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News from Central & Eastern Europe

Orange and partners to demo D2D satellite connectivity in Romania

Orange and partners to demo D2D satellite connectivity in Romania

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Satellite Networks
04 March 2026
3546 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Orange
  • SMS
  • Vodafone
  • Remote Coverage
  • Data
  • Voice
  • Romania
  • Satellite Connectivity
  • MoU
  • AST SpaceMobile
  • D2D
  • Satellite Connect Europe

Telecommunications operator Orange has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with AST SpaceMobile and Satellite Connect Europe, related to collaboration on direct-to-device (D2D) technology in relevant Orange markets.

Digital Realty announces its entry into Bulgaria

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Data Centres & Networks
04 March 2026
3439 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Data Centres
  • Cloud
  • Bulgaria
  • Interconnection
  • Subsea Cable
  • Digital Realty
  • Telepoint

Cloud and carrier-neutral data centre platform Digital Realty has announced its entry into Bulgaria, establishing a new market presence in Sofia, which it describes as one of Southeast Europe’s most important emerging interconnection hubs.

Kyivstar buys Ukrainian ISP Shtorm to boost fixed broadband biz

Kyivstar buys Ukrainian ISP Shtorm to boost fixed broadband biz

Details
John Tanner
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
27 February 2026
4291 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Fixed Broadband
  • Kyivstar

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Thursday it has purchased regional ISP Shtorm to boost its presence in the fixed broadband space. No financial details were disclosed.

RETN lights up new backbone route between Estonia and Latvia

RETN lights up new backbone route between Estonia and Latvia

Details
John Tanner
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
19 February 2026
6225 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Backbone Infrastructure
  • Fibre Infrastructure
  • RETN
  • Network Resilience

International network services provider RETN says it has launched a new fibre backbone route between Estonia and Latvia as part of its broader expansion plan to diversify connectivity between Northern and Central Europe.

BH Telecom taps Qvantel for cloud-native payments upgrade in Bosnia and Herzegovina

BH Telecom taps Qvantel for cloud-native payments upgrade in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Details
James Barton
Category: Revenue & Billing
17 February 2026
6172 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • charging
  • Cloud
  • BH Telecom
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 5G
  • Qvantel

Bosnia and Herzegovina market leader BH Telecom is upgrading its convergent charging and payments platform via an extension of its partnership with Qvantel.

Russia blocks access to WhatsApp and further restricts Telegram

Russia blocks access to WhatsApp and further restricts Telegram

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James Barton
Category: Regulation
13 February 2026
9584 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Russia
  • WhatsApp
  • Censorship
  • Telegram
  • Meta

Russia’s government has blocked access to WhatsApp.

Could olive waste power a Croatian data centre?

Could olive waste power a Croatian data centre?

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Energy & Sustainability
13 February 2026
6291 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Data Centres
  • Croatia
  • Energy
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • European Union
  • Biomass
  • Inovapro

Could the olive-growing industry be of benefit to data centre development? That’s a question that a new biomass-powered data centre planned in Croatia may be able to answer.

Sparkle taps ASN, Elettra for cable connecting ME and Balkans to Europe

Sparkle taps ASN, Elettra for cable connecting ME and Balkans to Milan

Details
John Tanner
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
12 February 2026
6586 views
  • Middle East North Africa
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Subsea Cable
  • Balkans
  • Sparkle
  • ASN

Sparkle revealed on Wednesday it has signed deals with Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) and Elettra to build its planned GreenMed subsea cable connecting the Middle East and the Balkans to Italy via the Adriatic Sea.

Kyivstar acquires Tabletki.ua for $160m to deepen digital healthcare push

Kyivstar acquires Tabletki.ua for $160m to deepen digital healthcare push

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Operators
11 February 2026
7079 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • Kyivstar
  • Veon

Kyivstar has completed the full acquisition of Ukrainian medical digital services platform Tabletki.ua for US$160 million, strengthening the operator’s expansion into healthcare.

