All AI/GenAI/ML (artificial intelligence, agentic, machine learning) articles
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Analyst BriefingOrangewatch: Is Orange in M&A talks in Africa?
Analyst Briefing: reports of a potential Ghana expansion, full integration of the Spanish operation, and the wait for French consolidation goes on. Plus more from Orange Business, and across the Europe and Africa footprint…
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Analyst BriefingEMEA Infrawatch: subsea vulnerabilities in the spotlight
Analyst Briefing: latest on EMEA digital infra, including infra operators seeking to improve subsea cable resilience, Deutsche Telekom and SoftBank advancing plans to expand their data centres, and Indra melding its space and defence divisions as part of a strategic rethink.
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Technology & ITFrom reactive to proactive: Ericsson and AWS bring agentic intelligence to OSS/BSS
Playbook: Legacy billing environments increasingly imperil CSP agility, yet ungrounded autonomy poses intolerable operational risks. Through an expanding collaboration with AWS, Ericsson is embedding governed, multi-agent artificial intelligence into production systems. Read how CSPs are already executing migrations and accelerating go-to-market…
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Analyst BriefingBTwatch: BT plays its hand as the UK broadband game evolves
Analyst Briefing: In a week that has shaken UK telecoms, BT was front and centre. A dramatic eleventh-hour ‘rescue’ saw the operator acquire TalkTalk, while concerns of a deteriorating competitive landscape, leaving Openreach unchecked, provided the primary narrative in the latest update to the nexfibre/Netomnia saga.
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NetworkDT sets 2030 Level 4 autonomy targets as agents get scalable
Group is falling in line with industry expectations, with a target of reaching Level 4 autonomy across significant swathes of its networks by 2030.
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Special ReportThe ‘B2AI’ question: are telcos ready to sell trust to machines?
Special Report #4/4: Longer term, telcos believe AI agents could become a major new source of demand for network APIs, extending their business beyond user authentication and fraud prevention.
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NetworkDT secures NVIDIA deal for Munich AI hub expansion
Telco to ramp up German sovereign AI services play through hardware deal with NVIDIA — although remains watchful on the cost of broader AI infrastructure expansion.
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NetworkFastweb + Vodafone turns merged network into ‘city map’ for autonomous operations
Open access: Swisscom Italian OpCo is building a real-time network digital twin as foundation for reaching Level 4 autonomy by 2030. With systems integrator Celfocus, the operator set out how pairing agentic AI with this foundation is already delivering results.
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M&ADT gains another fibre M&A leg-up with Essen infra buy
Group to take over struggling fibrecos metrofibre and ruhrfibre, marking its second inorganic expansion in Essen over the past year. Move gives DT a fibre footprint boost amidst fierce competition from altnets, and as it waits for 2027 to free up more funding for rollout from AI efficiencies.
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B2BBT ups efforts to bring AI to SMEs
BT Business is stepping up efforts to position itself as a trusted AI partner for SMEs, treading in the footsteps of European incumbent peers.
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M&ASoftBank closes out $3.1bn DigitalBridge buy to scale in AI infra
Japanese conglomerate completes takeover of international infra investor behind numerous EMEA players such as Netomnia, Freshwave, and GD Towers. Move adds more data centres to SoftBank’s portfolio amidst an aggressive push to expand in the AI sector…
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PeoplewatchDigital Infra Peoplewatch: Deutsche Glasfaser names CISO; Cellnex shuffles Polish leaders
September 2026 edition: latest senior and strategic leadership changes in EMEA digital infra, including a new CISO at Deutsche Glasfaser; exec changes at B2B connectivity players Celeste and Eurofiber; and multiple switch-outs at Cellnex…
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica remixes home-market and Group responsibilities in latest reorg
Group confirms details of latest overhaul designed to accelerate realisation of Transform & Grow goals.
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica plots major reorg in ongoing bid for revival – report
Group reportedly on verge of overhaul to accelerate realisation of Transform & Grow goals.
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NetworkSubsea sector may look to next gen satcos for backup
Colt, Telesat, and neXat are working on an innovative joint solution that could help address the accident-prone nature of submarine cable networks. Backed by the European Space Agency, the project seeks to tap into recent years’ emergence of higher-capacity, lower-latency satellite platforms for alternative backup.
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NetworkSpanish gov selects Telefónica, Vodafone Spain for defence network upgrade
Telcos among group of businesses selected to maintain and upgrade the country’s I3D defence comms network, with Indra Space-owned Hisdesat set to provide satellite comms. Move sees Telefónica and Vodafone Spain continue to push into the defence sector…
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PeoplewatchDeutsche Telekom Peoplewatch: Greek tech chief switches to lead B2B
September 2026 update: A roundup of senior people movement in and around DT, including B2B leadership changes at Greece’s OTE Group, with CTIO Yannis Vitzilaios switching across to lead Business Segment; and at DTCP, with the appointment of private equity and defencetech experts to lead the investor’s new security and resilience fund.
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Venturing & InvestmentsDeutsche Telekom among first investors in new defence fund for Europe
Operator among group of investors to support DTCP’s Defence Fund I, aimed at supporting European security businesses. DT CEO Tim Höttges says operator has a “clear role” within the sector, and calls on Europe to take on “shared responsibility” for its own security…
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PeoplewatchFrance Peoplewatch: Orange names new cloud lead; Bouygues’ B2B reorg
Latest strategic people moves in the French telecoms and digital infra sectors, including: Orange naming the CEO of its Unified Cloud Platform; new appointments at Bouygues Telecom following B2B division restructuring; and Eurofiber recruiting a fresh head of French operations…
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Analyst ReportTelefónica posts solid H1 but two-speed progress persists - Sep26
Telefónica delivered a more solid first half on the back of strength in its domestic and Brazilian markets, but persistent underperformance in Germany and the UK is forcing the group to go harder on costs as it works to keep its Transform & Grow strategy on track. Download the full in-depth Analyst Report…