Odin Holding grows revenues 8% in 2025
POLAND 13:35

Odin Holding grows revenues 8% in 2025

Revenues at Odin Holding, the owner of Polish operators Inea and Fiberhost, totaled PLN 673 million in 2025, up by 7.7 percent year-on-year, reports Telko.in citing data filed in the National Court Registry. EBITDA amounted to PLN 425.8 million, up by 14.6 percent, and the company's net loss reduced slightly to PLN 245.6 million from PLN 255.4 million in 2024. 

Vodacom offers postpaid, home internet customers Amazon Prime subscription
SOUTH AFRICA 13:33

Vodacom offers postpaid, home internet customers Amazon Prime subscription

Vodacom South Africa has partnered with Amazon.co.za to offer customers expanded benefits through Amazon Prime. Under the new offering, Vodacom's R Core, Red Flexi and Red VIP subscribers receive full Amazon Prime benefits immediately. Customers signing up for Home Internet, Mobile Broadband or Fibre plans will become eligible for Amazon Prime starting in August.

Hawe Telekom completes debt restructuring
POLAND 13:27

Hawe Telekom completes debt restructuring

Polish operator Hawe Telekom announced that it has completed a restructuring process, leaving the Industrial Development Agency (APR) with a 99 percent stake in the company. The process was confirmed in a decision by the Warsaw Regional Court, rejecting appeals over an agreement with creditors.

Extreme Networks intros Multi-Beam Wireless to equip stadiums with massive Wi-Fi access
UNITED STATES 13:25

Extreme Networks intros Multi-Beam Wireless to equip stadiums with massive Wi-Fi access

Extreme Networks is looking to build market share in the stadium connectivity segment with the launch of its new Multi-Beam Wireless solution. Building on Extreme's track record in delivering in-venue wireless connectivity, Multi-Beam Wireless's sixteen-sector directional antenna system aims to satisfy growing customer demands in challenging stadium environments, as fans increasingly want access to live streams and mobile apps at the game just as they would get elsewhere. Extreme's AP5022FX Wi-Fi 7 APs are

GSMA and Pleias release open AI dataset for telecom sector
GLOBAL 13:24

GSMA and Pleias release open AI dataset for telecom sector

The GSMA and French AI start-up Pleias, which specialises in data processing and generation for LLM (Large Language Model) training, announced the release of the Telco Common Corpus (TCC), a body of public knowledge designed for stakeholders that want to build AI models focused on the telecom sector. TCC has been assembled using high-quality open data to support advanced training requirements for general and frontier models. It unlocks insights from multiple data sources, including 3GPP documents, US/EU pat

Broadband drives small increase in Belgian telecom revenues in Q1
BELGIUM 13:23

Broadband drives small increase in Belgian telecom revenues in Q1

The Belgian telecom market managed modest growth of 0.4 percent in service revenues in the first quarter, reaching a value of nearly EUR 1.8 billion. Growth came from fixed broadband services, while mobile and fixed telephony contracted, according to the latest research by Telecompaper.

Spanish FTTH lines up another 60,000 in May, led by Digi
SPAIN 13:13

Spanish FTTH lines up another 60,000 in May, led by Digi

The total number of active fibre to the home (FTTH) connections in Spain reached 18.01 million in March 2026, up over 1 million year on year and around 76,800 sequentially, according to the latest official monthly update from sector watchdog CNMC that complements its mobile report. Fibre connections account for over 91 percent of the fixed line total of 19.71 million, the latter up from 18.97 million a year earlier and equivalent to nearly 40 lines per 100 inhabitants.

Rapid AI adoption leaves London firms struggling with skills gap
UNITED KINGDOM 13:09

Rapid AI adoption leaves London firms struggling with skills gap

A new survey of more than 2,000 London business leaders for advocacy group BusinessLDN shows that only half (50%) believe their existing workforce has the skills needed to take advantage of AI technology. This is down from 63 percent, but the proportion of leaders saying they have significant skills/capacity gaps has reached a record 15 percent, up from 4 percent last year. Just over one third (35%) said they have some gaps in skills/capacity, broadly flat compared to previous surveys. The survey was conduc

Orange Poland deploys new base stations in holiday destinations
POLAND 12:54

Orange Poland deploys new base stations in holiday destinations

Orange Poland said it will deploy eight new base stations in popular holiday destinations across the country. All the base stations will support the 5G standard on the C band. One of the base stations already launched, and the rest will be ready by 10 July. The new base stations are in Ladek Zdroj, Dabki, Debki, Wicie, Rowy, Kolobrzeg, Leba and Jastarnia.

IBM presents first commercial-grade, sub-nanometre chip process
UNITED STATES 12:53

IBM presents first commercial-grade, sub-nanometre chip process

IBM has claimed a major landmark in semiconductor manufacturing, introducing for the first time a transistor architecture sized at less than a nanometre and intended for commercial applications. The US computing and technology giant claims its 0.7 nanometre process node brings almost 100 billion transistors onto a single chip the size of a fingernail. This implies silicon products based on the 0.7nm technology will provide twice the transistor density of IBM's 2nm chip unveiled in 2021.

GoNetSpeed expands Massachusetts roll-out to city of Quincy
UNITED STATES 12:53

GoNetSpeed expands Massachusetts roll-out to city of Quincy

GoNetSpeed, US fibre broadband provider, has announced a USD 34 million investment to expand its Massachusetts fibre network roll-out to the city of Quincy in Norfolk County.  This will deliver symmetrical speeds of up to 6 Gbps for over 23,000 households and businesses across the city. Quincy will join other Massachusetts communities connected by GoNetSpeed, including Granby, Ludlow, Springfield, Easthampton, Amherst and Salem.