Neterra taps Infinera for €12m network upgrade in Bulgaria

Neterra taps Infinera for €12m network upgrade in Bulgaria

Details
James Barton
Category: Wireless Networks
09 February 2026
6119 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • DWDM
  • Bulgaria
  • Infinera
  • Backbone Networks
  • Network Upgrades
  • Neterra

Neterra is modernising its Bulgarian backbone network using solutions from Infinera, a part of Nokia.

United Group upgrades Nova network with 5G mmWave FWA for enterprise services

United Group upgrades Nova network with 5G mmWave FWA for enterprise services

Details
Julian Bright
Category: Operators
02 February 2026
6731 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • 5G
  • Intracom Telecom
  • Fixed Wireless Access
  • United Group
  • Nova

United Group has selected Intracom Telecom to upgrade its network as it looks to capture growing enterprise connectivity demand across its southeastern European footprint.

Telekom Srbija upgrades Serbia–Bosnia fibre link with Ciena technology

Telekom Srbija upgrades Serbia–Bosnia fibre link with Ciena technology

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
30 January 2026
7086 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ciena
  • Serbia
  • Telekom Srbija

Telekom Srbija Group and its subsidiary Mtel are upgrading fibre connectivity between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina using Ciena’s coherent optical technology, as the operator looks to boost cross-border capacity and prepare its network for rising data demand.

Kyivstar racks up 3 million Starlink D2C users in under two months

Kyivstar racks up 3 million Starlink D2C users in under two months

Details
John Tanner
Category: Satellite Networks
16 January 2026
10104 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • Kyivstar
  • Veon
  • Starlink
  • LEO Satellite
  • direct-to-device satellite
  • Direct to Cell

Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar said on Thursday it has registered over 3 million users for Starlink’s Direct to Cell (D2C) LEO satellite service  since it commercially launched the service less than two months ago.

Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine and lifecell launch 5G pilot in Lviv

Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine and lifecell launch 5G pilot in Lviv

Details
Julian Bright
Category: Wireless Networks
13 January 2026
10936 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • Kyivstar
  • lifecell
  • 5G networks
  • Vodafone Ukraine

Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation announced on Monday it has kicked off a 5G pilot programme in Lviv in cooperation with the country’s three main telcos – Kyivstar, Vodafone Ukraine and lifecell – although a full-scale launch will only come after the ongoing war with Russia finally ends.

Sixth Baltic Sea subsea cable damaged as authorities investigate possible sabotage

Sixth Baltic Sea subsea cable damaged as authorities investigate possible sabotage

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
07 January 2026
8177 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Estonia
  • Lithuania

A sixth subsea cable has been damaged in the Baltic Sea, keeping regional authorities on high alert amid growing scrutiny of Russian-linked maritime activity, the Financial Times reported. 

Stonepeak acquires Bite’s tower unit TeleTower in Lithuania and Latvia

Stonepeak acquires Bite’s tower unit TeleTower in Lithuania and Latvia

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Operators
24 December 2025
11212 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • BITE Group
  • Providence Equity Partners
  • Bite Latvia
  • BITE Lithuania
  • Stonepeak

Investment firm Stonepeak has agreed to acquire TeleTower, the tower company carved out of Eastern European operator Bite, in a move aimed at tapping growth in the region’s telecoms infrastructure market.

Kyivstar buys Ukrainian solar power company Sunvin 11

Kyivstar buys Ukrainian solar power company Sunvin 11

Details
John Tanner
Category: Energy & Sustainability
18 December 2025
10123 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • solar power
  • Acquisitions
  • Ukraine
  • Kyivstar
  • Veon

Veon-owned digital telco Kyivstar says it has made first investment in renewable energy by buying solar power company Sunvin 11, which owns a 12.9-MW solar plant in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.

Ukraine to build national AI model on Google’s Gemma with Kyivstar

Ukraine to build national AI model on Google’s Gemma with Kyivstar

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Operators
02 December 2025
54243 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Google
  • Ukraine
  • AI
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Google Gemma

Ukraine will develop a national large language model (LLM) based on Google’s Gemma, with operator Kyivstar acting as strategic partner and operational lead alongside the WINWIN AI Center of Excellence under the Ministry of Digital Transformation.

