Vodafone raises FY targets after double-digit growth in H1
EUROPE 07:18

Vodafone raises FY targets after double-digit growth in H1

Vodafone reported double-digit growth in revenues and adjusted EBITDA in the first half of its fiscal year, supported by the acquisitions of the rest of VodafoneThree in the UK and a higher stake in Safaricom. The operator said it also performed well in the B2B market and saw a modest increase in service revenue in its two largest markets, Germany and the UK. As a result, the company upgraded its forecasts for full-year results.

Globe Telecom adds wellness and lifestyle rewards to mobile subscriptions
PHILIPPINES 07:13

Globe Telecom adds wellness and lifestyle rewards to mobile subscriptions

Philippines operator Globe Telecom is expanding the benefits available to its mobile subscribers through a range of wellness and lifestyle offers, covering fitness, beauty, travel and personal care services. Via this initiative, Globe seeks to extend the scope of benefits associated with its mobile subscriptions, integrating wellness-related services into its existing customer rewards programmes.

Australia plans AI safety regulator and mandatory incident reporting
AUSTRALIA 06:32

Australia plans AI safety regulator and mandatory incident reporting

The Australian government plans to introduce mandatory safety and security requirements for frontier AI developers operating in Australia, including rapid reporting of incidents, independent model evaluations and security controls throughout development and deployment. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the proposed measures on 10 November as part of the government's Australian AI Standards legislation. The framework would apply to companies developing and operating frontier AI models, defined as the

eSafety Commissioner calls for greater technical scrutiny of online platforms
AUSTRALIA 06:26

eSafety Commissioner calls for greater technical scrutiny of online platforms

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has called for online safety regulators to develop stronger technical capabilities and powers to independently examine how digital platforms and AI systems operate, arguing that company policies and assurances are insufficient to establish whether safeguards are effective. In a statement marking 10 years in the role, Inman Grant said regulators need greater visibility into the underlying systems, processes and outcomes of online services, particularly as re

Japan conducts nationwide emergency communications drills
JAPAN 06:21

Japan conducts nationwide emergency communications drills

Japan's Central Emergency Communications Council is conducting its 89th nationwide emergency communications exercise to test the availability of alternative communications systems during major disasters. The exercises are taking place on 10, 11, 12, 25 and 26 November, involving 46 prefectures, 118 municipalities, central government agencies and electricity companies. Kumamoto Prefecture is not participating due to the effects of the Kumamoto earthquake.

ETRI releases open-source no-code AI development platform
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 06:19

ETRI releases open-source no-code AI development platform

South Korea's Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has released its Tango AI development platform as open-source software, aiming to enable industry specialists without AI expertise to build and deploy models and services. The no-code platform automates the development process from model training and optimisation to deployment. Users can select and run functions through a web browser without complex programming, bringing together tasks that traditionally required separate input from

NTT Data reports data breach affecting 80,000 Sumitomo Life Vitality users
JAPAN 06:17

NTT Data reports data breach affecting 80,000 Sumitomo Life Vitality users

NTT Data has disclosed a data breach involving around 80,000 users of Sumitomo Life's Vitality health programme services, after an unauthorised third party accessed a system the IT services company builds and operates for the insurer. The breach was identified on 2 November, with an investigation confirming that personal information belonging to some users had been exposed. NTT Data blocked external access to the affected service on 3 November and has temporarily suspended it while it investigates the incid

Shizuoka adds NTT Docomo Starlink Direct to disaster preparedness app
JAPAN 06:16

Shizuoka adds NTT Docomo Starlink Direct to disaster preparedness app

Shizuoka Prefecture's official disaster preparedness app has added support for satellite-to-smartphone connectivity, allowing users to access emergency information and locate evacuation centres when terrestrial mobile networks are unavailable. The Shizuoka Disaster Prevention app became compatible with NTT Docomo's Starlink Direct service on 9 November, following a collaboration between the prefectural government, app developer and operator First Media, and Docomo.

