Magyar Telekom, the Hungarian unit of Deutsche Telekom, is to migrate the billing operations of its postpaid mobile business onto the Amdocs billing platform. Amdocs will also help Magyar Telekom more generally streamline its IT systems as part of the deal.

Telecom Armenia is switching on gigabit broadband in its capital city, Yerevan, as the first step in a country-wide project carried out in collaboration with Nokia. Telecom Armenia will deploy Nokia's GPON and XGS-PON fiber equipment, which is software upgradable to 25G PON technology in the future, says the Finnish vendor, along with its Wi-Fi Beacons and Altiplano management platform.

Bloomberg reports that, despite flouncing out of the European Union, the UK could be in for a "billion-dollar payday" if Google ends up losing its various legal battles in EU courts. According to the EU's budget report, published this week, the UK stands to receive a €1.8 billion (US$2.1 billion) share of the Google fines pot in the unlikely case of the online giant's legal team ultimately failing to cut the mustard.

Two decades after launching as one of the UK's mobile network operators, Three is trumpeting a new visual identity and "brand platform." Said platform is built around the almost fully formed concept of "Life Needs a Big Network," which apparently "articulates how Three UK is perfectly placed to help customers with the big and seemingly small moments in life." The whole shebang was a joint project between Wonderhood Studios and, intriguingly, Wham.

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading