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Within the Time Horizon facet, Multi-year time-horizon intelligence organises articles by the period over which a signal is expected to matter. The page helps readers distinguish immediate operational changes from longer-cycle governance, investment, standards, and infrastructure shifts that may unfold across quarters or years. It connects timing assumptions with public evidence, related actors, market context, customer exposure, policy pressure, and infrastructure planning so readers can judge whether a development is urgent, strategic, or still waiting on confirming evidence. The page also explains how time horizon changes the meaning of a signal, which organisations may be exposed, and which infrastructure decisions require short-term action or long-cycle monitoring.

How Lito Ibarra Connected El Salvador and Shaped Global Governance

History

How Lito Ibarra Connected El Salvador and Shaped Global Governance

Lito Ibarra’s story reveals how the internet was built from scratch and why its governance now struggles at global scale

Apr 3, 2026
A European supercomputer hall beside an abstract 6G radio research desk, representing Ericsson and Forschungszentrum Jülich research collaboration

Europe and Middle East Cloud Services Trends

Ericsson and Jülich put JUPITER to work on AI for 5G and 6G

Ericsson and Forschungszentrum Jülich plan to use Europe’s JUPITER exascale system to design and test AI for 5G evolution and future 6G networks.

Mar 26, 2026
Ericsson and SK Telecom put AI-RAN validation before 6G launch claims

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

Ericsson and SK Telecom put AI-RAN validation before 6G launch claims

The five-year MoU links AI-RAN, 5G evolution and 6G research, but discloses no trial result, purchase commitment or commercial launch.

Mar 21, 2026
AI-generated editorial portrait of Geoff Huston based on a public profile photo

People

Geoff Huston

Geoff Huston reflects on how open protocols scaled the internet—and why centralisation and AI now pose systemic risks.

Mar 10, 2026
Futuristic wireless lab with radio prototypes, antenna chamber panels and blue signal arcs representing Ericsson and Qualcomm 6G prototype work.

Global Cloud Services Trends

Ericsson and Qualcomm turn 6G lab proof into a commercialization test

Ericsson and Qualcomm's 6G announcement matters because it moves a future-network story from aspiration into prototype evidence. The companies said they had aligned on core 6G radio concepts and validated them in joint lab work, then tied the results to MWC 2026 demonstrations…

Mar 4, 2026
Brian Carpenter: Today’s internet no longer recognizable

History

Brian Carpenter: Today’s internet no longer recognizable

Internet pioneer Brian Carpenter reflects on early collaboration, governance lessons and today’s struggle for regional autonomy online.

Jan 28, 2026
Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic forge landmark AI partnership

North America Cloud Services Trends

Microsoft, Nvidia and Anthropic forge landmark AI partnership

The Microsoft-NVIDIA-Anthropic partnership matters because it ties model access, cloud capacity, accelerator architecture and capital into one public announcement. Anthropic committed to purchase $30 billion of Microsoft Azure compute capacity and to contract additional capacity…

Nov 26, 2025
AI-generated editorial portrait of Ermanno Pietrosemoli based on a public profile photo

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Ermanno Pietrosemoli

Ermanno Pietrosemoli pioneered Latin America’s Internet, enabling satellite, Wi-Fi, and cross-border connectivity for research.

Nov 14, 2025
AI-generated editorial portrait of Olga Cavalli based on a public profile photo

People

Olga Cavalli

Olga Cavalli reflects on her role in Latin American Internet governance, highlighting key initiatives, challenges, and successes.

Nov 6, 2025
‘Pioneer of African Women in Tech’: Interview with Dorcas Muthoni

History

‘Pioneer of African Women in Tech’: Interview with Dorcas Muthoni

Kenyan innovator Dorcas Muthoni helped bring Internet connectivity to Africa’s universities and empower women in tech.

Nov 3, 2025
Cisco and G42 deepen US-UAE AI partnership

North America Cloud Services Trends

Cisco and G42 deepen US-UAE AI partnership

Cisco and G42's October 2025 expansion is not just another AI partnership announcement. Cisco is taking the networking, security, observability and integration role for a G42-deployed AI cluster using AMD MI350X GPUs inside G42's Regulated Technology Environment. That makes the…

Oct 29, 2025
‘Father of Chile’s Internet’: Interview with Florencio Utreras

History

‘Father of Chile’s Internet’: Interview with Florencio Utreras

Florencio Utreras, “Father of Internet in Chile”, led Chile’s BITNET, built REUNA, and headed Latin America’s RedCLARA.

Oct 24, 2025
A London government technology operations room with secure servers, sealed policy folders and a glowing UK data-location map

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…

Oct 23, 2025
AI-generated editorial portrait of Vint Cerf based on a public profile photo

People

Vint Cerf

A look at the creation of the internet from one of its pioneers, Vint Cerf, detailing the crucial decisions, technological leaps, and moments of disbelief.

Oct 21, 2025
AI-generated editorial portrait of Alan Emtage based on a public profile photo

People

Alan Emtage

Explore Alan Emtage, creator of Archie, the world’s first search engine, transformed global information discovery online.

Oct 17, 2025
ARCEP's African regulatory role is a cooperation channel, not a colonial control story

CASE FILE

ARCEP's African regulatory role is a cooperation channel, not a colonial control story

Arcep France is not an African regulator and it does not control African telecom markets. The evidence-led story is narrower and more useful: Arcep acts as a French regulatory export node inside Francophone regulatory cooperation. Through Fratel, the 2025 Abidjan seminar, the…

Jul 14, 2025
EdgeCore's Virginia campus plan is a power-capacity bet, not a land-price story

North America Datacenter Trends

EdgeCore's Virginia campus plan is a power-capacity bet, not a land-price story

EdgeCore's Virginia announcement is a campus-capacity signal, not a land-price story. The evidence-led claim is that EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure plans to invest $17 billion in a Louisa County data center campus on 697 acquired acres at Shannon Hill Regional Business Park…

Jun 26, 2025
VIAVI and Hanyang turn a 6G MoU into a Seoul lab-validation signal

Asia-Pacific National Telecom Trends

VIAVI and Hanyang turn a 6G MoU into a Seoul lab-validation signal

VIAVI and Hanyang University's June 2025 memorandum of understanding is useful because it links a test-and-assurance vendor to a Seoul research center working on AI-RAN, 5G and 6G validation. The collaboration does not prove a commercial 6G deployment or a national funding award…

Jun 24, 2025
Nokia broadens partnership with Microsoft for Azure datacenter networks

North America Cloud Services Trends

Nokia broadens partnership with Microsoft for Azure datacenter networks

Nokia's November 2024 expansion with Microsoft matters because it puts a named network supplier inside Azure's datacenter growth path for another five years. Nokia will supply datacenter routers and switches, including the 7250 IXR-10e platform and custom top-of-rack management…

Nov 25, 2024
Fingerprint and Oscilar partner on fintech fraud prevention

Global Cloud Services Trends

Fingerprint and Oscilar partner on fintech fraud prevention

Fingerprint and Oscilar's May 2024 announcement matters because it connects two adjacent fraud-control layers for financial apps. Fingerprint supplies device identification and Smart Signals; Oscilar supplies the risk-decisioning workflow where banks, fintechs, and credit unions…

May 6, 2024