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Deutsche Telekom Q3: US growth, FTTH momentum, raised guidance

Deutsche Telekom Q3: US growth, FTTH momentum, raised guidance
Group revenue reached about €28.9 billion, up 3.3% on an organic basis, with service revenue and adjusted EBITDA AL growing despite currency pressure from a weaker U.S. dollar; adjusted EBITDA AL was roughly €11.1 billion on an organic basis, and full-year 2025 EBITDA AL guidance rose to around €45.3 billion alongside a stronger free cash flow after leases outlook near €20.1 billion. Adjusted net profit increased to approximately €2.7 billion (+14% year-on-year), while reported net profit was €2.4 billion (-18% year-on-year) due to lapping prior-year one-offs in financial activities—an accounting effect rather than a signal of operating weakness.

Private 5G CBTC Validation: CAF and Cellnex

Private 5G CBTC Validation: CAF and Cellnex
CAF’s signalling division and Cellnex demonstrated that OPTIO, a modular and multi-bearer CBTC platform, operates reliably on a private 5G network in both lab and field conditions, including challenging scenarios such as tunnels. The system already supports Wi‑Fi and LTE; adding 5G confirms a multi-access design that lets operators choose the right bearer per line, phase, or location. Private 5G brings ultra-low latency, higher capacity, stronger QoS control, and end-to-end security under the operator’s domain. The project received European co-financing via the Recovery and Resilience Facility under Spain’s UNICO Sectorial 2023 program, underscoring public support for digital rail modernization.

AST SpaceMobile D2D service by early 2026

AST SpaceMobile D2D service by early 2026
AST SpaceMobile is signaling a pivotal year ahead as it moves from demonstrations to commercial direct-to-device coverage with major operators and an aggressive launch schedule. The company’s plan to begin “intermittent nationwide” service in early 2026, followed by continuous coverage later in the year, is also a forcing function for device vendors, standards work, and MNO network integration. As AST scales to 45–60 BlueBird satellites by end-2026, pass frequency and overlap increase to support “continuous” service across the U.S., Europe, Japan, and other priority markets. AST reports over $3.2 billion in cash and liquidity.

6 GHz Band (n104) Validated for 5G-Advanced

6 GHz Band (n104) Validated for 5G-Advanced
A new pilot in Spain shows that the upper 6 GHz band can deliver 5G-class coverage with far higher capacity, positioning it as a prime spectrum option for 5G-Advanced and 6G. The 6.425–7.125 GHz range (3GPP Band n104) is the last sizable mid-band window that is not tied to legacy mobile use in Europe. The trial found that with higher-order massive MIMO and active antennas, the upper 6 GHz layer can match the practical coverage of 3.5 GHz from existing macro sites. European regulatory clarity, device support and refined coexistence rules are the next critical catalysts for scale.

Google’s €5.5B Germany Investment in AI Infrastructure

Google’s €5.5B Germany Investment in AI Infrastructure
Alphabet will invest €5.5 billion in Germany through 2029 to expand AI-capable cloud infrastructure and office capacity, anchoring new buildouts in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region. Google will construct a new data center in Dietzenbach, near Frankfurt, and continue scaling its Hanau campus opened in 2023. With Frankfurt’s role as Europe’s interconnection hub—home to DE-CIX—placement in Rhine-Main positions Google to serve latency-sensitive AI, analytics, and financial services workloads. Google Cloud will bring expanded capacity for services such as Vertex AI and Gemini models into its German regions, enabling enterprises to run training, fine-tuning, and inference closer to users and data.

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan sovereign D2D NTN in Europe

Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan sovereign D2D NTN in Europe
A new joint plan from Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile aims to deliver satellite broadband directly to standard smartphones across Europe under a sovereign operational model. AST SpaceMobile has submitted plans through Germany for a space-based network designed to provide broadband directly to devices across Europe. Operations would run through SatCo, a Luxembourg-based joint venture with Vodafone announced earlier this year. The timing aligns with looming European spectrum decisions and intensifying competition in direct-to-device (D2D). S-band at 2 GHz is up for renewal across the region in 2027, and 700 MHz public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) frequencies are central to resilient communications strategy.

