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Europe and Middle East Institutional Trends
OpenAI to offer UK data residency in new government partnership
OpenAI's UK data residency announcement is a public-sector adoption and control event, not just a product-region update. OpenAI said on 22 October 2025 that it had a new Ministry of Justice agreement and would introduce UK data residency on 24 October for eligible API Platform…
Asia-Pacific Regional ISP
AWS Myanmar: Myanmar ISP and network operator
AWS Myanmar delivers internet services via IPv4 and IPv6 infrastructure in Yangon and Mandalay, serving both enterprise and consumer clients.
Asia-Pacific Institutional Trends
Intel signals return to AI race with new chip to launch next year
Intel announces Crescent Island chip, targeting AI market with focus on energy efficiency and performance.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Ofcom's 4chan fines test the Online Safety Act's reach over offshore forums
Ofcom's 13 October 2025 penalty against 4chan Community Support LLC was an information-power case before it became a wider content-safety case. The UK regulator imposed a GBP 20,000 fixed penalty after 4chan failed to answer two statutory information notices seeking its…
Africa Regional ISP Trends
Infinity Connect Ltd brings full connectivity solutions to South Africa
Infinity Connect (Pty) Ltd is a South African ISP in Krugersdorp that offers uncapped fibre, LTE wireless and VoIP services.
Africa Cloud Services Trends
Intellicomms Ltd: Powering business IT and networkin South Africa
Intellicomms (Pty) Ltd in Sandton offers managed IT, cloud backup, business fibre, and VoIP services, helping South African stay connected.
Africa Regional ISP Trends
Link Connect powers fibre and wireless internet on South Africa
Link Connect Services (Pty) Ltd is a South Coast South Africa ISP. It runs its own fibre network, offers uncapped broadband plans.
Africa Regional ISP Trends
LINX and Digital Realty expand partnership with new IXP in Ghana
The London Internet Exchange teams up with Digital Realty to introduce a new interconnection hub, boosting connectivity in West Africa.
Global Regional ISP Trends
Verizon acquires Starry to boost fixed wireless broadband
Verizon acquires Starry to expand fixed wireless reach in MDUs, aiming to reach more customers via hybrid fibre and mmWave technology.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Denmark and Novo Nordisk owner launch world’s largest quantum venture fund
Copenhagen-based 55 North has raised €134 million in its first close, with backing from Novo Holdings and Denmark’s Export and Investment Fund (EIFO)
Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends
American Tower and AT&T Mexico settle tower-rent dispute
AT&T Mexico and American Tower resolve tower-rent row, with withheld sums repaid and future payments placed in escrow.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Europe's telco CEOs turn consolidation into an investment-security argument
The useful signal is not that European telecom executives repeated a familiar request for consolidation. The shift is that the request is now being packaged as a competitiveness, investment and critical-infrastructure argument at the same moment Brussels is reviewing merger…
North America Datacenter Trends
Ciena acquires Nubis to power AI data centres
In an all-cash transaction worth US$270 million, Ciena is purchasing optical connector specialist Nubis Communications. The action is intended to increase its data center networking capabilities, particularly in light of the growing need for AI workloads. How well the integration…
North America Datacenter Trends
Brazil exempts tech taxes to attract $377 billion data centre investment
Brazil waives taxes like PIS, Cofins and IPI on data centre equipment to attract US $377 billion in investment over next decade.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Gartner's $1.5T 2025 AI forecast turns spend into capacity risk
Gartner's 2025 AI spending forecast is a dated market-signal event about infrastructure capacity, hardware-heavy spending and the newer 2026 benchmark.
Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends
Nvidia UK AI investment to boost data centres
Nvidia UK AI investment drives data centres growth and sovereign infrastructure.
Companies
AusNOG 2025: Automation, BGP and quantum cryptography
AusNOG meeting explored network management trends, submarine cable geopolitics, and the future of cryptography.
North America Cloud Services Trends
Oracle's UK sovereign-cloud AI push turns investment into a public-sector control test
Oracle's UK sovereign-cloud AI push is a capacity and control event, not just a vendor investment headline. Oracle announced in March 2025 that it planned to invest US$5 billion over five years to expand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure in the UK, then said in September 2025 that it…
Global Regional ISP
Diplomat Communications: Emerging ISP in Mpumalanga
Diplomat Communications (PTY) Ltd is a South African internet service provider operating out of Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.
Africa Regional ISP Trends
BET: Building Africa’s betting tech backbone amid regulatory shifts
BET Software (Pty) Ltd develops betting platforms such as SyX, serving markets across South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa.