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Airties: Product Launch
Airties introduced Airties Lite, an AI platform for ISPs to manage retail-purchased Wi-Fi gateways and reduce churn
The leadership read
Product momentum tends to widen telecommunications product and commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 111.1 (Hot), up 5.2 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow easing (-4.4pts).
Airties: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Telecommunications median of 1 across 49 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.
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Product Launch · EMEA
Dstny →Dstny launched Always-On Communications, an AI-first Communications OS for Service Providers, shifting from voice connectivity to integrated digital agents
Product Launch · EMEA
Virgin Media O2 →VMO2 expanded O2 Satellite service to iPhone users (May 28, 2026), enabling direct-to-device satellite connectivity across iPhone 13-17 and iPhone Air models. Service launched February 2026 using Starlink infrastructure, now achieving 95% UK landmass coverage.
Partnership · EMEA
Keysight Technologies →Keysight Technologies announced a joint GaN MMIC design workflow partnership with WIN Semiconductors, integrating simulation, 3D layout, and evaluation board design for high-frequency applications.
Ma Activity · EMEA
BT Group →BT Group agreed to create a joint venture with Verizon for their international businesses, moving low-margin units off their books to allow both carriers to focus on home markets.
Leadership Change · EMEA
Orange →Usman Javaid, current chief product and marketing officer of Orange Business, has been appointed as the next AI chief, succeeding Steve Jarrett effective 1 September 2026. Javaid will drive Orange's strategy to derive €600+ million in value from AI by 2028, with focus on agentic AI implementations.
Geographic Expansion · EMEA
nLighten →nLighten completed a major £100 million refurbishment of its Bristol data centre to support AI-ready infrastructure, nearly doubling the site's AI-ready power capability. This is part of a broader UK edge data centre network modernisation to address regional compute demand constraints outside London.
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