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The Device Left SCIM. Its Network Access Still Needed a Decision: RFC 9944
A deleted Device record can settle what a SCIM service will show. It cannot, on its own, settle what a network will enforce. RFC 9944 makes that distinction unusually plain: removal is an application's signal of intent, while a SCIM server and its back-end policy decide whether…
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
India reportedly doubles 5G EMF limit to 10W/m²
The higher ceiling would give operators more radio-power headroom at each site, but coverage gains will depend on how individual networks are designed.
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The Map Reached a Router. It Did Not Decide the Path: RFC 9962 and LISP-Decent
A network can reduce a control-plane dependency and still retain a decision boundary. RFC 9962 makes that distinction unusually visible. It lets LISP Tunnel Routers participate in distributing the EID-to-RLOC mappings they use, rather than leaving all mapping state with a…
North America Datacenter
Compu Dynamics moves AI data-centre construction off-site
Compu Dynamics is expanding factory-built delivery for AI projects, shifting more power, cooling and white-space work away from the construction site.
ICANN
ICANN Logged a Javanese LGR Correction—The Final XML Is Still Pending
One character name separates the rule ICANN put out for comment from the rule its Javanese contributor says was intended. The April draft lets U+A9B4 follow U+A9BA or U+A9BC; the correction substitutes U+A9BB for U+A9BC. ICANN’s 24 August summary records the change and promises…
Europe and Middle East Institutional
Nexans qualifies 525kV HVDC repair system for 3,000m
Nexans has qualified a 525kV HVDC cable and repair joint for 3,000-metre depths on the planned Crete-Cyprus interconnector.
North America Cloud Services Trends
Guidewire's US$5.9m Services Allocation Does Not Change ARR
Guidewire placed US$5.9 million of recurring licence-and-support or subscription contract value in services revenue during the first nine months of fiscal 2026. Its ARR calculation did not follow that allocation. The distinction is neither an error nor an extra pot of revenue…
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The Alarm Changed State. The Cause Still Had to Be Found: RFC 9940 and the Evidence Boundary
An alert can be prompt, honest and operationally useful without being a verdict. RFC 9940 gives network teams a vocabulary for that restraint: a measurement, an event, a fault, a problem, a suspected cause and a decision are related, but they are not interchangeable.
Europe and Middle East Institutional
Subsea Cable Assets launches carousel rental service
The new service gives subsea contractors temporary access to 4,000- and 6,000-tonne cable carousels, with a first European contract already secured.
North America Datacenter Trends
Alberta NDP seeks pause on AI data-centre approvals
Alberta’s NDP wants new AI data-centre approvals paused until the province sets broader rules for assessing project impacts.
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The DNS ID Was Zero. The Cache Still Needed a Clock: RFC 9953 and DoC Evidence
A cache can make a constrained network quieter without becoming the authority that decided what the answer means. RFC 9953 makes that line unusually precise: it lets equivalent DNS-over-CoAP requests share a representation, then requires a separate clock before anyone may rely on…
North America Datacenter Trends
Sault Ste. Marie moves to pause data centres above 50MW
Council has ordered a bylaw for 21 September that would pause applications above 50MW while the city writes rules for large data centres.
Global Datacenter Trends
Supermicro's US$2.612bn RPO Mirrors Deferred Revenue; Short-Term Backlog Is Excluded
A US$943.4 million increase in non-refundable product advances helped push Super Micro Computer's contract liabilities to US$2.612 billion. The disclosed remaining performance obligations landed on the same rounded figure, but the RPO disclosure still omits contracts originally…
ICANN
ICANN’s Sponsorship RFP Pairs Screening With an Up-to-Twofold Goal
ICANN is seeking one agency to find sponsors, screen them, sell packages, execute contracts and report the resulting funding. The same request asks for opportunities to reach up to twice the current sponsorship baseline. That combination is not evidence of capture, and ICANN…
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The Token Named the Chip. It Did Not Decide the Door: RFC 9783 and PSA Attestation Authority
A signed attestation token can arrive at a policy boundary looking more decisive than it is. Its nonce matches the challenge. Its client identifier is familiar. It describes an instance, an implementation, a lifecycle state and the software components in the measured PSA scope. A…
Story
ARIN’s Caribbean IPv6 Ranking Needs a Source-Coverage Receipt
The new Caribbean table is useful precisely because it avoids pretending to be a verdict on every network. Its next improvement is equally modest: show which available measurement sources made each jurisdictional average.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Getty Says It Can Pay. A 30-Day Interest Grace Period Is the Plan
Getty Images has put a clock on a financing decision without saying that it lacks the money to settle it. The company intends to use contractual 30-day grace periods for two interest payments due on 1 September, says it has sufficient cash to pay, and has hired Guggenheim to…
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The Contact Lost Its UID. It Did Not Lose Its Boundaries: RFC 9982 and Record Identity Authority
A contact card without a globally convenient identifier can make a synchronization team uncomfortable. The usual reflex is to manufacture one: a string is easy to add, relational tables prefer stable keys, and downstream software wants a value to point at. RFC 9982 takes a more…
ICANN
ICANN Replaced GNSO Charter Review Clocks With Negotiated Timelines
ICANN’s updated process for amending GNSO Stakeholder Group and Constituency charters is now in force. It adds earlier contact with ICANN org, templates and room for deeper review. It also removes the old process’s public 10-business-day and 30-calendar-day clocks and its…
Global Institutional Trends
ScanSource Booked US$161m of Recurring Revenue—and 33.7% of Gross Profit
ScanSource put three figures into its fiscal-2026 record: US$2.88 billion billed by Intelisys suppliers to end users, US$161.209 million of recurring revenue recognised by the company, and 33.7% of total gross profit attributed to recurring revenue. They look like successive…