Telefónica 5-Year Plan Targets €3B Savings and Growth

Telefónica 5-Year Plan Targets €3B Savings and Growth
Telefónica has launched a 2026–2030 plan to accelerate growth, simplify operations, and unlock up to €3 billion in savings while doubling down on its core markets and technology investments. Revenue is guided to a 1.5%–2.5% CAGR from 2025–2028, accelerating to 2.5%–3.5% in 2028–2030; adjusted EBITDA is guided to the same ranges across the two periods. Telefónica targets a gross impact of up to €2.3 billion in 2028 and €3 billion by 2030, driven by technology and operational excellence, process simplification, digital transformation, and monetization of legacy network assets as shutdowns progress.

Orange to fully own MasOrange in Spain for €4.25bn

Orange to fully own MasOrange in Spain for €4.25bn
Orange has reached a non-binding agreement to acquire Lorca’s 50% stake in MasOrange for €4.25 billion in cash, aiming for sole control of Spain’s leading operator by customer base. The transaction would shift MasOrange from joint control (Orange and Lorca JVCO, owner of MásMóvil) to full ownership by Orange. Full control simplifies governance, accelerates synergy capture, and gives Orange greater flexibility in network investment, pricing, and product roadmap execution in Spain. Orange expects to sign a binding agreement before end-2025, subject to agreement on final terms. Completion is targeted for the first half of 2026, assuming standard merger-control review.

Vodafone and Dell to Scale Open RAN and 5G in Europe

Vodafone and Dell to Scale Open RAN and 5G in Europe
Vodafone named Dell Technologies a strategic infrastructure provider for a five-year Open RAN buildout across Europe, signaling a move from trials to scaled, automated 5G networks. Vodafone will expand one of Europe’s largest Open RAN footprints using Dell infrastructure as part of a multi-year radio access modernization program. Dell will supply its PowerEdge XR8000 series servers, including the XR8620t and the latest XR8720t with Intel Xeon 6 SoC. Vodafone also plans to adopt the Dell Telecom Infrastructure Automation Suite (DTIAS) to provide the Infrastructure Management Service within its Open RAN architecture, designed to automate Day 0/1/2 lifecycle operations for O-Cloud infrastructure.

NEC buys CSG for $2.9B to scale SaaS BSS monetization

NEC buys CSG for $2.9B to scale SaaS BSS monetization
NEC is moving to scale its cloud and SaaS business support capabilities with a $2.9 billion acquisition of CSG Systems International, positioning Netcracker at the center of the combined telecom monetization play. CSG brings a sizable recurring-revenue portfolio in digital BSS, billing, charging, and customer engagement used by communications, cable, media, and digital service providers, complementing Netcracker’s OSS/BSS, orchestration, and service automation strengths. The all-cash deal values CSG at approximately $2.9 billion on an enterprise value basis and has unanimous board approval, with closing targeted for 2026 pending CSG shareholder approval and customary antitrust and other regulatory reviews.

6G Video Coding: Ericsson, Nokia and Fraunhofer HHI Lead Next Standard

6G Video Coding: Ericsson, Nokia and Fraunhofer HHI Lead Next Standard
Ericsson, Nokia, and Fraunhofer HHI jointly demonstrated a proof‑of‑concept codec that delivers meaningfully higher compression than today’s widely deployed standards—H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, and H.266/VVC—without a notable rise in complexity. The partners emphasize energy efficiency and scalability, which are critical for battery‑powered devices, edge compute, and large streaming workloads. Their submission was positively received by the ITU‑T Video Coding Experts Group and ISO/IEC MPEG, the bodies that jointly steward the H.26x/MPEG lineage. The work is positioned as an on‑ramp to the next standardization phase, targeting readiness to support commercial deployment around 2029–2030, in step with 6G timelines.

Vodafone GenAI RIC Accelerates 5G Open RAN rApps

Vodafone GenAI RIC Accelerates 5G Open RAN rApps
Vodafone is partnering with Irish firm Zinkworks on Rapid RIC, a central platform that blends secure data analytics, a visual low-code interface, and code-generating AI to create and operate RAN applications, or rApps. The goal is ambitious but specific: cut time-to-market from months to weeks, scale deployments across markets, and improve service quality, capacity, and energy use. The platform is slated for early 2026 availability and will run primarily on Vodafone’s private Google Cloud Platform environment. Rapid RIC uses GenAI to generate production-grade code from visual designs, enabling radio engineers to turn domain knowledge directly into software without deep AI or ML skills.
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