin Media O2's wider Mobile Transformation Plan. 

Mavenir debuts mobile fraud protection suite built for AI era
GLOBAL 12:51

Mavenir debuts mobile fraud protection suite built for AI era

Mavenir has announced the launch of NetAIShield, a fraud protection suite for mobile telecoms with hardwired AI-native principles. NetAIShield aims to create a multi-layered AI defence architecture to combat today's telecoms fraud landscape where attacks are increasingly co-ordinated across voice, messaging, data, and over-the-top channels. The product can be implemented alongside Mavenir's existing security portfolio, including SpamShield, CallShield or LinkShield, or as an overlay built on third-party fra

Kena offers 100GB bonus weekend data
ITALY 12:47

Kena offers 100GB bonus weekend data

Telecom Italia's low-cost brand Kena has launched another one-off data offer that gives customers access to a free 100GB bundle at 5G speeds of up to 250 Mbps, reports Mondo Mobile Web. Under the "100 Giga Weekend" promo, customers can activate the bundle at no extra cost to be used up over a period of 72 hours via the Kena app and online customer area.

Vodafone Germany installs 24 sites to reinforce 4G and 5G capacity at Oktoberfest
GERMANY 12:45

Vodafone Germany installs 24 sites to reinforce 4G and 5G capacity at Oktoberfest

Vodafone Germany has installed additional LTE and 5G capacity across 24 mobile sites with 109 antennas on the festival grounds of the Oktoberfest taking place in Munich from 19 September to 04 October. This year, Vodafone expects data traffic during the event to reach a new record. ​Last year, the Vodafone network recorded 238 terabytes of data traffic at Oktoberfest.

Centric names joint CEOs in product, services reorganisation
NETHERLANDS 12:44

Centric names joint CEOs in product, services reorganisation

Dutch IT provider Centric announced a new organisation will take effect from the start of 2027, putting its services and product activities under separate management. The two leaders, Rob van der Salm for the product business and Amir Arooni for Centric Services, will succeed CEO Hans van Waaijenburg, who is transitioning to honorary chairman. Centric said the two businesses have their own markets, customer demands and growth opportunities, but they will continue to work together within the same group.

Ciena eyes 30% revenue CAGR from 2027 to 2029
GLOBAL 12:36

Ciena eyes 30% revenue CAGR from 2027 to 2029

Ciena has published long-term operations targets for the three fiscal years to end-FY 2029. The firm is targeting compound annual sales growth of approximately 30 percent. Higher sales would reflect demand growth and an expanded supply capacity backed by new addressable market opportunities. From the start of its 2027 fiscal calendar, Ciena will change its financial reporting structure to encompass five operating segments: Optical Systems, Interconnects, Global Services, Routing, and Other.

Viasat to work with Polish defense firm PGZ on satcoms and space capabilities
POLAND 12:32

Viasat to work with Polish defense firm PGZ on satcoms and space capabilities

Viasat and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) signed a letter of intent to explore opportunities to strengthen Poland's satellite communications and space capabilities in support of the country's evolving defense and security requirements. Under the agreement, the two organizations will evaluate potential areas for cooperation across advanced satellite communications and space technologies, including ground station antennas, SATCOM terminals, military communications satellites, and other space-enabled applicati

Nokia details global progress towards AI-RAN implementation
GLOBAL 12:31

Nokia details global progress towards AI-RAN implementation

Nokia is publicising advances towards AI-RAN rollouts across its carrier ecosystem, focusing attention on the increasingly global nature of its wholesale partnerships. It comes as the Finnish vendor has targeted pilot deployments before end-2026 and a commercial rollout next year. Nokia now says operators are moving ahead with proofs of concept and live field trials in markets across North America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East.

GLOBAL 12:28

Ericsson debuts customer-hosted NetCloud tailored to regulated enterprise workloads

Ericsson announced the launch of NetCloud Private, a customer-hosted edition of its NetCloud platform used for lifecycle management of Cradlepoint cellular routers. Launching in October, NetCloud Private helps enterprise end clients manage wireless WAN-connected cellular fleets in controlled environments, particularly those tied to regulatory mandates, critical infrastructure thresholds, and digital sovereignty roadmaps. These use cases may restrict the use of network interfaces hosted in the general cloud,

LATVIA 12:26

LMT firewall blocks 11.5 million fraudulent calls

Latvian operator LMT announced that, within the seven months since the implementation of a unified fraud solution for telecommunications operators, its firewall has blocked 11.5 million fraudulent calls. Around 2.1 million of calls were made using alternated Latvian mobile numbers, demonstrating the effectiveness of the security solution, the company said. 

NORWAY 12:25

Norwegian government announces new child screen use recommendations

The Norwegian government has announced new screen time recommendations for minors and says they will be updated regularly. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said keeping children and young people safe in the digital world is a priority for his administration. It plans age limits for social media, a focus on printed textbooks, reduced screen time in schools and keeping mobile phones out of the classroom, he added.

UNITED STATES 12:24

CTIA paper calls for federal 4 GHz study in next 60 days

A new policy advocacy report from the US mobile industry group CTIA has called for a federal study in the 4 GHz band to help shape discussions around 6G candidacy bands at the upcoming World Radio Conference (WRC-27). The 4,400 - 4,940 MHz (4.4 GHz) range has been identified already as one of four key bands under consideration by the NTIA to meet the federal government's requirement to find 500 MHz in repurposed spectrum for full-power commercial licensed use, as set out in the 2025 Working Families Tax Cut

GLOBAL 12:22

Nokia and Microsoft launch unified data foundation for telecoms AI operations

Nokia has launched a unified data foundation for AI telecoms in alliance with Microsoft. The partnership intends to implement telecoms-grade access to trusted data in minutes rather than weeks, simplifying complex data pipelines and reducing time to insight. This product pairs the Nokia Data Suite, a repository of ready-to-use telecom data products, with unified analytics, governance, and AI tools from Microsoft Fabric. With this approach, Nokia expects to facilitate whole-stack agentic intelligence in telc

GLOBAL 12:07

ZTE wants to take operators beyond connectivity with AI

ZTE wants to expand the role of telecom operators in the home. Connectivity remains the foundation, but AI services delivered on top should enable operators to generate new revenue.

SPAIN 12:05

Spain's Ezentis returns to profit in H1

Spanish telecommunications infrastructure specialist Ezentis reported an 85 percent annual rise in revenues to EUR 26.1 million in the first six months of 2026, up 85 percent year on year, thanks above all to the acquisition of EDA Instalaciones y Energía in March 2025, Elías Equipamientos in October 2025 plus Comavic and ADQA in May 2026. The group's EBITDA also more than doubled to EUR 1.8 million, supported by efficiency, control and cost-cutting measures, while net profit came in at EUR 1.1 million, com

GLOBAL 11:57

Onomondo brings out SGP.32 eSIM IoT Remote Manager

Denmark-based global IoT connectivity infrastructure provider Onomondo has announced the availability of its proprietary SGP.32 eSIM IoT Remote Manager (eIM), which aims to prevent vendor lock-in undermining cellular IoT. Onomondo's eIM can be used independently of Onomondo connectivity. It intends to make interoperability practicable instead of merely theoretically possible.

CANADA 11:39

Cohere, Aleph Alpha sign definitive merger agreement

Canada-based Cohere and Germany-based Aleph Alpha, providers of secure, sovereign AI to customers in the government and highly regulated sectors, have signed a definitive agreement to combine their businesses. The merger was announced in April 2026. The combined group will operate worldwide as Cohere. 

SPAIN 11:36

Vodafone Spain awarded Huspy's comms contract

Vodafone Spain's business arm, Vodafone Empresas, has secured a three-year connectivity and mobility contract with Huspy, a proptech firm that digitises home buying, selling and mortgage management. The deal brings together communications services across Huspy's 17 Spanish offices under a single provider and includes mobile services tailored to the company's operational needs.

GLOBAL 11:19

Xplora buys back 500,000 shares to fulfil staff and management incentive schemes

Xplora Technologies said it has completed a scheme to buy back up to 500,000 of its own shares for a maximum of NOK 25 million to support its staff share and management incentive programmes. Following the completion, Xplora holds 539,401 of its own shares. On 16 September, there were 47.85 million Xplora shares, according to its website. The buyback had been announced on 08 September this year.

GLOBAL 11:02

Oura expands Menopause Impact Scale and appoints independent directors

'Smart' ring maker Oura has announced the expansion of its proprietary Menopause Impact Scale (MIS) and its appointment of a number of independent directors. It says its MIS is now integrated with Alloy Health, Oova, Xella, Pomelo, Wisp, Maven, Mira, Hertility, Gennev and Tia. Extending the MIS beyond the Oura App into clinical and health workflows aims to give women and their medical practitioners a more consistent way to track menopause effects and make more informed treatment decisions.

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