Netskope names channel senior VP to drive partner activity following Catalyst launch
GLOBAL 16:06

Netskope names channel senior VP to drive partner activity following Catalyst launch

Netskope has named Carrie Francey as senior vice president for global channel sales. Francey has almost 30 years of sales and channel partnership expertise during tenures with enterprise software and IT vendors HPE, Oracle, Microsoft, ServiceNow, and ZenDesk. Her appointment is expected to strengthen Netskope's partner-led market activity, bolstering outreach initiatives such as the new Catalyst programme to promote adoption of its SASE and AI security portfolio.

Partner Communications Q3 revenue up 6%
ISRAEL 16:04

Partner Communications Q3 revenue up 6%

Israeli operator Partner Communications reported a 6 percent year-on-year rise in third-quarter revenue to ILS 829 million, up from ILS 784 million in Q3 2025. Net profit rose by about 12 percent to ILS 101 million, while operating profit climbed 12 percent to ILS 148 million. Adjusted EBITDA reached ILS 350 million, up 6 percent from ILS 331 million, with the margin holding steady at 42 percent.

Iraq commissions GBI's North Express Route
IRAQ 16:02

Iraq commissions GBI's North Express Route

Iraqi communications minister Mustafa Jabar Sanad has commissioned the North Express Route of Qatari connectivity provider Gulf Bridge International (GBI) from the company's network operations centre in Doha. The East-West international capacity route runs through Iraq. The North Express Route provides a new path for international capacity between East and West, operated from Doha using Qatari expertise. It enhances route diversity and network resilience across the region, reinforces Qatar's position as a r

Google debuts specialised tensor accelerators for AI inference
GLOBAL 16:00

Google debuts specialised tensor accelerators for AI inference

Google is expanding its range of tensor processor units with two new models, the TPU 8tx and TPU 8i Max, enabling AI acceleration in specialised inference cases. The 8i Max is designed to execute AI software with extended context windows and compute density per rack. The product combines a pair of low-latency inference accelerators, namely Google's existing TPU 8i, into a single package. Google's architecture is intended to address memory bottlenecks that could impact AI agents with exceptional context requ

Digital Resilience Built on Quicksand: Why Europe Needs to Anchor Cyber Defense in Digital Sovereignty
EUROPE 15:57

Digital Resilience Built on Quicksand: Why Europe Needs to Anchor Cyber Defense in Digital Sovereignty

Deserted checkouts, paralysed supply chains, and locked storefronts: when cyberattacks recently struck major supermarket chains in Europe, it became obvious how fragile the critical arteries of our daily economy are. Far from being an IT glitch, incidents like these are strong reminders of the new reality of hybrid threats. We need to protect ourselves against them in multiple dimensions. 

Germany's Novanetz buys stake in Yplay to expand fibre connections
GERMANY 15:57

Germany's Novanetz buys stake in Yplay to expand fibre connections

German regional fibre-optic provider Novanetz announced it has bought a stake in regional operator Yplay to accelerate the expansion of high-speed connections. The companies plan to significantly accelerate the expansion of fibre-optic networks across various regions in Hesse, leveraging synergies in network infrastructure, and further advance the marketing of fibre lines. They each operate in different parts of Germany with similar business models.

Orange France gives access to AI chatbots in new app for non-subscribers, launches EUR 10/month super-app tier for own customers
FRANCE 15:56

Orange France gives access to AI chatbots in new app for non-subscribers, launches EUR 10/month super-app tier for own customers

Orange France said it will launch a selection of free services for non-subscribers who download a new app dubbed 'IAs Decouverte' (AIs Discovery). The app will combine access to different chatbots, including Claude, Gemini, Mistral and ChatGPT, subject to daily usage limits. Alongside this development, Orange also announced the introduction on 19 November of new super-apps dedicated to its Orange and Sosh customers. These replace the current 'Orange et moi' and 'MySosh' apps, while giving users the option t

Schurz broadband companies standardise on Cisco 8712 platform
UNITED STATES 15:36

Schurz broadband companies standardise on Cisco 8712 platform

Schurz Broadband Group (SBG), US fibre broadband provider and subsidiary of Schurz Communications, will upgrade its enterprise network infrastructure on the next-generation Cisco 8000 Series routing platform. Four Schurz operating companies will standardise on the Cisco 8712 platform and interconnect using new shared PoPs - Orbitel Communications in Arizona; NKTelco in Ohio; Long Lines in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota; and Antietam Broadband in Maryland. 

