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• July 08, 2026 08 Jul'26

  Lumen completes Alkira acquisition to boost enterprise networking

  Acquisition designed to bring together network and digital services with intelligent networking software and simplify enterprise connections across cloud, AI and hybrid environments

• July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26

  AI workloads to test mobile network capability

  Research across 22 markets finds which 5G network metrics emerging AI use cases will place under stress, relative to standard internet traffic

• July 07, 2026 07 Jul'26

  Druid Software acquires Node-H to accelerate private 4G, 5G

  Core network software provider adds team and IP assets of RAN software and user equipment technologies developer to increase capacity to support customers and partners

• July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26

  UK competition authority fast-tracks Nexfibre altnet acquisition

  UK regulatory watchdog approves next phase of UK broadband provider’s acquisition of leading independent company, but rivals warn of diminished competition

• July 02, 2026 02 Jul'26

  Berlin Fire and Rescue Service enhances passive network infrastructure

  Looking to ensure that rescue and fire-fighting operations continue to run seamlessly in the future, Germany’s largest professional fire department modernises passive network infrastructure

• July 01, 2026 01 Jul'26

  Tata Communications strengthens India-Singapore connectivity corridor

  AI-ready connectivity investments look to enable enterprises to connect across continents with secure, high-speed, dynamic, self-managed and low-latency infrastructure

• July 01, 2026 01 Jul'26

  Myriota launches hybrid 5G satellite and cellular IoT network

  Satellite IoT connectivity firm adds cellular connectivity to its 5G non-terrestrial network and asset tracker device to create a hybrid IoT network that is claimed to deliver ‘seamless’ satellite and cellular coverage

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  Vodafone looks to serve 5G+ ace at Wimbledon

  UK operator claims world-first 5G+ Serve experience as official connectivity partner of tennis championships uses network slicing to make shots from robotic arm

• June 30, 2026 30 Jun'26

  HPE Discover 2026: Powering Siemens Healthineers’ life-saving vision

  Siemens Healthineers’ head of clinical marketing discusses the technology behind the firm’s advances in medical imaging

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  US sports venues score with Extreme, MatSing multi-beam Wi-Fi

  Strategic partnership delivers stadium connectivity promising increased capacity, simplified operations and reduced infrastructure requirements

• June 26, 2026 26 Jun'26

  AI surge sees fibre become nervous system of thinking economy

  Study shows how fibre broadband and AI infrastructure are becoming increasingly interdependent – from datacentre interconnection and middle-mile capacity to edge connectivity, resilient transport and real-time applications

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  Intelligent eyewear market sees opportunities

  Study shows accelerating adoption of augmented reality and smart glasses, while virtual reality segment declines after weak consumer demand, ageing product cycles and limited new product introductions

• June 25, 2026 25 Jun'26

  MWC 2026 Shanghai: Huawei bets on token economy as telecoms seeks new AI revenues

  AI-native networks, intelligent computing and token-based business models are emerging as the next frontier of digital infrastructure

• June 23, 2026 23 Jun'26

  Nokia, t3 Broadband, Aureon team to deploy optical AI connectivity

  Comms tech provider teams with US operator to provide AI-ready optical route connecting North Dakota datacentre to Chicago metro area

• June 22, 2026 22 Jun'26

  VodafoneThree extends CityFibre partnership to support broadband services

  Leading independent broadband provider secures new mobile network transmission contract to reach 5G Standalone ambitions supporting retail services, enabling greater capacity, faster speeds and new retail products

• June 19, 2026 19 Jun'26

  Keysight’s chief technologist on the path to 6G

  Balaji Raghothaman, Keysight’s chief technologist for 6G, discusses what it takes for the telecoms industry to move to 6G, from supporting AI workloads to integrating with satellites connectivity and driving enterprise use cases

• June 17, 2026 17 Jun'26

  HPE Discover 2026: Neri heralds ‘unique’ placement to transcend network bottleneck

  CEO talks up HPE’s self-driving future, as well as partnerships with eight companies in its mission to blaze the trail for hybrid classical-quantum applications

