4ka offers discount on DTT set-top box
SLOVAKIA 09:04

4ka offers discount on DTT set-top box

Slovak operator 4ka is offering its set-top box the Amiko Impulse 3 H.265 CG for EUR 9.99, down from the standard price of EUR 46. The set-top box enables access to terrestrial TV services and is available for subscribers of terrestrial TV services from 4ka. Orders must be placed through the operator's online shop, and customers must purchase at least a three-month subscription to the 4ka TV service for EUR 7,99. The promotion is valid until 15 December.

Claro Peru Q3 revenues up over 5%, adds 229K postpay subs
PERU 09:01

Claro Peru Q3 revenues up over 5%, adds 229K postpay subs

Claro Peru's revenues climbed 5.2 percent year on year to PEN 1.83 billion in the third quarter of 2026, with service revenues rising 5.4 percent to PEN 1.44 billion. America Movil's Peruvian subsidiary posted a 4.3 percent increase in mobile service revenues, up from 3.4 percent in Q2, while fixed service revenue grew 9.0 percent.

Virgin Media O2 launches 5G+ service across Cumbria
UNITED KINGDOM 08:59

Virgin Media O2 launches 5G+ service across Cumbria

Virgin Media O2 has switched on its 5G+ service across Cumbria, benefiting over 219,000 people at no extra cost. The 5G Standalone network covers the communities of Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Workington, Walney, Millom, Kewsick, Seaton, Appleby, Askam-in-Furness, Arnside, Milnthorpe, Sedbergh and Longtown. All towns and cities included in the 5G+ roll-out have outdoor coverage of at least 90 percent. The upgrade is part of the group's GBP 700 million Mobile Transformation Plan. 

Econocom revenue growth strengthens to 5% in Q3
BELGIUM 08:58

Econocom revenue growth strengthens to 5% in Q3

Belgian IT group Econocom said its revenues rose 5 percent in the third quarter, including 3.4 percent organic growth. CEO Angel Benguigui said the performance shows the group's resilience, supported by a diversified business, customer base and geographic footprint. It plans to focus on expanding its offering with higher added value, including at Econocom Infrastructure Solutions.

Batelco by Beyon and Al Salam Bank offer joint loyalty rewards
BAHRAIN 08:54

Batelco by Beyon and Al Salam Bank offer joint loyalty rewards

Beyon group company Batelco said it is combining its rewards scheme with that of Al Salam Bank. The bank's customers will be able to convert their banking loyalty points into Batelco Jawaher points via the bank's mobile application. There will also be exclusive promotional offerings for both customer bases. Other joint initiatives and their launch dates will be announced in the near future.

PHY Wireless to launch combined private cellular and positioning offering with Ubiik
GLOBAL 08:46

PHY Wireless to launch combined private cellular and positioning offering with Ubiik

PHY Wireless, a California-based supplier of IoT cellular positioning services, has announced a partnership with private LTE and 5G specialist Ubiik. The partnership combines Ubiik's private LTE/5G systems with PHY Wireless's flagship positioning technology, hellaPHY, allowing clients to deploy a single product for cellular access with accurate locational data.  Organisations will be able to generate real-time visibility across assets, equipment, vehicles and personnel by utilising hellaPHY's coordinates al

Netherlands FTTH market maintains growth in Q2 with 3.75 mln connections
NETHERLANDS 08:45

Netherlands FTTH market maintains growth in Q2 with 3.75 mln connections

The Netherlands reached 3.75 million households with a fibre broadband subscription in the second quarter, an increase of 55,000 from the previous quarter, according to the latest report from market regulator ACM. The FTTH footprint expanded by 124,000 premises passed for a total reach of 9.18 million homes. The ACM also counted 24.77 million mobile connections and mobile data traffic of 856 million GB, an increase of 38 million GB than a year earlier. 

