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Telefónica Tech’s TrustOS managed blockchain platform and Atrebo’s TREE infrastructure management platform combined for the digitization of telecommunications infrastructure

The initiative is made possible by the integration of Atrebo’s TREE platform for infrastructure management with Telefónica Tech’s own TrustOS managed blockchain platform. The project plans to reach the entire infrastructure inventory managed by Atrebo by 2022 and will be … Read the full press release

E.ON to convert electricity pylons across Germany to be used as radio pylons for the 4G/5G mobile network

(PRESS RELEASE) ESSEN, 14-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — E.ON, a European energy company focused on smart grids that drive the energy transition in Europe, has announced that a newly formed subsidiary called E.ON TowerCo GmbH will be converting electricity pylons throughout … Read the full press release

Nokia to sell refurbished network equipment to all Orange subsidiaries as part of reduced carbon emissions goals

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 13-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Orange S.A. (EPA: ORA), a French multinational telecommunications group, and Nokia (HEL: NOKIA), a Finnish multinational technology leader across mobile, fixed and cloud networks, have signed an agreement to increase the use of … Read the full press release

All eight winners of the International Telekom Beethoven Competition to perform at the Telekom Forum in Bonn on October 16

Eight prize winners from 16 years of the International Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn on one stage On October 16 at the Telekom Forum in Bonn and via livestream on MagentaTV as well as free of charge at MagentaMusik 360 World … Read the full press release

Bundesvereinigung Logistik, GS1 Germany and T-Systems pilot project: digital delivery note soon to replace paper delivery note when companies ship products

Cooperation project between BVL, GS1 Germany and T-Systems for faster delivery processes. Proof of concept with Open Telekom Cloud and GS1 standards confirms benefits and practicability of standardized solution First implementations targeted for 2022 (PRESS RELEASE)BONN, 7-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom (ETR: DTE), … Read the full press release

Communications Technology: Triton Fund IV portfolio company EQOS Energie Deutschland GmbH acquires TCT TechnikCentrumThale GmbH

(PRESS RELEASE) BIBERACH, Germany, 5-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Triton Partners, a private equity investment firm with focus on medium-sized businesses across Europe, has announced that its Triton Fund IV portfolio company EQOS Energie Deutschland GmbH, one of the leading service … Read the full press release

Orange to increase the capital of its bank with EUR 230 million; buys Groupama’s stake

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 1-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Orange S.A. (EPA: ORA), a French multinational telecommunications group, has announced it will invest EUR 230 million in its bank (Orange Bank) to increase the capital and speed up the growth projects envisaged … Read the full press release

Ericsson inks 5-year tenor with two 1-year extension options USD 2 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility with 18 participating banks

USD 2 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility signed Transaction underlines the confidence in Ericsson’s financial and sustainable performance (PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 30-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, has announced the signature of … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. Announces the Convocation of the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on 4 November 2021 in order to appoint KPMG N.V. as the Company’s new statutory auditor for the financial year 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 23-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (The Company) would like to inform the market and its investors that today, 23 September 2021, the Board of Directors of the Company convenes the extraordinary general meeting of … Read the full press release

Bhutan Telecom to roll out Ericsson 5G services by end of year

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 21-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Ericsson (STO: ERIC-B), a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, has announced partnership with Bhutan Telecom for the deployment of 5G services across the landlocked Eastern Himalayan country of the Kingdom of Bhutan. … Read the full press release

Ericsson unveils ultra-lightweight antenna-integrated radio for easier and efficient 5G mid-band deployments

(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 21-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Ericsson (STO: ERIC-B), a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company, has announced the addition of a new 12 kg radio (the ultra-lightweight antenna-integrated radio AIR 3268) to its Massive MIMO portfolio for easier … Read the full press release

Télécoms Sans Frontières sets up Global Xpress satellite broadband connection at the first humanitarian coordination centre in Les Cayes, Haiti

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 26-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has announced that Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF), sponsored by the Company, has established a Global Xpress satellite broadband connection at the first … Read the full press release

Digi Communications NV announces that a new stock option programme was approved

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 25-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (The Company) would like to inform the market and its investors that the Company’s Board of Directors has approved the grant of a number of 39,000 stock options within … Read the full press release

