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The UK government has opened a consultation into potentially allowing copyright materials to be used by developers building AI models as training materials — a move that could have massive ramifications for both innovators and creatives. -
Verizon Public Sector has won a 15-year infrastructure contract with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) worth over $2 billion.
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The UK government has appointed a physicist, engineer and champion of diversity and inclusion (D&I) as the new chief scientific adviser to the Department for Business and Trade.
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An Ark Data Centres venture has won a seven-year deal to provide hybrid private cloud services for the public sector in the UK.
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Tencent and China Unicom have received regulatory approval to set up a joint-venture (JV) according to a government announcement.
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Four Malaysian mobile operators say they have agreed to use the government’s state-owned 5G network, paving the way for an increased rollout in the country.
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UK-based full fibre operator CityFibre has hired someone from the government as its chief marketing officer.
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The US Department of Defense, through the NSTXL consortium-based S2MARTS OTA, has awarded Intel the contract to deliver commercial foundry services.
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The UK government has given the industry just over seven weeks to submit ideas for a scheme to put fibres through water pipes – an idea that was firmly rejected nearly 40 years ago.
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Djibouti, the Red Sea country where many subsea cables land, is opening up its state-owned telecoms operator to outside investment.
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Gordon Moir, Partner at Wiggin LLP, explains the vulnerable and challenging situation the UK telecoms industry will find itself in as a result of the new telecommunications (security) bill
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The government of Egypt is coming to the aid of its western neighbour, Libya, in rebuilding its telecoms and IT services.
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The Australian government has unveiled a wide-ranging, AU$1.2 billion scheme to boost the country's digital future.
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The Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) is to build an $80.5 million data centre and computing facility for the state of Illinois.
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Allan Ruiz, the newly appointed senior advisor for Latin America and the Caribbean at Access Partnership, calls for a modern approach to connectivity policies in Central America
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Concerns have been raised after Mexico's revived plans to collect and store mobile subscribers' biometric data, cleared another hurdle.
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After the news that SSE Enterprise Telecoms had rebranded as Neos Networks at the end of March, Capacity caught up with Sarah Mills, Managing Director of Wholesale and Smart Infrastructure, to find out why the relaunch took place and how it ties into the company's ambitious network and product expansion plans.
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Systems integrator Tyto Athene is to buy AT&T’s US government professional services business.
