Policy and Regulation
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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. -
The European Commission’s report calls for a unified EU telecoms sector with radical regulatory overhauls needed to achieve harmonisation
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Jennifer Holmes at the London Internet Exchange says Kenya is powering up as a hub for regional growth.
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Capacity looks at sustainability reporting requirements that data centre operators in Europe need to meet and asks if the rules will have the impact they are intended to?
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New research from circular economy telecoms vendor TXO has found that the biggest reason for telecom equipment being decommissioned is the end of support contracts from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).
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Singapore's government has announced it will increase the power available for data centres in the country.
Forthcoming events
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The state of Maryland has passed new legislation that will significantly boost its appeal as a destination for data centre development.
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Six weeks after a short report from hedge fund Hindenburg research accused Equinix of nefarious accounting practices and other falsehoods that were inflating its value, the company has finally responded.
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The Gross lawfirm has hit AST SpaceMobile with a class action lawsuit, alleging the direct-to-cell satellite operator issued materially false and/or misleading statements.
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Switzerland’s Competition Comission (COMCO) has fined Swisscom CHF 18 million ($19 million) for what it deems unlawful conduct in Swisscom’s optical fibre expansion.
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Australian mobile network operators TPG Telecom and Optus have announced an agreement that the two firms claim will strengthen regional mobile networks while boosting competition in rural parts of the country.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has started a detailed Phase 2 investigation looking into Vodafone UK’s joint venture agreement with Three UK.
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Bangladesh could be operating without one third of its internet capacity for the rest of May, as Indonesian red tape has delayed the repair process to one of its subsea cables, damaged last week.
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Wholesale network provider FullFibre has announced that it has won two new contracts from the UK governments Project Gigabit rollout, worth a total of £33 million.
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Casa Systems has begun a court-supervised Chapter 11 process with the aim achieve the optimal sales of its businesses.
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New telco rules are on its way following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) report reviewing its telecoms regulations.
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Altice France will sell its news channel, BFM TV, for €1.55 billion to French billionaire Rodolphe Saadé
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With technology now becoming so capable of seemingly human-level creativity, the possibilities generative AI are giving us now “resemble a horror film”, Matt Aldridge, principal solutions consultant at OpenText Cybersecurity told Capacity.