Cellhire makes new appointments to IoT team
UNITED KINGDOM 14:58

Cellhire makes new appointments to IoT team

Cellhire, York, UK-based wholesale mobile and IoT connectivity provider operating in the UK, France and US, has made two new appointments to strengthen its IoT team - Matthew Worrall as Business Development Executive, and Josh Corcoran as IoT Account Manager. Duncan Griffiths, Head of IoT Sales for Cellhire, said the appointments would help the group support rising demand for IoT connectivity in the UK and overseas. 

Virgin Media O2 rolls out new AI-enabled Smart Search TV feature
UNITED KINGDOM 14:44

Virgin Media O2 rolls out new AI-enabled Smart Search TV feature

Virgin Media O2 is launching a new AI-enabled content discovery feature called Smart Search for Virgin TV 360 and Stream customers. This new feature allows TV customers to search for programmes using everyday language and by activating voice search on their remote control. They can also search by genre, actor/actress or key details. 

Orange Spain launches B2B continuity service
SPAIN 14:34

Orange Spain launches B2B continuity service

Orange Empresas, the B2B arm of Orange Spain, has introduced a business continuity and resilience offering designed to prevent incidents, keep critical processes running and restore essential services quickly after disruption. The company said the service offers more than conventional backup or network redundancy by combining prevention, communications resilience, contingency mechanisms and rapid recovery capabilities.

VodafoneZiggo revenue growth in Q3 helped by cosmetic effects
NETHERLANDS 14:04

VodafoneZiggo revenue growth in Q3 helped by cosmetic effects

VodafoneZiggo reported encouraging results over the third quarter. Customer growth continued, both in postpaid and broadband. However, the revenue growth is not coming from services, but other areas such as hardware and vouchers, where there is little profit margin. Services revenue fell 0.9 percent, despite price increases, more expensive new services and the brand expansion. The financial turnaround is not yet there, with not much time left ahead of the planned stock market listing of Ziggo Group in Q2 20

AFRICA 13:24

IHS Towers Q3 revenue rises 21%

IHS Towers has reported revenue from continuing operations of USD 490.5 million for the third quarter ended September 2026, representing a 21.4 percent increase year-on-year. The result excludes USD 17.6 million from its Latin American segment, which is presented under discontinued operations. Top-line growth was achieved despite a 3.5 percent inorganic revenue headwind resulting from the disposal of its operations in Rwanda.

UNITED STATES 13:17

Skydance to launch Paramount+, HBO Max bundle in early 2027

Skydance will launch a new streaming subscription in early 2027 bringing together Paramount+ and HBO Max, the company announced at its first quarterly report since completing the takeover of Warner Bros Discovery. The single bundle will provide subscribers with "even greater value", the company said, without providing further details on the price or content. More details will be provided in the coming months.

GLOBAL 13:02

Arelion picks Connectbase platform for global off-net access quote pricing

Connectbase has announced that Arelion has moved its global off-net access quoting onto The Connected World Platform. Using the Buyer Cloud, Arelion now sources and prices last-mile access from more than 130 suppliers in Europe, North America and beyond through a single, automated workflow. This gives its wholesale and enterprise customers faster and more accurate quotes wherever they need to connect, according to Connectbase.

