Global competition in telecommunications: Europe plagued by the giants of technology?

After photovoltaic panels and automobiles, European telecommunications could sink into the crisis. Because of what, or rather, who? Competition from American tech giants. They are no longer called "Gafam" but "Mangos" for Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI and SpaceX. "Mangos" could turn Deutsch Telekom, Orange, Vodafone or Telefónica into vulgar providers.

Published on RocksNews: 7 Oct 2026, 13:43 UTC
Updated: 7 Oct 2026, 13:46 UTC
Language: English (Original language: French)

Global competition in telecommunications: Europe plagued by the giants of technology? — Global competition in telecommunications: Europe plagued by the giants of technology? — Image credit: France 24 (Français)

After photovoltaic panels and automobiles, European telecommunications could sink into the crisis. Because of what, or rather, who? Competition from American tech giants. They are no longer called "Gafam" but "Mangos" for Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI and SpaceX. "Mangos" could turn Deutsch Telekom, Orange, Vodafone or Telefónica into vulgar providers.

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