Communications ministers from several EU member states indicated opposition to large technology players contributing to mobile network costs.

A1 Group announced that its local subsidiary in Serbia has agreed to acquire part of the infrastructure of the Serbian provider Conexio.

Over 800 million women will need to adopt mobile internet to close the digital gender gap by 2030 across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to the latest Mobile Gender Gap Report published by the GSMA.

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson announced the first implementation of an integrated solution to customize and manage end-to-end network slices for enterprise cloud-based applications.

Ericsson and MediaTek have set a new 5G upload speed record of 440 Mbps in low-band and mid-band spectrum using Uplink Carrier Aggregation.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) plans to raise $100 billion from the public and private sectors by 2026.

Vodafone UK announced it will advance with the plan to phase out 3G next month.

38 operators had agreed to voluntarily reduce charges for those roaming between EU member states and the Western Balkans region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia).

GlobalData and Huawei jointly released a white paper — The 5G Voice Transition: Managing the Complexity.

Five large European telecom operators updated guidelines for open RAN technical priorities.

Yesterday, April 3, marked 50 years since the first mobile call was made.

The GSMA presented its annual Mobile Economy China report, featuring milestones for mobile development in the region.

Hungarian state-owned development finance institution Corvinus International Investment acquired an indirect minority stake in operator Yettel.

Amazon presented three antennas for its low-Earth orbit (LEO) Project Kuiper satellite service.

Ericsson and MediaTek said they have achieved a 5G downlink speed record for carrier aggregation (CA).

Hrvatski Telekom has started building fiber optic infrastructure in the towns of Rovinj and Vodnjan and the municipalities of Bale, Kanfanar, Svetvinčenat, Žminj, Medulin, Barban, Ližnjan, and Marčana.

By investing more than €94.4 million in the mobile frequency bands 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, and 2600 MHz, Telemach Croatia, through a public auction organized by the Croatian Regulatory Agency for Network Activities (HAKOM), ensures the prerequisites for further improving the coverage and quality of mobile services in the period of the next 15 years, starting from October 2024.

With the official end of the public auction procedure for the assignment of radio frequency spectrum for mobile networks HT assured by far the largest spectrum share which is another key strategic lever for further development of its already leading and fastest mobile network.

In a public auction, A1 Croatia secured spectra in the frequency bands 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, and 2600 MHz for 15 years.

We are very satisfied with the results of this electronically conducted multi-round auction, in which all available spectrum for national coverage was allocated, as well as part of the spectrum for smaller operators at regional levels, HAKOM Council director Tonko Obuljen points out for ICTbusiness.info.

The Croatian Regulatory Agency for Network Activities (HAKOM) has allocated radio frequency spectrum for mobile communication networks in the frequency bands 800 MHz (791-821/832-862 MHz), 900 MHz (880-915 MHz/ 925-960 MHz), 1800 MHz ( 1710-1785/1805-1880 MHz), 2100 MHz (1920-1980/2110-2170 MHz), 2600 MHz (2500-2570/2620-2690 MHz) at the national level and 3600 MHz (3400-3480 MHz) at the regional level.

The EU granted competition clearance for Alpen Glasfaser, the joint venture between Magenta Telekom and French infrastructure partner Meridiam.

Nokia, Qualcomm, and T-Mobile have achieved the world’s first showcase of successfully aggregating 5G Standalone (SA) spectrum using 5CC Carrier Aggregation (5CC CA) in a sub-6 GHz spectrum.

The European Space Agency and Deutsche Telekom will jointly work to enable seamless connectivity from terrestrial networks, from the sky, or from above.

The GSMA’s annual Mobile Net Zero report revealed that mobile operators are making tangible gains in the drive towards net zero.

During a round table discussion at MWC23 Barcelona, telecom operators’ executives highlighted the demand from enterprises to use mmWave 5G indoors.

Deutsche Telekom is the first mobile communications company in the world to use a newly developed standard for transferring eSIMs between mobile devices.

Orange Spain has launched the first commercial 5G Standalone (SA) network in Spain, which is also the first for the Orange Group.

For the next phase of its open RAN journey, Deutsche Telekom will partner with Nokia, Fujitsu, and Mavenir among others for initial commercial deployments across its European footprint.

Large European operators Orange and Vodafone Group agreed to share open RAN networks in rural parts of the region where both operate.