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ETNO joins WTSA, supports open and interoperable internet protocols at a delicate time

Geneva, 2 March 2022 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, is attending the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-20), a milestone event for the international telecommunications community.

This comes at an extremely delicate time, in which the resilience, openness and continuity of internet communications is more important than ever.

European telecom companies take action to support Ukrainian people

Brussels, 28 February 2022 – Access to communications is most crucial during times of crisis. As the Ukrainian people endure their harshest proof, European telecommunication companies are rolling out measures to ease communications and support people in distress.

Based on an internal survey of key ETNO members, European telecom operators have taken a range of actions to help Ukrainians and those supporting them. Depending on the country, these are the types of measures we were able to map so far:

EU telecoms support competitive data and cloud markets, call for innovation-conducive rules in the Data Act

Brussels, 24 February 2022 – ETNO, the Association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, supports the objective of fostering data sharing in the single market that underlies the proposed Data Act regulation issued by the European Commission yesterday. Very-high-speed connectivity will enable the rapid growth of the Internet of Things, and new streams of data coming from millions of sensors connected over 5G will need to be exploited.

Digital matters: empowering our society

By Lise Fuhr, Director General, ETNO
Digital transformation started decades ago. Over the years technology has become an inevitable part of our daily lives and its utility to society and economy is undeniable. The experience of the past two years reminded us all that the future is connected. This decade is digital.

Europe doubles 5G connections and passes 50% mark on FTTH, but still lags global peers

Brussels, 2.2.2022 – As Europe works to strengthen economic growth through its strategic sectors, a new report shows that most Europeans have now access to a 5G and FTTH network. However, if compared with global peers, Europe is trailing in terms of roll-out, investment and financial strength of its telecom sector.

The European Green Digital Coalition gets a boost by top Associations

Laying the foundational work for the digital and green twin transitions

Accelerating fibre and 5G roll-out: ETNO unveils new technical and regulatory reports

Brussels, 21 January 2022 – ETNO, the association representing Europe’s leading telecom operators, has unveiled today two major reports with the state-of-the-art thinking on investment in Very High-Capacity Networks. The reports are both independent and they have both been prepared for – and fully funded by – ETNO.