Bouygues Telecom Business launches managed XDR service powered by Palo Alto's Cortex platform
FRANCE 10:12

Bouygues Telecom Business launches managed XDR service powered by Palo Alto's Cortex platform

Bouygues Telecom Business, the B2B arm of French operator Bouygues Telecom, has expanded its cybersecurity portfolio with the launch of a managed XDR (extended detection and response) service designed for mid and large-sized organisations. Named bSecure, this new offering combines the expertise of Bouygues Telecom's Security Operations Centre (SOC) with the advanced capabilities of Cortex XDR, the AI-driven endpoint security platform from Palo Alto Networks.

Free Mobile joins Nokia's Network as Code ecosystem for API collaboration
FRANCE 10:01

Free Mobile joins Nokia's Network as Code ecosystem for API collaboration

Nokia has announced that its Network as Code platform and developer portal now include Iliad subsidiary Free Mobile as a new partner. The Network as Code initiative enables developers and telecom operators to collaborate under a revenue-sharing model, providing developers with standardised access to network functions through software development kits and network APIs.

Austrian Supreme Court rules against Meta over personalised ads and personal data use
AUSTRIA 09:43

Austrian Supreme Court rules against Meta over personalised ads and personal data use

The Austrian Supreme Court has ruled against Meta, saying that the tech giant is prohibited from using personalised ads and personal data from social media plug-ins without consent. According to the court, Meta must not use the user's personal data either to personalise advertising or for aggregation and analysis for advertising purposes. The US tech giant is also prohibited from processing personal data obtained through "social plug-ins," unless data is processed solely for the technical purpose of display

DAZN secures rights to broadcast Euro, World Cup matches in DACH region
GERMANY 09:28

DAZN secures rights to broadcast Euro, World Cup matches in DACH region

DAZN said it has secured the broadcasting rights for the UEFA Nations League, including the Nations League Finals, and qualifier matches for the Euro 2028 men's football competition in the UK and Ireland, as well as the men's World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, and selected international friendly matches. The sports streaming service will broadcast the matches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. DAZN is extending its current contract to broadcast football matches from major international competitions f

Deutsche Telekom reports mobile data up 30% in 2025
GERMANY 07:59

Deutsche Telekom reports mobile data up 30% in 2025

Deutsche Telekom has recorded nearly 5,000 petabytes of data traffic flowing through its mobile network in Germany in 2025, up 30 percent compared to last year. Telekom said it is now operating 128.000 antennas for its mobile network, including 108,000 providing 5G. Telekom covers 99 percent of the population in Germany with 5G, and 99.6 percent with LTE.

Telefonica Germany accelerates mobile network expansion
GERMANY 07:19

Telefonica Germany accelerates mobile network expansion

Telefonica Germany said it is accelerating the expansion of its mobile network in Germany. This year, the company implemented around 8,000 expansion measures, up from the previous record of approximately 7,500 expansion measures recorded last year. Telefonica has built more than 600 new mobile sites this year to further improve coverage and expanded mobile coverage to 150 previously underserved areas. The network now runs on 29,000 mobile sites, and 5G reaches around 99 percent of the population. Telefonica

Bouygues Telecom promotes Lopez to director of information systems
FRANCE 07:17

Bouygues Telecom promotes Lopez to director of information systems

French operator Bouygues Telecom announced that chief technical officer Jean Paul Arzel has appointed Georgina Lopez as director of information systems. Lopez, who joined Bouygues Telecom in 1999, most recently led the division responsible for product and service development. In her new role, she will focus on enhancing the performance of the company's information systems, driving the use of enablers such as artificial intelligence.

Free adds more FAST channels to Free TV catalogue
FRANCE 18 DEC

Free adds more FAST channels to Free TV catalogue

French operator Free announced the addition of eight new FAST (Free Ad-Supported TV) channels to its Free TV streaming service. These latest arrivals are all thematic, offering a selection of movie genres, talk shows and other programmes. Five of them come from content partner Rakuten TV and focus on top films, action, comedy, romance, and crime.

