From News Desk
At Mobile World Congress 2026, the telcos announce a major milestone for European digital infrastructure: the first live demonstration of the European Edge Continuum, a federated edge spanning the five largest operators in Europe.
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM and Vodafone have successfully federated their edge environments, enabling seamless deployment of applications across their combined European footprint. Enhanced also by platform components developed in the context of European- IPCEI-CIS Project (funded by European Union – Next Generation EU), the first federation is now operational in lab and pre-production environments, marking a decisive step towards industrial and commercial rollout.
The European Edge Continuum enables customers and developers to deploy applications automatically and securely across nodes from different operators, with the potential to include other major technology players in the future.
Beyond interoperability and security, this capability introduces key advantages in edge environments. An extended footprint, allowing access to resources provided by multiple operators through a single-entry point, lays the foundation for dynamic workload allocation, intelligent distribution of applications across federated nodes for optimal performance, cost efficiency and mobility, ensuring service continuity even as users move across networks.
The federated European Edge Continuum initiative significantly extends the reach of each operator, offering customers simple access, tight integration with the network, interoperability, data sovereignty and flexibility, which are key requirements for Europe’s digital transformation.
During the MWC 2026 demonstration, it will be showcased how organisations can exploit the federated infrastructure. They can seamlessly deploy applications on one or more edge infrastructures across Europe, using a single-entry point. For operators, Edge Federation gives the opportunity to expand service offerings and to collaborate within an open ecosystem, unlocking new business models. The Edge Federation will ensure simple processes for onboarding new services and time-to-market acceleration.
The European Edge Continuum is designed as an open ecosystem. Work is already underway to integrate additional European technology leaders, application developers and open-source communities. This initiative invites new partners to join and help shape the future of Europe’s digital infrastructure.
News and Opinions... 