Dutch Business User Insights 2025-Q4
NETHERLANDS 2 JAN

Dutch Business User Insights 2025-Q4

The new report Dutch Business User Insights provides a snapshot of Dutch users of business services, with a clear focus on ICT services such as VPN, cloud, Teams and use of AI. Many employees have embraced the hybrid way way of working and this effects employer's choices of which ICT services and facilities are needed to facilitate this hybrid working.The report start by painting the picture of how many days people work, and how many from home. Following topics are:

Orange Poland doubles top-up validity in January
POLAND 2 JAN

Orange Poland doubles top-up validity in January

Orange Poland introduced a top-up promotion for prepaid customers, doubling the validity of the credit from 31 to 62 days for top-ups starting from PLN 30. The promotion is valid until 31 January.

Freedom expands presence on ODF network to new areas
NETHERLANDS 2 JAN

Freedom expands presence on ODF network to new areas

Dutch ISP Freedom Internet is expanding its presence on the Open Dutch Fiber network. This includes the Rivierenbuurt and Oud Zuid areas of Amsterdam, Heerlen Noord, Utrecht Vleuten, Zaanstad, Zaandijk and Koog aan de Zaan. In these areas Odido's exclusivity period on the ODF network after it was built has ended, allowing other ISPs to join the FTTH network. Freedom offers fibre at up to 1 Gbps for EUR 53 per month. 

Digi sets new record for porting gains in Q4
SPAIN 2 JAN

Digi sets new record for porting gains in Q4

Digi Spain said it added a net 994,00 new lines through number porting in 2025. The gross figure was 1.673 million, after another 144,000 customers ported their numbers to Digi in December. Digi said the annual net gain was 7.7 percent greater than in 2024. 

Telefonica sees 80% jump in 5G traffic over New Year holiday
SPAIN 2 JAN

Telefonica sees 80% jump in 5G traffic over New Year holiday

Telefonica said traffic on its 5G network was up 80 percent year-on-year over the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day holiday. On 31 December, the Spanish operator handled 81.2 percent more traffic over the 5G network than the previous year, while traffic on 01 January was up 83.3 percent from 2025. 

Punkt lines up latest privacy-first smartphone for CES showcase, says European shipments to begin in January
GLOBAL 2 JAN

Punkt lines up latest privacy-first smartphone for CES showcase, says European shipments to begin in January

Swiss handset vendor Punkt will demonstrate the latest iteration in its privacy-focused, minimalist smartphone line-up at CES next week. Punkt's MC03 Premium Secure Smartphone follows the 2024 launch of its forerunner, the MC02, after a presentation at CES in that year. As with its predecessor, the MC03 will be marketed as a subscription-based smartphone with curated apps and tools powered by AphyOS, a commercial mobile OS supplied by Punkt's partner Apostrophy that seeks to put privacy and data security at

NuRAN closes restructuring transaction, names new director
AFRICA 2 JAN

NuRAN closes restructuring transaction, names new director

NuRAN Wireless said it completed a previously announced restructuring transaction on 22 December and announced the appointment of Joseph Labkowski as a director. On 22 December, it issued more than 10.3 million units at CAD 2.89 per unit including cash subscriptions of CAD 3.02 million, debt settlements of CAD 6.13 million and the acquisition of the factoring company for CAD 20.80 million.

Rostelecom invests in recruitment company Rabochiye Ruki
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 2 JAN

Rostelecom invests in recruitment company Rabochiye Ruki

Russian national operator Rostelecom said it has invested in the company Rabochiye Ruki, an aggregator of blue-collar job vacancies. The operator has acquired a 14.82 percent stake in Rabochiye Ruki from the fund FRII. The volume of the deal ha not been specified.

Open Dutch Fiber's new management team takes up turnaround challenge
NETHERLANDS 2 JAN

Open Dutch Fiber's new management team takes up turnaround challenge

Open Dutch Fiber is getting ready for a new phase of business, with a new management team. The challenge remains to turn the Dutch wholesale operator into a profitable entity. It can work within its existing operations or try a more significant intervention; we look here at the options. 

Team Telecom Armenia expands 5G, LTE networks
ARMENIA 2 JAN

Team Telecom Armenia expands 5G, LTE networks

Team Telecom Armenia is now running 5G services in three major cities across the country, namely Yerevan, Gyumri and Vanadzorc, reports Arka.am. The operator expanded its LTE network in 2025. Its NGN 25 Gbps network now covers 410,000 households.

WindTre Business launches Myweb Marketing service for ad campaign implementation
ITALY 2 JAN

WindTre Business launches Myweb Marketing service for ad campaign implementation

The B2B arm of Italian operator WindTre has announced the launch of Myweb Marketing, a platform designed for ad campaign implementation, optimisation and reporting. The service offers four monthly subscription tiers and can be customised through several add-on options. This initiative aims to support businesses of all sizes with their digital advertising needs across multiple media channels, including Google, Facebook and Instagram.

