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• 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 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

  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 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

  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

• 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 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

• October 10, 2025 10 Oct'25

  Orange lands first Medusa subsea cable in Marseille

  Global telco reveals key milestone in ongoing development of submarine networks connecting both sides of the Mediterranean, positioning the French city as a global digital hub

• October 02, 2025 02 Oct'25

  CityFibre doubles customer connection rate in Q3

  UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform reveals unprecedented growth in third quarter, almost double that recorded over the previous three-month period

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Cloud provider publishes ‘tech sovereignty’ plan for UK

  In the face of mounting data sovereignty concerns across Europe, UK cloud provider Civo lays out high-level plan for how the government can retain control and access of its data should the geopolitical situation sour

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  UK gigabit broadband coverage hits 89% of population

  Research finds UK has hit a major broadband milestone, marking a significant step towards nationwide coverage and reflecting rapid roll-out by market leaders and a growing number of alternative networks

• September 30, 2025 30 Sep'25

  Cisco unveils software to accelerate quantum networks

  IT and networking giant claims first of its kind network-aware distributed quantum compiler capable of running quantum algorithms across multiple processors while handling error correction across a network

• September 29, 2025 29 Sep'25

  £3bn opportunity in digital network upgrade of UK critical infrastructure 

  Study from BT highlights multibillion-pound net benefit that could be unlocked by upgrading critical services to digital

• September 25, 2025 25 Sep'25

  Openreach UK broadband upgrade reaches 20 million homes

  UK’s largest comms provider celebrates full-fibre access milestone but points to lag in active network switchovers

• September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

  Internet shutdowns in Africa on upward trajectory

  A comparative analysis of internet shutdowns in African countries highlights how the tactic is increasingly used to repress dissent and political opposition, depriving millions of people and businesses access to vital digital tools that sustain ...

• September 24, 2025 24 Sep'25

  Klaasmeyer Construction taps Render Networks for quicker buildout

  Digitising network provider engaged by network construction management company to build scalable model for predictable broadband deployment and customer adoption

• September 19, 2025 19 Sep'25

  Huawei unveils interconnects to address large-scale AI infrastructure bottlenecks

  IT and networking giant announces technology designed to set standard in compute power for AI-driven workloads

• September 17, 2025 17 Sep'25

  Virgin Media O2 creates single team to challenge fixed wholesale market

  Leading UK operator places wholesale teams covering consumer and business segments into single structure

• September 15, 2025 15 Sep'25

  Olilo launches multi-gig broadband service

  UK broadband service provider launches network built by engineers for techies, with no arbitrary throttling or traffic shaping and no ‘pointless rules’

• September 08, 2025 08 Sep'25

  Dell AI server revenues leap but storage waits on Project Lightning

  During the past quarter, Dell’s datacentre sales went through the roof due to new server and networking products for AI – but storage has not shared the same dynamic

• September 03, 2025 03 Sep'25

  CityFibre appoints Simon Holden as CEO

  UK independent broadband provider sees new role for senior executive credited with being the driving force of its current status as ‘leading digital infrastructure challenger’

• 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

• 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

  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 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 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

  Routers key to broadband experience on NBN in Australia

  Study of wireline broadband connections across Australian households shows retail service provider-issued gateways outperform bring-your-own alternatives, while fibre-to-the-home is driving demand for higher speed tiers

• August 20, 2025 20 Aug'25

  Nokia, Netplus deliver advanced IPTV services for enhanced CX

  Indian internet service provider deploys the latest 400G routing technology and software-defined access network platform to scale high-speed broadband and IPTV services for Netplus across Punjab and other cities

• August 19, 2025 19 Aug'25

  Lumen lights up 400GB datacentre connectivity to fuel AI

  Network expansion across 16 major US metro markets and more than 70 third-party datacentres designed to support AI-first planning and multi-cloud architectures aimed to ensure high-performance environment for business applications

• August 18, 2025 18 Aug'25

  UK fibre broadband continues progress

  Study reveals continued pace of development of UK broadband market, with the number of fibre-to-the-premises locations rising 15.3% on an annual basis and the country’s leading provider passing fibre tipping point

• August 12, 2025 12 Aug'25

  MX Fiber extends gigabit access across south-east Mexico with optical network

  New photonic net in region traditionally underserved by digital infrastructure set to transform connectivity for datacentres, industrial zones and subsea hubs, while laying groundwork for smarter commerce, transportation and public services

• August 11, 2025 11 Aug'25

  McCullough Review into PSNI spying on journalists and lawyers delayed

  Angus McCullough KC is to present findings of an independent review of police spying on phone data of lawyers, journalists and NGOs in Northern Ireland in October  

• August 05, 2025 05 Aug'25

  Broadcom unveils Jericho4 for distributed AI networking across datacentres

  Global semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions provider scales over one million specialised processing unit clusters beyond single facility limits

• July 30, 2025 30 Jul'25

  Mixed Q2 for VMO2 with broadband dipping as mobile furthers reach

  Leading UK operator reveals mixed bag in terms of financial and customer performance at the end of the first half of 2025, with gains in wireless business division offset by headwinds in fixed arena

• July 28, 2025 28 Jul'25

  Accelerated fibre deployments to take broadband tech spend to $20.1bn by 2028

  Analysis shows growing broadband market optimism, reflecting stronger growth outlook to 2029 with increasing homes passed as cable and fibre ISPs ramp up DOCSIS 4.0 and deployment projects

• July 16, 2025 16 Jul'25

  UK mobile, broadband outpace delivery targets

  Second year of government department said to be driving the UK’s leading position in science and technology, and makes clear the success of current broadband roll-out plans

• July 14, 2025 14 Jul'25

  CityFibre to gain more than £2bn in financing round

  CityFibre reveals cash injection to ‘supercharge’ next phase of growth and to boost UK economy through large-scale deployment of 10Gbps XGS-PON network

• June 27, 2025 27 Jun'25

  Citrix Bleed 2 under active attack, reports suggest

  Days after news emerged of a Citrix NetScaler flaw comparable in its scope and severity to 2023’s infamous Citrix Bleed, there are already clear indicators that threat actors are taking advantage of the critical vulnerability

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Brightspeed, Calix conclude ‘innovative, seamless’ 50G-PON test

  US broadband and telecommunications services provider’s technology advancement centre tests passive optical fibre network capabilities that it says will support rapid, scalable growth today and for years to come

• June 25, 2025 25 Jun'25

  Arelion upgrades Scandinavian network to support AI ‘superhighway’

  IP backbone and diverse connectivity services provider deploys 1.6Tbps and scalable 400G coherent pluggable optics for network between Oslo, Stockholm and Copenhagen

• June 20, 2025 20 Jun'25

  ITS wins dark fibre contract to boost Carmarthenshire connectivity

  Latest step in Welsh connectivity programme sees major contract to provide fibre to underpin the expanding needs of digital services in communities that rely on effective, secure and high-capacity infrastructure