(Telecompaper) Finnish operator Lounea has announced that it will start building fibre-optic networks in Tampere, Kokkola and Vaasa in spring… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/lounea-to-start-laying-fibre-in-tampere-kokkola-vaasa-in-spring–1450269

(Telecompaper) The total number of Italian residents aged two and above connecting to the internet from a PC or a mobile device remained at just under 44 million… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/italian-online-audience-unchanged-at-44-mln-in-november–1450247

(Telecompaper) Zayo has strengthened its long-haul fibre network in France by deploying a 400 Gbps route linking Paris and Marseille… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/zayo-deploys-400g-route-connecting-paris-and-marseille–1450182

(Telecompaper) Altitude, parent company of French operator Altitude Infra, announced that its CEO Dorothee Lebarbier has also taken on the role of president, replacing group’s founder Jean-Paul Riviere… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/altitude-executive-lebarbier-becomes-groups-president-and-ceo–1450180

(Telecompaper) Armenian operator Viva-MTS has launched its own platform of podcasts. Customers can use the podcast to listen about tech, science, data, professional… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/viva-mts-launches-own-podcast-platform–1450179

(Telecompaper) Telia Estonia plans to start disconnecting its 3G network from February, in phases. The released frequency resources will be allocated mainly to LTE… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/telia-estonia-to-start-disconnecting-3g-network-in-february–1450175

(Telecompaper) Amsterdam-based Penta Infra has entered the French market with the acquisition of the Sungard data centre campus at Lognes, in the eastern suburbs of Paris… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/penta-infra-acquires-sungard-data-centre-campus-in-paris–1450169

(Telecompaper) Russian national operator Rostelecom has deployed Wi-Fi networks and video-surveillance systems in 74 schools in the city of St Petersburg. A total… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/rostelecom-connects-schools-in-st-petersburg-expands-network-in-chelyabinsk–1450167

(Telecompaper) Infinera said its ICE6 800G coherent optical platform has been deployed to modernise and increase capacity on the trans-Pacific Unity Submarine Cable… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/unity-submarine-cable-system-upgrades-japan-us-link-with-infinera-platform–1450160

(Telecompaper) Russian operator Beeline has expanded the capacity of its link to messenger Telegram, reports Tdaily.ru. Capacity has increased to 900 from 500 Gbps… https://www.telecompaper.com/news/beeline-expands-capacity-of-link-to-telegram–1450159