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The UK telco’s LTE infrastructure reaches 95% of overall population U.K. operator EE ended the fourth quarter of 2015 with more than 14 million LTE subscribers, following a net addition …

Deutsche Telecom and Orange received shares, £3.46 billion in cash BT confirmed the completion of its £12.5 billion ($17.8 billion) acquisition of U.K. mobile operator EE, which was previously controlled …

IoT gateways have the potential to connect cellular networks with the low-power wide-area networks that promise to make connectivity affordable for billions of devices. Low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs) transmit data …

BT aims to complete the deal in the coming weeks The United Kingdom’s Competition and Consumer Authority cleared the way for BT to acquire mobile operator EE, the regulator said …

Spanish operator aims to complete the process this year Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica is working on the spinoff of its domestic infrastructure unit, Reuters reported. The European telco may decide …

French MVNO aims to launch negotiations this week French mobile virtual network operator Coriolis Telecom is interested in acquiring the business assets of Bouygues Telecom, French newspaper Les Echos reported. …

French telco Orange is expanding its African holdings with the acquisition of Liberia’s largest operator, Cellcom Telecommunications. The move is part of an international growth strategy Orange is implementing to …

French telco plans to launch Orange Bank in 2017 with partner Groupama French telecommunications company Orange and compatriot insurance firm Groupama are currently negotiating a partnership to develop a new …

French telco Orange could pay $10.86 billion for rival operator French state-controlled telecommunications group Orange signed a confidentiality agreement with rival conglomerate Bouygues to acquire the latter’s telecom business for a …

Winning spectrum bidders to be announced in March The Spanish government postponed plans to award mobile spectrum in the 2.6 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands to January 2016, according to …

French telco reportedly eyeing KPN and Proximus French telecommunications group Orange is eyeing potential acquisitions in the European market with Dutch telecom services provider KPN and Belgium telco Proximus Group among …

Are IoT standards keeping up with IoT innovation?  IEEE IoT standards body is hard at work to deliver IoT P2413 interoperability standards framework by 2017 Watch IoT Innovation interview with Oleg Logvinov …

Voice-over-LTE trial to initially involve 5,000 subscribers French operator Bouygues Telecom launched a pilot voice-over-LTE service, the company said in a statement; the move makes the telco the first operator in …

Agreement includes joint evaluation and research activities Chinese information and communications technology provider Huawei and Spanish telecommunications firm Telefónica have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding to focus on the …

Spanish telco looks to reach 1,300 cities with LTE by year-end Spanish telecom operator Orange said it’s investing 1.5 billion euros ($1.61 billion) in its LTE network across the country. …

Orange has started to deploy an ‘Internet of Things’ national network in France HONG KONG – French telecom operator Orange expects to invest 15 billion euros ($16.3 billion) between 2015 …

India and Southeast Asia led in terms of revenue growth Swedish telecom equipment vendor Ericsson recorded net income of 3.1 billion kronor ($365 million) in the third quarter of the year, …

The telco’s 4G infrastructure reaches 77% of the population French mobile operator Orange ended the third quarter of 2015 with 6.6 million LTE subscribers, posting 1 million net additions during …

ARCEP confirms the auction will take place in November France’s four mobile operators have filed applications to participate in an auction through which telecom regulator ARCEP will award spectrum in …

Group established six small cell task-specific working groups at meeting in Rome Meeting in Rome, Italy, this week, members of the Small Cell Forum established six specific development programs aimed …

Telcos seeking European Commission’s approval to merge Danish operations Scandinavian mobile operators TeliaSonera and Telenor have offered to sell up to 40% of TT-Netvaerket, their joint network infrastructure company, to …

Telco upgraded 400 outdoor sites to “4G+” as part of the Supernet project Mobile operator Ooredoo Qatar added 21 new sites to its nationwide network and upgraded 400 outdoor sites …

Iliad’s Free brand boosts LTE data bucket from 20 GB to 50 GB Having backed away from an attempted entry into the U.S. market through an acquisition of T-Mobile US, …

Orange and SFR encouraged to cede part of the spectrum to rival operator Free Mobile France’s telecom regulator Arcep authorized mobile operators Orange and SFR to reuse their 1800 MHz …