Aspiring LEO satellite player Rivada Space Networks announced on Monday it has signed new deals enabling it to launch its "Outernet" services in Costa Rica and the Czech Republic.

Poland-based telecoms infrastructure company Emitel has signed an agreement with Orange to build several hundred new mobile towers across the country.

The Belarusian government has announced plans to roll out a single 5G network, following a similar approach taken by the Malaysian government.

Southeast European media and telecoms operator United Group has completed the sale of Serbian cable TV and broadband provider SBB to e& PPF Telecom for €825 million.

Global digital operator Veon announced on Friday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airspan Networks to collaborate on Open RAN and air-to-land network solutions for Veon’s Ukrainian operator Kyivstar.

Veon’s Ukrainian operator Kyivstar says it has acquired local ride-hailing and delivery platform Uklon in a deal valued at US$155.2 million to expand its digital consumer services portfolio.

Global digital operator Veon and Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, have announced the signing of a business combination agreement that will result in the listing of Ukraine operator Kyivstar on the Nasdaq Stock Market in the United States.

Following months of speculation, a decision that may come as little surprise to many observers has been made by Hungarian mobile carrier Magyar Telekom, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, to spin off its telecom tower assets.

Kyivstar, the leading Ukrainian digital operator and part of Veon Group, a global digital operator, has selected Mavenir, a cloud-native network infrastructure provider, to deliver enhanced enterprise fixed and mobile connectivity for the operator’s B2B customers.

The chairman of Hungarian operator 4iG, Gellért Jászai, has revealed that he met with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to explore a potential deal involving Starlink and space technologies.

5G private networks continue to make waves in a number of markets, this time in Slovenia, with the news that Kontron, a provider of mission-critical communication solutions, and operator Telekom Slovenije have launched the first commercial standalone (SA) 5G private network in the country.

Operator Orange Romania has signed a ten-year virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with Engie Romania, a division of French low-carbon energy and services group Engie, to procure around 40 GWh of wind energy per year from one of Engie Romania’s wind farms.

The GSMA and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) have launched a fund to equip enterprises in developing markets with the means to harness emerging technologies, including AI.

Vodafone Group has unveiled a new satellite connectivity service designed to eliminate coverage blackspots across its footprint.

Veon announced plans to float its Ukrainian operator, Kyivstar, on the Nasdaq stock exchange through the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) with investment company Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp.

4iG Group, a leading ICT company in Hungary and the Western Balkans, has announced a partnership with tech giant Ericsson for the deployment of a next generation mobile network in Albania after the recent acquisition of 5G frequencies by One Albania, a subsidiary of 4iG.

Before the end of 2025 Ukraine is expecting to be one of the first countries to have the Starlink direct-to-cell satellite service up and running, thereby enhancing the resilience of the country’s connectivity landscape, thanks to a deal between Starlink and local operator Kyivstar.

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar announced on Wednesday it’s launching voice over Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) services for eligible subscribers, enabling them to make calls via Wi-Fi access points in locations with weak mobile signals.

Veon-owned Ukrainian telco Kyivstar said on Monday it has launched a generative AI (GenAI) lab in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to help local enterprises adopt GenAI to improve their business processes.

Ukraine’s telecoms regulator said it raked in UAH2.8 billion (US$67.7 million) during its spectrum auction on Tuesday, with Vodafone, Kyivstar and Lifecell buying five lots of spectrum in the 2100, 2300, and 2600-MHz bands.

Mastercard announced on Tuesday it has launched Mastercard Pay Local, a new global service that enables digital wallet users in Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East and Africa to pay locally when they travel.

Vodafone Group announced that its Romanian unit and rival Digi have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) to acquire its subsidiary, Telekom Romania Mobile Communications (TKRM). This move would reduce the number of market players in Romania to three.

Croatian operator Hrvatski Telekom (HT) has partnered with Nokia to launch projects aimed at connecting developers to Nokia’s coding platform to foster the creation of new consumer and industrial 5G applications.

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar said on Wednesday that it has invested UAH1.9 billion (US$46 million) over the last two years to upgrade backup-power facilities for its network, the second phase of which is now underway.

Hungarian operator group 4iG has officially entered the telecoms market in North Macedonia by establishing a subsidiary, ONE Macedonia Telecommunications, as part of its growth strategy.

A long-term investor in Veon has publicly criticised the operator’s board of directors for underperformance, calling for immediate action to improve the company’s fortunes.

Ukraine’s telecoms industry is about to receive a boost thanks to The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, with support from the European Commission (EC) and the government of France.