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• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  Fujitsu’s roots in government go too deep

  MPs and peers call on prime minister to review Japanese supplier’s ‘eligibility’ to bid for government contracts

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  AWS goes live in New Zealand

  The AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) region, comprising three availability zones and powered by renewable energy, will enable organisations to store sensitive data in the country

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  Netomnia completes £300m junior debt raise with additional £140m

  Funding facility designed to strengthen wholesale fibre operator’s claimed position as the UK’s fastest-growing altnet, supporting path to profitability in 2025 and to its target of five million premises by 2027

• September 02, 2025 02 Sep'25

  JFrog extends DevSecOps playbook to AI governance

  The software security specialist is leveraging its capabilities in DevSecOps to address security, data provenance and bias in AI models

• September 01, 2025 01 Sep'25

  Enterprise 5G set for ‘potentially intensive’ growth over next five years

  Whitepaper notes rise of enterprise 5G use cases through AI, the cloud and 5G Standalone/5G Advanced with the support of key stakeholders such as regulators, governments, CSPs and connectivity ecosystem

• September 01, 2025 01 Sep'25

  Flash drive prices grow quickly while SAS and SATA diverge

  Manufacturers have throttled back production of flash drives to tackle over-supply and it shows in rising prices

• September 01, 2025 01 Sep'25

  DE-CIX India adds Starlink to interconnection ecosystem

  Global internet exchange operator becomes first of its kind in sub-continent to integrate satellite provider’s low-earth orbit technology to bring high-speed internet access to remote areas

• August 31, 2025 31 Aug'25

  Google Cloud brings on-premise Gemini AI to Singapore

  Move allows government agencies and regulated industries to run Google’s most powerful artificial intelligence models in their own datacentres, directly addressing data security and residency requirements to fuel the nation’s AI ambitions

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  ICO publishes summary of police facial recognition audit

  The UK data regulator has released a summary of its facial recognition audit of two police forces

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  AI supports care of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon hospital

  Artificial intelligence pilot in Lebanon hospital aimed at freeing up time for medics to treat more Palestinian refugees

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  HPE ups ante in self-driving net ops with enhanced Mist agentic AI

  Merged company simplifies IT operations portfolio with aim of elevating user experiences with more autonomous actions delivered via agentic workflows and expanded digital experience twinning

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  Cable plant spending to grow steadily, Open RAN stabilising

  Analyst optimistic on tech spend on both wired and wireless comms with 2026–2028 to be peak years for spending, as operators prepare their networks for Docsis 4.0 and Open RAN showing signs of growth at last

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  Home Office ‘backdoor’ seeks worldwide access to Apple iCloud users’ data, court documents confirm

  A court filing states that a government order against Apple would give it the capability to access communications and metadata of customers using the iCloud service anywhere in the world

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  8x8 lines up for Southampton FC to boost customer experience

  Integrated customer experience platform provider extends role as official partner of English Football League Championship team, with cloud platform supporting ticketing and hospitality and delivering unique fan experiences

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  DFA, Ciena fibre test reveals capacity record

  Planned deployment of optical connectivity technology designed to future-proof South African wholesale network and drive economic growth across country

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  Community Fibre inks strategic wholesale agreement with VodafoneThree

  London-based altnet to connect customers of leading UK comms operator to more than 1.3 million homes in metropolitan region as part of strategic wholesale agreement

• August 29, 2025 29 Aug'25

  Enterprises believe networking will make or break AI adoption

  Research reveals more than 40% of enterprises in advanced stages of GenAI adoption plan to integrate artificial intelligence into 20-30 applications, further raising the stakes for modernised networks

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Nokia signals commercial 5G offering for next-gen digital railways

  Rail communications service features commercial 5G radio for the 1900 MHz (n101) band, purpose-built to accelerate the sector’s digital transformation

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Nvidia’s Jensen Huang lobbies Trump administration to sell Blackwell to China

  The AI acceleration technology provider is looking at the massive opportunity in selling high-end chips to China

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Zopa Bank seeks partners to form AI skills coalition

  Survey by Juniper Research and Zopa Bank reveals full return on investment in artificial intelligence over next five years

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Microsoft refuses to divulge data flows to Police Scotland

  Tech giant Microsoft is declining to share key information with Police Scotland about where the sensitive data it uploads to Office 365 will be processed, leaving the force unable to comply with UK-wide data protection laws

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  UK cyber security centre helps expose China-based cyber campaign

  GCHQ cyber security centre and its international partners release details of malicious cyber activity linked to Chinese businesses

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  Community Fibre, Hey!Broadband claim major growth milestones

  London area-based comms provider expands business to offer an international data roaming eSIM while fellow altnet announces it has surpassed 40,000 customers across southeast England

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  5G mobile core market surges in Q2 2025

  Research predicts robust growth for 5G mobile core market driven by RedCap-enabled IoT devices, 5G smartwatches, expanding MEC deployments and dynamic network slicing

• August 28, 2025 28 Aug'25

  VMware rides on private cloud renaissance in APAC

  As enterprise rebalance workload placements and reinvest in private cloud infrastructure, Broadcom is positioning its VMware Cloud Foundation as the new standard for hybrid operations

