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Five European telcos demo pan-European federated Edge Continuum at MWC26

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone federated their edge cloud environments into what they call Europe's first pan European Edge Continuum, built on the EU funded IPCEI CIS platform and running in lab and pre production environments.

Verified Deutsche Telekom press release, 23 February 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish commercial rollout; the operators call this a step towards, not the start of, commercial service.

How this item counts. Towards autonomy: it changes who operates. Binding 2 of 3 (agreed or funded), scale 3 of 3 (large), Verified counts in full: weight +6 of 36 possible. 5 EU telcos federate edge cloud on EU-funded IPCEI platform; lab/pre-production, not commercial. European Sovereignty Index

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