Malta's BMIT achieves Microsoft Support Services designation
MALTA 17:13

Malta's BMIT achieves Microsoft Support Services designation

Maltese IT services provider BMIT Technologies has achieved the Microsoft Support Services designation under the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Programme. The accreditation, which follows a series of third-party audits and technical evaluations by Microsoft engineering teams, enables BMIT to provide high-tier technical support for Microsoft enterprise services.

Rostelecom becomes sole contractor for immigration communications systems
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 12:57

Rostelecom becomes sole contractor for immigration communications systems

The Russian government has designated the national operator Rostelecom as the sole contractor for the procurement of communications services for the state migration and registration system, as well as the production, processing, and control of identity documents, reports Digital Russia. Rostelecom has been a key technology partner of the government in the implementation of federal projects for many years. The company develops the e-government infrastructure and the state e-services website, provides video s

Mavenir, Red Hat launch integrated AI service platform enabling token-based billing
GLOBAL 12:08

Mavenir, Red Hat launch integrated AI service platform enabling token-based billing

Mavenir announced an integrated AI service delivery platform developed with Red Hat, designed to help mobile and FWA carriers monetise token-based billing systems and other consumption methods. The Mavenir Integrated AI Platform encompasses three business playbooks, namely operator-branded AI services targeting end subscribers; AI infrastructure layers used to power operator AI grid deployments; and managed AI services supplied to enterprises on a token-metered basis. Powered by Red Hat AI, the platform bri

Togo launches digital toolkit to boost small businesses with European support
TOGO 09:19

Togo launches digital toolkit to boost small businesses with European support

Agence Togo Digital (ATD) has brought out the Boite a Outils Digitaux des TPME (BoD-TPME) platform to modernise small, medium-sized and micro-enterprises. The digital one-stop shop designed provides immediate access to essential growth tools such as personalised digital maturity assessments, software catalogue, verified IT advisers and practical resource libraries. The initiative is led by ATD with support from the GIZ ProDigiT project, which is co-funded by Germany, Luxembourg and the EU.

Aira intros Naavik One platform enabling intent-grade telecoms AI with unified UX
GLOBAL 09:09

Aira intros Naavik One platform enabling intent-grade telecoms AI with unified UX

Aira Technologies is aiming to win commercial traction with the release of its Naavik One platform, marking the next evolution in its telecoms AI product roadmap. Naavik One is designed to achieve unified intent-driven network operations. It blends AppGen, Aira's existing GenAI tool for building telecoms software, with wider agentic and GenAI-driven intelligence for gathering operational insight. In effect, this should mean engineers can issue a single instruction in natural language to configure end-to-end

Telefonica debuts AI-powered B2B marketplace
SPAIN 08:29

Telefonica debuts AI-powered B2B marketplace

Telefonica has launched an AI-powered B2B marketplace to help companies and public sector bodies easily manage the selection and procurement of the latest technology equipment. The platform is designed to address challenges such as supply chain instability and the rapid pace of device innovation driven by the adoption of AI technologies.

Korea and ASEAN complete high-performance computing project in Indonesia
INDONESIA 06:31

Korea and ASEAN complete high-performance computing project in Indonesia

South Korea and ASEAN have completed the deployment of a high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure project in Indonesia, marking a milestone in their broader digital cooperation programme. South Korea's ministry of science and ICT and ministry of foreign affairs, together with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), announced the official opening of the facility at Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency.

AWS to launch new Local Zone in Athens in July
GREECE 06:15

AWS to launch new Local Zone in Athens in July

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that its new Local Zone in Athens, Greece will be generally available in July. AWS also reports that the first customers are already using the Local Zone ahead of launch to run real-time gaming experiences, local data processing use cases, and content delivery. Other organizations interested in early access can contact their AWS account team.

Hitachi partners OpenAI to target legacy system modernisation and cybersecurity
JAPAN 06:01

Hitachi partners OpenAI to target legacy system modernisation and cybersecurity

Hitachi is expanding its collaboration with OpenAI to develop AI-driven approaches for legacy system modernisation and cybersecurity, with an initial focus on core systems used by financial institutions and other critical industries. The companies said their respective Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) teams will work together to develop methods for analysing and modernising mission-critical legacy systems using OpenAI's AI agent, Codex. The initiative is intended to support the migration of legacy applicatio

Fujitsu and IBM Japan expand collaboration on legacy system modernisation
JAPAN 05:50

Fujitsu and IBM Japan expand collaboration on legacy system modernisation

Fujitsu and IBM Japan have expanded their collaboration on enterprise system modernisation, focusing on the migration and transformation of legacy business applications as organisations prepare for digital transformation initiatives and the retirement of older infrastructure platforms. The companies said they will combine Fujitsu's automated source code conversion technology, Fujitsu Progression, with IBM Japan's AI-enabled development platform, IBM Bob, to support the rewriting and refactoring of business

