BT Group plc, Telecom Italia SpA and Nokia Siemens Networks start the week in today's hack through the EMEA news thickets.

There's growing evidence that BT wants to get properly back into mobile, a decade or so after taking the now surely lamented decision to bail out. According to this Daily Telegraph report, CEO Ian Livingstone is saying it's "highly possible" that BT-branded SIM cards will be in customers' smartphones this time next year, probably as part of quad-play bundle. (See Euronews: BT Seeks 4G Partner and Euronews: BT Lands 10-Year Deal With O2.)

Telecom Italia has been fined €103.8 million (US$135.9 million) by Italy's antitrust authority for abusing its market position in the country's fixed-line sector, reports Reuters. Responding to the judgment, the operator said in a statement that it "has always assured alternative operators full and equal access to its network," and that it intends to appeal. (See Euronews: Telecom Italia Suffers Sales Slump.)

Vodafone Group plc and Telefónica UK Ltd. (O2) are just two of the companies eyeing up a £1 billion ($1.54 billion) contract to provide secure radio networks for the U.K.'s emergency services, according to The Independent. For the past seven years, Australian conglomerate Macquarie has had a monopoly on the various contracts, but these are up for renewal between 2016 and 2022.

Nokia Siemens Networks has landed another Service Provider Information Technology (SPIT) deal -- this time with Zain Group in Kuwait. The operator has deployed NSN's customer experience management (CEM) software.

Bezeq, The Israel Telecommunications Corp. Ltd. has had a poor first quarter: It posted a 14 percent year-on-year decline in quarterly net profits, reports Reuters, down to 497 million shekels ($140 million). Intensifying competition, particularly in the mobile sector, is being fingered for the blame. — Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading