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North America Cloud Services Trends
TikTok signs long-awaited deal to divest U.S. unit to American investors
TikTok signs U.S. divestiture deal with American investors including Oracle, aiming to satisfy national security concerns and avoid a ban.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Quantum computing poses a dual challenge to Asia’s financial sector
Asia’s banks and payment networks face a quantum challenge: strong potential benefits but significant cryptographic vulnerabilities.

Global Cloud Services Trends
SmartDial Pty Ltd: AI-driven calling enhances business outreach
Australian company SmartDial delivers AI calling, automated outreach and smart dialer features for business communication and engagement.

Companies
Election delays threaten Africa’s internet growth
AFRINIC’s governance delays and annulled elections slow IP allocation and weaken trust in Africa’s internet growth.

Companies
Top risks to watch in the next AFRINIC election and how to mitigate them
AFRINIC's next election depends on receiver authority, member eligibility, proxy controls, voting constraints, visible results, and dispute channels.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
Africa’s digital future at risk: How Smart Africa may be deepening tech dependency
As Smart Africa expands its role, concerns grow that Africa’s internet governance is trading autonomy for coordination.

Africa Cloud Services Trends
Smart Africa under scrutiny: Vision without governance
Africa’s digital vision clashes with governance failure as AFRINIC collapses and ICANN expands its influence.

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Planzer boosts logistics efficiency with Huawei network solutions
Swiss logistics firm Planzer boosts efficiency with Huawei network solutions for faster, reliable operations across Europe.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
India forecasts 1B 5G subscribers by 2030
India says it expects 1 billion 5G subscribers by 2030 as networks expand nationwide and demand for high-speed mobile grows.

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Liberty Global sells UPC Slovakia in regional telecom shift
Liberty Global sells UPC Slovakia to e& PPF Telecom Group for €95m, signalling continued telecom consolidation in Central Europe.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Saudi Telecom Company and Humain target 1GW data centre build-out amid Kingdom’s digital push
STC signs MoU with Humain to explore up to 1GW of data centre capacity as Saudi Arabia accelerates its digital infrastructure ambitions.

Global Regional ISP Trends
Tampnet deploys real-time fibre sensing to protect subsea cables
Advanced sensing tech allows Tampnet to monitor subsea fibre conditions constantly, enhancing network resilience and proactive maintenance.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
HTS Solutions India and the Cloud Autonomy Dilemma in a global tech landscape
HTS Solutions India offers cloud and hosting services, raising regional autonomy questions amid reliance on global digital systems.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
HT media’s digital expansion: A media giant navigates autonomy and global influence
India’s HT Media expands digital reach across news, jobs and entertainment, spotlighting challenges in regional digital autonomy.

Asia-Pacific Regional ISP Trends
Smart Telecom competes in Pakistan’s telecom sector
Smart Telecom offers broadband, fibre connectivity and hosted PBX solutions in Pakistan, competing with major telecom providers.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Why CAIGA’s expansion is drawing international criticism
International criticism of CAIGA is mounting as experts warn it risks political capture and undermines global internet governance norms.

Global Cloud Services Trends
CAIGA’s failure to address data exploitation in Africa
CAIGA has failed to address data exploitation in Africa, raising concerns over digital sovereignty and institutional overreach.

Global Regional ISP Trends
Medusa subsea cable lands in Nador, highlighting connectivity gains and autonomy concerns
The Medusa subsea cable landing in Nador expands Mediterranean connectivity while highlighting debates on regional digital governance.

Global Cloud Services Trends
ABB expands data centre monitoring through IPEC acquisition
ABB acquires IPEC to strengthen monitoring and analytics capabilities for data centres and industrial infrastructure worldwide.

Global Cloud Services Trends
Amazon and OpenAI in talks over potential $10bn investment
Amazon is in talks to invest about $10bn in OpenAI, a potential major AI funding move amid IPO plans and industry competition.
