Richard Agnew

Amid continuing growth challenges, Ericsson President & CEO Börje Ekholm is pinning hopes on physical AI and defence comms, and claims vendor is fully primed to exploit opportunities for a top-line revival.

Low-price disruptor Digi Spain bolsters its challenge to rivals Telefónica, MásOrange, and Vodafone Spain with an over-subscribed stock market float.

Analyst Briefing: The latest developments from around Deutsche Telekom's cross-Atlantic empire, as innovation gains are pursued in quantum networking and digitisation, and DT flags ecosystem development work with partners including Aduna, Ericsson, and OpenAI.

Central and eastern European tower group cites third-party tenancy gains as driver of faster-than-expected revenue growth in H1 FY26.

Dutch incumbent's Chief Executive Joost Farwerck calls watchdog's decision to thwart bolt-on purchase of fibre assets from rival Delta "very strange", and warns it may prompt a rejig of its footprint expansion goal for 2030.

Virgin Media O2 innovative flanker brand highlights tech, leadership, operational, and organisational changes as it seeks to up competitive game in challenging market (and boost the operator's lines of defence against discounting competitors). As giffgaff embraces AI, execs assure over future of its community-centric model.

Networks watchdog firms up contractual framework for access to incumbent Telekom Deutschland's underground assets, following several years of industry arguments. Regulator claims to have "removed the obstacles to duct access" for altnets, and handed a much-needed boost to Germany's pressured fibre infra sector. But not everybody is happy...

As UK broadband competition continues to bite, Virgin Media O2 is considering enacting a major savings push as part of the next phase of its business turnaround strategy. Consideration of cutbacks follows recently announced cost-cutting programmes at sister businesses in Germany and Spain, accompanied by large-scale job losses.

US wireless infra giant offloads last two outposts in Asia-Pacific as it concentrates resource on riding 5G and edge/AI wave in developed markets.

Operator's six-year-old joint venture with Prosegur boosts recurring cash flow by nearly a third, having move to a new strategic phase focused on user value over volume.