Etisalat has finally reached an agreement with Vivendi for the purchase of the French conglomerate's 53 percent stake in Morocco's Maroc Telecom . Assuming the deal goes through, Etisalat will pay €3.9 billion (US$5.2 billion) for the stake, though the terms have to be approved by the Moroccan government. (See Etisalat to Buy Vivendi's 53% Stake in Maroc Telecom and Euronews: Bidding War for Maroc Telecom Stake.)

Telefónica Czech Republic A.S. is back under local control after eight years of Spanish dominance, following the decision by the PPF Group to take a controlling stake in the operator for €2.5 billion ($3.4 billion), reports Bloomberg. PPF is owned by Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic's richest man with a net worth of $11.2 billion.

With the sale of its iconic Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) handsets industry imminent, Finland needs all the good news it can get on the jobs front, so here's some: Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is to invest a further €450 million ($607 million) in its Hamina datacenter, reports Finnish news website YLE.

In other Google news, the search giant has delayed its move to its yet-to-be-built UK headquarters in London, reports the Daily Telegraph. The big move, to the so-called "landscraper," was to have taken place in 2016, but it's now been put back a year as Google decided that its plans weren't ambitious enough.

Zut alors! SK Telecom (Nasdaq: SKM)'s little learning robot, Atti, is on its way to France. The South Korean operator, which came up with the educational aid that has a smartphone for a "brain," is supplying a thousand of the little fellers to be distributed to schools and nurseries. Just one thing: It had better speak the local lingo, or it will end up in le trash. (See SK Telecom Sends Smartphone Robot to France.) Figure 1: Oh it's all smiles now, but just wait till those French kids get hold of you...

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading