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  • Telefonica hires Goldman Sachs to sell UK mobile masts stake

    by Kenneth Mwangi
    June 27, 2023

    June 27, 2023 By Kenneth Mwangi

    Spain’s Telefonica (TEF.MC) has hired investment bank Goldman Sachs (GS.N) to sell its 50% stake in a mobile masts operator in Britain, El Confidencial reported on Monday, citing sources close to the matter. The stake in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited, which Telefonica shares with UK rival Vodafone (VOD.L), would be worth around 2 billion euros […]

    Filed Under: Europe, Telecommunications

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  • Kapsch TrafficCom wins major connected vehicle tender in Bilbao

    by Kenneth Mwangi
    June 27, 2023

    June 27, 2023 By Kenneth Mwangi

    Kapsch TrafficCom is to begin work on a connected vehicle project in northern Spain, providing hardware and software to help digitise a 60km stretch of the A8 freeway near Bilbao by 2024. It has installed 25 roadside units along the highway, which will act as key points for receiving and distributing information between vehicles and […]

    Filed Under: Europe, Transportation

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  • TAWAL Buys Portfolio of Telecom Towers from United Group

    by Kenneth Mwangi
    June 27, 2023

    June 27, 2023 By Kenneth Mwangi

    TAWAL, a unit of Saudi Telecom Company, agreed to buy tower infrastructure worth 1.22 billion-euros ($1.34 billion) from United Group in its first foray into Europe’s telecoms market, the southeast European firm said on Thursday. TAWAL, a tower infrastructure unit that STC carved out in 2018, will buy the mobile infrastructure unit of United Group […]

    Filed Under: Europe, Telecommunications

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  • Corning opens a fiber optic manufacturing plant in Poland

    by Diana Muratov
    October 11, 2022

    October 11, 2022 By Diana Muratov

    Corning announced the opening of a new optical fiber manufacturing facility in Mszczonów, Poland, this week. The facility was launched last year after the business determined that it was required to address the increased demand for fiber optics in the European Union and nearby regions. Demand for fiber is increasing in Europe as well, owing […]

    Filed Under: Europe, Telecommunications Tagged With: Corning, Europe, Poland, Telecommunications

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  • Nokia gains leadership of Europe’s Phase 2 6G effort 

    by Diana Muratov
    October 10, 2022

    October 10, 2022 By Diana Muratov

    The goal of both Hexa-X and Hexa-X-II is to establish Europe as a leader in 6G. Nokia will lead the Hexa-X-II project, the second phase of the European 6G flagship initiative designed to lay the groundwork for 6G standardization. Nokia was also in charge of the initial phase of the Hexa-X project. According to Nokia, Hexa-X is focused on […]

    Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: 6G, Nokia

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  • Bulgaria’s Neterra Telecommunications breaks ground on second data center in Sofia

    by Kenneth Mwangi
    April 21, 2021

    April 21, 2021 By Kenneth Mwangi

    Bulgarian telecommunications company Neterra has broken ground on its second data center in the capital of Sofia. The four-story, 1,400 square meter (15,000 sq ft) facility, known as Sofia Data Center 2 (SDC-2), is located opposite Neterra’s SDC-1 facility and is being built to Tier III Uptime standards. Construction is due for completion later in […]

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