Iliad's Free increases termination fee for Freebox customers to EUR 69
FRANCE 18 DEC

Iliad's Free increases termination fee for Freebox customers to EUR 69

French operator Free, part of the Iliad group, has raised the termination fee owed by Freebox customers cancelling their fixed broadband service. According to Free's latest tariff brochure, the fee is now EUR 69, marking the second consecutive increase this year. On 01 April, it went up from EUR 49 to EUR 59.

Celeste makes entire portfolio available for online orders with new e-commerce platform
FRANCE 18 DEC

Celeste makes entire portfolio available for online orders with new e-commerce platform

French B2B operator Celeste has announced the launch of its new e-commerce platform (e-celeste.fr), enabling online orders across its entire catalogue for both direct customers and distribution partners. The platform provides detailed information on eligibility and pricing for all products and services within Celeste's telecom, cloud and cybersecurity portfolio. Clients can now complete their orders online without contacting Celeste's commercial team, saving significant time and offering greater autonomy th

1&1 meets mobile network coverage target set by 5G licence
GERMANY 18 DEC

1&1 meets mobile network coverage target set by 5G licence

Germany's 1&1 said its 5G coverage has reached 25 percent of German households, thus meeting the target set by the Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur or BNetzA) under the terms of the 5G spectrum licences auctioned in 2019. The company said it also fulfilled the agency's requirement of "competitive independence" by completing the migration of all existing customers previously served under wholesale contracts to the 1&1 mobile network.

Vodafone completes acquisition of Duesseldorf-based cloud services provider Skaylink
GERMANY 18 DEC

Vodafone completes acquisition of Duesseldorf-based cloud services provider Skaylink

Vodafone has completed the acquisition Duesseldorf-based cloud services provider Skaylink for EUR 175 million. According to Vodafone, the acquisition will accelerate its growth in key areas including professional and managed services, cloud and security in Germany and across Europe. The takeover is another step in Vodafone's strategic realignment in the business customer sector.

FRANCE 17 DEC

Altice France NetCo assets attract bids from infrastructure funds - report

SFR parent company Altice France has received non-binding offers for its 'NetCo' activities, according to information gathered by Le Figaro. These operations include SFR's backbone network as their main asset, and generated around EUR 400 million in EBITDA last year. At least four infrastructure funds have submitted non-binding offers, with one valuing the activities at approximately EUR 4.8–5.6 billion, based on an unnamed source. Altice France declined to comment on the report.

GERMANY 17 DEC

DCC Duisburg CityCom partners Vitroconnect to open up network to providers

DCC Duisburg CityCom (DCC), the IT and telecommunications service provider of the city of Duisburg, signed an agreement with Vitroconnect to use the latter's Carrier Aggregation Platform (CAP) and open up its network to other providers. DCC has reinforced its IT architecture to connect via automated interfaces to Vitroconnect's CAP, which manages ordering, switching, troubleshooting, and service processes for DCC.

GERMANY 17 DEC

German regulator introduces new minimum internet speed test

The German Federal Network Agency (Bundenetzagentur) has introduced a new procedure for consumers to check whether they are receiving the minimum internet speed of 15 Mbps guaranteed in the country. They will have to measure internet speeds ten times using the dedicated software, split into two blocks of five consecutive measurements each. A ten-hour break must be observed between the blocks to ensure that only short-term service interruptions are detected.

