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The French telecoms federation issued a set of provisions covering responsible power consumption for local operators, naming energy saving actions which must be implemented by industry players at all levels.

Energy shortages caused by geopolitical issues could strain mobile network infrastructure in Europe, Reuters reported, with its sources claiming a prospect of outages given the power back up situation in some countries.

A group comprising some of Europe’s largest operators updated a list of priority technical requirements for open RAN systems, building on an initial document released in 2021 and moving the project to a more advanced stage.

A quintet of heavyweight operator groups urged European authorities to take immediate action to stimulate the open RAN sector to ensure the continent does not lag North America and Asia in the 5G era and beyond.

A group comprising some of Europe’s largest operators published a list of priority technical requirements for open RAN systems, with a view to large scale deployments of technology based on the architecture from 2022.

The Regulatory Authority of Bermuda issued licences to two new operators and temporarily banned deployment of 5G services pending the result of a probe into the technology.

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