News from Central & Eastern Europe

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Montenegrin regulator EKIP (Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services) has announced that it plans to hold an auction for 5G-ready

Russia’s MegaFon is spinning off its tower infrastructure into a new independent joint venture with the domestic tower firm Vertical.

Hungary’s 4iG has signed a final agreement with PPF Telecom Group to acquire 100% of Telenor Montenegro.

Lithaunia’s Communications Regulatory Authority (Rysiu Reguliavimo Tarnyba, RRT) has outlined its auction plans for 5G-ready 700MHz

Ukraine is set to broaden the remit of its telecoms regulator NCCIR (National Commission for State Regulation of Communications &

Bosnia-Herzegovina’s HT Mostar has signed new equipment deals with Croatia’s Ericsson Nikola Tesla (ENT) worth over HRK31 million (USD4.8

Slovenian operator T-2 has awarded a 5-year 5G network contract to Nokia.

Hungary is launching a HUF5 billion (US$16 million) initiative to help consumers switch from 3G devices to 4G/5G smartphones.

Having announced a preliminary agreement in June, Hungary-based IT and ICT company 4iG has now confirmed that it is to buy Israeli satellite

Romanian regulator ANCOM has opened competitive bidding for short-term licences for the country’s unused mobile frequencies.

Russian media has reported that the country expects to begin the large-scale shuttering of 3G networks in 2023, with the technology set to be

Deutsche Telekom and PPF have submitted proposals to EU antitrust authorities outlining potential changes to the network sharing arrangement

Orange Romania has closed its acquisition of a majority holding in Telekom Romania Communications (TKR) from Greece’s OTE.

The Czech regulator has announced plans to regulate the country’s mobile data market next year after deciding there isn’t enough competition.

Telekom Slovenije has tapped Nokia to supply broadband equipment to allow its FTTH network to offer 10Gb/s, with deployment slated for this

The European Commission has referred Poland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over its failure to safeguard the independence of its

Belarusian infrastructure provider beCloud has partnered with mobile operator A1 to boost 4G/LTE coverage in the Vitebsk region by “almost seven

Iliad Group has signed an agreement to acquire cable firm UPC Poland from Liberty Global for PLN7 billion (US$1.8 billion).

Telekom Srbija is acquiring ISP Posta NET from Post Srbije, a Serbian postal service provider.

Tower sales are back in the news. This time an operator is selling its towers in Russia to a company keen to expand its infrastructure portfolio

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Romania sees more telecom market consolidation

Croatia’s MNOs on cusp of expanding 5G with new spectrum

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A1 Croatia confirms Ericsson as 5G supplier

Vodafone Ukraine, the second-biggest mobile carrier in the Ukraine market, has announced plans to enter the fixed broadband market.

A1 Telekom Austria Group has chosen Ericsson and Nokia as equipment suppliers for its 5G network deployments in Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia and

A1 Croatia has launched its 5G offering after winning a holding of 5G-ready spectrum at auction last week.

Telekom Srbija’s Bosnia & Herzegovina unit Mtel Banja Luka has renewed its private cloud upgrade and support agreement with Optiva.

Ukrainian operator Intertelecom has announced the next phase of its gradual shutdown of CDMA-based wireless services.

United Group has selected Nokia to deliver its cloud-native core network products in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to lend up to PLN 325 million (approximately $83.2 million) to Polish infrastructural

In an effort to boost its rural coverage, Vodafone Romania deployed more than 700 LTE base transceiver stations between March 2020 and June

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Latvian regulator approves spectrum sharing to facilitate 5G deployment

Bosnia-Herzegovina’s MNOs delay 5G launch

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Serbian state-owned telecommunications operator Telekom Srbija will establish a subsidiary in North Macedonia called Mtel and start offering

France’s Iliad has made a non-binding offer to take over Poland’s largest cable firm UPC as it seeks to establish a fully converged operation in

The European Commission has granted conditional approval for Orange Group to acquire a 54% controlling stake in Telekom Romania Communications

Hungarian firm 4iG has signed a provisional agreement to acquire Telenor Montenegro from its parent firm PPF Telecom Group.

North Macedonian regulator the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEK) has announced that it has received four expressions of interest from

Eastern Europe is in the data centre news again, thanks to a new deal planned for Poland and potential investment by a recently established fund

CETIN, a wholesale provider of fixed and mobile telecommunications infrastructure, and NEC Europe Ltd have announced the signing of a large

Global web innovator Opera has suspended support for VPN services in browsers on Russian territory after Roskomnadzor, Russia's

Croatian regulator HAKOM confirmed that nine firms have applied to bid in the country’s upcoming 5G spectrum auctions.

United Group has tapped Ekinops to build optical fibre networks for its Croatian subsidiary, Telemach Hrvastska.

More 5G rollout news – this time from Slovenia, where operator Telemach has announced that it is rolling out a 5G network after gaining the

Polish tower deal can go ahead, says competition authority