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The EU is set to unveil an ambitious, multi-pronged blueprint it believes will help guide the bloc to become a global AI leader. -
Microsoft might be scaling back on several data centre projects, but rival Meta is reportedly steaming ahead with plans to spend almost $1 billion on a new project in Wisconsin.
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BTS Group has made a strategic investment in ZIM Connections, a company specialising in global eSIM connectivity solutions.
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Elon Musk’s cost-cutting government quango-buster, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has its next target in its sights: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
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Low latency network solutions provider Avelacom has added AWS São Paulo to its portfolio of direct cloud connectivity locations, providing institutional crypto trading firms with streamlined access to Brazil’s B3 exchange.
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Data centres are enjoying a boom, with billions of dollars being pumped into new facilities to support increased demand for cloud and storage services, along with the emergence of AI.
Forthcoming events
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The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has added Orange to its board of directors.
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ICT arm of PLDT is set to build the additional data centre capacity in Santa Rosa, Laguna province
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Vodafone is looking to sell its entire 28.1% stake in India’s largest cell tower firm Indus Towers according to several reports.
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Amdocs has introduced a new billing solution to help service providers to evolve their billing in the 5G era.
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Princeton Digital Group has raised more than US$500 million in an equity fundraise that saw three investors backing the firm.
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UK operators will make it more difficult for fraudsters to use their networks after plans unveiled today by Ofcom.
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Netcracker has launched a digital platform to help CSPs accelerate business growth in the digital economy.
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Zoom Video Communications and Deutsche Telekom are collaborating to offer a jointly developed product for the German market called ‘Zoom X’.
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Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) has published its financial results for FY 2021, recording strong growth for the period.
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The first - not quite - full year financial results from the merged Virgin Media O2 have been published, confirming network capex investments of £2 billion and a new fibre venture.
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The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has said it has registered six participants for its spectrum auction.
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Arc Solutions and Israeli internet service provider (ISP) Bezeq International have signed an agreement to connect the UAE and Bahrain directly to Israel.