GLOBAL 12:47

Vodafone and Skylo switch on satellite NB-IoT integration following successful trials

Vodafone and Skylo have begun offering a hybrid narrowband IoT service enabled by the latter's satellite NTN network. The commercial launch follows trials with select clients in the UK, Spain, Italy, and Canada. Vodafone's satellite NB-IoT expansion is anchored in an integration between its existing IoT connectivity core and Skylo's NTN equivalent. This setup allows eligible IoT endpoints to pivot between ground and space-delivered services seamlessly, without the need to apply an additional Sim card or bes

NORWAY 12:44

Nkom runs first trial of next-generation emergency network in air ambulance

Norwegian telecoms regulator Nkom said it has run a first test of Norway's next generation emergency network, Nodnett, for communications in the air. The trial was carried out by an air ambulance from Gardermoen airport. The new Nodnett could begin operating by the end of 2029.

GLOBAL 12:01

EcoDataCenter to carry out share issue directed at owner Areim Investment

EcoDataCenter said shareholders at its 09 November extraordinary general passed a proposal to carry out a directed issue of up to 306,409 ordinary shares and up to 75,895 preference shares at subscription prices of SEK 766.81 and SEK 857 respectively, entailing an increase in share capital of up to SEK 382,304. The right to subscribe will be granted exclusively to EcoDC owner Areim Investment. The transaction is part of drawing down capital secured by Areim from institutional investors. This should enable g

FINLAND 11:53

Elisa offers cyber monitoring to Finnish SMEs based on Trend Micro's Vision One

Finnish operator Elisa has announced the launch of a service called Elisa Kybervalvomo to provide round-the-clock cyber security monitoring to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Elisa Kybervalvomo is based on Trend Micro's TrendAI Vision One platform. Prices start at EUR 1,950 per month.

GLOBAL 11:34

GSMA intros Open Telco AI competitions with total prize pool worth EUR 55,000

The GSMA is organising two competitions under its Open Telco AI initiative with a combined prize pool of EUR 55,000. AI Agents for RAN and TelcoRetrieve will invite AI submissions to address scenarios specific to mobile telecoms, namely building AI agents to handle complex radio engineering workloads and attaining better accuracy when retrieving technical criteria from industry standards. Both contests have been devised with support from GSMA's partners, including Huawei, ETSI, the ITU, and the IEEE, and wi

GLOBAL 11:32

Lookout adds mobile security perimeter to Qualys enterprise cyber risk suite

Mobile workforce security vendor Lookout has debuted an integration from Qualys's Enterprise TruRisk Management suite in its own Mobile AI Security platform. Available immediately, the integration applies mobile endpoint risk protection and evaluation as part of Qualys's wider enterprise cyber risk toolset, including its TruRisk scoring system. Lookout says the tie-up aims to extend principles such as Gartner's Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) framework across a workforce's mobile fleet. The fea

DENMARK 11:17

Netcompany takes minority stake in Gefion supercomputer

Netcompany said it is joining the Danish Centre for AI Innovation (DCAI), which is behind Denmark's artificial intelligence supercomputer Gefion, and making an investment of DKK 325 million. Existing owners the Danish sovereign investment fund EIFO and the Novo Nordisk Foundation are investing DKK 150 million and DKK 75 million respectively in DCAI. The new investments aim to strengthen national AI infrastructure and expand access to sovereign AI for businesses, public institutions and researchers. DCAI wil

NETHERLANDS 11:11

Databricks plans USD 500 mln investment in the Netherlands

Databricks announced plans to invest more than USD 500 million in the Netherlands over the next three years. The commitment will expand its largest R&D hub in Europe, with plans to double its local team in order to meet demand for its data analytics products. The company also opened its 13,000-m2 office in The Rock tower in Amsterdam.

UNITED KINGDOM 11:08

Sky VIP offers one million free Christmas rewards to customers

Sky will give away more than one million rewards to Sky customers, at no extra cost, through the Sky VIP loyalty programme over Christmas. This includes thousands of tickets to events such as light trails, pantomimes, Disney On Ice; as well as Christmas treats, prizes and discounts from leading brands. Helen Kloepfer, Director of Sky VIP, said Christmas was about sharing special moments, with customers able to access their special offers through the My Sky app. 

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