SWITZERLAND 17 DEC

Swiss sovereign smartphone OS startup Soverli banks USD 2.6 million

Soverli, a Swiss company commercialising a sovereign smartphone OS layer compatible with Android and iOS, announced an equity investment worth USD 2.6 million. The pre-seed round of funding is backed by ETH Zurich Foundation, Venture Kick, and Founderful, which led the transaction, along with unnamed individual investors specialised in cybersecurity. Soverli aims to deliver a technology enabling a fully sovereign, customisable, and auditable OS to run in parallel with Android or iOS from a single smartphone

FRANCE 17 DEC

France's Adista seeks SecNumCloud certification for IaaS platform

French B2B operator Adista, part of Inherent, has submitted an application to the national security agency ANSSI for SecNumCloud qualification. This marks the beginning of a process to certify its IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) platform, Adista Secure Cloud. Depending on the progress of audits and testing, completion could take more than twelve months.

FRANCE 17 DEC

French regulator settles disputes between Hub One and Paris landowner association

France's telecom authority Arcep has published a decision regarding the mediation of a dispute between ICT group Hub One and the landowner association Paris Nord 2, which manages a large urban area south of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. The dispute concerns the technical and financial conditions under which Hub One can access civil engineering infrastructure on the Paris Nord 2 estate. As part of the mediation process, a preliminary ruling was issued in July outlining the dispute. This allowed Hub One to

GERMANY 17 DEC

Amazon Prime starts offering WOW Movies & Series subscription

Amazon Prime is offering the WOW Movies & Series subscription via the Prime Video app. The Movies & Series channel of WOW, Sky's streaming service, offers viewers series from NBCUniversal, Sony, HBO, and Sky Originals, among others. The WOW Movies & Series subscription adds to the WOW Live-Sport already available on Prime Video. Amazon and Sky are therefore expanding their existing partnership.

GERMANY 16 DEC

NetCologne fills in 17,000 'white spots' with fibre

NetCologne has completed construction works to expand its fibre-optic network to 15,000 households and 2,000 firms in Cologne. The households and firms were located in underserved areas, so-called white spots, with connections providing less than 30 Mbps speeds.  The city of Cologne, the state of North-Rhine Westphalia, and the government funded the project with EUR 33 million. 

GERMANY 16 DEC

Tele Columbus CEO steps down

The chief executive officer of German operator Tele Columbus, Markus Oswald, will leave the company on 31 December for personal reasons. Joachim Lubsczyk, managing director at consultancy firm Alvarez & Marsal, will take over the management of the company until the appointment of a new CEO.

GERMANY 16 DEC

Deutsche Telekom adds 900,000 fibre homes passed through cooperations in 2025

The number of home passed by Deutsche Telekom's fibre-optic network has grown by 900.000 to reach 2.9 million this year. The partnership agreements with other network operators contributed to reach over 400.000 homes passed, while the two joint ventures, GlasfaserPlus and GlasfaserNordwest, each contributed to reach 1.2 million homes passed. The company has recently acquired the network of provider Dokom21 in Essen, thereby gaining access to around 25,000 households in the city.

GERMANY 16 DEC

Inmarsat Maritime deploys NexusWave for 4 new cargo vessels for Krey Schiffahrt

Viasat company Inmarsat Maritime said it will deploy NexusWave on Krey Schiffahrt's four newbuild heavy lifting vessels to enable the German ship manager to enhance operational efficiency and benefit from constant and unlimited. connectivity. Krey Schiffahrt already manages eight multi-purpose heavy lifting vessels and is expanding its fleet to meet changing cargo project demands. The new freight carriers have optimised hull shapes and innovative propulsion systems to cut carbon dioxide emissions by over 35

FRANCE 16 DEC

Free Mobile gives away eSIM Watch add-on with latest Apple Watch models

Free Mobile announced that it has become the first operator to include an eSIM watch plan at no extra cost as part of its voice and data packages. The launch of the eSIM Watch plan coincides with the arrival of the latest Apple Watch models in Free Mobile's product portfolio. The no-cost add-on is now available to Free Mobile's existing subscribers and new sign-ups, except those on the EUR 2/month tariff. Activating the eSIM Watch plan provides customers with 4G connectivity, enabling calls, messages, and a

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