Tele2 Estonia has commenced its trial of mmWave 5G with a new 26GHz base station in the town of Lagedi, near the capital of Tallinn.
International network services provider RETN has announced that it has completed the second phase of its Budapest to Sofia ring, achieving, it says, 100% network diversity from Budapest in Hungary to Sofia in Bulgaria via Romania.
RETN, an international network service provider, has announced the launch of a new fibre route connecting Berlin in Germany and Poznan and Warsaw in Poland.
Through acquisitions and shareholdings, the Hungarian government – led by Prime Minister Victor Orbán’s Fidesz party – is increasingly displaying its determination to boost the state’s role in the telecoms sector, arguing that it will deliver an economic boost to Hungary, strengthen its position on the global stage, and prove beneficial for consumers.
STC’s tower infrastructure company Tawal signed agreements to acquire towers in Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovenia from United Group for €1.2 billion, as part of a wider move to expand overseas.
Telekom Romania Mobile has entered the country’s 5G market with a stealth launch via its existing spectrum holding.
4iG group has announced that DIGIMobil customers will be switched over to Vodafone Hungary’s network from 1st June.
Armenia’s telecoms regulator the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) will reportedly block the proposed sale of MTS Armenia (Viva-MTS) due to national security concerns.
Uzbektelecom (Uztelecom) trialled its 5G network on consumers in the capital city of Tashkent as the operator prepares for a full launch, reported CommsUpdate.
Hungary’s upcoming auction of 32GHz spectrum has attracted three bidders - Magyar Telekom, CETIN Hungary, and Vodafone Hungary.
The Lithuanian communications regulator Rysiu Reguliavimo Tarnyba (RRT) won a spectrum dispute against Russia, as Lithuanian airwaves along its borders gained international protection against its neighbour.
Iliad Group sold half of its stake in its wholesale unit Polski Swiatlowod Otwarty (PSO) to InfraVia Capital Partners for PLN1.78 billion (US$414 million), a move to raise cash for upgrades to its fibre network and expand into six million households in Poland.
Montenegro’s Crnogorski Telekom (CT) has launched a commercial 5G network in the capital of Podgorica, and is lining up the launch of a new VoLTE service.
Hungary’s state-owned investment vehicle Corvinus International Investment has obtained indirect minority stakes in both the mobile operator Yettel Hungary and its infrastructure unit CETIN Hungary.
Slovenia’s Telemach has long been a pioneer in its market, launching the country’s first commercial 5G network in June 2021, and it has now had its achievements in 5G recognised at a global level in the Opensignal 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2022.
Rostelecom has reportedly reconsidered selling its Armenian subsidiary GNC-Alfa, and plans to invest and broaden the unit.
Moldovan mobile network operator Moldcell has announced its entry into the financial services market with what it describes as a first-of-its-kind digital wallet called 'moldcell money'.
Orange signed a distribution agreement with satellite company OneWeb to enhance its connectivity in rural locations in Europe, Latin America, Africa and other global regions.
Hrvatski Telekom is implementing Nokia’s Converged Charging software solution to modernise its online charging and better harness network monetisation opportunities to unlock new revenue streams.
Estonian regulator TTJA (Tarbijakaitse ja Tehnilise Jarelevalve Amet / Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority) has opened applications for its upcoming auction of 5G-ready 26GHz spectrum.
A1 Telekom Austria Group’s board agreed to a plan to spin off its passive telecoms infrastructure into a separate company.
Orange and Vodafone struck an agreement to share Open RAN (O-RAN) networks to spread 4G and 5G coverage in rural parts of Europe, deploying their first commercial sites in Bucharest, Romania.
The European Commission (EC) adopted a proposal to include roaming into an agreement to support war-torn Ukraine, a move that will enable Ukrainians to not pay additional charges in EU territories.
Serbia’s state-owned Telekom Srbija, which operates as MTS, has partnered with the country’s Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure (MGSI) to develop and implement digital solutions in the fields of infrastructure, transport and utilities.
Veon has confirmed that the sale of its Russian unit VimpelCom has been approved by Russian regulators.
United Group, the parent company of Croatian operator Telemach, denied it is putting the unit up for sale but rather its passive infrastructure to pay off debts, as part of wider plans for all of its units in Eastern Europe.
A Russian government commission has reportedly cleared Veon’s sale of its Russian unit Vimpelcom to the operator’s senior managers.
Hungarian operator 4iG and the government sealed the acquisition of Vodafone Hungary, a major move in a series of acquisitions to mount a challenge against market leader and Deutsche Telekom–owned, Maygar Telekom.
Polish broadband provider Vectra was slapped with a PLN22 million (US$5m) fine for illegally raising subscription fees by Poland's consumer watchdog, which stated the company had taken advantage of consumers.
HAKOM, the Croatian telecommunications regulator, has announced the start of the latest competitive frequency allocation process in the country.
T-Mobile Poland is accelerating its timeline for shutting down its 3G network and now expects to meet this target by April 2023.
Hungary’s 4iG has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement that will see it take a 100% stake in Vodafone Hungary.
Montenegro’s major operators Crnogorski Telekom (CT), MTEL and One Montenegro have all acquired 5G-ready spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6GHz bands.
The Russian government revealed four operators have signed contracts to buy over RUB100 billion (US$1.4 billion) worth of domestic telecoms equipment, after Nordic vendors Nokia and Ericsson outlined plans to exit Russia.
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