Deutsche Telekom to build a 5G campus network for the Werner-von-Siemens-Centre in Berlin

Campus network for industry-related development in Berlin Network for industrial innovation (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 24-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom (ETR: DTE), one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies and the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue, has … Read the full press release

Vodacom’s e-health policy paper: exponential rise in the number of people across Africa relying on Internet for health information

New study shows huge opportunity in digital health with 41% of internet users in Africa regularly using their mobile phones to search for health information (PRESS RELEASE) BERKSHIRE, 24-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodacom Group Limited (JSE: VOD), a South African … Read the full press release

Europe’s largest cross-industry digitization initiative Digital X returns live to Cologne on September 7 and 8, 2021

Cologne city center becomes world exhibition of digitization More than 300 VIP speakers Pandemic-compliant concept in accordance with respective situation (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 17-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digital X, Europe’s largest cross-industry digitization initiative, will take place in  Cologne on … Read the full press release

Digi Communications NV announces the release of the H1 2021 Financial Results

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 13-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (“Digi” or the “Company”) announces that the H1 2021 financial results are available on the Company’s website. For details, please see: https://www.digi-communications.ro/en/investor-relations/shares/financial-results-shares/half-year-reports-shares Also, today at 14:00 UK time/ 16:00 … Read the full press release

Dixons Carphone donates to Age UK’s Tech Connected programme

Dixons Carphone extended Pennies, its digital micro-donation charity partner, across its Currys PC World retail estate in 2020 £100,000 raised for Age UK through over 400,000 microdonations Dixons Carphone is aiming to raise £1million for charity partner Age UK The … Read the full press release

Digi Communications NV announces Investors Call on the Financial Results for H1 2021

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 6-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (“Digi” or the “Company”) announces that on 13 August 2021 at 14:00 UK time/ 16:00 EEST (Romania local time) it will host a conference call to discuss the H1 … Read the full press release

IAA MOBILITY 2021: 29 new 5G sites set up by Deutsche Telekom to ensure comprehensive 5G coverage of the outdoor areas of the trade fair

Telekom and Messe München intensify partnership for IAA MOBILITY 2021 Use of a wide range of mobile and fixed network solutions for a mobility platform of the future 29 new 5G sites put into operation (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 5-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche … Read the full press release

Enel S.p.A. to sell its entire stake held in Open Fiber S.p.A. for EUR 2,65 billion to Macquarie Asset Management and CDP Equity

Contracts finalized for the sale of 50% of Open Fiber, of which 40% to Macquarie Asset Management for a consideration of 2,120 million euros and 10% to CDP Equity for a consideration of 530 million euros The closing of the … Read the full press release

Inmarsat distress call data analyses: tankers overtaking fishing vessels to generate the highest number of GMDSS alerts

(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 5-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT), the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, has released a new report that digs into three years of global maritime distress call data to focus minds on true areas … Read the full press release

Customer Data Platform Industry Accelerated During Pandemic: CDP Institute Report

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(PRESS RELEASE) MILFORD, CT, United States, 28-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Customer Data Platform (CDP) vendors grew at a record pace during the first half of 2021, according to the CDP Institute’s latest Industry Update report. The semi-annual report found that … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces that two of its subsidiaries entered into two facility agreements

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 27-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (The Company) would like to inform its investors and the market that on 21 and 26 July 2021, the Company’s Romanian and Spanish subsidiaries, each acting as borrowers, entered … Read the full press release

T-Systems extends collaboration with Google Cloud to help key industries in their journeys to cloud and digital transformations

T-Systems to become a strategic industry solutions integrator and innovation partner for Google Cloud in key industries Deutsche Telekom subsidiary is now also a managed services provider for Google Cloud (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 27-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — T-Systems and Google … Read the full press release

Spectrum Auction: Vodafone Spain paid EUR 350 million for 2×10 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band

(PRESS RELEASE) BERKSHIRE, 22-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone Spain, a mobile telecommunications operator in Spain and part of Vodafone Group Plc, has announced it has acquired 2×10 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band from the Spanish Ministry of … Read the full press release