LG Uplus and GS Neotek partner on end-to-end enterprise security
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 06:14

LG Uplus and GS Neotek partner on end-to-end enterprise security

LG Uplus has signed a strategic agreement with cloud services provider GS Neotek to develop security services covering the full enterprise environment, from user devices and networks to cloud platforms and servers. The companies' initial focus will be integrating GS Neotek's Security Lens cloud security platform with LG Uplus's U+SASE network and security platform. The integration is intended to extend U+SASE beyond protecting user devices, network connections and web access, to include monitoring and manag

Rocket Lab secures USD 515 mln in Neutron launch contracts
UNITED STATES 06:12

Rocket Lab secures USD 515 mln in Neutron launch contracts

Rocket Lab has secured more than USD 515 million in Neutron launch contracts during the third quarter of 2026, signing agreements for eight missions with five satellite constellation operators ahead of the medium-lift rocket's planned debut in 2027. The contracts include three dedicated launches for European synthetic aperture radar satellite operator ICEYE, scheduled to begin in late 2028, and two launches for US satellite manufacturer and constellation operator Muon Space, planned for 2029 and 2030.

​Regulator warns NTT Docomo over unauthorised customer data disclosure
JAPAN 06:10

​Regulator warns NTT Docomo over unauthorised customer data disclosure

Japan's ministry of internal affairs and communications (MIC) has issued administrative guidance to NTT Docomo over the unauthorised disclosure of telephone numbers and user identifiers belonging to 344,213 customers to Amazon Japan. The information was transferred without valid customer consent after a revision to the online application process for Docomo Max and other mobile plans removed wording in the terms and conditions explaining that customer information would be shared with Amazon. 

Superloop forecasts 21-27% EBITDA growth in FY27
AUSTRALIA 06:08

Superloop forecasts 21-27% EBITDA growth in FY27

Australian operator Superloop has forecast underlying EBITDA of between AUD 148 million and AUD 156 million for the 2027 financial year, representing growth of 21–27 percent on the AUD 122.7 million reported for FY26. In a trading update covering the four months to 31 October 2026, the company reported an increase of 18,500 customers since the start of the financial year, taking its total customer base across consumer, business and wholesale services to 954,000.

GLOBAL 06:06

APAC AI infrastructure spending to exceed USD 32 bln by 2030 - IDC

Spending on AI infrastructure across Asia-Pacific excluding Japan and China (APeJC) is forecast to exceed USD 32 billion by 2030, nearly doubling from current levels, as demand shifts from large-scale model training towards enterprise AI deployments, according to IDC's latest Quarterly AI Infrastructure Tracker. Spending is forecast to grow by 67 percent YoY in 2026, driven primarily by data centre investment from hyperscalers, regional and global neocloud providers, specialist AI infrastructure companies a

JAPAN 06:04

Rakuten and AST SpaceMobile form joint venture for satellite-to-mobile network

Rakuten Group and AST SpaceMobile have agreed to establish a joint venture to develop and operate a direct-to-device (D2D) satellite communications network in Japan, backed by up to JPY 148bn (around USD 1bln) in government funding. The new company, Rakuten AST, will deploy a constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites using mid-band spectrum to provide broadband connectivity directly to commercially available smartphones, without requiring specialised user equipment.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 06:02

Samsung and Hyundai strengthen partnership across future mobility tech

Samsung and Hyundai Motor Group are seeking to expand their strategic partnership across future mobility and advanced technologies, including automotive semiconductors, batteries, robotics and AI. The two held a joint event, titled HMG Appreciation Day, on 9 November at Samsung Electronics' Seocheon Training Centre, attended by 177 executives, employees and family members from both groups.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 05:59

SK Telecom, Nvidia and Rebellions partner on sovereign AI infrastructure

SK Telecom (SKT), Nvidia and South Korean AI chipmaker Rebellions have agreed to develop and test an integrated GPU and neural processing unit (NPU) system for sovereign AI infrastructure in South Korea. The MoU will see the three companies use Nvidia's NVLink Fusion interconnect technology to integrate Rebellions' Rebel R200 NPU with Nvidia's platform. The system will also use Nvidia's MGX server rack architecture.