SK Hynix ships 12-layer HBM4E samples to customers
GLOBAL 05:44

SK Hynix ships 12-layer HBM4E samples to customers

SK Hynix has shipped samples of its 12-layer HBM4E high-bandwidth memory product to major customers, marking the latest step in the development of next-generation memory technology for AI infrastructure. The company said the HBM4E samples were delivered on schedule and that it is working with partners to prepare for mass production. HBM4E is designed for AI training and inference workloads and offers a maximum data transfer speed of 16 Gbps per pin. According to SK Hynix, the product delivers more than 20 p

DeepL acquires Mixhalo; establishes San Francisco office
UNITED STATES 17 JUN

DeepL acquires Mixhalo; establishes San Francisco office

DeepL, global Language AI specialist, has announced the acquisition of San Francisco-based Mixhalo, which has developed a platform for real-time, ultra-low latency audio. The acquisition will boost the capabilities of the DeepL Voice real-time AI voice translation solution to support live, large-scale environments such as conferences and major events.

UNITED KINGDOM 17 JUN

Google Cloud supports UK local government digital planning tool projects

Google has marked the Google Cloud summit in London with major updates on two projects with the UK government - the national roll-out of the Extract tool, and the Augmented Planning Decisions prototype project with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). Both projects use Google Cloud technology and are designed to support a digital planning system. 

IRELAND 17 JUN

NTT Data opens new office in Dublin

NTT Data, global AI, digital and technology services provider, has opened a new office in Dublin, Ireland, to support its customers across the country. This is part of a EUR 16.5 million local investment in AI and digital services R&D and job creation. The expansion is supported by the Irish government through IDA Ireland. 

EUROPE 17 JUN

OVHcloud unveils comms platform with agentic AI and encryption, strengthens quantum position

OVHcloud is presenting its latest innovations at the VivaTech exhibition, currently taking place in Paris. Unveiled in preview by the company's R&D unit (OVH Labs), a new collaborative comms platform should become available in beta version by November, in time for this year's OVHcloud Summit event. The platform combines tools such as email, cloud storage, videoconferencing and online search with agentic AI capabilities and native end-to-end encryption. When encryption is enabled, the search and agentic AI f

KAZAKHSTAN 17 JUN

Firebird signs agreement with Kazakhstan on AI infrastructure

The company Firebird and the Kazakhstan government signed an agreement on strategic cooperation, reports Arkatelecom. The cooperation is focused on the development of the national AI infrastructure and digital ecosystem.

GERMANY 17 JUN

Germany and France present common definition of digital sovereignty

Germany and France have agreed a join definition of digital sovereignty based on six pillars, said the German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation (BMDS). The first pillar of the definition, published at the VivaTech exhibition in Paris, lists measures by the EU, its member states and other users of digital products and services to implement and enforce their conditions and regulations for securing digital sovereignty, in ways that respect the EU's international trade com

GLOBAL 17 JUN

TM Forum embarks on AI-native ODA transition

TM Forum is set to introduce AI-native extensions in its Open Digital Architecture (ODA), which acts as a standardised software template for telecoms IT such as modernised BSS and OSS systems. Unveiled ahead of the forum's DTW Ignite 2026 event, this announcement marks the beginning of efforts to implement a governed, AI-native execution layer, enabling agentic tools to run within the existing ODA specification, including TM Forum's component architecture and Open APIs.

GLOBAL 17 JUN

Fortinet marks release of security operations SaaS backed by agentic AI features

Fortinet's unified cloud platform for security operations centre (SOC)-grade networking and security IT has just commenced general availability. FortiSOC was previewed at Fortinet's Accelerate 2026 event in March. Fortinet said the platform would help to simplify security operations, bringing SIEM (security information and event management), SOAR (orchestration, automation and response), threat intelligence, and ITDR (behavioural and identity threat detection) workflows into a unified SaaS experience delive

GREENLAND 17 JUN

Danish Data Protection Agency establishes Greenlandic presence

The Danish Data Protection Agency has now established a Greenlandic website and says it will set up an office in Nuuk in autumn 2026 with a staff of two to three employees. The Danish agency already has responsibility for data protection in Greenland and also supervises compliance by national authorities in the Faroe Islands. The new website is intended to make it easier for the public, authorities and companies alike to find information and guidance in both the Danish and Greenlandic languages.

BAHRAIN 17 JUN

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

EUROPE 17 JUN

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.

GLOBAL 17 JUN

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.

EGYPT 17 JUN

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. 

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