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  XR market rewriting its own rules as smart glasses use surges

  Research finds that eyewear-form-factor devices are no longer the niche in extended reality, they are the market as devices encompassing AR, XR, MR and VR grew 86% annually in Q1 2026

• June 16, 2026 16 Jun'26

  Cisco: 36 months to modernise networks before AI overwhelms capacity

  Research finds capacity and performance the top network challenge for UK organisations, with 81% of respondents saying their network does not have room to house evolving AI demands

• June 15, 2026 15 Jun'26

  Boldyn enhances transport communications for TfL, BART

  Global neutral host provider updates major transport projects in the US and UK with free Wi‑Fi at four additional stations in US, while London Underground sees new 4G, 5G connections to tunnels, key stations and major hubs

• June 10, 2026 10 Jun'26

  UK government and Cisco unveil AI, digital skills initiative

  Networking giant and UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology announce strategic collaboration to help increase AI adoption and widen access to digital skills

• June 09, 2026 09 Jun'26

  CityFibre breaks one million connections barrier

  UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform announces significant landmark with the number of premises connected to its UK-wide broadband network now hitting seven figures

• June 05, 2026 05 Jun'26

  ViaTunisia subsea segment reaches ready-for-service status

  Subsea cable segment connecting Marseilles in France and Bizerte in Tunisia has officially reached ready-for-service status, making leap from infrastructure design to live connectivity

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  Cisco Live 26: Networks the key in post-Mythos world

  Platform offers unified approach for humans and AI agents to run critical IT infrastructure together, allowing customers to build their own apps and agents in natural language

• June 04, 2026 04 Jun'26

  AI boom creates connectivity challenge for integrators

  Whitepaper from connectivity expert Altnets highlights growing infrastructure pressure, as artificial intelligence demand reshapes the future of digital economies

• May 29, 2026 29 May'26

  How Canberra Institute of Technology is transforming classroom learning

  Faced with a fragmented IT estate and poor room utilisation, CIT partnered with Cisco to standardise the institute’s physical and virtual classrooms, boosting inclusivity and slashing on-site support

• May 27, 2026 27 May'26

  Vision 26: Motive offers vision of new era of physical AI operations

  New products aim to shift operational burden from people to technology, automating ‘busy work’ so fleets can prioritise strategic safety, productivity and profitability

• May 22, 2026 22 May'26

  Record fibre connections but BT posts mixed 2026 financial year

  UK’s leading communications provider claims solid FY26, with highs in FTTP connections and cost control, but sees headwinds on broadband business

• May 21, 2026 21 May'26

  Matrix NAP Info boosts Batam-Jakarta undersea corridor with 1Tbps connectivity

  Optical comms tech provider sees 1Tbps per-wavelength deployment on undersea cable system, designed to position Indonesia at the forefront of next-generation digital connectivity

• May 20, 2026 20 May'26

  Ericsson and Telstra team up for Australian 6G development

  Australian operator and global comms tech provider join forces on 6G development work spanning research, standards and real-world testing looking to pave way for the next era of advanced connectivity

• May 19, 2026 19 May'26

  Africa Congo Internet Exchange becomes first distributed IX in DRC

  Global internet exchange operator enters partnership with NGO to see Democratic Republic of Congo become home to latest internet hub cutting costs for users across equatorial Africa

• May 18, 2026 18 May'26

  Zayo Europe opens Genoa fibre network landing, interconnection hub

  European fibre infrastructure provider expands Mediterranean footprint and regional Southern European network with point of presence in north of Italy

• May 18, 2026 18 May'26

  Colt expands network in Istanbul to support AI‑ready infrastructure

  Global digital infrastructure provider expands major connectivity hub for Asia and Europe, allowing local and international users to access wider portfolio of scalable networking services

• May 13, 2026 13 May'26

  Software-defined vehicles enter era of AI-driven value creation

  Survey shows smart diagnostics and predictive maintenance emerging as top use cases for AI in software-defined vehicles industry, but expected monetisation yet to materialise

