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Romania's DIGI hires Rothschild to evaluate possible IPO of Spanish business, Expansion reports

MADRID (Reuters) -Romanian telecoms company DIGI has hired investment bank Rothschild to evaluate a...

12th September, 2025

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Exclusive-Facing new China 'grey-zone' threat, Taiwan steps up sea cable patrols

By Yimou Lee, Fabian Hamacher and Ann Wang ON BOARD THE TAIWAN COAST GUARD SHIP PP-10079, Taiwan Str...

11th September, 2025

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Ericsson lays off about 100 Canada-based employees to cut costs, Globe and Mail reports

(Reuters) -Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson has laid off about 100 Canada-based technical em...

9th September, 2025

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Amnesty says Pakistan spying on millions through phone-tapping, firewall

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a phone-tapp...

9th September, 2025

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Telefonica looks to M&A to give European telecoms broader vision

By Andres Gonzalez LONDON (Reuters) -Spanish telecoms group Telefonica is looking to buy telecom ass...

8th September, 2025

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Red Sea cable cuts disrupt internet across Asia and the Middle East

(Reuters) -Microsoft said on Saturday that its Microsoft Azure users may experience increased latenc...

6th September, 2025

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BlackRock has crossed 5% threshold in Telecom Italia, filing shows

MILAN (Reuters) -The world's largest asset manager BlackRock has raised its stake in Telecom Italia...

29th August, 2025

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Spanish government cancels contract with Telefonica for using Huawei gear

MADRID (Reuters) -The Spanish government has cancelled a fiber-optic service contract with Telefonic...

29th August, 2025

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France's Iliad drops Italian tie-up plan; Telecom Italia shares fall

By Gianluca Lo Nostro and Leo Marchandon (Reuters) -French telecommunications group Iliad will consi...

28th August, 2025

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Ukraine confident Poland will keep funding Starlink at the front

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's deputy prime minister said he was confident of a solution to...

27th August, 2025

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Telefonica considers making takeover bid for Vodafone Spain, El Confidencial reports

MADRID (Reuters) -Telefonica is considering making a takeover bid for Vodafone Spain, which was boug...

26th August, 2025

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Suspects blame technical faults for Baltic Sea cable breaches

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The captain and two officers of an oil tanker accused of severing five undersea...

25th August, 2025