Kyivstar commercially launches Starlink’s D2C service in Ukraine

Kyivstar commercially launches Starlink’s D2C service in Ukraine

Details
John Tanner
Category: Satellite Networks
25 November 2025
65807 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • Kyivstar
  • Veon
  • Starlink
  • LEO Satellite
  • direct-to-device satellite
  • Direct-to-cell satellite

Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Monday that it has officially launched Starlink’s Direct to Cell (D2C) LEO satellite service for its customers after months of testing, with the initial service supporting only SMS.

Kyivstar to expand Starlink D2C test across most of Ukraine

Kyivstar to expand Starlink D2C test across most of Ukraine

Details
John Tanner
Category: Satellite Networks
03 November 2025
40069 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • Kyivstar
  • Starlink
  • LEO Satellite
  • direct-to-device satellite
  • Direct-to-cell satellite

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar said on Friday that it’s preparing to expand its testing of Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell (D2C) satellite service to all areas of Ukraine, apart from border zones, temporarily occupied territories and areas where fighting is happening amid the ongoing invasion by Russia.

ICEYE and EMIS enhance Slovakia’s flood monitoring

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Satellite Networks
27 October 2025
21852 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Slovakia
  • GIS
  • Flooding
  • Satellite data
  • Synthetic aperture radar
  • ICEYE
  • Satellite monitoring

EMIS, a provider of geospatial information systems (GIS) in Slovakia, and ICEYE, a leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data, have announced a strategic partnership to expand access to critical, near real-time hazard information for Slovak authorities.

Vodafone to build Black Sea cable linking Europe and Asia

Vodafone to build Black Sea cable linking Europe and Asia

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Operators
21 October 2025
10829 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Vodafone
  • Ukraine
  • Vodafone Ukraine

Vodafone Group and Vodafone Ukraine have announced plans to begin construction of a new submarine cable system in the Black Sea, aimed at creating a digital corridor between Europe and Asia.

Kyivstar, Mastercard to boost Ukrainian financial infrastructure with Starlink

Kyivstar, Mastercard to boost Ukrainian financial infrastructure with Starlink

Details
John Tanner
Category: Mobile Finance
16 October 2025
9148 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Big Data Analytics
  • Ukraine
  • Mastercard
  • Kyivstar
  • Financial Services
  • Starlink
  • LEO Satellite
  • direct-to-device satellite
  • Direct-to-cell satellite

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar says it is partnering with Mastercard to create new financial services, boost uptake of digital payments, and develop a more stable financial services infrastructure to support all this using Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell (D2C) satellite service.

Poland's Polsteam choses Marlink to upgrade connectivity on its vessels
Photo of Gdansk: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28130995

Poland's Polsteam choses Marlink to upgrade connectivity on its vessels

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Enterprise Ecosystems
09 October 2025
9059 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Poland
  • VSAT
  • Connectivity
  • Shipping
  • Low Latency
  • Cybersecurity
  • Starlink
  • Marlink
  • LEO Satellite

Polish dry bulk vessel operator Polsteam has chosen Marlink, which supplies managed services for business-critical ICT solutions, to upgrade connectivity and cybersecurity solutions on board 50 of the vessels it controls.

Kyivstar delays 3G shutdown in Chernihiv due to shelling, power cuts

Kyivstar delays 3G shutdown in Chernihiv due to shelling, power cuts

Details
John Tanner
Category: Wireless Networks
08 October 2025
10319 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • Kyivstar
  • Power Outages
  • 3g shutdown

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Tuesday that it has postponed the planned shutdown of its 3G network in Chernihiv due to increased shelling and power outages in the city.

4iG SDT agreement with Axiom Space could boost Hungary’s space industry

4iG SDT agreement with Axiom Space could boost Hungary’s space industry

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Satellite Networks
06 October 2025
8090 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Data Centres
  • Hungary
  • Solar Energy
  • Amazon
  • 4iG
  • Low Earth Orbit

Hungarian company 4iG Space and Defence (4iG SDT) says it has signed a preliminary, non-binding commitment letter with US-based Axiom Space, a global leader in commercial spaceflight and low Earth orbit (LEO) infrastructure development.