• May 13, 2026 13 May'26

  Via Africa subsea cable project to strengthen European, African connectivity

  Europe-Africa submarine cable project backed by consortium model designed to connect Europe to Africa along the Atlantic coast, enhancing the resilience and diversity of West Africa’s international connectivity

• May 13, 2026 13 May'26

  Implementation gap threatens progress in AI and 5G

  Despite current patchy deployment of key 5G services, study finds that across regions, company sizes and markets, telecoms leaders are strikingly confident about their ability to capture the next wave of growth

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  Vodafone to offer 5G fixed wireless access in the UK

  UK provider introduces 5G-based wireless broadband to deliver full-fibre-like speeds to a further 3.7 million homes across the country, especially areas and customers traditionally underserved by high-speed comms

• May 12, 2026 12 May'26

  Nokia enters cognitive broadband era with agentic AI capabilities

  As the telecoms industry looks to invest heavily in agentic AI, Nokia unveils a plan to tackle fibre and Wi-Fi challenges, boost user experience and increase operational efficiency

• May 11, 2026 11 May'26

  Thousands of Essex premises to gain upgraded broadband

  Latest part of £5bn ultrafast broadband development scheme sees expansion of gigabit roll-out to cover full-fibre blackspots in urban areas, as well as the countryside

• May 08, 2026 08 May'26

  Alkira acquisition gives Lumen cloud connectivity control plane

  Acquisition to see physical infrastructure and programmable network united with cloud-native control plane to deliver a single, digital connectivity platform with cloud-to-cloud and datacentre-interconnect

• May 08, 2026 08 May'26

  Neos Networks, Cornerstone and StonesThro power UK sovereign edge cloud

  Strategic collaboration designed to enable distributed microscale AI compute with national, resilient connectivity for critical sectors

• May 08, 2026 08 May'26

  Swissto12, HPS/LSS intro satellite unfurling antenna reflector

  Swiss manufacturer of advanced satellite solutions collaborates with German space subsystem provider for space tech system intended enable operations of small-GEO D2D satellite

• May 07, 2026 07 May'26

  Extreme Connect 26: Wi-Fi 7 line aims to address needs of 6GHz era

  Wi-Fi 7 access points designed to provide reliable, high-speed connectivity and key deployment made at University of Florida arena

• May 01, 2026 01 May'26

  First-quarter revenues fall but VMO2 sees brighter prospects for fiscal year

  Leading UK comms operator VMO2 says financial performance for the first three months of 2026 lays foundations for full fiscal year, with targeted network investments across expanding coverage area

• May 01, 2026 01 May'26

  DE-CIX expands New York metro connectivity with architecture upgrades

  Quad-node architecture across New York and New Jersey, expanded metro access and 400GE readiness designed to strengthen resilience in the US’s most demanding interconnection market

• May 01, 2026 01 May'26

  Telxius taps Synamedia Quortex Switch to support multi-CDN growth

  Global connectivity provider implements Quortex Switch to boost video streaming experience for customers, reaching millions of viewers worldwide

• April 30, 2026 30 Apr'26

  HPE expands ProLiant edge network portfolio

  Chassis and servers are optimised for the edge, and validated for harsh and remote environments across retail, manufacturing and national security-related deployments

• April 29, 2026 29 Apr'26

  Leeds Bradford Airport takes mobile connectivity to higher altitude

  Neutral host provider installs all-operator 4G mobile connectivity to English airport’s refurbished terminal and newly opened extension as an ongoing managed service, ensuring connectivity for passengers and staff

• April 27, 2026 27 Apr'26

  Port of Tyne advances connected mobility, autonomous logistics

  Autonomous port logistics project delivering improvements in terms of real operational challenges, safety, efficiency and sustainability

• April 23, 2026 23 Apr'26

  SITA launches campus network to keep airport operations connected

  Air transport industry technology provider taps networking giant to keep transport hubs connected and running smoothly, without the cost and effort of managing networks in-house