Telenor Group divests its mobile operations in Myanmar to M1 Group

(PRESS RELEASE) FORNEBU, 8-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Telenor Group announces that it has entered into an agreement with M1 Group for the sale of 100 percent of its mobile operations in Myanmar. The transaction is worth of a total consideration of 105 million … Read the full press release

Personalised financial advice startup Radicant selects Swisscom and Finnova for technology and outsourcing support

(PRESS RELEASE) BERN, 6-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Swisscom announces that it has been chosen, together with Finnova, to provide the digital foundation for the strategic investment of the Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank. Radicant, a digital financial services provider specialising in sustainability, will … Read the full press release

Telekom Tech Grounds by Deutsche Telekom, the virtual digital conference for pioneering technologies of the future, 28-29 June

Deutsche Telekom creates an immersive state-of-the-art digital conference Initiative to share knowledge, inspiration and a wide range of compelling topics Invitation to join a community of world´s most spearheading thinkers and futurists (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 25-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche … Read the full press release

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG subsidiary HHLA Sky to rely on Telekom campus network to control and monitor its drone fleet via 5G

Telekom builds campus network for HHLA Sky For the first time a campus network for two sites more than 200 kilometers apart Up to 100 industrial drones can be monitored in parallel Development partnership for controlling drones via 5G (PRESS RELEASE) … Read the full press release

Telefónica to present environmentally-friendly agriculture solutions at the Mobile World Congress

Telefónica comes to Mobile with a catalogue of proposals and real cases that highlight all that technology and digital transformation can do for the sustainability of the planet.  The company promotes the use of its IoT technology and big data … Read the full press release

Instant Network Schools (INS) programme to launch in Mozambique ahead of World Refugee Day

Instant Network Schools launches in Mozambique to provide nearly 9,000 asylum seekers, refugees and local students with access to quality, connected education. One school will serve the Maratane Refugee Settlement, a camp hosting a third of the country’s refugees, and … Read the full press release

5G mobile subscriptions will exceed 580 million by the end of 2021 – Ericsson Mobility Report 2021

5G remains on track to become the fastest adopted mobile generation in history with subscriptions increasing at a rate of about a million per day China, North America and the Gulf Cooperation Council markets are leading the way on subscriber … Read the full press release

German Brand Awards honored Deutsche Telekom’s exemplary brand management, sustainable campaigns, and outstanding marketing projects

Liquid Brand Design and Magenta Moon receive top award Consistent brand management and campaign communications seal win Further prizes for flagship store in Stuttgart, “Mehr Magenta” customer magazine, and Deutsche Telekom Stiftung’s annual report (PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 11-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release

Maximilian Ahrens, CTO of T-Systems, to become Chairman of Board of Directors of Gaia-X initiative

(PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 11-Jun-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom (ETR: DTE), one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies, has announced that the CTO of its IT services unit T-Systems Maximilian Ahrens has been elected Chairman of the Board of … Read the full press release

Telefónica part of the seed round in Israeli startup specialist in secure private LTE/5G networks

The Israeli startup provides secure cloud-based private LTE/5G networks as a service including local PoPs for maximum performance and data privacy. Through the investment, Telefónica Tech will have a seat on the company’s Advisory Board and preferential access to its … Read the full press release

Siemens launches the first industrial 5G router

Scalance MUM856-1 connects local industrial applications to public 5G, 4G, and 3G mobile wireless networks Router supports future-oriented applications such as remote access via public 5G networks or the connection of mobile devices such as automated guided vehicles in industry … Read the full press release

Digi Communications N.V. announces the exercise of stock options by the Executive Director of the Company pursuant to the decision of the Company’s general meeting of shareholders dated 30 April 2020 and in accordance with the stock option plan approved at the level of the Company in 2017

(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 28-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — The Company would like to inform the market and its investors that on May, 27, 2021, Mr. Valentin Popoviciu, Executive Director of the Company, has exercised his stock options, which have vested … Read the full press release

Emerging new cloud platform aims at meeting the France’s “Cloud de Confiance” label for enhanced data sovereignty

Unprecedented partnership will lead to a new independent cloud platform that aims to meet the French State’s “Cloud de Confiance” label for enhanced data sovereignty. (PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 27-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Capgemini (EPA: CAP), French multinational consulting, technology services … Read the full press release