Eolo expands 5G FWA network to 63 municipalities
ITALY 07:56

Eolo expands 5G FWA network to 63 municipalities

Italian fixed wireless broadband provider Eolo has activated its 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) network in 63 municipalities in the northern province of Brescia, promising download speeds of up to 1 Gbps. Eolo said the technology will enable even the smallest towns to experience a "fibre-like" internet performance comparable to that of large cities.

Amazon beats Q3 outlook with operating profit up 61%, FCF turns negative on AI investment
GLOBAL 07:31

Amazon beats Q3 outlook with operating profit up 61%, FCF turns negative on AI investment

Amazon.com reported revenues for the third quarter up 12 percent year-on-year to USD 201.9 billion, at the top of its forecast range. Operating profit jumped to USD 28.1 billion from USD 17.4 billion in the same period in 2025, exceeding the company's guidance thanks to strong growth at Amazon Web Services as well as the North American retail business. 

Tencent Cloud doubles overseas customer base as demand for AI services grows by triple digits
ASIA 07:22

Tencent Cloud doubles overseas customer base as demand for AI services grows by triple digits

Tencent Cloud reports it has doubled its active overseas customer base over the past year, driven by triple-digit growth in international demand for AI products and services. The company also announced further developments in its enterprise AI portfolio, including an upcoming general release of its Hy4 and Hy4 Flash models, at the 2026 Tencent Global Digital Ecosystem Summit.

Belden sales rise 38% on Ruckus takeover, integration contributes to USD 11 mln loss
GLOBAL 07:04

Belden sales rise 38% on Ruckus takeover, integration contributes to USD 11 mln loss

Belden posted a record third-quarter turnover of USD 966 million, up 38 percent year-on-year, following its acquisition of the Ruckus Networks enterprise brand on 01 July. In organic terms, excluding the Ruckus assets, revenues rose by 11 percent. Quarterly orders surpassed USD 1 billion for the first time, rising 46 percent from the comparison period. The net result was a USD 11 million loss, compared with USD 57 million profit in the year earlier period. This was down partly to a sharp increase in selling

Orange Cyberdefense to detect security vulnerabilities with Mistral's latest AI model
EUROPE 07:02

Orange Cyberdefense to detect security vulnerabilities with Mistral's latest AI model

Orange Cyberdefense, which groups Orange's cybersecurity activities, has secured early access to a variant of Mistral Large 4 optimised for cybersecurity as part of a new partnership with France-based generative AI company Mistral AI. Large 4 is Mistral's latest open-weight, general-purpose multimodal model designed for critical enterprise workloads. Orange Cyberdefense will use a variant of Large 4 to integrate AI agents capable of detecting vulnerabilities into its managed security services.

Hytera provides radio communications for Indonesia's first World Athletics Gold Label Marathon
INDONESIA 06:21

Hytera provides radio communications for Indonesia's first World Athletics Gold Label Marathon

Hytera Communications reports it has served as the Official Radio Communication Partner of myBCA Jakarta Running Festival 2026 (JRF 2026), held on 24 and 25 October. Hytera provided professional communication services for event organizers, course personnel, and medical teams throughout the 2-day festival. Hytera deployed a combination of conventional two-way radios and 4G/LTE-based Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) devices to provide communications during the event.

Greece intros fire safety regulations for telecom infrastructure in forested areas
GREECE 06:03

Greece intros fire safety regulations for telecom infrastructure in forested areas

Greece's Fire Service has introduced new fire prevention and emergency response requirements for telecommunications infrastructure located in forests and woodland, Tovima reports. The new regulations apply to mobile antenna towers, radio base stations and associated outdoor equipment on land covered by forests.

GenusPlus completes acquisition of New Zealand telecom contractor UCG
NEW ZEALAND 04:11

GenusPlus completes acquisition of New Zealand telecom contractor UCG

Australian infrastructure services provider GenusPlus Group has completed its acquisition of New Zealand telecommunications construction and maintenance company Universal Communications Group (UCG), expanding its communications business and providing a platform for further growth in New Zealand. The acquisition, announced on 12 October, gives GenusPlus 100 percent ownership of UCG, which provides construction and maintenance services to major telecommunications network operators in New Zealand and the Pacif

SKT uses AI and drones to restore Korean wildfire-damaged forest
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 04:03

SKT uses AI and drones to restore Korean wildfire-damaged forest

SK Telecom (SKT) is using AI and drones to support the restoration of forest damaged by wildfires in Andong, South Korea, combining spatial analysis with aerial seed distribution and vegetation monitoring. The project involves SKT, consumer goods company Yuhan-Kimberly, environmental organisation Forest for Peace and nature technology start-up Invelab.  Since March, SKT, Yuhan-Kimberly and Forest for Peace have planted 10,000 trees across 4.4 hectares of fire-damaged land. 

KDDI installs private booths for online medical consultations at Osaka stations
JAPAN 03:53

KDDI installs private booths for online medical consultations at Osaka stations

KDDI has introduced soundproof private booths at three Osaka Metro stations to provide access to online medical consultations and health and welfare services. The service, called Medical and Lifestyle Consultation Booth Produced by KDDI, uses Telecube booths supplied by Japanese video communications company V-Cube. The booths are being installed at Nishi-Umeda, Tenjinbashisuji 6-chome and Kitahanada stations.

Tokyo Antenna tests 2.5 GHz drone comms for infrastructure monitoring
JAPAN 03:51

Tokyo Antenna tests 2.5 GHz drone comms for infrastructure monitoring

Japanese telecommunications contractor Tokyo Antenna Koji has tested drone communications using the 2.5 GHz Band 41 spectrum, assessing its potential for municipal disaster response and infrastructure inspections. The trial was conducted at Shinozaki Green Space in Edogawa, Tokyo, with support from Wireless City Planning, a SoftBank group company. The company said it was the first use of 2.5GHz broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum for drone communications by a BWA operator under the mobile device aerial

NTT West launches managed zero-trust security service
JAPAN 03:48

NTT West launches managed zero-trust security service

NTT West and NTT SmartConnect have launched a managed service to help businesses and local governments in Japan deploy and operate zero-trust security environments, covering procurement, implementation, monitoring and ongoing management. The service combines Zscaler security technology with identity management, endpoint security and device management. It is designed to reduce the operational burden on IT departments that must manage increasingly complex security requirements amid growing cloud adoption and

SINGAPORE 03:46

Singapore and Germany agree closer ties on AI and subsea infrastructure

Singapore and Germany have agreed to deepen cooperation on industrial AI, digital connectivity and the protection of critical underwater infrastructure under an updated strategic partnership work plan covering 2027 and 2028. The agreement was announced during German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's official visit to Singapore on 27 October, following a meeting with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. The updated Joint Work Plan sets out cooperation across five areas: political, defence and security; trade and investme

NEW ZEALAND 03:43

Chorus adds 5,000 fibre connections in Q1 as usage rises 11%

New Zealand wholesale fibre network operator Chorus added 5,000 net fibre connections in the first quarter of FY27, partly offsetting 4,000 copper disconnections, as total fixed-line connections edged up to 1.192 million at the end of September. Fibre connections reached 1.152 million, up from approximately 1.147 million in June. Fibre uptake across Chorus's wider network footprint, excluding areas served by other local fibre companies, increased by 0.3 percentage points to 76.2 percent. 

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 03:41

Macquarie agrees to acquire major stakes in Korea's Gabia and KINX

Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to acquire shares held by major shareholders of South Korean cloud services company Gabia and its listed subsidiary KINX, with plans to make offers for the remaining shares in both businesses. Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 4 (MAIF4), managed by Macquarie Asset Management, has entered into agreements to acquire the entire shareholdings held by Gabia management, Align Partners, Miri Capital and Gumshoe Capital in the two companies.

JAPAN 03:34

BBIX and HTNet expand regional cloud services in Hokuriku region

SoftBank's IX subsidiary BBIX and Hokuriku Telecommunications Network (HTNet) have expanded their regional cloud infrastructure partnership with the opening of a new OCX Compute Fabric (OCF) location at HTNet's Kanazawa data centre. The facility opened on 1 October, with HTNet scheduled to launch a regional cloud service, HTNet Cloud powered by OCF, on 1 November. OCF is a distributed cloud service provided by BBIX and IDC Frontier, using BBIX's Open Connectivity eXchange (OCX) network service to connect cl

ASIA 03:33

DayOne and Sembcorp explore integrated power solutions for Asian data centres

Singapore-headquartered data centre operator DayOne has signed an MOU with Sembcorp Utilities to explore integrated power and energy solutions for its data centre developments across Asia. The collaboration will assess opportunities covering on-site power generation and infrastructure, renewable energy supply, fuel supply and storage, and operations and maintenance services. The companies will also evaluate the feasibility, commercial case and potential implementation of solutions for selected projects.

JAPAN 03:30

Amazon launches gen AI-powered Alexa+ in Japan

Amazon has begun rolling out Alexa+, its generative AI-powered voice assistant, in Japan, extending the service to another major Asian market as it expands internationally. The launch began on 29 October through an Early Access programme. Alexa+ will initially be free for eligible customers, with invitations being issued on a rolling basis. Following the early access period, the service will be included at no additional cost for Amazon Prime members, while other customers will pay JPY 3,000 per month.

SINGAPORE 03:29

NetLink NBN reports stable H1 fibre operations as investment continues

Singapore's wholesale fibre network operator NetLink NBN Trust reported a 2.2 percent decline in revenue to SGD 202.6 million for the six months to 30 September 2026, as lower installation-related and project revenue offset increased co-location income. The group said lower residential service activation revenue was partly due to the introduction of Combo-PON technology, which has reduced the number of billable service activations. EBITDA increased slightly to SGD 144.7 million, supported by lower operation

ASIA 03:19

Viasat joins Bridge Alliance to expand satellite connectivity for mobile networks

Viasat has joined the Bridge Alliance as a technology partner, with the two organisations planning to work with mobile network operators to extend connectivity through non-terrestrial networks (NTN). The partnership will combine Viasat's satellite communications capabilities with Bridge Alliance's network of mobile operators across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. The alliance represents operators serving hundreds of millions of subscribers.

UNITED KINGDOM 03:17

KDDI secures 65MVA power capacity for London data centre expansion

KDDI has secured an additional 65MVA of power capacity for its Telehouse London Docklands campus after acquiring an adjacent site for around GBP 220 million. The acquisition will increase the total power capacity of Telehouse Europe's operational data centres in London by approximately 80 percent, from 77.6MVA to 142.6MVA. The figures exclude the Telehouse West 2 facility, which is currently under construction and scheduled to open in 2027.

JAPAN 03:14

Rakuten Mobile achieves TM Forum Level 4 fault management validation

Rakuten Mobile has achieved a score of 3.95 in TM Forum's Autonomous Network Level Assessment Validation (ANLAV) for IP network fault management, which it claims is the highest publicly reported result under the organisation's current assessment framework. The operator developed the solution in collaboration with Rakuten Symphony, using the latter's operations support systems (OSS) platform to automate network fault detection, analysis and remediation on its live commercial network.

JAPAN 03:13

NTT Data launches AI-powered consulting service focused on business foresight

NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting has launched an AI-powered consulting service designed to help businesses identify emerging market and technology developments and assess their potential impact on corporate strategy. Called SPARK (Strategic Perspectives on AI Research and Knowledge), the service is aimed at knowledge workers involved in strategic and other business activities. Its first offering, AI Foresight & Intelligence, is available immediately.

NEW ZEALAND 03:11

Spark named New Zealand's best 5G network by Opensignal

Spark has been named New Zealand's Best 5G Network in Opensignal's October 2026 Mobile Network Experience Report, winning six individual performance categories outright, including 5G download speed, reliability and coverage. The report, based on measurements collected between 1 July and 28 September, compared the three main mobile operators: Spark, One NZ and 2degrees. Spark also secured outright wins for overall coverage, 5G coverage and Time on 5G, which measures the proportion of time users with 5G devic

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