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North America Cloud Services
EXA completes Aqua Comms subsea network acquisition
EXA finalises purchase of Ireland-based Aqua Comms cables, bolstering its global infrastructure footprint and low-latency connectivity.
Europe and Middle East Institutional
UK turns to Google for public sector AI delivery
The UK government is working with Google to deploy AI across public services, raising questions about governance and reliance on big tech.
Global Cloud Services
Why IPv4 could be worth $60 trillion: Evaluating the debate over digital asset value
IPv4 addresses are scarce and active in secondary markets, prompting debate over claims they could be worth as much as $60 trillion
Global Institutional
IPv4: The digital real estate of the 21st century
IPv4 addresses have become scarce digital assets with rising market value due to limited supply, slow IPv6 adoption and secondary trading.
Global Institutional
Understanding reality layers and symbolic power: Why clarity can feel threatening
Lu Heng highlights how conflating symbolic legitimacy with enforceable authority fuels resistance to clarity in critical systems.
Global Cloud Services
Sneaker Server: Niche hosting for high-performance bot operations
Sneaker Server’s global hosting delivers low-latency servers tailored for automated retail bots and time-critical online purchasing.
Africa Cloud Services
Starlink to lower satellite orbits in 2026 to enhance space safety
Starlink plans to lower thousands of satellites to about 480 km in 2026 to improve space safety and reduce collision risk.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
China’s Biren raises $717M in Hong Kong AI chip IPO
Chinese AI chip designer Biren completes a $717m Hong Kong listing, highlighting strong interest in domestic semiconductor innovation.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
India’s broadband subscriber base surpasses 1B, Marking decade of digital expansion
India’s broadband subscriber base crossed 1 billion in November 2025, reflecting rapid expansion of digital connectivity nationwide.
Global Cloud Services
How IP leasing quietly reshapes the economics of the Internet
IPv4 leasing is not innovation but adaptation, revealing how scarcity reshapes incentives in the Internet’s core systems.
Africa Institutional
Bottom-up power is essential in ICP-2 revision, insists Lu Heng
Lu Heng explains why ICP-2 revision must preserve bottom-up governance to ensure RIR accountability and resist centralised control.
Global Cloud Services
Recruiting challenges and regional autonomy: How external forces shape i7 LLC’s strategic role
As labour markets globalise, i7 LLC highlights the pressure on regional autonomy and the growing case for reform in recruitment systems.
Asia-Pacific Institutional
IP is Capital: Why ISPs are missing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
IPv4 scarcity has turned IP addresses into capital assets, yet many ISPs still undervalue them amid policy and IPv6 uncertainty.
Global Institutional
Internet governance debate: Why registries must not become enforcers
A new governance debate highlights concerns that giving registries enforcement powers may threaten neutrality and global internet stability.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services
Rising relocation requests in Israel’s tech sector raise questions about long-term stability
Over 50% of multinationals in Israel see increased employee relocation interest, raising questions about the future of its tech leadership.
Asia-Pacific Institutional
Portability of internet number resources: Why ICP-2 revision must guarantee mobility
Lu Heng outlines why mandatory portability of number resources in the ICP-2 revision is essential for resilience and network autonomy.
North America National Telecom
Telefónica tech sells its Colombia, Mexico and Chile units in Latin America restructuring
Telefónica Tech sells its Colombia, Mexico and Chile businesses to Hiberus amid a wider strategy to reshape its Latin American presence.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter
AI Data centres fuel return of obsolete ‘Peaker’ power plants in the United States
Surging AI data centre demand is keeping old US peaker power plants running, complicating grid planning and raising pollution concerns.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom
Vodafone Ireland told to repay customers over roaming charges
Vodafone Ireland must refund nearly €0.9m after regulators found customers were wrongly charged roaming fees.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
Kaopu Cloud and the quiet erosion of regional digital autonomy
Kaopu Cloud’s global edge network shows how external tech forces can undermine regional autonomy and why local reform efforts matter.