Eurobites: European Commission casts doubt on Broadcom-VMware deal

Italy's data protection authority has given OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed creator of ChatGPT, until the end of the month to address its concerns about the AI wunderkind. As Reuters reports, OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after Garante, the authority, suspended ChatGPT's processing of personal data and launched an investigation into a possible breach of privacy rules. (See Be afraid – ChatGPT has caught the eye of telecom and ChatGPT prompts excitement and fear about the AI future.)

Polish mobile-payments service Blik is to begin operations in Romania and Slovakia, Bloomberg reports (paywall applies). In Poland, the Blik app – which has 13 million monthly users – is more popular than rival offerings from Apple and Google, claims Bloomberg.

Spanish towers company Cellnex is to deploy Synamedia's virtual Digital Content Manager (vDCM) to support the Spanish public broadcaster RTVE. For the first time, Cellnex says it will move to a software-only environment with vDCM running on-premises as it goes live across all regions of Spain through Q2 2023.

Telecom Italia (TIM) has launched a new startup incubator focusing on midsized industrial innovators. Interested companies can apply to be part of the TIM Growth Platform program here.

Nokia is targeting the "industrial edge" with the unveiling of four new third-party applications which it says help enterprises collect and analyze data from operational technology assets on a "robust and secure on-premises edge."

UK altnet CityFibre is hoping to convert fiber skeptics to its cause with the launch of a "full fiber tour bus," which begins its nationwide propaganda journey in the south-coast city of Portsmouth. Locals lured across the threshold can take part in a range of immersive games and challenges that CityFibre hopes will remove any lingering doubts about taking the plunge into full-fiber living.

— Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, Light Reading