A new 1,100km subsea cable system linking Lagos in Nigeria to Kribi in Cameroon has gone live, completing a key component of Cameroon's national broadband strategy. Fixed broadband penetration in the West African state is estimated to be around just 5%, and it is hoped the new link will help boost this figure. The project involved a three-way partnership between Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd. , MainOne Cable Co. and the Cameroon government.

Telenor Group (Nasdaq: TELN) has made progress on an upgrade to its Norwegian broadband network, with 60,000 customers able to benefit from increased speeds of up to 75 Mbit/s as from today. Telenor is Norway's largest broadband provider.

The proposed sale of Bulgarian operator Vivacom to businessman Spas Roussev has been approved by the country's competition authority, reports Reuters. Roussev, a Bulgarian real estate investor, is effectively paying €730 million (US$795 million) for the company, which was previously owned by VTB Capital.

Shares in Telecom Italia (TIM) have been downgraded from a buy rating to a sell rating in a report by Zacks Investment Research, reports EMQ. Shareholders in the carrier have been spooked in recent months by Vivendi 's increasing interest in and influence on the company. (See Eurobites: Vivendi Spooks Telecom Italia Shareholders.)

Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Co. (du) is claiming a first in the UAE with a limited-period offer of "unlimited" daily data for 3 United Arab Emirates Dirham ($0.81) per day. The offer is available to both prepaid and postpaid users, though a "fair usage" limit of 2GB applies.

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading