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VMO2’s AI flags over 1bn scam calls to O2 customers

by Harry Baldock | Mar 9, 2026

Virgin Media O2 has reached a major milestone in its fight against fraudsters, after using AI to successfully label more than 1 billion suspected scam and spam calls to O2 customers.

AI and the digital divide: Technology cannot be allowed to outpace inclusion

by Harry Baldock | Mar 6, 2026

At the Huawei TECH Cares Forum, industry leaders and partners joined to discuss digital inclusion and why embracing AI requires a foundation of digital skills as well as infrastructure.

Putting data in action: Transforming digital shadows into digital twins

by Harry Baldock | Feb 26, 2026

We spoke to Octave’s Director of EMIA, Jean-Francois Allard, to discuss taking digital modelling to the next level

Orange and Samsung expand Open RAN and vRAN partnership

by Harry Baldock | Feb 25, 2026

Following successful pilots during recent years, the companies advance to the next stage for expanding vRAN and Open RAN deployments in 2026

‘Nation building’: Reliance Jio to invest $110bn in AI data centres

by Harry Baldock | Feb 19, 2026

Reliance Industries, owner of India’s biggest telco Reliance Jio, has announced plans to invest $109.8 billion over the next seven years to expand India’s AI data centre footprint.

UK govt celebrates £100m expansion of chip challenger Fractile

by Harry Baldock | Feb 10, 2026

This week, the government has announced that UK-based chip startup Fractile has pledged to invest £100 million in its UK operations over the next three years.

KKR–Singtel consortium near $10bn deal for STT GDC

by Harry Baldock | Feb 2, 2026

This week, media reports suggest that a consortium led by KKR and Singtel is closing in on a deal to acquire ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC).

South Korean memory-makers warn of AI supply chain crunch

by Harry Baldock | Jan 29, 2026

News Despite efforts to expand capacity, semiconductor players are struggling to keep pace with...

Meta and Corning sign $6bn fibre deal to connect data centres

by Harry Baldock | Jan 28, 2026

This week, Meta has announced an up to $6 billion multi-year agreement with glass specialist Corning to build fibre optic cables to connect AI data centres.

Actifai: The built-for-broadband AI you might have missed at Connected Britain 2025

by Harry Baldock | Jan 21, 2026

Contributed Article Used by over 30 North American ISPs, Actifai is bringing its proven,...

CypressTel talks SD-WAN, SASE, and being the gateway to China

by Harry Baldock | Jan 12, 2026

We caught up with CypressTel’s CEO Connee Zhang, Director of Global Business Eva Yu, and Associate Director of Partnership & Business Development Sam Ho to discuss the shifting global telecoms market and the rise of AI

Siemens and NVIDIA pledge to build ‘fully AI-driven, adaptive manufacturing sites’

by Harry Baldock | Jan 8, 2026

Siemens and NVIDIA are broadening their strategic alliance to develop an ‘Industrial AI operating system’, which they aim to make the heart of AI-powered manufacturing

American investment firms bet big on Europe’s data center boom

by Bradford Randall | Jan 8, 2026

American-based investment firm KKR is putting more money into Europe’s data center boom, announcing an additional $1.5 billion equity commitment to Global Technical Realty (GTR), a built-to-suit data center platform it helped launch.

World Communication Award Winners 2025

by Harry Baldock | Dec 10, 2025

World Communication Awards Total Telecom is thrilled to unveil the exceptional winners of the 2025...

LG Uplus’s AI voice call app glitch leaks user data

by Harry Baldock | Dec 8, 2025

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.

BT unveils new ‘sovereign platform’ for enterprise customers

by Total Telecom Staff | Dec 4, 2025

BT has unveiled a new “sovereign platform” designed to give UK businesses and public bodies greater control over their networks, data and emerging services such as cloud-hosted applications and AI.

Macquarie Technology explores JV, capital recycling for $3bn data centre

by Harry Baldock | Nov 27, 2025

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.

Extinction facing telcos that don’t adopt AI transformation

by Harry Baldock | Nov 21, 2025

AI is here to stay. Telecoms need to adapt, says Abhishek Sandhir, the managing director of telecommunications at Sand Technologies

Microsoft launches Project Gecko to produce AI systems in low-resourced languages

by Harry Baldock | Nov 19, 2025

Microsoft has unveiled Project Gecko, a research-driven initiative aimed at producing cheaper, localised generative AI systems for populations under‑represented in current models , starting with smallholder farmers in Kenya and India.