AUSTRALIA 05:57

Diraq deploys quantum computer at Equinix data centre in Sydney

Australian-founded quantum computing company Diraq has deployed an eight-qubit quantum computer at an Equinix commercial data centre in Sydney, in what it claims as the first installation of an Australian quantum computer in a commercial data centre. The deployment places the system within existing data centre infrastructure, potentially allowing quantum processors to operate alongside conventional computing resources. Diraq's silicon spin technology uses semiconductor manufacturing processes also employed

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 05:55

LG Uplus secures cybersecurity certification for vehicle software operations

LG Uplus has obtained Level 3 certification under the ISO/SAE 21434 automotive cybersecurity standard, becoming what it claims as the first domestic telecoms operator to achieve the designation. The certification, awarded by testing and certification organisation TUV Rheinland, assesses whether cybersecurity management systems (CSMS) meet international requirements for managing risks throughout the vehicle software lifecycle.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 05:53

KT Q3 operating profit falls 6.1% amid data breach compensation

Korea Telecom (KT) reported a 6.1 percent YoY decline in third-quarter operating profit, as a prior-year one-off property gain, lower wireless revenue following its customer appreciation programme and continued AI spending weighed on earnings. The operator is accelerating its AI infrastructure expansion, with plans to increase AI data centre capacity to more than 1 GW by 2031. For the three months to 30 September 2026, consolidated revenue fell 1.8 percent to KRW 6.998 trillion (USD 5.2 bln), while operatin

GLOBAL 05:51

Cisco adds Anthropic's Claude Mythos to AI security testing platform

Cisco is adding Anthropic's Claude Mythos model to its AI Defense platform to help enterprises identify vulnerabilities in AI applications and agents, as part of a wider set of product updates focused on securing and monitoring agentic AI deployments. Announced at Cisco Live APJC in Melbourne on 10 November, the updates also include enhancements to Splunk's agent observability capabilities and integrations between Cisco IQ and the Splunk Platform to help security teams identify and remediate infrastructure

UNITED STATES 9 NOV

Speedtest analysis highlights cable uplink progress in US and Canada

Ookla has published new research based on Speedtest samples that captures higher uplink speeds at US and Canadian cable operators, indicating steady progress in delivering modernised Docsis splits. In Spectrum markets where a majority of splits have been upgraded, the median upload speed has risen almost elevenfold in the past two years to 223.6 Mbps. The multiple eases to 1.5 to three-fold in markets with mid-split rollouts, while legacy footprints showed little improvement.

UNITED STATES 9 NOV

Uniti grows Q3 revenues after record fibre expansion

US operator Uniti reported higher revenues of USD 848 million for the third quarter, up from USD 723 million a year earlier thanks to steady expansion of its fibre network. The company said it had a record number of consumer fibre net additions in the period, at 46,000, while it also set a record for new homes passed with the fibre network, at 162,000. The expanded infrastructure however led to an increase in depreciation and amortisation, leaving the operating loss at USD 43.5 million for the quarter, litt

FRANCE 9 NOV

Over 90% of French B2C postpaid customers out of contract in Q3

The mobile market in mainland France saw the share of postpaid residential subscribers on contract-free offers reach a new high of 90.1 percent in September, up 1 percentage point from the year-earlier period. According to telecom regulator Arcep, this rate stood at 81.6 percent when including the B2B market segment, up by half a percentage point year-on-year. Across B2C and B2B subscriptions, postpaid churn increased slightly from 3.4 to 3.5 percent sequentially, while declining marginally from 3.8 percent

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 9 NOV

Arabsat and Etisalat to launch new DTH service on BADR-8 satellite across MENA

Arabsat and Etisalat UAE finalised an agreement to launch a new Direct-to-Home (DTH) television bouquet on the BADR-8 satellite, broadcast directly from Etisalat's TAS Earth Station hub in Sharjah. Positioned at 26.0 degrees East, the BADR-8 satellite provides broad coverage across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The deal is part of Etisalat's efforts to enhance its regional space business portfolio and expand ground-to-satellite infrastructure capabilities.

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