T-Systems provides T Cloud Public infrastructure for Apheris federated AI drug research service
GERMANY 08:42

T-Systems provides T Cloud Public infrastructure for Apheris federated AI drug research service

Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems has announced a service letting business clients use European healthcare data for drug discovery and studies using AI company Apheris' federated networks on its T Cloud Public sovereign infrastructure. Apheris serves the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and operates an AI learning model using hospital patient data.

Claro Colombia adds 348K postpay subs in Q3, sales up over 7%
COLOMBIA 08:32

Claro Colombia adds 348K postpay subs in Q3, sales up over 7%

Claro Colombia, a subsidiary of America Movil, reported a 7.4 percent year on year rise in revenues to COP 4.4 trillion in the third quarter of 2026, driven by over 400,000 customer additions in mobile postpay and fixed broadband. Total service revenues were up 9.2 percent to COP 3.5 trillion thanks to growth in fixed line revenues (2.7%), equipment sales (1.8%) and mobile (12.8%), the latter up from 10.5 percent in Q2.

Orange Jordan starts Health Month campaign
JORDAN 08:27

Orange Jordan starts Health Month campaign

Orange Jordan launched its annual Health Month campaign under the theme 'Your Health, Your Priority', timed to coincide with global health awareness initiatives in October. The programme is designed to promote preventive care and encourage employees to adopt healthy habits that enhance their overall quality of life.

Exatel appoints new CEO
POLAND 08:25

Exatel appoints new CEO

Polish operator Exatel has appointed Malgorzata Olszewska the new CEO and chairman of the management board, effective 01 November. Olszewska worked previously as head of the Legislation and EU Law Division at the Polish national telecommunications regulator UKE from 2004 to 2010. In 2010 to 2012, she held the position of Director of the Telecommunications Department at the Ministry of Infrastructure, and subsequently in 2012–2014 served as Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Digitisation. Since Novem

Meo, Nos, and Vodafone launch standardized network APIs
PORTUGAL 08:22

Meo, Nos, and Vodafone launch standardized network APIs

Portuguese telecom operators Meo, Nos, and Vodafone have joined the GSMA Open Gateway initiative. supported by Nokia's Network as Code platform, to deploy standardized network APIs designed to prevent digital fraud and enhance user security. Initially launching are the Number Verification and SIM Swap tools, which allow businesses (such as banks) to check mobile registrations and recent SIM card changes in the background, minimizing friction and strengthening authentication without complicating the customer

SRI LANKA 08:21

Dialog Touch, HelaGo partner on cashless corporate mobility payments in Sri Lanka

Dialog Axiata's corporate payment services unit Dialog Touch has partnered with HelaGo to enable businesses in Sri Lanka to pay for corporate ride-hailing services through its cashless payment platform. The agreement expands Dialog Touch beyond fuel and EV charging payments to include employee transportation expenses.

ESTONIA 08:20

Tele2 Estonia revenues up 5% in Q3

End-user sales revenues at Tele2 Estonia reached EUR 18 million in the third quarter of this year, up by 5 percent year-on-year. EBITDA grew by around 9 percent to almost EUR 9 million. Capital expenditure of the company totaled over EUR 3 million.

FRANCE 08:19

French regulator extends Lebara's authorisation to apply EU roaming surcharges

French telecom authority Arcep has approved a request from Lebara renewing the MVNO's authorisation to apply EU roaming surcharges for a twelve-month period. In line with Arcep's previous decision, the latest authorisation specifies the caps applicable to voice, text, and data services. For EU data roaming, the surcharge cap is set at 0.11 eurocents (excluding VAT) per megabyte until the end of 2026, decreasing to 0.10 eurocents from 01 January 2027. Lebara is also permitted to apply a surcharge of 1.9 euro

EASTERN EUROPE 08:18

Ericsson Nikola Tesla Group reports 23% revenue growth in first 9 months

Croatia-based Ericsson Nikola Tesla Group achieved strong financial performance in the first nine months of 2026, driven by growth across all market segments, it said. Sales revenue rose 23.3 percent to EUR 204.2 million, operating profit increased 11.6 percent to EUR 17.9 million, and contracted business grew to EUR 231.5 million from EUR 196.4 million year-over-year. Operating cash flow amounted to EUR 23.6 million, while net profit was up 9.0 percent to EUR 14.7 million.