Indigo Telecom Group appoints Chief Revenue Officer
GLOBAL 12:48

Indigo Telecom Group appoints Chief Revenue Officer

Indigo Telecom Group has announced the appointment of Nick Barton as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) to lead the group's commercial strategy and boost international growth. Has more than 25 years of experience, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer at Aqua Comms. Before that, he has senior roles at Verizon Business and Colt Technology Services.

DENMARK 12:43

TDC loses appeal against rejected wholesale commitments

The telecom complaints board in Denmark has rejected an appeal from TDC against a decision by the Competition and Consumer Authority. The decision not to market test a wholesale access commitment from TDC was a procedural matter, and not a regulatory decision subject to appeal, the board found. 

SPAIN 12:34

Spanish mobile users port over 475K lines in May

A total of 475,877 mobile numbers were ported in Spain in May 2026, down 6.6 percent year on year, according to the latest mobile sector data from the CNMC that complements the regulator's fixed segment update. The month saw the total number of active mobile (voice, internet) lines rise by nearly 1 million year on year to 62.96 million, with M2M lines more than doubling to 56.69 million.

FINLAND 12:30

Telia Finland hires new consumer chief from Tele2

Raivo Rosts is joining Telia Finland from August as head of the consumer business and a member of the management team. He comes from Tele2, where he was most recently consumer sales director at Tele2 Sweden and before that CCO at Tele2 Latvia. Rosts replaces Tuula Heikkinen, who held the job for over four years and is ending a 20-year career at Telia. 

SLOVAKIA 12:19

LepsiaTV adds music channels

Slovak online TV service LepsiaTV has expanded its pay-TV lineup adding four channels. The list includes Vantage Classic, Vantage Music, Vantage Dance and Vantage Rock. All the channels are available in Full HD. Vantage Classic and Vantage Rock have been included in the Classic and Top packages, and Vantage Dance and Vantage Music are available under the Mini, Classic and Top packages.

SAUDI ARABIA 12:18

Saudi CST imposes SAR 149 mln in fines in 2025

Saudi Arabia's Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) imposed fines totaling SAR 149 million on violators of the Telecommunications Law in 2025, Saudi Gazette reported. According to a recent report, the commission received 1,219 violation reports during the year. Of these, 626 (51 percent) were filed against service providers, while the remaining 593 (49 percent) targeted other entities.

CZECH REPUBLIC 12:17

T-Mobile Czechia switches IoT sensors to summer mode in Jizera Mountains

T-Mobile Czech Republic said that it has switched to summer mode its IoT sensors in the Jizera Mountains. The sensors were deployed earlier this year for the Jizera 50 ski race to help monitor snow conditions, and the devices will provide useful information to mountain visitors and athletes in summer months. The sensors will monitor water temperature during the summer, and provide data on air temperature and humidity at more than ten locations in the mountains.

CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE 12:15

DR Congo prepares tender for 11,500 km fibre-optic network

The Democratic Republic of Congo has advanced its plans for an international tender to construct and operate a national fibre-optic backbone spanning over 11,500 kilometres including 1,500 kilometres of international links, Bankable reported. The initiative reached a key milestone on 19 June in Kinshasa during a market engagement workshop chaired by ICT minister Jose Mpanda. The event brought together telecom operators, investors, financial institutions, and international development partners to discuss the

SLOVAKIA 12:15

Orange Slovakia covers more villages with 5G

Orange Slovakia has launched its 5G services in six additional villages, reports Zive.sk. 5G services from the operator are now available in 1,393 sites, including 91.6 percent of the country's population.

SPAIN 12:05

Telefonica builds healthcare data space for Evidenze

Telefonica announced a contract to build a data space for Evidenze aimed at advancing clinical research and accelerating healthcare technology development. The partnership seeks to enable the reuse of health data for research and advanced analytics while creating a collaborative environment for stakeholders across Spain's healthcare sector.

EUROPE 11:59

Microsoft, AWS named gatekeepers under EU competition law

The European Union is moving ahead with tougher scrutiny of the dominant cloud providers, announcing plans to make Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services subject to the Digital Markets Act. The European Commission said a preliminary investigation found that the two providers should be considered 'gatekeepers' under the law, which allows the Commission to enforce stricter competition rules such as unbundling services and mandatory interoperability. 

BELGIUM 11:56

Sewan Belgium

Sewan is European provider of cloud, hosting and (unified) telephony services to enterprises. The profile contains information on Sewan's current position and strategy. It focuses on the Belgian operations. It discusses the company's latest financial figures and gives an overview of its current infrastructure. The report provides details about its product portfolio. It looks at the market in which Sewan operates, as well as at its competitors. Furthermore, the profile reports on Sewan's marketing activities, including its customer strategy. Lastly, the profile contains Telecompaper's SWOT analysis of Sewan.

UGANDA 11:45

NTT Data completes Dimension Data rebranding in Uganda

Dimension Data Uganda has officially rebranded as NTT Data, while reinforcing its commitment to support the country's digital transformation goals. This transition reflects its deep integration into NTT Data, the global provider of AI, digital business, and IT services. By leveraging this global ecosystem, the local entity will expand its technology offerings in Uganda, including cloud computing, AI, cybersecurity, networking, and managed services. 

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