Europe

December 19, 2025

By Chris Donkin

French operator Free, Nokia ink API pact

Nokia signed-up Iliad Group’s French business Free to its network-as-a-code API platform, a move promoted as easing the process for developers and companies to tap the operator’s advanced network capabilities.

Europe Network Tech

December 18, 2025

By Amiya Johar

Liberty Global offloads UPC Slovakia in €95M deal

Liberty Global agreed to sell cable and broadband business UPC Slovakia to O2 Slovakia for around €95 million, as it continues to streamline its European footprint.

Europe Operators

December 18, 2025

By Chris Donkin

Telefonica finance chief exits as revamp continues

Telefonica handed chief strategy and development officer Juan Azcue responsibility for the company’s financial operations, part of a corporate shuffle which will see CFO Laura Abasolo depart at the end of the year.

Europe Telefonica

December 17, 2025

By Mike Robuck

OpenAI names former UK minister to lead Stargate push

OpenAI hired former UK finance minister George Osborne to lead the overseas expansion of the AI player’s $500 billion Stargate initiative which includes building data centres.

AI & Cloud Europe

December 16, 2025

By Michael Carroll

UK establishes tech equality taskforce

BT Group CEO Allison Kirkby and 14 other prominent women in the UK founded a taskforce to address gender disparities in the nation’s tech sector, gaps the government stated cost the economy between £2 billion and £3.5 billion each year.

Europe Regulation

December 15, 2025

By Chris Donkin

Orange advances towards full ownership of Spanish JV

Orange signed a binding agreement to buy out its partner in Spanish venture MasOrange for €4.3 billion, finalising an initial deal signed at the end of October.

Europe Orange

December 10, 2025

By Amiya Johar

UK users turning to AI search with ChatGPT dominating

Research from Ofcom revealed that generative AI (genAI) is reshaping how people in the UK find information online, with OpenAI’s ChatGPT emerging as the dominant AI-native search challenger after it drew 252 million UK visits in August 2025.

AI & Cloud Europe