GlobalLogic and Poland’s Plus launch private 5G network in Krakow

GlobalLogic and Poland’s Plus launch private 5G network in Krakow

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Wireless Networks
02 October 2025
10488 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Poland
  • Ericsson
  • Plus
  • Industry 4.0
  • 5G Private Networks

This week sees yet another 5G private network launch, in this case through a collaboration between Polish operator Plus, tech giant Ericsson and digital product engineering services company GlobalLogic.

Globalstar expands its Estonian ground station

Globalstar expands its Estonian ground station

Details
Vaughan O'Grady
Category: Satellite Networks
23 September 2025
6305 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Infrastructure
  • Estonia
  • Mobile Satellite
  • Globalstar
  • Satellite Services
  • Ground station

Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Globalstar Europe SAS, has announced that the construction process has begun on doubling the size of its existing ground station in Estonia.

Vodafone and Digi carve up Telekom Romania Mobile in €70m deal

Vodafone and Digi carve up Telekom Romania Mobile in €70m deal

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Operators
19 September 2025
12689 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • OTE
  • Romania
  • Vodafone Romania

Vodafone Romania and Digi Romania have entered binding agreements to acquire separate parts of OTE’s subsidiary Telekom Romania Mobile Communications (TKRM), reducing the number of mobile operators in the country to three.

Has the industry Open RAN away from the ecosystem?

Has the industry Open RAN away from the ecosystem?

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Wireless Networks
10 September 2025
17839 views
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Central South Asia
  • Latin America
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • OpenRAN
  • O-RAN

Open RAN (O-RAN) has long been touted as a disruptive technology in mobile infrastructure with the concept of splitting the RAN into three components, encouraging a more modular architecture that claims to improve operator bottom lines.

EXA plans fibre backbone for Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary

EXA plans fibre backbone for Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary

Details
John Tanner
Category: Optical & Fixed Networks
08 September 2025
7004 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Poland
  • Hungary
  • Slovakia
  • Fibre Backbone
  • Czechia
  • EXA Infrastructure

EXA Infrastructure has announced plans to deploy a new fibre backbone connecting Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary to its network in Germany and Austria, which it claims will be the largest pan-European backbone fibre deployment in Central Europe in the last 25 years.

Lifecell delivers major upgrades in Kyiv

Lifecell delivers major upgrades in Kyiv

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Operators
14 August 2025
10148 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Ukraine
  • lifecell
  • Datagroup-Volia-lifecell

Ukrainian operator lifecell has completed a network modernisation project in Kyiv in just five months, delivering major improvements across key performance metrics to meet rising demand for connectivity.

Tele2 to spin off Baltic towers in €560 million JV

Tele2 to spin off Baltic towers in €560 million JV

Details
Manny Pham
Category: Operators
08 August 2025
9700 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Tele2
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Tele2 Estonia
  • Tele2 Lithuania
  • Tele2 Latvia

Swedish operator Tele2 has announced plans to spin off its infrastructure assets into a dedicated tower company serving all three Baltic nations, under a 50/50 joint venture with tower specialist Global Communications Infrastructure (GCI).

Armenia denies reports of Viva stake sale

Armenia denies reports of Viva stake sale

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Manny Pham
Category: Regulation
08 August 2025
7960 views
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Armenia

The Armenian government has dismissed media claims that it authorised the sale of its 20% stake in Viva.

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What will everyone be talking about at MWC2026?

Trends & Forecasts
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Why operators are buying back the assets they sold

Why operators are buying back the assets they sold

Operators
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Africa is funding a digital empire it does not control

Africa is funding a digital empire it does not control

Data Centres & Networks
Africa is funding a digital empire it does not control
Why a new India–Singapore subsea cable matters for Indo-Pacific connectivity

Why a new India–Singapore subsea cable matters for Indo-Pacific connectivity

Optical & Fixed Networks
Why a new India–Singapore subsea cable matters for Indo-Pacific connectivity
As the AI Bubble inflates, can operators extract returns?

As the AI Bubble inflates, can operators extract returns?

Investment
As the AI Bubble inflates, can operators extract returns?
When the Cloud sneezes: why outages hit emerging markets harder

When the Cloud sneezes: why outages hit emerging markets harder

Cloud & Virtualisation
When the Cloud sneezes: why outages hit emerging markets harder

MENA - Latest News

Turkcell sets sights on 5G-A, 6G and AI with Ericsson and Mavenir deals

Turkcell sets sights on 5G-A, 6G and AI with Ericsson and Mavenir deals

MTN says farewell to Syria as new tender is announced

Events

InfraX and Ericsson announce smart utility deal for UAE

InfraX and Ericsson announce smart utility deal for UAE

Enterprise Ecosystems
InfraX and Ericsson announce smart utility deal for UAE
Huawei Unveils AI-Powered Intelligent Operations Solutions at GITEX GLOBAL, Driving Industrial Digital Transformation

Huawei Unveils AI-Powered Intelligent Operations Solutions at GITEX GLOBAL, Driving Industrial Digital Transformation

Cloud & Virtualisation
Huawei Unveils AI-Powered Intelligent Operations Solutions at GITEX GLOBAL, Driving Industrial Digital Transformation
AI seen as a driving force for more inclusive and efficient education systems

AI seen as a driving force for more inclusive and efficient education systems

Enterprise Ecosystems
AI seen as a driving force for more inclusive and efficient education systems
Huawei unveils ‘GovTech1.0’ framework to accelerate digital transformation in the Middle East and Central Asia

Huawei unveils ‘GovTech1.0’ framework to accelerate digital transformation in the Middle East and Central Asia

Vendors
Huawei unveils ‘GovTech1.0’ framework to accelerate digital transformation in the Middle East and Central Asia
CMI and Yango partner for digital enterprise solutions

CMI and Yango partner for digital enterprise solutions

Enterprise Ecosystems
CMI and Yango partner for digital enterprise solutions
Beyon announces cybersecurity deal and major Jordan investment

Beyon announces cybersecurity deal and major Jordan investment

Cybersecurity
Beyon announces cybersecurity deal and major Jordan investment

APAC - Latest News

PNG DataCo and Oracle to give PNG’s Morobe govt an AI makeover

PNG DataCo and Oracle to give PNG’s Morobe govt an AI makeover

Veon partners GSMA to support start-ups in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Veon partners GSMA to support start-ups in Pakistan and Bangladesh

Artificial Intelligence

Turkcell sets sights on 5G-A, 6G and AI with Ericsson and Mavenir deals

Turkcell sets sights on 5G-A, 6G and AI with Ericsson and Mavenir deals

Operators
Turkcell sets sights on 5G-A, 6G and AI with Ericsson and Mavenir deals
Viettel gears up for 6G with Qualcomm, Intel, AMD and ID Quantique

Viettel gears up for 6G with Qualcomm, Intel, AMD and ID Quantique

Wireless Networks
Viettel gears up for 6G with Qualcomm, Intel, AMD and ID Quantique
U Mobile signs deals at MWC26 for 5G-A, AI and network-level security

U Mobile signs deals at MWC26 for 5G-A, AI and network-level security

Operators
U Mobile signs deals at MWC26 for 5G-A, AI and network-level security
PNG DataCo and Oracle to give PNG’s Morobe govt an AI makeover

PNG DataCo and Oracle to give PNG’s Morobe govt an AI makeover

Cloud & Virtualisation
PNG DataCo and Oracle to give PNG’s Morobe govt an AI makeover

Veon company Beeline Uzbekistan signs MoU with Rakuten Symphony

Operators
Veon company Beeline Uzbekistan signs MoU with Rakuten Symphony

Cassava Cloud Partner programme announced

Cloud & Virtualisation
Cassava Cloud Partner programme announced

Central & East Europe Update

Orange and partners to demo D2D satellite connectivity in Romania

Orange and partners to demo D2D satellite connectivity in Romania

Digital Realty announces its entry into Bulgaria

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