News from Central & Eastern Europe

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

EMIS, a provider of geospatial information systems (GIS) in Slovakia, and ICEYE, a leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data, have

Vodafone Group and Vodafone Ukraine have announced plans to begin construction of a new submarine cable system in the Black Sea, aimed at

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar says it is partnering with Mastercard to create new financial services, boost uptake of digital payments, and develop a

Polish dry bulk vessel operator Polsteam has chosen Marlink, which supplies managed services for business-critical ICT solutions, to upgrade

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

Hungarian company 4iG Space and Defence (4iG SDT) says it has signed a preliminary, non-binding commitment letter with US-based Axiom Space, a

This week sees yet another 5G private network launch, in this case through a collaboration between Polish operator Plus, tech giant Ericsson and

Globalstar, a next-generation telecommunications infrastructure and technology provider, together with its wholly owned subsidiary, Globalstar

Vodafone Romania and Digi Romania have entered binding agreements to acquire separate parts of OTE’s subsidiary Telekom Romania Mobile

Open RAN (O-RAN) has long been touted as a disruptive technology in mobile infrastructure with the concept of splitting the RAN into three

EXA Infrastructure has announced plans to deploy a new fibre backbone connecting Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary to its network in Germany

Ukrainian operator lifecell has completed a network modernisation project in Kyiv in just five months, delivering major improvements across key

Swedish operator Tele2 has announced plans to spin off its infrastructure assets into a dedicated tower company serving all three Baltic nations,

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

Hungarian telecom and technology firm 4iG Group has announced a HUF96 billion (US$282 million) investment into its B2B subsidiary, 4iG Space and

Czech telecoms firm České Radiokomunikace (CRA) says that it has obtained a building permit to construct a data centre on the outskirts of

Private network development is, arguably, one of the few successful applications of 5G technology so far. Indeed, Eviden, a specialist in

International network services provider RETN announced on Tuesday it has upgraded its Lithuanian fibre network ring connecting Vilnius,

UAE-headquartered technology company e& and 4iG Group, a provider of integrated telecommunications services in Hungary and the Western

Latvian operator Bite is continuing the phased shutdown of its 3G network, announcing that four regions will be affected this week as part of its

The global smartphone market declined by 1% year-on-year in Q2 2025, marking the first quarterly drop in six quarters, according to analyst firm

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar is set to become one of the first European carriers to launch direct-to-cell (D2C) satellite communication services

Hungarian telecoms operator 4iG has announced plans to acquire mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) Netfone Telecom, in a move to strengthen

Ericsson said on Wednesday it has struck an agreement with Latvian telco Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT) to modernize its subscriber domain

Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar has secured regulatory approval to begin testing Starlink’s Direct-to-Cell (D2C) services, marking

Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Tuesday that it has signed a cooperation memorandum with Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital

Nokia announced on Thursday that O2 Czech Republic has deployed its cloud-native 5G standalone (SA) core software that will enable the telco to

Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar said on Monday it has successfully connected its core network to Starlink’s LEO satellite infrastructure,

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar has announced plans to reallocate 3G spectrum to enhance its 4G network across settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and

Ukrainian operator Kyivstar revealed it built 828 new base stations in the first quarter of 2025, continuing its modernisation project

Telia Lithuania has announced plans to trial the country’s first standalone (SA) 5G network by deploying a private 5G system at the Baltic Sea

Georgian mobile operator Cellfie Mobile has expanded its partnership with Finnish BSS provider Qvantel to include managed services for its

Nokia has signed a deal with Danish shipping giant Maersk to deploy private wireless network solutions across 450 vessels in its fleet.

Polish telecoms operator Exatel said it is deploying pluggable optical transceivers from Ciena in its multi-vendor SDN infrastructure to improve

Aspiring LEO satellite player Rivada Space Networks announced on Monday it has signed new deals enabling it to launch its "Outernet" services in

Poland-based telecoms infrastructure company Emitel has signed an agreement with Orange to build several hundred new mobile towers

The Belarusian government has announced plans to roll out a single 5G network, following a similar approach taken by the Malaysian

Southeast European media and telecoms operator United Group has completed the sale of Serbian cable TV and broadband provider SBB to

Global digital operator Veon announced on Friday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airspan Networks to collaborate on Open

Veon’s Ukrainian operator Kyivstar says it has acquired local ride-hailing and delivery platform Uklon in a deal valued at US$155.2 million to

Global digital operator Veon and Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, have announced the signing of a business

Following months of speculation, a decision that may come as little surprise to many observers has been made by Hungarian mobile carrier Magyar

Kyivstar, the leading Ukrainian digital operator and part of Veon Group, a global digital operator, has selected Mavenir, a cloud-native

The chairman of Hungarian operator 4iG, Gellért Jászai, has revealed that he met with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to explore a potential deal involving

Southeastern Europe telecoms and media player United Group agreed to sell its Serbian telecom assets in deals worth a combined €1.5 billion,

5G private networks continue to make waves in a number of markets, this time in Slovenia, with the news that Kontron, a provider of

Operator Orange Romania has signed a ten-year virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with Engie Romania, a division of French low-carbon energy

The GSMA and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have launched a fund to equip enterprises in developing