Orange and China Mobile have announced plans to accelerate the commercialisation of mobile contactless services – also called Near Field Communication (NFC) services – through the development of internationally recognised standards.

Alcatel-Lucent has signed off on a four-year contract with Tunisiana, Tunisia’s largest wireless communications provider, to build a wireline broadband access network that will deliver high-speed Internet to its subscribers.

Ericsson has joined forces with Volvo Car Group to facilitate cloud access in its vehicles.

T-Systems, Deutsche Telekom’s corporate customer arm, has announced plans to simplify its company structure as it pursues cloud services to facilitate revenue growth.

Smartphone penetration in the top five European markets reached 55 percent in October, according to data released by digital business analytics firm comScore.

Deutsche Telekom's corporate unit, T-Systems, has confirmed that it will continue to provide Shell with data centre infrastructure and computing services for another five years, after the two parties agreed to renew their current business agreement.

United States-based communications provider Verizon has announced the expansion of its European 100G network, to address the growing demand for video traffic, 4G LTE and cloud services.

Deutsche Telekom has completed work at Frankfurt Airport to take over fixed and mobile services at the site, signing a new contract that will initially run for 48 months.