UK govt earmarks £210m to fortify its cyber defences
Today, the UK government has unveiled a new cybersecurity plan, introducing new measures aimed at making government departments and public services more secure.
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Author: Harry Baldock
Investigation launched after Baltic subsea cable damaged
This weekend, Swedish telecoms giant Arelion has confirmed that its BCS East submarine cable, connecting Latvia and Lithuania, was damaged on Friday.
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India approves $4.6bn in electronics component projects
On Friday, the Indian government announced the approval of projects worth 418.63 billion rupees ($4.64 billion) as part of the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), an initiative aimed at expanding domestic manufacturing and reducing reliance on imports.
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Huawei betting big on telecoms’ Agentic AI revolution
The Chinese tech giant says AI agents will not only help telcos become more efficient, but...
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LMT Group completes strategic pivot, transforming from telco operator to technology company
On December 9th, Latvian mobile innovator LMT Group (also known as LMT) presented the latest newcomer to its product and solutions suite – IoT Shortcut. With this move, LMT Group embraces its new identity as a broad-range innovations and technology company.
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World Communication Award Winners 2025
World Communication Awards Total Telecom is thrilled to unveil the exceptional winners of the 2025...
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Ofcom clears the way for satellite-to-smartphone services
Ofcom has given the green light for mobile network operators to deliver ‘direct-to-device’ (D2D) satellite services to ordinary smartphones, clearing the regulatory pathway for calls, texts and data to be delivered from space across the UK.
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Telco Giant E&’s Music Partner Twist Strengthens Capability with Tuned Global
Twist maintains a strong alliance with E& — one of the largest telecom operators in the Middle East and Africa — offering seamless bundled music experiences to its customer
base while also serving the wider market with hassle-free music access.
Sparkle Strengthens Its Presence in Chile with a New Point of Presence in Santiago
With this third PoP in the city and the fourth in the country, Sparkle further enhances connectivity in Chile and across South America
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Intracom Telecom and Geolinks Demonstrate Multi-Gigabit Performance in Landmark U.S. Trial
Nationwide Licensed Spectrum and FWA Tech Enable WISPs to Deliver Fiber-Like, Interference-Free Connectivity
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NTT DATA Announces Six New AI-Powered Cyber Defense Centers to Strengthen Cyber Resilience and Counter an Evolving Threat Landscape
– Four next-generation autonomous Cyber Defense Centers are now operational in India, with two additional centers planned in the UK in 2025 and the USA in 2026
– Built with Agentic AI for SecOps, GenAI-driven threat orchestration and advanced automation that delivers up to 60% faster investigations and 90% fewer alerts
– Adds capacity for 800+ security analysts to protect global clients 24×7 through unified, AI-driven detection and response
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LG Uplus’s AI voice call app glitch leaks user data
LG Uplus revealed that a temporary technical error earlier this week related to its AI-based voice call application, ixi O, had led to the exposure of private user information.
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No name, no address: New US mobile player Phreeli is looking for anonymous customers
This month saw the commercial launch of Phreeli, a company its founders describe as the world’s first privacy-by-design mobile carrier.
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AT&T drops DEI to get $1bn spectrum deal approved
The FCC has approved AT&T’s $1.02 billion spectrum acquisition from UScellular on the condition that the company terminates its DEI initiatives, amid concerns over industry consolidation and its impact on rural connectivity and competition.
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Vodacom buys $2.1bn stake in Safaricom, gains majority control
The shares, purchased from the Kenyan government and Vodacom’s parent company Vodafone, give it a 55% stake in the business
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“Not just a pipe”: Incognito talks ISP agility and value-added services
Interview At Connected Britain 2025, we caught up with Incognito Software Systems’ Sonya Goodanetz...
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Indian government U-turns on mandatory mobile security app
News Onlookers fear the app could pose a significant threat to user privacy Back in January, the...
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Kyivstar, Google to build sovereign Ukrainian LLM
Kyivstar and Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation have chosen Google’s Gemma model and Google Cloud’s Vertex AI to form the technical backbone of a national large language model (LLM) intended to capture the breadth of Ukrainian dialects, terminology, and history.
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Vodafone Germany challenges Federal Cartel Office in 1&1 case
Vodafone says the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) has not followed key procedural rules in its investigation and has acted with bias
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Macquarie Technology explores JV, capital recycling for $3bn data centre
Earlier this week, Macquarie Technology Group revealed to investors that it was exploring funding options for a new 150MW data centre campus project, aiming to meet the expected boom in demand for AI and cloud computing.
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