Make your mind up! On Friday we reported how Germany was at odds over Apple over its approach to favoring a "centralized" approach when it comes to the development of contact-tracing apps to help in the battle against COVID-19. Well, scrub that, because it seems a volte-face has taken place over the weekend, and now, according to Reuters, Germany has fallen into line with a number of other European countries and opted for a "decentralized" approach, abandoning a home-grown alternative developed by the Robert Koch Institute. If you prefer your news in capital letters, Germany has, in terms of technology protocols, abandoned PEPP-PT for DP-3T. (See Eurobites: Germany at odds with Apple over coronavirus-tracing app and France unveils project team for StopCovid app.)

Telefónica is in negotiations with Telxius, the towers company it co-owns with private equity firm KKR and the Pontegadea investmend fund, over the potential sale of around 10,000 masts belonging to Telefónica's German subsidiary, O2, Expansion reports. The deal could be worth as much as €1.5 billion, the report adds.

The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) has chosen Parallel Wireless' OpenRAN offering to provide mobile connectivity to underserved and unserved communities in Ghana. The fund was set up by the Ghanaian government to provide provide telecommunications and ICT services to marginalized communities in the country.

France's Bouygues Telecom is offering one hour of free data for video calls each day so that locked-down friends and family can keep in touch and admire each other's interior design without eating into their data allowance. The offer runs until May 31.

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading