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A European Commission proposal to impose fresh cybersecurity regulations on connected devices sold in the economic bloc advanced, with the outline rules being granted a provisional green light by politicians.

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Representatives from authorities in India and the European Commission signed an outline agreement on measures intended to strengthen semiconductor supply chains and aid collaboration on R&D.   

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Swisscom-owned Fastweb emerged as a potential suitor for Vodafone’s business in Italy, with Bloomberg claiming it was one of a number of companies assessing a move.

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The GSMA predicted rapid increases in data traffic across Europe in the next five years, citing a general expected increase in 5G adoption and migration to 4G in central and eastern European countries.

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Honor indicated it was making initial preparations for a public listing of shares in a move expected to aid the next stage of its development, Chinese publication Securities Times reported.

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OpenAI’s former chief Sam Altman agreed in principle to return to lead the company just five days after being removed, with a new board set to be installed at the ChatGPT developer.

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Deutsche Telekom subsidiary OTE Group disclosed negotiations over the disposal of Telekom Romania Mobile to Quantum Projects Group (QPG), a move already floated with authorities in the country.

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Eutelsat Group, the company created by a merger of Eutelsat and OneWeb, asserted its local unit was the first in India to receive approval from the nation's space activities regulator for a satellite broadband service, with a commercial launch expected as soon as it receives the necessary spectrum.

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Zain Saudi Arabia announced it would sell the remaining 20 per cent stake it owns in its tower business to the country’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) for SAR726 million ($194 million).

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SFR parent Altice France detailed plans to spin off its data centre assets into a separate company and sell a 70 per cent stake in the new entity to Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners as part of an ongoing strategy to improve its balance sheet.

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