Apple slashes Vision Pro ad spend amid weak customer interest - report
GLOBAL 2 JAN

Apple slashes Vision Pro ad spend amid weak customer interest - report

Apple has reportedly cut digital ad spends for its Vision Pro headset in response to weak product sales. The Financial Times cites data from intelligence provider Sensor Tower, showing that digital advertising spending for the Vision Pro was 95 percent lower in the year to 01 January, in key operating markets including the US and UK. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), Apple instructed its Chinese manufacturing partner Luxshare to cease output of the extended reality device in January 202

GLOBAL 2 JAN

Ambient AI startup Sorcerics attracts funding from corporate investor Naver D2SF

Sorcerics, a developer of ambient AI smart home technology, has secured an undisclosed amount of venture capital from Naver D2SF, the strategic investment arm of South Korean internet conglomerate Naver. South Korea's Sorcerics has developed a smart home ambient AI system that blends naturally into day-to-day environments to interpret user intent, situational context and other contextual signals. The AI hub is powered by a single camera coupled with Sorcerics' proprietary large language model which analyses

DENMARK 2 JAN

3 Denmark says King's speech causes New Year's Eve streaming traffic surge

Mobile operator 3 Denmark said it registered a sharp increase in data consumption on New Year's Eve. From around 17:45 hrs until 18:00 hrs, when King Frederik X began his New Year speech, streaming traffic rose to a peak of 24.5 TB until 18:15 hrs. Compared with the same time the day before, total streaming consumption on channels that showed the royal address increased by 233 percent Measured in daily consumption, the total streaming volume over the entire day was up by 3.7 percent compared with the last d

NORWAY 2 JAN

Telenor Norway says Snapchat outstrips usual favourite TikTok for New Year greetings

Telenor Norway said Snapchat was the most popular messaging application for sending New Year greetings this year. TikTok is normally the app with the most tariff but Snapchat took the lead from 18:00 hrs on New Year's Even until midnight. Snapchat traffic on its network peaked at five minutes into New Year's Day and was 1,654 percent higher than at the same time the night before. New Year Snapchat peak traffic was up 30 percent compared with the same time a year earlier.

CAMBODIA 2 JAN

Cambodia starts 5G services

5G services have started in Cambodia, the government confirmed to the Khmer Times. According to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC), the government worked closely with the country's three mobile operators — Cellcard (CamGSM), Metfone (Viettel Cambodia) and Smart (Smart Axiata) — to prepare for the rollout from 01 January.  The cooperation included the construction of new antennas and base stations across the country.

PHILIPPINES 2 JAN

Singtel's NCS completes Philippines joint venture with Globe Telecom

Singtel's technology services firm NCS and Philippines operator Globe Telecom announced that they have completed the formation of their joint venture first announced last March. NCS acquired a 51 percent stake in Globe's company Yondu, and the venture also absorced NCS's local subsidiary NCSI Philippines. Yondu will be renamed NCS Philippines and target the local market with ICT services, leveraging NCS's expertise and Globe's infrastructure.  

INDIA 2 JAN

Airtel launches Cartoon Network Classics channel with Warner Bros Discovery

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of Airtel Cartoon Network Classics in conjunction with Warner Bros. Discovery, offering popular animated franchises from Cartoon Network such as "Tom and Jerry", "The Flintstones", "Looney Tunes", "Scooby Doo" and "Johnny Bravo", among others. The advertising-free service costs INR 59 per month and is available on Channel 445 in both English and Hindi on connected set-top boxes such as Xstream and IPTV, as well as standard HD and SD receivers. This enables viewing with

FINLAND 2 JAN

Finnish operators name iPhone 16 5G, Galaxy A56 5G and Xplora XGo3 among 2025 best-sellers

Finnish operators DNA and Elisa have announced their best-selling smartphones and wearables in 2025, with Apple iPhone 16 5G, Samsung Galaxy A56 5G and Xplora XGo3 all featuring prominently.

ITALY 2 JAN

Fastweb completes Vodafone Italia integration with legal merger

Fastweb has completed the legal merger with Vodafone Italia, absorbing the operator acquired a year ago from 01 January 2026. As a result Vodafone Italia becomes a licensed brand of Fastweb and the two operators work as a single company under the name Fastweb SpA. Vodafone's website and customer communications were updated to reflect the legal change.

ITALY 2 JAN

Retelit completes integration of MavianMax

Italian operator Retelit announced it completed the integration of MavianMax as of 01 January 2026. This is the final step in the transaction first announced last July to take over the FWA specialist. The takeover expands Retelit's network with over 500 access points covering mainly industrial sites with high-capacity wireless broadband. Following the organizational, technological and commercial integration, MavianMax customers will benefit from Retelit's complete offering of network, cloud, data centre and

ICELAND 2 JAN

Syn and Nova complete RAN transfers to Sendafelagid joint venture

Icelandic operators Syn and Nova have announced that they transferred their 4G and 5G Radio Access Networks to their Sendafelagid joint venture on 31 December 2025 as scheduled. On 19 December, Syn agreed to provide Sendafelagid with telecoms equipment worth ISK 817.85 million in consideration for shares in the venture. On the same date, Nova made a similar commitment, pledging to transfer equipment worth ISK 999.65 million in exchange for new shares in Sendafelagid. A Sendafelagid shareholder meeting on 08

UZBEKISTAN 2 JAN

Ucell offers 5% cash-back for app top-ups

Uzbekistan operator Ucell is offering an incentive for customers to top up their handset balances using its service management application in the form of a 5 percent rebate. The promotion is available on a new version of the mobile app for Android and iOS-powered devices. 

INDIA 2 JAN

Indian mobile market adds just 2 mln lines in November

India added 2.86 million new mobile customers in November, taking the total wireless subscriber base to 1.187 billion. The monthly growth of just 0.24 percent means mobile growth did not quite keep up with the population increase and tele-density was nearly unchanged at 83.46 percent, according to the latest data from market regulator Trai. Broadband subscriber growth was slightly stronger, with the base up 0.38 percent from October to 1.004 billion.​

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