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• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  Zayo expands network across Iberian Peninsula

  Infrastructure provider partners with largest dark fibre operator in Spain to launch 400GE-enabled wavelength network and deliver low-latency, high-capacity connectivity between key hubs across Iberian Peninsula

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  Europe’s fibre roll-out failing to deliver returns in key markets

  Analysis from global consultancy Kearney shows fibre investments across Europe are falling short of financial expectations

• January 19, 2026 19 Jan'26

  Liverpool FC signs WasabiAiR for fast video tagging and search

  Reds can tag video frame-by-frame with AI-based ML-as-a-service to get rapid search and ‘hyper-personalisation’ of footage for fan engagement and partner content

• January 15, 2026 15 Jan'26

  Zoho opens its first UAE datacentres to boost cloud adoption

  New Dubai and Abu Dhabi facilities support data sovereignty, providing CIOs with local access to more than 100 Zoho and ManageEngine cloud services

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Berlin anarchists cite AI in attack on key energy infrastructure

  Berlin anarchists have sabotaged key energy infrastructure in the city, claiming it as an act of ‘self-defence’ against the planet’s destruction by ‘energy-guzzling’ technologies and the wider fossil fuel economy that underpins their development

• January 13, 2026 13 Jan'26

  Samsung, Keysight validate satellite-to-satellite, direct-to-cell 5G mobility

  Technology design, emulation and test services firm collaborates with CE and comms tech giant to validate 3GPP Release 19 non-terrestrial networks band as industry moves towards direct-to-cell satellite services

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Eutelsat extends Airbus contract for further low Earth orbit OneWeb satellites

  Satcoms constellation provider orders further 340 craft from space technology manufacturer to offer global connectivity services from LEO locations

• January 12, 2026 12 Jan'26

  Singapore and Japan team up on quantum computing

  The two countries will work together to bridge the gap between quantum research and real-world commercialisation, marking Singapore’s first government-to-government pact dedicated to the technology

• January 08, 2026 08 Jan'26

  Campaigners urge UK to develop digital sovereignty strategy

  UK digital rights campaigners have urged UK parliamentarians to implement a digital sovereignty strategy as part of the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill to reduce reliance on technology subject to foreign interference

• January 06, 2026 06 Jan'26

  Nvidia unveils Vera Rubin architecture to power AI agents

  The AI chip giant has taken the wraps off its latest compute platform designed for test-time scaling and reasoning models, alongside a slew of open source models for robotics and autonomous driving

• January 05, 2026 05 Jan'26

  How Bahrain is building a region-leading digital economy

  From hyperscale cloud and fintech regulation to AI skills and smart manufacturing, Bahrain is positioning technology at the heart of its economic diversification strategy, says Bahrain EDB’s Musab Abdullah

• December 28, 2025 28 Dec'25

  Middle East tech trends 2026: AI, cyber security and sovereign infrastructure take centre stage

  As artificial intelligence moves from experimentation to production and cyber threats escalate, the Middle East is entering a decisive phase of digital transformation, says Omdia chief analyst Trevor Clarke

• December 24, 2025 24 Dec'25

  Top 10 India stories of 2025

  From infrastructure expansion and sovereign AI innovation to regulatory maturity, Computer Weekly recaps the key developments that kept CIOs and technology suppliers across India busy in 2025

• December 23, 2025 23 Dec'25

  Top 10 end user computing stories of 2025

  The past year was dominated by news of Microsoft ending support for Windows 10, as well as the growing emergence of AI-capable PCs. Computer Weekly looks back at the top 10 end user computing stories of 2025

• December 19, 2025 19 Dec'25

  BT: UK’s next phase of quantum progress hinges on network build

  UK’s leading network provider reflects on the country’s quantum progress to date, and proposes what needs to happen next as funding and focus shift towards delivery

• December 19, 2025 19 Dec'25

  Government set for early 2026 court hearing over decision to approve Iver datacentre development

  A court date has been assigned for a legal action being brought against the government over its decision to grant planning permission for a datacentre in Iver

• December 15, 2025 15 Dec'25

  Starlink broadband skyrockets as internet gets fundamentally rewired

  Research from leading connectivity cloud company finds several internet milestones throughout the year

• December 11, 2025 11 Dec'25

  Interview: Art Hu, global CIO, Lenovo

  The IT chief at the PC, servers and storage supplier is using his experience of rolling out tech internally to boost the growing services ambitions of the Chinese tech giant

• December 09, 2025 09 Dec'25

  Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia team to deliver end-to-end enterprise network services

  Enterprise secure networking services provider and global comms tech firm expand partnership to provide joint networking, driving digital transformation at deployment sites

• December 08, 2025 08 Dec'25

  UK altnet market ‘entering its most dangerous phase yet’

  Research predicts shakeout for UK’s independent broadband sector, with likely survivors being those companies that build infrastructure where it matters, invest where returns can be realised and collaborate where value can be unlocked

• December 04, 2025 04 Dec'25

  Western coalition supplying tech to Ukraine prepared for long war

  Russia is deploying hybrid warfare against Europe as western nations supply critical IT and telecoms equipment to Ukraine’s front line

• December 03, 2025 03 Dec'25

  HPE expands AMD collaboration to advance open rack-scale AI

  IT and networking provider to adopt open, full-stack AI platform engineered for large-scale AI workloads looking to deliver high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity across massive AI clusters

• December 01, 2025 01 Dec'25

  UK full-fibre overtakes FTTC for first time

  Study finds FTTP connectivity in the UK now mainstream with competition intensifying, but with pricing and operational models facing increasing pressure, raising questions about business sustainability

• November 27, 2025 27 Nov'25

  UK partnership extends fibre optic tech for more reliable radio comms

  Knowledge transfer partnership aims to make ‘radio-over-fibre’ technology available to new sectors, developing ways to amplify and extend radio signals through fibre optics for fewer delays and stronger signals

• November 26, 2025 26 Nov'25

  AMD pushes for open ecosystem to challenge Cuda dominance

  AMD’s head of AI software discusses the company’s plans to make its ROCm platform ubiquitous, and how it is leveraging open source to democratise access to AI capabilities

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  MWC25 Doha debut marks a new chapter for MENA mobile innovation

  GSMA’s Jawad Jalal Abbassi outlines how Qatar’s first Mobile World Congress will accelerate digital transformation, 5G adoption and AI integration across the region

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  IBM and Cisco light up quantum networking collaboration

  Firms collaborate to design a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, laying the groundwork for a quantum computing internet

• November 24, 2025 24 Nov'25

  UK connected tech upgrades could spur productivity boost

  Report from UK’s leading comms provider finds investment in UK’s connected technology could offset the days lost due to employee sick leave every year by 2030

• November 21, 2025 21 Nov'25

  Meta announces completion of core 2Africa cable

  IT behemoth reveals final phase of subsea cable connecting Africa and the world

• November 21, 2025 21 Nov'25

  First fibre laid under Project Reach UK digital backbone

  High-count fibre laid along Great Western Main Line in four weeks, marking the first milestone in strengthening the UK’s connectivity infrastructure

• November 20, 2025 20 Nov'25

  Nvidia prepares for exponential growth in AI inference

  The company, famous for its datacentre AI acceleration, is focused on delivering better performance per watt to fuel the AI boom

• November 20, 2025 20 Nov'25

  AWS claims cloud-provider first with DWDM transponder

  IT and cloud giant reveals in-house development project for dense wavelength division multiplexing transponder system showing significant bandwidth gains, and reduced failure rates and power consumption

• November 19, 2025 19 Nov'25

  Cloudflare contrite after worst outage since 2019

  Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince apologises for the firm’s worst outage in years and shares details of how a change to database system permissions caused a cascading effect that brought down some of the web’s biggest names

• November 18, 2025 18 Nov'25

  Groq commits up to $300m in Australia expansion

  US chip startup Groq plans to invest up to $300m to provide Australian businesses with compute capacity for AI inferencing and help solve issues around data sovereignty for major users like Quantium

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Zayo builds backbone for Western US AI growth

  Route connects two of the US’s fastest-growing AI, cloud hubs through first direct inland path, offering a resilient, diverse alternative to the existing corridor while expanding critical access to underserved communities

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Nokia strengthens AI datacentre network performance

  Supplier enhances portfolio, claiming ‘breakthrough’ network performance for new datacentre switches, doubling throughput and interface performance with added flexibility for range of deployment scenarios

• November 14, 2025 14 Nov'25

  Lenovo to power FIFA World Cup 2026

  Lenovo will provide its consumer and enterprise technology capabilities to power the upcoming FIFA World Cup, which has been deemed the most technologically advanced tournament in the game’s history

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  Government showcases UK quantum computing pledge

  With £670m set aside, the government is keen to show how the funding is supporting quantum innovation

• November 07, 2025 07 Nov'25

  City of London deploys SASE to future-proof public infrastructure

  Managed services provider to deliver an end-to-end networking connectivity offering, encompassing what is said to be a UK-first enterprise secure access service edge roll-out for public services

• November 04, 2025 04 Nov'25

  Unequal access: The digital divide in criminal justice

  Access to expert digital forensic analysis is biased towards the prosecution, says criminal defence

• October 31, 2025 31 Oct'25

  Cyber agencies co-sign Exchange Server security guide

  US and allied cyber agencies team up to try to nudge users to pay more attention to securing Microsoft Exchange Server

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Nokia, Zayo team on future-ready IP network infrastructure

  Upgraded IP network architecture seeks to provide operator’s customers with faster, broader set of services, including cloud access, datacentre connectivity and secure high-speed links

• October 29, 2025 29 Oct'25

  Extreme lands enterprise Wi-Fi 7 wins

  AI-powered networking automation firm reveals number of significant deployments of services based on latest wireless comms standard

• October 28, 2025 28 Oct'25

  Qualcomm gears up for AI inference revolution

  Rack-based AI acceleration hardware is being positioned as a cost-effective and straightforward way to power AI inference workloads

• October 24, 2025 24 Oct'25

  AI chip challenger Groq eyes APAC expansion

  Groq’s novel chip architecture that speeds up AI inferencing has attracted a fast-growing developer base as it plans its first datacentre in the Asia-Pacific region

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Singapore unveils efforts to govern agentic AI, prepare for post-quantum era

  Guidelines and tools will help organisations in the city-state manage risks from AI agents and prepare for a future where quantum computers could break current encryption

• October 22, 2025 22 Oct'25

  Container storage: Five key things you need to know

  We look at container storage and backup, diving deep into how storage works in containers, container storage interface, container-native storage, and the management platforms storage suppliers offer

• October 21, 2025 21 Oct'25

  Dell Technologies accelerates AI and digital transformation across the Middle East

  Through strategic partnerships and innovations unveiled at Gitex 2025, Dell is helping UAE organisations harness AI, multi-cloud, and edge computing to drive faster, smarter business transformation

• October 20, 2025 20 Oct'25

  Nscale founding director exits AI infrastructure provider in wake of $1.1bn investment round

  Much-hyped artificial intelligence infrastructure provider Nscale has parted ways with one of its founding directors, Companies House documents confirm

• October 17, 2025 17 Oct'25

  EXA Infrastructure raises over €1bn to support digital infra boom

  Global digital infrastructure platform provider refinances and expands its facilities, raising over €1.3bn to fuel network growth – including fibre footprint and subsea routes – and M&A plans across Europe and North America