Nokia looks to boost US optical module supply with USD 30 mln ATP investment
GLOBAL 10:45

Nokia looks to boost US optical module supply with USD 30 mln ATP investment

Nokia announced plans for a USD 30 million expansion at its advanced semiconductor testing and packaging (ATP) facility in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Nokia says the Allentown facility is one of a few US ATP facilities equipped for testing and packaging of photonic chips, a key component in optical transport modules used in telecoms and AI data infrastructure.

Beyon's Total CX hosts workshop on future of enterprise customer engagement
BAHRAIN 10:43

Beyon's Total CX hosts workshop on future of enterprise customer engagement

Beyon Group member Total CX has hosted an executive workshop titled 'The Next Era of Experience - Powered by AI, Designed for People' alongside Batelco's Beyon Enterprise team. It brought together enterprise leaders and technology experts to explore the way that artificial intelligence is transforming customer service. It highlighted the growing role of AI-powered customer engagement platforms, autonomous AI agents, and voice intelligence in delivering personalised, efficient and intelligent customer experi

Ethio Telecom meets with Afreximbank
ETHIOPIA 10:42

Ethio Telecom meets with Afreximbank

Ethio Telecom and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have begun talks on a strategic financing partnership to expand Ethiopia's digital infrastructure and accelerate its digital transformation. Ethio Telecom hosted senior Afreximbank executives in Addis Ababa, formally welcoming the bank's newly appointed regional director and head of mission for East Africa, Humphrey Nwugo. During the high-level meeting, the operator detailed its growth, market leadership, and shifting landscape into digital serv

MTS adds audio recording file sharing to MTS Optimus service
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 10:36

MTS adds audio recording file sharing to MTS Optimus service

Russian operator MTS has announced an upgrade to its MTS Optimus service based on its Voicetech and Exolve technologies. It has added a function to exchange audio recordings, summaries and call transcripts. The service enables users to see the entire history of communication with a customer on a single screen. 

Ghana's MobileMoney Fintech approves quarterly dividend
GHANA 10:35

Ghana's MobileMoney Fintech approves quarterly dividend

Ghana's MobileMoney Fintech (MMFL) shareholders have officially approved a first-quarter dividend of GHS 0.03 per share for 2026, following the company's legal separation from MTN Ghana. The payout follows strong financial results and MMFL's transition into an independent corporate entity.

Seasoned Verizon VP to chair LF Networking board, Qualcomm's Knisley appointed vice-chair
GLOBAL 10:32

Seasoned Verizon VP to chair LF Networking board, Qualcomm's Knisley appointed vice-chair

Verizon has secured the chairperson position on the governing board at Linux Foundation's Networking division. The position has been offered to Praveen Atreya, Verizon vice president for tech development and network planning, with Qualcomm's senior director for technical standards, Douglas Knisely, appointed vice-chair.

Alibaba Cloud to bring agentic AI services to Europe as new cloud region opens in France
EUROPE 10:29

Alibaba Cloud to bring agentic AI services to Europe as new cloud region opens in France

Alibaba Cloud announced that several agentic AI services will become available to its European customers by the end of the year, saying that this development supports its broader strategy of building a full-stack 'AI+Cloud' ecosystem for the agentic era. The services coming to Europe include AgentRun, Starops, ACS Agent Sandbox, Agent Security Center, AI Security Guardrails 2.0, and Agentic SOC. Meanwhile, customers in France can now benefit from a dedicated cloud region featuring two availability zones.

Fonecta starts applying user feedback to improve information on unknown numbers
FINLAND 10:16

Fonecta starts applying user feedback to improve information on unknown numbers

Finnish caller identification service provider Fonecta said its product Fonecta Caller has started applying user feedback to identify unknown numbers. This improves warnings and information about potential telemarketers, scams calls, and public service numbers. Since April, Fonecta Caller users have provided 60,000 items of information about unknown callers, meaning numbers that lack details of the name of the caller.

Peru to block a further 360K 'high-risk' handsets in June
PERU 10:10

Peru to block a further 360K 'high-risk' handsets in June

Peru's telecommunications services regulator Osiptel has announced that it will block another 360,000 devices in June as part of its campaign against the use of stolen or illegal handsets linked to criminal activities. The latest initiative will be carried out in three stages of 120,000 devices each on 16, 23 and 30 June.

Telia Norway offers face-to-face help for senior customers in its shops
NORWAY 09:51

Telia Norway offers face-to-face help for senior customers in its shops

Telia Norway said it has begun offering free in-store assistance for customers over the age of 67 to help senior subscribers to use their mobile phones and digital services safely. The operator said it can be difficult for elderly people in particular to keep track of ways to avoid phone scams, how to transfer contacts and content from old to new phones, and how to create strong passwords. John Sebastian Schmidt Sloerdahl, head of the private mobile market, said many seniors appreciate being able to come to

Equinix procures Cisco's Secure AI Factory with Nvidia to strengthen global data infrastructure
GLOBAL 09:47

Equinix procures Cisco's Secure AI Factory with Nvidia to strengthen global data infrastructure

​Equinix is expanding its alliance with Cisco and Nvidia to deploy the Secure AI Factory with Nvidia reference architecture in its global data centre portfolio. The agreement is expected to bolster Equinix's ability to implement AI factory blueprints, built on a standardised foundation and automated workflows to simplify deployment. In light of the deal, Equinix will allow its customers to deploy Cisco Secure AI Factory across its global network of performance-grade data centres.

