Time Horizon
Quarter 30 120d
Within the Time Horizon facet, Quarter 30 120d 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.
Asia-Pacific Regional ISP Trends
Sonic Networks PHL connects Filipino homes and businesses
Sonic Networks offers high-speed fibre broadband and business connectivity in the Philippines, focusing on reliability and customer service.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Three ranked UK’s fastest 5G network in latest speedtest results
Latest Ookla Speedtest data places Three at the top of UK 5G performance, though coverage and real-world speeds vary by area.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
China limits Nvidia chip purchases to “special circumstances”
China restricts Nvidia H200 AI chip purchases to special circumstances, raising concerns over future tech policies and competition.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Apple launches Creator Studio to deepen services push
Apple has launched Creator Studio, a bundled subscription of pro creative apps with AI features to boost services revenue.
Global Institutional Trends
IDT Telecom’s global reach puts pressure on regional control in the connectivity market
As IDT Telecom expands worldwide, critics warn regional markets risk losing influence over pricing, access and digital policy priorities.
Africa Cloud Services
How much is an IPv4 address worth in 2026
How much IPv4 addresses are worth in 2026, with market pricing, leasing dynamics and structural scarcity shaping digital capital value.
Africa Institutional
The long road to IPv4 exhaustion
A factual look at how IPv4 exhaustion unfolded and reshaped internet governance worldwide over three decades.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
UK regulator investigates Elon Musk’s Grok AI over deepfake and sexualised images
UK regulator Ofcom investigates Elon Musk’s Grok AI over alleged creation and sharing of sexualised and illegal deepfake images.
Global Cloud Services Trends
How to value an IPv4 address block for a business audit
How businesses can calculate fair value for IPv4 blocks during audits, covering ownership proof, market pricing, risk and sustainability.
Asia-Pacific Institutional
US removes spyware-linked executives from sanctions list, stoking debate on cybersecurity oversight
US Treasury removes sanctions on three executives tied to spyware consortium Intellexa, prompting debate on policy and oversight.
Companies
Why RIRs don’t have power to enforce internet address policies
RIRs play a key role in IP address allocation but lack enforcement power, raising governance questions amid disputes like the AFRINIC case.
Global Cloud Services Trends
LARUS to exhibit at PTC’26 as global connectivity event returns to Hawaii
Larus will participate in PTC’26, the global connectivity event in Hawai‘i, showcasing their IPv4 solutions and network infrastructure.
Global National Telecom Trends
SoftBank and OpenAI commit $1B to AI infrastructure expansion
SoftBank and OpenAI commit $1bn to SB Energy to accelerate AI data-centre and power infrastructure under the Stargate initiative.
Europe and Middle East Institutional
Trump to seek Musk’s help to restore internet access in Iran
Trump plans to consult Elon Musk on using Starlink to restore Iran’s internet amid widespread protest and government blackout.
Europe and Middle East Regional ISP Trends
Iraq’s DE-CIX-powered internet exchange boosts regional connectivity
IRAQ-IXP growth to nearly 30 networks and rising traffic highlights Iraq’s emergence as a regional digital hub with lower latency access.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
SK Hynix ramps up chip packaging capacity in South Korea
SK Hynix plans a nearly $13 billion chip packaging plant in South Korea to support rising AI memory demand.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Solutia Consulting delivers IT and business transformation
Solutia Consulting provides advisory, delivery and leadership services for enterprise software, cloud and transformation initiatives.
Europe and Middle East Regional ISP Trends
Openreach reports 40 % surge in full-fibre usage as traditional broadband declines
Openreach says full-fibre broadband usage rose 40 % in 2025 as FTTP traffic overtook copper-based services across the UK.
Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends
Telefónica Tech unveils self-sovereign identity tool to anticipate EU Digital ID rules
Telefónica Tech launches a self-sovereign identity tool to help businesses manage verifiable credentials and prepare for Europe.
Companies
FCC revises Verizon phone unlocking rules after fraud issues
The FCC has revised Verizon’s phone unlocking policy to prevent fraud, closing loopholes that allowed criminal misuse and device trafficking.