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CAIGA’s failure to address data exploitation in Africa
CAIGA has failed to address data exploitation in Africa, raising concerns over digital sovereignty and institutional overreach.
Global Regional ISP Trends
Medusa subsea cable lands in Nador, highlighting connectivity gains and autonomy concerns
The Medusa subsea cable landing in Nador expands Mediterranean connectivity while highlighting debates on regional digital governance.
Global Cloud Services Trends
ABB expands data centre monitoring through IPEC acquisition
ABB acquires IPEC to strengthen monitoring and analytics capabilities for data centres and industrial infrastructure worldwide.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Amazon and OpenAI in talks over potential $10bn investment
Amazon is in talks to invest about $10bn in OpenAI, a potential major AI funding move amid IPO plans and industry competition.
Global National Telecom Trends
Australian operators face A$7.3B spectrum payment burden
Telstra, Optus and others must pay A$7.3 billion for mid-band and 5G spectrum, a major cost as network upgrades accelerate.
Global Cloud Services Trends
HRS enterprise highlights the tension between global travel tech and regional autonomy
HRS Enterprise offers corporate travel technology, but highlights risks of reliance on global platforms over regional autonomy.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Smart Artist Internet strengthens Australian web hosting
Australian hosting provider Smart Artist offers web hosting, domains, and SSL certificates with daily backups and 24/7 customer support.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Hotline IT Pty Ltd and the struggle for regional tech autonomy
Australian IT provider Hotline IT offers tailored services while highlighting broader issues of external control over digital infrastructure.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Hostnet Security Sdn Bhd and Malaysia’s push for digital autonomy
Hostnet Security Sdn Bhd supports Malaysia’s digital sovereignty with local hosting and security amid growing external pressures.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Infineon and Lenovo intensify push into autonomous driving compute platforms
Infineon and Lenovo expand collaboration to integrate AURIX microcontrollers into vehicle compute for autonomous driving platforms.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Macquarie Technology names new director as growth ramps up
Macquarie Technology Group names Luke Clifton as director to support growth across telecom, cloud, cyber and data centre operations.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Skytap: Enabling legacy workloads in the public cloud
Skytap delivers hybrid cloud and cloud services to help enterprises run traditional and modern workloads in public cloud environments.
Global Regional ISP Trends
Balkan Digital Gateway wins €24M boost for connectivity
A €24 million investment backs the Balkan Digital Gateway to upgrade fibre-optic backbone across the Western Balkans.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Gujarat signs MoU with Henox IT for proposed cable landing station
Gujarat inks Rs 1,317 crore deal with Henox IT for a cable landing station aimed at boosting digital infrastructure.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Why CAIGA’s governance efforts struggle with enforcement
CAIGA’s AI ambitions expose deeper governance weaknesses, with enforcement gaps echoing AFRINIC’s long-running failures.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Regulatory unity or political capture? The real agenda behind CAIGA
CAIGA risks weakening technical independence and replacing diverse African regulations with politically shaped, centralised frameworks.
Global Cloud Services Trends
U Mobile expands 5G indoors with major IGB property coverage deal
U Mobile and IGB expand next-gen 5G inside malls, offices and hotels, offering multicarrier access while debating deployment value.
Global Cloud Services Trends
AI and data-centre boom exposes five key debt hotspots
AI-driven data-centre growth has sparked heavy borrowing across five global regions, prompting analysts to warn of rising credit risks.
Global National Telecom Trends
Samsung and KT validate AI-RAN on commercial networks, boosting 6G prospects
Samsung and KT show AI RAN can enhance user connectivity, though broader commercial adoption still faces technical and strategic hurdles.
Global Cloud Services Trends
Broadcom lifts outlook as AI chip demand accelerates
Broadcom forecasts strong quarterly revenue as demand for AI chips and networking hardware continues to surge.