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T-Mobile has completed its acquisition of fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) provider Lumos, forming a joint venture set to bring full-fibre broadband to homes across the US.
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A new era is underway at Intel as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan took to the stage at the company’s Vision 2025 event, delivering a candid and defiant keynote that laid bare the stark challenges ahead and his commitment to overcoming them.
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AMD has sealed its £4.9 billion ($6.3 billion) purchase of server maker ZT Systems to accelerate its AI and data centre solutions strategy.
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Vivendi has agreed to sell a 15% stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) to the Italian postal service provider, Poste Italiane, in a deal worth around €684 million.
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Singtel-owned technology services firm NCS is expanding its Asia Pacific footprint, launching a joint venture with Globe Telecom in the Philippines.
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Investment firm Brookfield is set to invest €20 billion to build out AI infrastructure in France.
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The Iliad Group has unveiled a €3 billion war chest to invest in AI infrastructure, including new data centres and GPUs to power AI workloads.
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Mistral AI, Europe’s leading answer to OpenAI, unveiled plans to build its first AI cluster in France to further power its training efforts.
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Amazon just about scraped by projected earnings but investors still soured on the tech giant after a less-than-stellar performance from its cloud business.
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Global data centre capital expenditure will surpass $1 trillion according to new projections from Dell'Oro Group.
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The University of Sydney received a landmark $100 million donation from the family foundation of AirTrunk founder Robin Khuda to support girls from Western Sydney in pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr revealed that the agency is considering auctioning off more C-band spectrum.
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Ofcom has launched a consultation on plans to auction more spectrum for 4G and 5G mobile use, though operators have raised concerns about both the format and timing.
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The recently announced Stargate Initiative—a $500 billion investment in AI infrastructure—has set the tech industry abuzz. In an exclusive interview, Joe Capes, CEO of LiquidStack, shared his insights on the initiative's implications for AI infrastructure, cooling technologies, and the challenges ahead.
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Even as market jitters over the DeepSeek sell-off dragged down tech stocks, industry giants posted robust earnings this week, with several reporting billion-dollar revenue gains driven by sustained demand for AI and cloud infrastructure.
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Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire and one of the world’s richest individuals, has reduced his stake in BT Group for the first time since his initial investment in the company.
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SoftBank is reportedly in talks to increase its investment in OpenAI, potentially injecting up to $25 billion into the ChatGPT maker.
