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Global Cloud Services
Hostline UAB: Lithuanian hosting firm faces competitive pressures as global players expand
Lithuanian host Hostline UAB offers dedicated and cloud server services but faces strong competition from global cloud providers.
North America Institutional
Hosterion and the challenge to regional digital autonomy
Hosterion’s acquisition underscores challenges to regional digital autonomy as hosting markets consolidate under larger foreign entities.
Companies
O2 expands 5G Standalone but still struggles to monetise it
O2 extends its 5G SA network in the UK yet offers no specific paid services, reflecting wider challenges with monetising 5G deployments.
Leaders
CAIGA’s arrival: A threat to Africa’s multistakeholder governance
CAIGA’s emergence raises urgent questions about its impact on Africa’s multistakeholder internet governance.
Companies
T-Mobile leans on fixed wireless as its broadband backbone
T-Mobile’s fixed wireless strategy accelerates broadband rollout, but concerns remain over congestion, speed consistency and long-term viability.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
Hong Kong Gigalink Network Limited — a small Hong Kong ICT player under the radar
Hong Kong Gigalink Network is a live-registered ICT company set up in 2018 — but minimal public data highlights transparency gaps in regional digital governance.
Asia-Pacific Regional ISP
Sky Broadband: Nepal’s emerging ISP in a competitive market
Sky Broadband offers FTTH broadband services with affordable pricing, serving Nepal’s growing digital demand with strong customer support.
Africa Institutional
What role will regional internet communities play in CAIGA
Concerns grow that CAIGA may replace community-led processes with political control, threatening Africa’s internet autonomy and stability.
Companies
Huawei-BBI build 800G all-optical backbone in South Africa
What happened: A nationwide all-optical backbone project South Africa’s national broadband infrastructure firm Broadband Infraco (BBI) has partnered with Huawei to deploy an “intelligent all-optical backbone network” using 800-gigabit-per-wavelength (800G) optical transport. The…
Companies
UK sets new rules for satellite direct-to-cell services
Ofcom finalises rules for satellite direct-to-cell services as the UK seeks to expand connectivity, despite doubts over “world-first” claims.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
iWHOST: Malaysia’s versatile web-hosting provider
iWHOST provides web hosting, VPS and dedicated servers in Malaysia, offering 99.9% uptime, domain services and 24/7 customer support.
Africa Institutional
Honeywell: Shaping the future with tech and sustainability
Africa’s internet governance crisis after AFRINIC’s collapse demands a transparent, sovereignty-focused reset — not reliance on external organisations.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services
US allows Nvidia H200 chips to be exported to China
The US green-lights export of Nvidia H200 AI chips to China, ending a ban but reigniting export-control debate.
North America Cloud Services
EU presses ahead with broad crackdown on big tech firms
After fining X €120 million, the EU widens its big tech investigations as regulators enforce fresh digital-market laws.
Global Cloud Services
Apple issues cyber-threat alerts to users in 84 countries
Apple sends new cyber-threat alerts to users in 84 countries, warning of potential state-backed hacking attempts.
Companies
BT unveils ‘sovereign’ data platform to bolster UK’s data security and AI readiness
What happened: BT launches UK-only data platform for public and private sectors On 4 December 2025, BT announced the launch of a sovereign data platform for its public-sector and business clients in the UK. Under the new offering, data will be stored and processed domestically…
CASE FILE
AT&T ditches DEI: Telecom giant ends diversity, equity and inclusion programmes to win regulatory approval
What happened: AT&T ends all DEI initiatives to win approval for $1.02B spectrum deal In a letter to the FCC, AT&T confirmed that it has committed to terminating all diversity, equity and inclusion programmes as part of its efforts to secure regulatory approval for a $1.02…
Companies
Deutsche Telekom and Schwarz Group in advanced talks to build joint ‘AI gigafactory’ data centre
What happened: EU-backed project could boost Europe’s AI capacity German newspaper Handelsblatt reports that Deutsche Telekom and the Schwarz Group are in advanced negotiations to jointly build a mega data centre, often referred to as an “AI gigafactory.” The aim is to apply for…
Companies
Cisco and Asiacell join forces to bring AI-driven network assurance to Iraq
What happened: AI-powered network transformation across Iraq Asiacell, Iraq’s leading mobile network operator, announced it will implement Cisco’s AI-driven Provider Connectivity Assurance (PCA) across its entire network. The new platform will continuously monitor network…
Africa Institutional
CAIGA is a ‘quiet coup’ according to African internet community
By layering political control over the existing technical registry model, CAIGA risks undermining the independence and operational stability of regional internet governance.