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  FairPrice taps Google Cloud to build agentic AI workforce

  Singapore’s largest retailer is deploying a suite of agentic AI applications built on Google’s Gemini, Vertex AI and Agentspace to transform its customer experience and internal workflows

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  Incident response planning cuts the risk of claiming on cyber security insurance

  Proper attention to incident response planning is emerging as a core cyber control when it comes to reducing the risk of having to claim on cyber security insurance, according to a report

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  PDS confirms ‘strategic restructuring’ with series of interim senior leadership hires

  The Police Digital Service has seemingly streamlined and revamped its senior leadership team, more than a year after two of its staff were arrested for suspected misconduct in public office

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  Intel filing shows risks of US government stake

  The US government now has a significant stake in Intel’s business. This could effect its ability to obtain grants from other governments

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe

  Fujitsu supplies police with the network that supports national investigations, while its former staff are part of a national investigation

• August 27, 2025 27 Aug'25

  Ransomware activity levelled off in July, says NCC

  Ransomware levels held steady in the month of July, although the risk remained as persistent as ever

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  TUC calls for government crackdown on business AI shortcuts

  Artificial intelligence promises to boost productivity and shareholder value, but the Trades Union Congress is concerned that AI-fuelled economic growth is leaving workers behind

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Broadcom bundles private AI into VCF, adds security automation

  At VMware Explore 2025, Broadcom unveiled an integrated private cloud stack with VMware Private AI now included in VCF subscriptions, alongside cyber security services and support for cloud-native object storage

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Three new Citrix NetScaler zero-days under active exploitation

  Citrix patches three new vulnerabilities in its NetScaler lines warning of active zero-day exploitation by an undisclosed threat actor

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Okta makes AI identity play with Axiom acquisition

  Okta says Axiom Security’s technology will reinforce its own offerings in privileged access management, especially when it comes to the growing number of non-human identities

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Qualcomm claims enterprise mobile processor world first

  New chip combines integrated RFID with AI and advanced connectivity, enabling edge devices across retail, commercial and industrial sectors to connect, compute and interact in smarter, proximity-aware ways

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Private mobile network deployments return to growth

  Research finds that mobile private network landscape is diversifying, with specialist and smaller players gaining traction

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Boldyn powers up 5G for VMO2 users at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light

  Virgin Media O2 mobile users are first to benefit from Sunderland stadium’s 5G neutral host network, delivered under the auspices of the Open Network EcosysTem project

• August 26, 2025 26 Aug'25

  Social media algorithms exposing children to violent pornographic content, report shows

  A report by the Children’s Commissioner reveals that social media algorithms are pushing unsolicited, violent, pornographic content to children who use these platforms

• August 25, 2025 25 Aug'25

  How to secure the identity perimeter and prepare for AI agents

  Ping Identity CEO Andre Durand explains why identity has become the critical security battleground, how decentralised credentials will reduce data breach risks, and why AI agents will need their own identities to be trusted

• August 25, 2025 25 Aug'25

  Ransomware attack volumes up nearly three times on 2024

  During the first six months of 2025, the number of observed and tracked ransomware attacks far outpaced the volume seen in 2024

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Moscow exploiting seven-year-old Cisco flaw, says FBI

  US authorities warn of an uptick in state-sponsored exploitation of a seven-year-old vulnerability in Cisco's operating system software

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Scale of MoD Afghan data breaches widens dramatically

  Many more data breaches at the MoD's Arap programme to relocate at-risk Afghan citizens to Britain have emerged following an FoI request by BBC journalists

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Apple iOS update fixes new iPhone zero-day flaw

  Latest Apple zero-day found in the ImageIO framework opens the door for targeted zero-click attacks on iPhone users

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  ICO investigates lawfulness of algorithms used in immigration enforcement

  The UK information commissioner is investigating claims that the use of algorithms by the Home Office to make recommendations on migrants breaches privacy laws

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  ‘Historic’ shift in broadband usage heralds expansion phase

  Latest edition of report into broadband finds data consumption growth in second quarter is overcoming traditional seasonal declines to mark milestone

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m

  Metropolitan Police-led investigation into Post Office scandal is expected to run to 2030 and cost taxpayers tens of millions of pounds

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Subpostmaster federation accepted money from Fujitsu in run-up to High Court Post Office trial

  The National Federation of Subpostmasters accepted sponsorship money from Fujitsu in the run-up to a High Court case examining the IT firm’s faulty Post Office system

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  UK equality watchdog: Met Police facial recognition unlawful

  The UK’s equality watchdog has been granted permission to intervene in a judicial review of the Met Police’s live facial-recognition (LFR) technology use, which it claims is being deployed unlawfully

• August 21, 2025 21 Aug'25

  Judge throws out NHS whistleblower’s challenge to ruling on deletion of 90,000 emails

  Appeal tribunal dismisses doctor’s bid to quash decision that cleared London hospital trust of concealing evidence through attempted destruction of electronic documents during live court proceedings