We are nearly a month into 2024, and there has been much written about where the connectivity industry is heading this year. Capacity has kept an eye on the predictions made, and many of them fall into several main areas.

"Together we can partner, collaborate and reshape our industry" is the message from Abou Moustafa of du ahead of Capacity Middle East 2024.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will invest US$15.24 billion in Japan by 2027 to boost cloud computing infrastructure that is critical to AI.

Google will invest US$1 billion in a new data centre in the UK, located in Waltham Cross Hertfordshire.

Network automation uses programmable logic to manage network functions. This involves taking the manual tasks involved in managing a network and passing them to software programs to do instead.

Google has confirmed plans for the central Pacific Connect initiative, which will deliver two new intra-Pacific subsea cables, Bulikula and Halaihai.

KKR’s massive bid to acquire Telecom Italia’s (TIM) fixed line network for as much as €22 billion has been cleared by the Italian Government, but unhappy shareholder Vivendi could still hold up proceedings.

Malaysia’s 5G network has achieved coverage of 80.2% as of the 31 December 2023, according to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

OpenAI and its chief financial backer Microsoft are firmly at the epicentre of several lawsuits regarding copyright infringement.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will buy Juniper Networks in a deal worth US$14 billion.

As organisations continue to embrace edge computing a new approach to cybersecurity needs to be taken.

Mugo Kibati CEO of Telekom Kenya talks to Capacity's Jack Haddon about meaningful connectivity, the importance of connectivity for the youth population in Africa and how they are rolling out and expanding their networks.