GLOBAL 08:09

Iridium revenue growth accelerates in Q3 after Aireon takeover

Satellite services provider Iridium reported higher results for the third quarter, helped by its takeover of Aireon. Revenues rose 8 percent year-on-year to USD 245.7 million, and net profit improved to USD 106.9 million from USD 37.1 million thanks to a one-time gain of USD 103.9 million from the takeover. At the end of September Iridium's shareholders approved the planned takeover of the company by Rocket Lab, and Iridium said the deal is on track to close by mid-2027. 

TURKEY 08:09

PremierDC becomes DE-CIX Enabled Site, offers direct global peering and cloud access in Istanbul

PremierDC Data Centre has expanded its partnership with internet exchange operator DE-CIX, becoming a DE-CIX Enabled Site to provide customers in Turkiye with access to its GlobePeer and DirectCloud services. The agreement enables businesses hosted at PremierDC's Istanbul data centre to connect to global networks through GlobePeer and establish Layer 2 connections to cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Alibaba Cloud, through DirectCloud. The services also provid

MEXICO 08:05

America Movil Q3 sales in Mexico up over 5% to MXN 90 bln

America Movil reported third-quarter revenues for its domestic market of Mexico up 5.6 percent year on year to MXN 90.3 billion, attributed to strong customer growth in mobile and fixed broadband postpay segments, offsetting prepay decline following a clean-up of its base. The company's total service revenues were up 5.2 percent year on year to MXN 71.8 billion in Q3, driven by a 6.6 percent rise in mobile revenues and a 4.7 percent improvement in fixed line sales, helped by a double-digit increase in corpo

AFRICA 07:58

Telecel Group and Huawei sign USD 200 mln contract

Telecel Group announced a USD 200 million contract with Huawei. The three-year agreement was formalised through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed at Huawei Connect 2026 in Shanghai, nearly tripling the USD 70 million framework established by the two companies in November 2025 and further solidifying their long-standing relationship. Under the agreed framework, they will collaborate on Telecel Group's network expansion, mobile broadband densification, and intelligent digital infrastructure across it

FINLAND 07:57

Elisa reports flat Q3 turnover after PSTN switch-off and heralds data centre connectivity order backlog

Elisa has reported flat third quarter revenue in a competitive situation and said EBITDA declined, with the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) switch-off affecting both turnover and profit. The operator gained mobile and fixed broadband subscribers in Finland during the period. Data centre connectivity order intake has been attractive although much of the revenue from these orders will not materialise until 2028.

UNITED STATES 07:56

Aduna to launch US fraud prevention APIs with AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon

Aduna, the Ericsson-led network APIs aggregation venture backed by twelve telecom operators, said it is rolling out fraud prevention APIs built for US networks AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. The APIs perform Know Your Customer (KYC), Device Swap, and Call Forward Detection checks using network signals extracted by Aduna's API aggregation layer from its partners. The market release of all three APIs is expected in the fourth quarter.

GLOBAL 07:54

Veon advances buyback programme, cancels shares

Veon has confirmed the cancellation of approximately 1.5 percent of its total issued shares. The cancellation of 26,951,230 common shares (equivalent to 1,078,049 ADSs) is pursuant to Veon's ongoing share buyback programme announced in September to buy back and cancel 3.9 percent of Veon's outstanding shares.

BRAZIL 07:53

Wlan Fibra and Ligga Telecom deploy Fibracem optical infrastructure

Brazilian manufacturer Fibracem announced that Wlan Fibra (state of Para) partnered with Fibracem's engineering team to overhaul its network structure, scaling capacity from 40,000 to up to 256,000 connections to compete with major national players. Ligga Telecom (Parana) also deployed Fibracem's pre-connectorized (PRECON) networks to rapidly expand coverage, enabling approximately 5,000 new customer installations monthly while improving network standardisation and efficiency. 

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