Deutsche Telekom appoints first sovereignty chief
T-Systems has created a new Chief Sovereignty Officer role, appointing Christine Knackfuss-Nikolic to lead data sovereignty strategy. Andreas Schlegel joins as Chief Strategy &...
Vodafone and Simetric combine IoT management platforms
Vodafone IoT and Simetric are partnering to integrate their platforms, giving enterprises a single dashboard to monitor, automate, and manage global IoT operations across...
GSMA tells India to reinforce carrier-led private 5G model
The GSMA has waded into the debate about whether India should allocate mid-band spectrum for private 5G, urging the government that a carrier-led model...
Opensignal Webinar: Rethinking performance – Beyond speed in the age of cloud-native networks
In an era of 5G and cloud-native networks, is speed still the only metric that matters? Spoiler: It’s not.On September 17th, join live as Opensignal and...
Editorial Webinar: Private 5G and generative AI in Industry 4.0
There is a sense, increasingly, that all Industry 4.0 roads lead to here; that all the new remote-worker and production-line applications that private 5G...
Bookmarks: If 95% of gen AI pilots fail, what do the 5% know?
Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn, books, magazines, movies, newspapers, and records, things I think are insightful and interesting. What...
Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta emerge as key DC hubs in Asia: Report
The Kuala Lumpur data center colocation market is projected to be worth $300 million in 2025 and is expected to reach $1.1 billion by...
Data center boom in to triple power demand in Japan by 2034
A recent report by Wood Mackenzie noted that electricity demand in Japan will be concentrated in Tokyo and Kansai
In sum – what to know:
Triple...
AIDC chip market to hit $286 billion by 2030: Omdia
Omdia anticipates AI infrastructure spending will peak as a share of total data center investment in 2026, before gradually easing through the end of...
ZTE reports 14.5% y-o-y revenue growth in H1
In the first half of 2025, ZTE said its advanced its "All in AI, AI for All" strategy to accelerate innovation through AI-ICT integration
In...
Nvidia sees chances of bringing Blackwell AI chips to China
The CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, said the Chinese AI market could expand by 50% annually
In sum – what to know:
Blackwell sales to China...
Reliance Jio IPO confirmed for early 2026 amid 5G growing pains
The listing for Reliance Jio, expected to be one of India’s largest ever, could raise around $6 billion
In sum – what to know:
IPO...
NIBs: Citigroup’s AI push, BNP Paribas’ AI parable, UK banks’ AI jobs chaos
Across the banking sector, AI is emerging as both a transformative tool and a workforce disruptor, reshaping how institutions operate and interact with clients....
It’s getting hot at the edge — And telecom needs a plan (Reader Forum)
At the edge, solving for thermal and power efficiency is just as critical as managing bandwidth and latency
AI at the edge is helping telecom...
Three ways the data center industry is coping with a construction workforce crunch
Data centers may house AI, but they don't get built without tradespeople
RESTON, Virginia—Trade talent is tight for the data center industry. With tens of...
Fermi America signs nuclear partnership for Texas campus
For this initiative, Fermi America signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility, a major supplier of nuclear power plant components
In...
AIDC market to hit $98.04 billion by 2032, research finds
In the United States alone, the AI data center market was valued at $3.35 billion in 2024 and is forecast to reach $20.12 billion...
Comcast expands in rural Florida amid shifting broadband market
Comcast is bringing ultra-fast internet to 32,000 homes and businesses in Florida, with plans to double that by 2026 through public-private partnerships.
Comcast has extended...
China aims to triple AI chip output: Report
With these efforts, China aims to keep pace with the United States in advance computing capabilities
In sum – what to know:
Chip output push –...
From just-in-time to just-in-case: Why telcos are rethinking procurement (Reader Forum)
In a volatile world, telecom procurement can no longer operate on the assumption that global supply chains will hold firm
In recent years, telecom operators...
Argentina opens 2.3-2.4 GHz band to enterprises for private 4G/5G
Argentina’s telecoms regulator has opened the 2.3-2.4 GHz band for private 4G/5G networks, offering 10-year SPIBA licences for indoor/outdoor enterprise use to support Industry...
MWC25 Las Vegas: Bringing together technology leaders to share real-world enterprise use cases and...
As the demands on enterprise tech leaders continue to intensify – driven by rapid AI adoption, growing infrastructure complexity, and persistent cybersecurity challenges –...
Crusoe expands cloud capacity in Iceland
Crusoe noted that the expansion includes new Nvidia hardware, such as Nvidia DGX GB200 NVL72 systems and Blackwell GPUs
In sum – what to know:
$175M...
IBM and AMD explore quantum-centric supercomputing
IBM and AMD said the joint effort focuses on hybrid computing models where quantum computers and classical HPC systems work in tandem
In sum –...
KT tests AI-RAN tech on 5G network
The pilot program by KT is underway in Naju, South Jeolla Province
In sum – what to know:
KT pioneers AI-RAN in 5G – First in...