Zain Jordan partners with BeIN for World Cup internet offer
JORDAN 09:46

Zain Jordan partners with BeIN for World Cup internet offer

Zain Jordan has partnered with BeIN Media Group to offer Fifa World Cup streaming packages for its 5G and fibre home internet customers. The new packages are designed to allow fans to watch the football through the BeIN Stream service. As the exclusive telecom sponsor of Al-Nashama, Zain launched this initiative to ensure Jordanian fans can experience every moment of the national team's first World Cup appearance. Subscribers under this offer will receive a BeIN Stream device equipped with an active subscri

EGYPT 09:43

Egypt signs USD 400 mln data centre deal with Hassan Allam

The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has signed a licensing agreement with Hassan Allam Digital Infrastructure to develop and operate a data centre in Egypt. The company will invest approximately USD 400 million in the initial phase to construct a data centre built to global standards. To meet the rising demand for data hosting and cloud computing services, the company plans to scale capacity in the coming years. 

SPAIN 09:40

Imdea Networks joins EU project to build privacy-focused 6G systems

A European research project led by Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and including Madrid-based research institute Imdea Networks is developing a security and privacy architecture for 6G mobile networks that will treat communications and environmental sensing as integrated capabilities. The PAISES-6G project brings together 18 organisations from nine countries and aims to embed AI, post-quantum cryptography and privacy-preserving techniques into 6G from the outset rather than adding protections later.

GLOBAL 09:39

Microsoft updates Surface laptops with Snapdragon X2

Microsoft has updated its Surface laptops for the mass market, with new chips from Qualcomm and higher prices. The new Surface Laptop in 13.8- and 15-inch versions starts at USD 1,600, while the 13-inch Surface Pro which doubles up as a tablet begins at USD 1,500. Both run the Snapdragon X2 processor, which is designed to deliver faster graphics and longer battery life (up to 20 hours) compared to the previous generation. 

IRAQ 09:24

Asiacell deploys IPv6 dual stack

Iraqi operator Asiacell said it has successfully deployed IPv6 Dual Stack technology, becoming the first telecom operator in Iraq to do so. The deployment was completed under the supervision and sponsorship of the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission (CMC).

GLOBAL 09:22

HPE accelerates Juniper AIOps integration, launches unified SASE offering

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is ramping up efforts to integrate the Juniper Networking portfolio with its data centre networking fabric, targeting market share in AI factories, data centres and the enterprise edge. The integration of Juniper Networking switching and AIOps functionality with HPE's AI Data Center Solutions line-up is expected to yield a full-stack infrastructure playbook, drawing on AI and agentic optimisation to accelerate deployment and boost performance.

EUROPE 09:21

European adolescents spend average of 4.5 hours online on schooldays

A new Eurobarometer survey published on the occasion of the final meeting of the Special Panel on child safety online shows a connection between social media use and wellbeing. The panel will present recommendations to President Ursula von der Leyen on 13 July for improving the EU's framework for protecting minors online. The survey found that on average, young people across Europe spend 4.5 hours online during a school day and 6.1 hours a day at weekends. Fourteen percent of adolescents say them spending o

FRANCE 09:20

Orange presents projects with French Tech start-ups at VivaTech

Orange will use its presence at this year's VivaTech exhibition to showcase tangible results from the commitments made by group CEO Christel Heydemann to the French Tech scheme, under which the French government has been promoting digital start-ups for over a decade. Heydemann has been championing one of the scheme's support programmes since October 2025. This partnership, which links Heydemann to the start-up cohort known as 'French Tech 2030', has already led to successful collaborations with Anozr Way, C

CARIBBEAN 09:04

Flow activates Jamaica's first commercial 5G network

Flow Jamaica (Liberty Latin America) has officially launched commercial 5G services, the first operator in the country to do so. The network is available in Kingston, Portmore, Spanish Town, May Pen and the North Coast, covering around 70 percent of the population, with additional communities including Mandeville, Santa Cruz, Black River, Savanna-la-Mar, Bull Bay and Morant Bay set to be added in the coming weeks.

GLOBAL 08:56

Meta announces Threads updates as user base reaches 500 mln monthly

Meta said its Threads social network has reached 500 million monthly active users and that it is gradually moving "Communities" out of beta mode. It has also announced new features in response to customer feedback, such as custom icons and expanded "Champion recognition". A personal setting called "Your Algo" lets users control what appears in their feed, and builds on the "Dear Algo" feature that came out in February.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION 08:39

T2 moves charging to Basis cloud platform

Russian mobile operator T2, a subsidiary of Rostelecom, in cooperation with the company Basis, has launched a locally hosted telecommunications cloud, reports Forbes.ru. The PCFR (Policy and Charging Rules Function) works on the basis of the virtualisation platform Basis Dynamix at T2. By the end of this year, Basis will launch the infrastructure in ten additional data centres for the operator.

BELGIUM 08:37

Eurofiber announces death of CFO Tollenaar

Edze Tollenaar, the CFO of the Eurofiber Group, has passed away at the age of 60, the company's board announced. He was finance director at the operator since mid-2016 and previously held finance roles at Liberty Global and UPC Netherlands. In a tribute posted on its website, the company said Tollenaar had a "a huge heart and an amazing mind", with the executive "instrumental in the development and success of our company".

ITALY 08:31

TIM gives away 4 free months of Giga & Music in summer promo

Telecom Italia (TIM) has launched a summer-themed offer in which customers can activate its TIM Giga&Music option at no extra charge, reports Mondo Mobile Web. Under the promo, customers will be able to use TIM Giga&Music with Apple Music and 20GB of bonus data a month at 5G Ultra speeds for a four-month period.

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