Vodafone has agreed to sell its Spanish operations to Zegona Communications, a UK investment firm, for some €5 billion ($5.3 billion). The deal still requires regulatory clearance, but Vodafone has long wanted to exit the tough Spanish market. Also in Spain, the sovereign investment fund may acquire a stake in Telefonica, as a protective measure to prevent STC buying some 9.9% – for around €2.1 billion. Meanwhile, Telefonica has announced a 300,000-unit water meter deal in Sevilla, using its NB-IoT network. Uzbekistan’s Perfectum (Rubicon Wireless Communications) has commissioned Nokia to power its 5G Standalone upgrade path, and a separate business development deal with e& (Etisalat) that will “boost the development of both its technical and commercial operations.” Nokia is demonstrating…